Indiana Code - Criminal Law and Procedure - Title 35, Section 35-50-5-4

Reimbursement order

Sec. 4. (a) This section applies only:
(1) if the county in which a criminal proceeding was filed
adopts an ordinance under IC 36-2-13-15; and
(2) to a person who is sentenced under this article for a felony
or a misdemeanor.
(b) At the time the court imposes a sentence, the court may order
the person to execute a reimbursement plan as directed by the court
and make repayments under the plan to the county for the costs
described in IC 36-2-13-15.
(c) The court shall fix an amount under this section that:

(1) may not exceed an amount the person can or will be able to
pay;
(2) does not harm the person's ability to reasonably be
self-supporting or to reasonably support any dependent of the
person; and
(3) takes into consideration and gives priority to any other
restitution, reparation, repayment, costs, fine, or child support
obligations the person is required to pay.
(d) When an order is issued under this section, the issuing court
shall send a certified copy of the order to the clerk of the circuit court
in the county where the felony or misdemeanor charge was filed.
Upon receiving the order, the clerk shall enter and index the order in
the circuit court judgment docket in the manner prescribed by
IC 33-32-3-2.
(e) An order under this section is not discharged:
(1) by the completion of a sentence imposed for a felony or
misdemeanor; or
(2) by the liquidation of a person's estate by a receiver under
IC 32-30-5 (or IC 34-48-1, IC 34-48-4, IC 34-48-5, and
IC 34-48-6 before their repeal).

As added by P.L.123-1998, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.79;
P.L.2-2002, SEC.106; P.L.98-2004, SEC.158.

Last modified: May 24, 2006