§ 78A-2-214 — Collection of accounts receivable.

(1) As used in this section:
(1)(a) "Accounts receivable" means any amount due the state from an entity for which payment has not been received by the state agency that is servicing the debt.
(1)(b) "Accounts receivable" includes unpaid fees, licenses, taxes, loans, overpayments, fines, forfeitures, surcharges, costs, contracts, interest, penalties, restitution to victims, third party claims, sale of goods, sale of services, claims, and damages.
(2) If a defendant is sentenced before July 1, 2021, and the Department of Corrections, or the Office of State Debt Collection, is not responsible for collecting an accounts receivable for the defendant, the district court shall collect the accounts receivable for the defendant.
(3) (3)(a) In the juvenile court, money collected by the court from past-due accounts receivable may be used to offset system, administrative, legal, and other costs of collection.
(3)(b) The juvenile court shall allocate money collected above the cost of collection on a pro rata basis to the various revenue types that generated the accounts receivable.
(4) The interest charge described in Subsection 63A-3-502(4)(g)(iii)(B) may not be assessed on an account receivable that is subject to the postjudgment interest rate established by Section 15-1-4.

Legislative History

Amended by Chapter 526, 2025 General Session