§ 19-138.10. Payment and collection of costs.

A.  The court shall order any person represented by a county indigent defender to pay the costs of representation.  In assessing these costs, the court shall take into consideration the ability of the defendant to pay and any likely hardship which would result.  The court may then order payment to be made in total or in installments and, in the case of installment payments, set the amount and due date of each installment.

B.  Costs assessed pursuant to this section shall be collected by the court clerk and deposited in the court fund.

C.  Costs of representation shall be a debt against the person represented until paid and shall be subject to any method provided by law for the collection of debts.

D.  Any order directing the defendant to pay costs of representation shall be a lien against all real and personal property of the defendant and may be filed against such property and foreclosed as provided by law for such liens.

E.  For purposes of collection of debts arising from the provisions of this section, the court clerks for the district courts of this state are authorized to utilize the procedures provided in Section 205.2 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes in the same manner and to the same extent as a state agency and the Oklahoma Tax Commission is directed to provide the same service to court clerks attempting to collect such debts pursuant to Section 205.2 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes as it provides to state agencies.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 303, § 23, eff. July 1, 1992.  Amended by Laws 1995, c. 28, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1995; Laws 1996, c. 251, § 1, eff. July 1, 1996.