RCW 10.01.185
Remission of fines. (Effective January 1, 2023.)
A defendant who has been ordered to pay fines and who has not willfully failed to pay the obligation, as described in RCW 9.94A.6333, 9.94B.040, and 10.01.180, may at any time petition the sentencing court for remission of the payment of fines or of any unpaid portion thereof. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that payment of the amount due will impose manifest hardship on the defendant or the defendant's immediate family, the court may remit all or part of the amount due in fines, modify the method of payment under RCW 10.01.170, or convert the unpaid amounts to community restitution hours, if the jurisdiction operates a community restitution program, at the rate of no less than the state minimum wage established in RCW 49.46.020 for each hour of community restitution. Manifest hardship exists where the defendant is indigent as defined in RCW 10.01.160(3).
[ 2022 c 260 § 8.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2022 c 260: See notes following RCW 3.66.120.
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.