§ 10.82.010 Execution for fines and costs
§ 10.82.020 Stay of execution for sixty days on recognizance
§ 10.82.025 Effect of recognizance — Execution of judgment after sixty days
§ 10.82.030 Commitment for failure to pay fine and costs — Execution against defendant’s property — Reduction by payment, labor, or confinement
§ 10.82.040 Commitment for failure to pay fine and costs — Reduction of amount by performance of labor
§ 10.82.070 Disposition of monetary payments
§ 10.82.080 Unlawful receipt of public assistance — Deduction from subsequent assistance payments — Restitution payments
§ 10.82.090 Interest on judgments — Disposition of nonrestitution interest
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 10.82 - Collection and disposition of fines and costs

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.