N.Y. Uniform Justice Court Act § 2021: Payment of fines, disposition thereof and related matters

* § 2021. Payment of fines, disposition thereof and related matters.

1. A fine imposed and paid before commitment, must be received by the

court, and unless otherwise provided by law, shall be the property of

the town in which the offense was committed if the fine was imposed by a

town court. If, however, the fine was imposed by a village court for an

offense committed in a village, then, unless otherwise provided by law,

the fine shall be the property of the village in which the offense was

committed. All such fines shall be paid to the state comptroller by the

court on or before the tenth day of the month next succeeding their

collection. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this

subdivision, all fines imposed for the violation of a village local law,

ordinance or regulation, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be the

property of such village, whether or not the village has established the

office of village justice.

2. If the defendant is committed in default of the payment of a fine,

he may pay it, and any surcharge and/or crime victim assistance fee, to

the sheriff or superintendent or municipal official of the facility to

whom the defendant was committed who shall, within thirty days after the

receipt thereof, unless otherwise provided by law, pay the same to the

justice of the court that rendered the conviction.

* NB There are 2 § 2021's