SUBJECT:
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Request Consideration of Reduction and/or Release of Civil Restitution Lien for Sarah Ames
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Matthew G. Minter, County Attorney |
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DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
On December 9, 2025, the County Attorney’s Office received a request from Sarah Ames for a Release/Reduction of her Civil Restitution Lien from Case No. 2018-MM-3257, recorded at OR Book 6993, Page 540 on June 27, 2019. Ms. Ames is requesting a reduction of the Civil Restitution/Cost of Incarceration Lien totaling $3,659.27, with $2,550.00 remaining in judgment and $1,109.27 in interest.
On May 31, 2018, Ms. Ames was arrested for Resist or Obstruct Officer without Violence (First Degree Misdemeanor) in Case No. 2018-MM-3257. On November 19, 2018, she was sentenced to a maximum of 51 days in Jail; the Court imposed a Judgment of Cost of incarceration of $2,550.00 (sentence 51 days x $50 per day). She served a total of 25 days in the Marion County jail and was not an Inmate Worker. She has paid all other fines and court costs for this case.
Ms. Ames is asking for this release/reduction of her lien to help clear up her background in order to obtain healthcare employment.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
None
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to approve or deny Sarah Ames’s request for a Reduction and/or Release of the Civil Restitution Lien recorded in OR Book 6993, Page 540 on June 27, 2019.
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