2-10-8-1: INTEREST ON FINES AND COLLECTION FEES:
All fines imposed by this Code and the ordinances of the Village shall bear interest at the rate of nine percent (9%) per annum on the unpaid balance from the date of imposition of the fine. A default in the payment of a fine and costs or any installment imposed by the Circuit Court or by a Hearing Officer may be collected by any and all means authorized for the collections of money judgments. The Corporation Counsel may retain attorneys and private collections agents for the purpose of collecting any default in payment of any fine or installment of that fine. The fees and costs incurred by the Village or by another governmental entity through an intergovernmental agreement in any such collection by attorneys and private collections agents retained by the Corporation Counsel or by another governmental entity through an intergovernmental agreement for those purposes shall be charged to the offender. (Ord. 854, 5-9-2018)