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Trial Court CollectionsCollecting court-ordered financial sanctions is a top priority for the Michigan judiciary. Enforcing court orders, including financial sanctions, is a court responsibility that, if done effectively, improves courts' credibility and effectiveness while providing funds to support law enforcement, libraries, the Crime Victims Rights Fund, and local governments.To improve collections, the State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) convened a Collections Advisory Committee in 2004. The Supreme Court approved the committee's recommended collections strategy on June 5, 2005. The strategy includes training, data collection, and cost-effective practices. When this three-phase strategy is complete -- in approximately June 2009 -- all trial courts will have a collections program. Child support and civil judgments are not included in this collections initiative. For questions regarding child support, please go to Friend of the Court Services. For questions regarding collecting money on civil judgments, please go to the Self-Help Center. Court Collections Program Requirements
One of the requirements is that each court must implement or have a collections program in place that conforms to a model developed by the SCAO. The Court Collections Program Models provide the minimum requirements or components for each acceptable model. Compliance with the Court Collections Program Requirements means that a court has adopted a program that includes the required components provided in the Court Collections Program Components and Details. Compliance does not require that a court implement each detail listed below each component. Rather, the details provide additional information about the component or concrete examples of ways a court may fulfill the listed requirement. Collections Training Videos
Collections Resources
COLLECT Applications -- JIS Circuit and District Courts Collections Advisory Committee Collections Reporting Materials Collections Standards and Guidelines Communications Court Rules, Laws, and Administrative Orders Associated with Collections Fines, Costs, and Assessments Information Forms Policies Press Releases and News Articles Training Materials Staff and Contact Information
State Court Adminstrative Office -- Trial Court Services Michigan Hall of Justice PO Box 30048 Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 373-2219 FAX: (517) 373-0974 E-Mail: collections@courts.mi.gov Links of Interest
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