Art. 889 Collection and disposition of fines, costs, and forfeitures

When a court orders someone to pay a fine, cover court costs, or forfeit money or property, that money doesn't just get handled however the court feels like doing it. Instead, other laws already on the books spell out exactly how that money gets collected and where it goes.

This means the courts don't have free rein to decide how fines and costs are gathered or distributed. They have to follow the specific rules and procedures that other statutes already set up for this purpose. If you're dealing with a fine or forfeiture in a Louisiana criminal case, the actual details about how it's collected and where the money ends up will come from those other laws, not from this rule itself.