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LaPorte County to use collections vendor 'PayCourt' for older unpaid fines; clerk seeks scanner funding
Summary
County clerk described a new vendor called PayCourt that will pursue unpaid court fines (vendor charges 30% added fee); the clerk also received council approval to appropriate $7,500 for scanners and $25,000 for part‑time scanning payroll to digitize records.
The LaPorte County clerk told the County Council on Jan. 26 that the county will run a collections pilot with a vendor identified as 'PayCourt' to recover unpaid court fines and fees. Heather (recorded in the minutes and later referenced as Mrs. Clark) said the county will incur no upfront cost and that PayCourt will collect outstanding balances and add a 30% collection fee that is tacked on to the debtor, not deducted from the county’s recovery.
Heather said she…
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