Payment of fines, mandatory surcharges and fees by credit card
§ 420.05 Payment of fines, mandatory surcharges and fees by credit card.
When the court imposes a fine, mandatory surcharge or fee upon an individual who stands convicted of any offense, such individual may pay such fine, mandatory surcharge or fee by credit card or similar device. In such event, notwithstanding any other provision of law, he or she also may be required to pay a reasonable administrative fee. The amount of such administrative fee and the time and manner of its payment shall be in accordance with the system established by the chief administrator of the courts pursuant to paragraph (j) of subdivision two of section two hundred twelve of the judiciary law.
A convicted person may pay any fine, mandatory surcharge, or fee by credit card or similar device. ★ In exchange the court may charge a reasonable administrative fee, set by the Chief Administrator of the Courts (per Judiciary Law § 212(2)(j)).
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 3 — The JG-22 Criminal Procedure Law and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.