§ 9-605. Liability of estate of inmate for damages and expenses

   (a) In general. -- The estate of an individual who is sentenced to imprisonment in a correctional facility in the Division of Correction or is to be executed is liable:

   (1) first, for payment of reparation to each person injured by the individual; and

   (2) second, for expenses incurred by the State to apprehend, prosecute, convict, and remove the individual.

(b) Determination of liability. -- To determine the amount of liability under subsection (a) of this section, the court in which the individual is convicted shall direct its clerk to certify to the managing official of the correctional facility the amount of reparation determined by the court and the costs incurred by the State in the prosecution and conviction of the individual.

(c) Record keeping. -- The managing official shall maintain a record of the liability of the estate of the individual as certified by the clerk under subsection (b) of this section.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 636; 1999, ch. 54, § 2.