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Trial Court Collections - Press Releases and News Articles

On this page you will find press releases from the Michigan Supreme Court and articles from various publications and periodicals about collections initiatives.

Amnesty
Civil Infractions
Collections
Community Service
Jail Overcrowding
Online Payment
Warrant Sweep

Amnesty

07-29-09 Livingston County Nearly 100 Take Break on Warrants
07-17-09 Livingston County Offenders Offered Amnesty
07-16-09 Livingston County Livingston Co. Offers Amnesty to Lawbreakers
07-12-09 Livingston County Fee Break Offered for Nonviolent Offenders
06-28-09 Livingston County Nonviolent Offenders Get 'Price Break'
05-26-09 D45 Court Offers Scofflaws a Chance to Pay Up
05-09-09 D36 Ticket Amnesty is Extended
05-08-09 D36 Detroit Extends Traffic Ticket Amnesty Program
05-01-09 D36 Scofflaws Pay $1M in Ticket Amnesty
04-30-09 D36 Detroit Extends Traffic Ticket Amnesty Program
04-01-09 Wayne County Wayne County Amensty Program Offers Ticketed Motorists a Break
03-26-09 Wayne County Wayne County Ticket Amnesty April 1 - April 30; 10 Participating Courts!
03-26-09 Wayne County Amnesty Program Offers Motorists a Break; All 10 Wayne County District Courts Take Part in Campaign
03-26-09 Wayne County Courts Offer Amnesty for Tickets
03-26-09 Wayne County Wayne County Courts to Cut Traffic Ticket Fees in April
03-25-09 Wayne County 10 Wayne County Courts Announce Ticket Amnesty Program
02-12-09 D21 Amnesty Program May Help Probationers Avoid Jail
09-24-08 D22 Inkster: For Short Time Only, Fees Being Waived on Tickets
07-22-08 D89 District Court Offers Amnesty
Those Owing Fees Can Pay Up and Not be Incarcerated
03-09-08 D17 Redford Ticket Amnesty Offers $50 Break
01-24-08 D45A Berkley Court Waiving Late Fees on Unpaid Tickets
08-29-07 D68 Court Offers Amnesty for Warrants, Tickets
03-22-07
D68
 Time Running Out for Court Amnesty

Civil Infractions

02-15-07 D70 "Civil" Violators Pay Up

Collection Agency

11/22/08 C07 Genesee County Courts Turn to Collections Agency for Those Unpaid Fines
06-13--08 C03 Third Judicial Circuit Partners with Bureau in Collections Efforts
08-07-07 Genesee County Courts Seek Help Collecting Costs, Fees

Collections

08-10-09 C42 Show Cause Hearings Encourage People to Pay Debts
03-29-09 D37 Uncollected Tickets Total $13
08-16-08 C29 Gration County, Michigan, to Send Out the Hounds After Court Deadbeats
05-08-08 C17 Funds Sought for Program that Pursues Court Costs, Deadbeat Payments
05-05-08 C42 Court 'Serious' About Collecting Restitution
04-17-08 C09 Officer Added to Collect Court Fines: Kalamazoo County Creates New Position to Recoup Funds for Courts, Crime Victims
10-26-08 C16 Judge: Pay Up, or Go to Jail
10-22-08 C07 Genesee Circuit Court Top-Notch Cash Collector
09-25-07 C26 County to Publish Names of Those Who Owe Court
08-07-07 D57 Traffic Tickets Plummet, Pinch Court Revenues
07-30-07 D65 Gratiot Judge to Raise Fees
02-08-06 D60 County Clears Way for Better Collection of Overdue Fines
01-22-06 D46 Scofflaws Cough Up $1.5M in Fines at Southfield-Based Court
Undated D41B Ticket Fines Plummet
Turnip Field: Prison Account Sweeps Yield Unexpected Results for Collections

Community Service

07-10-09 Emmet County Gardening Over Jail Time
06-01-09 D72 Court Takes a Bite Out of Hunger
04-13-09 D57 Speeders Catch a Break on Budget Bust
9-22-08 D51 Waterford Garden Tended as Court-Ordered Service
07-20-08 D23 Taylor Implements a Healing Sentence: Public Gardening for the Needy is a Fruitful Path for Nonviolent Offenders
07-14-08 C36 Sheriff Reports Huge Savings Through Use of County Corrections Programs
02-14-07 D67 Community Service Providing a Successful Alternative

Enforcing MCR 1.110

07-30-08 C06 Countywide: Felon Effort Boosts Revenue
02-19-08 C06 Court Fine Crackdown Working Well
02-11-08 C06 Courts Taking Hard Line on Fines
10-15-07 C06 Program Will Crack Down on Unpaid Fines
10-15-08 C06 Court Cracks Down on Unpaid Fines

Jail Overcrowding

03-11-09 Ingham County Ingham Co. Jail Inmates May Opt for House Arrest
01-09-09 Gratiot County Gratiot's Revived Jail Program Gets Results
10-03-08 Oakland County County Jail Tether Program Extended
09-04-07 Oakland County Jail Overcrowding
08-01-07 Oakland County Panel Backs Tethers for Indigent Prisoners
06-25-07 Livingston County County Inmates Trade Labor for Liberty

Online Payment

11-02-06 D52 Traffic Ticket? Pay it Online
10-28-06 D36 Court Adds Online Option for Paying Traffic Tickets
10-27-06 D36 Detroit Traffic Tickets Can Now be Paid Online
10-26-06 D36 Wayne County 36th District Expands Court Access
10-20-06 D12 Court Takes Money Online
09-04-06 D53 Court Offers Online Payment

Warrant Sweep

03-18-07 D67 Laughs, Tears, Jokes, Moans: It's Davison's Night Court
02-26-07 D67 17 Suspects Processed at "Ladies Night" in Court
02-10-07 D67 Mid-Michigan Crime Sweep Takes in Criminals with Outstanding Warrants
02-09-07 D67 Police Clear 21 Warrants in Sweep
01-25-07 D67 This Court's for You, Night Owls
06-29-06 D67 Court Offers Deal: Pay Less Now or Go to Jail Later


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