US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  19
                              CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
                                  CHAPTER 8
                      EXAMINATION OF CASE AND DISCHARGE
                           OR COMMITMENT OF ACCUSED
    19-858.  REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTY -- WHEN AUTHORIZED. (a) The prosecuting
attorney of each county may, on behalf of the county, recover payment or
reimbursement, as the case may be, from each person who has received legal
assistance or another benefit under this act:
    (1)  to which he was not entitled;
    (2)  with respect to which he was not a needy person when he received it;
or
    (3)  with respect to which he has failed to make the certification
required by section 19-854; and for which he refuses to pay or reimburse. Suit
must be brought within five (5) years after the date on which the aid was
received.
    (b)  The prosecuting attorney of each county may, on behalf of the county,
recover payment or reimbursement, as the case may be, from each person other
than a person covered by subsection (a) above, who has received legal
assistance under this act and who, on the date on which suit is brought, is
financially able to pay or reimburse the county for it according to the
standards of ability to pay applicable under sections 19-851, 19-852 and
19-854, but refuses to do so. Suit must be brought within 3 years after the
date on which the benefit was received.
    (c)  Amounts recovered under this section shall be paid into the county
general fund.