California · Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC

WIC §1735: If the court sentences a person under 21 years of age at the time of his apprehension to the payment of a fine and the fine is not paid, the court may either remit the fine in whole or in part, or com

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What this law says, in plain English

When a court sentences a person under 21 to pay a fine that goes unpaid, the court may forgive the fine or confine them in an approved facility under fine-nonpayment statutes.

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If the court sentences a person under 21 years of age at the time of his apprehension to the payment of a fine and the fine is not paid, the court may either remit the fine in whole or in part, or commit him to confinement for a length of time permitted by the statutes relating to imprisonment for failure to pay fines. But such confinement may be only in a place approved by the Authority.

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