SB260

Senate Bill 260 amends Arkansas Code § 5-4-204 to clarify the legal mechanisms for collecting court-ordered fines, fees, or costs after a defendant defaults. The bill expands the terminology used in the statute to explicitly include 'fees' alongside 'fines' and 'costs.' It authorizes the collection of these outstanding amounts through methods used for enforcing civil money judgments or by intercepting a defendant’s state income tax return. Furthermore, the bill establishes that a judgment for fines, fees, or costs acts as a lien on the defendant’s real and personal property, mirroring the enforcement capabilities of a civil money judgment.