DMMCLIR  2.0
     Requirements for Payment following Infraction Hearings


  (a)  If a defendant who has been charged with a traffic or
    other infraction filed with the Des Moines Municipal Court
    is found to have committed that infraction, the defendant
    shall make payment in full of the amount of the penalty at
    the time of the hearing in which the defendant was found to
    have committed the infraction. The court may reduce a fine
    penalty amount only upon a showing of exceptional
    circumstances.

  (b)  Time payments on infractions will be permitted upon
    court order , at the time of the hearing on the contested
    infraction.  The court’s decision to authorize time payments
    in infraction cases shall be subject to the conditions set
    at the time of the order authorizing time payments.

  (c)  Failure to make payment on the penalties on the
    committed infractions shall be enforceable pursuant to
    otherwise applicable court rules, state law or
    administrative code regulations.


  (Adopted effective September 1, 2004)