MAGISTRATES COLLECT $16,000 IN BACK FINES - Collection Effort Is Step Process

(03/12/2003)

Calhoun residents are paying their past due fines and court costs, some going back to 1992. Calhoun Magistrates Teresa Robinson and Rick Postalwait have collected nearly $16,000. "We have tried to be fair in the collection process," said Postalwait. "In fact, some people who had their license suspended for not paying their fines, some years ago, are now getting their license back." Robinson said collection letters have been mailed for the past several weeks on old citations and misdemeanors. "We are trying to work with the past due accounts and many of them have paid up," she said. The magistrates said the collection effort is a step process, with the final step being an appearance for non-payment. Postalwait said the process could not have been accomplished without the help of students from the Criminal Justice class at Calhoun-Gilmer Career Center, and their instructor Mary Nicholson. A part of the money will be returned to Calhoun County to provide county services. The magistrate court says non-payment of fines and court costs results in driver's license being suspended.

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