RCW 10.01.170
Fine or costs—Payment within specified time or installments—Payment priority order. (Effective until January 1, 2023.)
(1) When a defendant is sentenced to pay fines, penalties, assessments, fees, restitution, or costs, the court may grant permission for payment to be made within a specified period of time or in specified installments. If the court finds that the defendant is indigent as defined in RCW 10.101.010(3) (a) through (c), the court shall grant permission for payment to be made within a specified period of time or in specified installments. If no such permission is included in the sentence the fine or costs shall be payable forthwith.
(2) An offender's monthly payment shall be applied in the following order of priority until satisfied:
(a) First, proportionally to restitution to victims that have not been fully compensated from other sources;
(b) Second, proportionally to restitution to insurance or other sources with respect to a loss that has provided compensation to victims;
(c) Third, proportionally to crime victims' assessments; and
(d) Fourth, proportionally to costs, fines, and other assessments required by law.
[ 2018 c 269 § 7; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 96 § 2.]
NOTES:
Construction—2018 c 269: See note following RCW 10.82.090.
Payment of fine and costs in installments: RCW 9.92.070.
(1) When a defendant is sentenced to pay fines, penalties, assessments, fees, restitution, or costs, the court may grant permission for payment to be made within a specified period of time or in specified installments. If the court finds that the defendant is indigent as defined in RCW 10.01.160(3), the court shall grant permission for payment to be made within a specified period of time or in specified installments. If no such permission is included in the sentence the fine or costs shall be payable forthwith.
(2) An offender's monthly payment shall be applied in the following order of priority until satisfied:
(a) First, proportionally to restitution to victims that have not been fully compensated from other sources;
(b) Second, proportionally to restitution to insurance or other sources with respect to a loss that has provided compensation to victims;
(c) Third, proportionally to crime victims' assessments; and
(d) Fourth, proportionally to costs, fines, and other assessments required by law.
[ 2022 c 260 § 19; 2018 c 269 § 7; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 96 § 2.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2022 c 260: See notes following RCW 3.66.120.
Construction—2018 c 269: See note following RCW 10.82.090.
Payment of fine and costs in installments: RCW 9.92.070.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 10.01 - General Provisions.
10.01.030 - Pleadings—Forms abolished.
10.01.040 - Statutes—Repeal or amendment—Saving clause presumed.
10.01.050 - Convictions—Necessary before punishment.
10.01.060 - Conviction—Requisites—Waiver of jury trial.
10.01.070 - Entities—Amenable to criminal process—How.
10.01.090 - Entities—Judgment against.
10.01.120 - Pardons—Reprieves—Commutations.
10.01.140 - Mileage allowance—Jurors—Witnesses.
10.01.170 - Fine or costs—Payment within specified time or installments—Payment priority order.
10.01.180 - Fine or costs—Default in payment—Contempt of court—Enforcement, collection procedures.
10.01.185 - Remission of fines.
10.01.190 - Prosecutorial powers of attorney general.
10.01.200 - Registration of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders—Notice to defendants.
10.01.210 - Offender notification and warning.
10.01.230 - Victim impact panel registry—Panel minimum standards.