A default in the payment of a fine or costs or failure to make restitution or any installment thereof may be collected by any means authorized by law for the enforcement of a judgment. The levy of execution for the collection of a fine or restitution shall not discharge a defendant committed to imprisonment for contempt until the amount of the fine or restitution has actually been collected.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-37-13
Enforcement of judgment
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 631 So. 2d 167 - Green v. State (1994)
Most recently applied in 631 So. 2d 167 - Green v. State (January 1994)
Laws, 1978, ch. 400, § 4(6), eff from and after July 1, 1978.
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