(a) The court administrator is authorized to assign for collection to any agency or agencies authorized to do business in the state, any fines, fees, costs, surcharges, and restitution which may have been assessed by the municipal court and which are unpaid and are delinquent.

(b) The agency or agencies authorized, pursuant to this section, to collect fines, fees, costs, surcharges, and restitution shall add to the amounts assigned any amounts charged for services rendered in collecting such fines, fees, costs, surcharges, and restitution, not to exceed 25 percent of the amount assigned for collection.

(c) Any assignment under subsection (a) hereof, unless otherwise specifically set forth therein, authorizes such agency or agencies to commence, in the name of such agency or agencies, civil proceedings, in any appropriate county or district court, for the enforcement of any judgment or order resulting in any fines, fees, costs, surcharges, and restitution. (Ord. No. 2018-17, § 1, 6-25-2018; Ord. No. 2010-01, § 1, 1-11-2010)