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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, § 142

Payment of fines and disposition thereof

Known as the Massachusetts Code

The act spans §§ 33–33 (136 sections).

Article 142. Payment of fines and disposition thereof.

(a) Fines imposed by a military court or through imposition of non-judicial punishment may be paid to the commonwealth and delivered to the court or imposing officer or to a person executing their process. Fines may be collected by:

(1) cash or money order;

(2) retention of any pay or allowances due or to become due to the person fined from any state or the United States; or

(3) garnishment or levy, together with costs, on the wages, goods and chattels of a person delinquent in paying a fine, as provided by law.

(b) Any sum so received or retained shall be deposited to whomever the court so directs.

Official source: Massachusetts Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Massachusetts statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.