To collect on past-due court-ordered penalties, fines, restitution, sanctions, court costs, including restitution and juvenile monetary assessments, or judgments to the state of Missouri or one of its political subdivisions, any division of the circuit court may contract with public agencies or with private entities operating under a contract with a state agency or the office of state courts administrator. Any fees or costs associated with such collection efforts shall be added to the amount due, but such fees and costs shall not exceed twenty percent of the amount collected.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 488.5030
Contracting for collection of delinquent court-ordered payments authorized..
Effective: 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories; (L. 2003 H.B. 600, A.L. 2005 S.B. 420 & 344)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.