Frequently Asked Questions - Information for Offenders: Your Restitution Responsibilities

We have assembled answers to the questions most frequently asked about Restitution and the responsibility of the offender. These answers do not cover every situation, so please don't hesitate to contact us if you have questions or concerns.

• Restitution Fines
  
  
  1. What happens if I have unpaid restitution fines?
  2. How do you collect my restitution fines?
  
  
• Restitution Payments
  
  
  1. Can I make monthly payments?
  2. Why has my employer garnished my wages?
  3. Why has my bank frozen my account?
  4. How do I find out if the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) gave me credit for all the payments I made while I was in prison?
  
  
• Court Records
  
  
  1. Where can I get copies of my court records?
  
  
• Whom to contact
  
  
  1. Whom do I contact if believe I have already paid this fine while incarcerated with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)?
  2. Whom do I contact if believe I have already paid this fine while incarcerated with the Department of Juvenile Justice (formerly the California Youth Authority)?
  3. Whom do I contact if I don’t believe I was ordered to pay a restitution fine?
  4. Whom do I contact to get my case number information?