Intereses sobre multas y costos en Virginia

Explicación Simple

Si debes una multa, no tendrás que pagar intereses por 180 días después de que te la impongan. Si estás en la cárcel, tampoco se acumulan intereses durante ese tiempo.

Es como si te prestaran un libro y no tuvieras que pagar multas por retraso durante los primeros seis meses. Si no puedes devolver el libro porque estás en casa de un amigo, tampoco te penalizan.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan recibió una multa de tráfico y la corte le dijo que pagara $200. Como Juan estuvo en la cárcel durante tres meses, no le cobraron intereses por su multa. Después de salir, tiene 180 días más para pagar sin que se le añadan intereses.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 19.2-353.5 - Interest on fines and costs. A. For purposes of this section, "incarcerated" or "incarceration" means confinement in a local or regional correctional facility, juvenile correctional facility, state correctional facility, residential detention center, or facility operated pursuant to the Corrections Private Services Act (§ 53.1-261 et seq.). B. No interest shall accrue on any fine or costs imposed in a criminal case or in a case involving a traffic infraction (i) for a period of 180 days following the date of the final judgment imposing such fine or costs; (ii) during any period the defendant is incarcerated; and (iii) for a period of 180 days following the date of the defendant's release from incarceration if the sentence includes an active term of incarceration. C. A person who owes fines and costs on which interest has accrued during a period of incarceration may move any court in which he owes fines and costs to waive the interest that accrued on such fines and costs during such period of incarceration. Upon certification of the period of incarceration by the superintendent, warden, or other official in charge of a correctional facility on a form developed by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court, such interest shall be waived. D. In no event shall interest accrue during any period in which a fine, costs, or both a fine and costs are being paid in deferred or installment payments pursuant to an order of the court. Whenever interest on any unpaid fine or costs accrues, it shall accrue at the judgment rate of interest set forth in § 6.2-302 . 1987, c. 648; 1988, cc. 106, 508; 1995, cc. 375 , 566 ; 1996, c. 226 ; 2016, c. 282 ; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 388 ; 2025, c. 337 . Article 4. Payment of Fines and Costs on Installment Ba