If the court finds that a defendant has wilfully failed to pay a fine, a surcharge, a fee, an assessment, restitution or incarceration costs or finds that a defendant has intentionally refused to make a good faith effort to obtain the monies required for the payment, the court may revoke the defendant's probation and sentence the defendant to prison pursuant to law.
A.R.S. § 13-915
Wilful failure to pay; revocation of probation
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Nieuwenhuis v. Kelly (1990)
Most recently applied in Long v. Arizona Bd. of Pardons and Parole (November 1994)
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Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.