Opinion No.

Mr. Carl Reynolds Administrative Director Office of Court Administration Post Office Box 12066 Austin, Texas 78711-2066

Re: Payment of uncollected fines, fees and court costs by defendants who have been administratively released from community supervision (RQ-0396-GA)

Dear Mr. Reynolds:

You inquire whether probation defendants who have been administratively released (but not judicially discharged) from community supervision and who have failed to pay the fines, fees and court costs they were ordered to pay as a condition of community supervision are still responsible for paying those fines, fees…