Collection after default

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-204 — under Disposition of Offenders.

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-204

(a) When a defendant sentenced to pay fines, fees, or costs defaults in the payment of the fines, fees, or costs or of any installment, the fines, fees, or costs may be collected:(1) By any means authorized for the enforcement of a money judgment in a civil action; or(2) Upon the court's own motion, by the interception of the defendant's state income tax return by following the procedures under § 5-4-206(d)-(f) for the collection of unpaid restitution.

(1) By any means authorized for the enforcement of a money judgment in a civil action; or

(2) Upon the court's own motion, by the interception of the defendant's state income tax return by following the procedures under § 5-4-206(d)-(f) for the collection of unpaid restitution.

(b) A judgment that the defendant pay fines, fees, or costs constitutes a lien on the real property and personal property of the defendant in the same manner and to the same extent as a money judgment in a civil action.