Plans sized to the person
Officers or clerks set a schedule, a minimum, and optional AutoPay. Departments can allow partial payments. Each payment updates the balance immediately.
Probation and supervision fee payments
GovPayPlan collects supervision, program, monitoring, and testing fees for probation and community supervision departments. These fees are small, frequent, and often paid by people who do not have a bank account. The minimum fee is $2.00. Reminders are sent by text before each due date. Clients pay with Cash App or a card, and officers take payments in the field on a wireless terminal. The client record shows the balance and the last payment.
Payment types
- Monthly supervision fees
- Drug and alcohol testing fees
- Electronic monitoring fees
- Program and class fees
- Restitution
- Court-ordered fines collected by the department
Capabilities
Reminders before the due date
Reminders with a payment link are sent by text and email before each installment and again if it is missed. The department sets the schedule.
Cash App, cards, and cash
Clients pay with Cash App, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or a card from a phone. At the office, a Cashier user records cash and money orders. No processing fee applies to cash.
Mobile terminals for field work
Wireless terminals for home visits, satellite offices, and reporting days. Pricing is $480 per year or $45 per month. Departments processing $1,000,000 or more per year receive one at no charge.
Balance and payment history
The client record shows the outstanding balance, the plan, the last payment, and the receipt history. A printed history is available for a hearing.
Reports for the judge
Reports by date, payment type, and status show which clients are current and which are behind, with the amount and the number of days past due.
Examples
These examples are generic. None describes a specific customer.
Field visit
An officer takes a payment on a mobile terminal during a home visit. The receipt is sent by text, and the balance in the client record updates immediately.
Reminder before the due date
A client receives a text reminder with a payment link the day before an installment is due and pays from a phone with Cash App or a card. The payment posts to the plan.
Review hearing
Before a hearing, the officer prints the client payment history. It lists each installment with its date, method, and receipt number.
Terms that apply
Processing fees are paid by the payer and the agency receives the full amount owed. Rates, minimum fees, the one-year term, and terminal pricing are on the pricing page.
The department settles to one registered bank account. If restitution must settle separately from supervision fees, the two run as separate agency accounts under the county’s organization, each with its own payouts and reports.
Questions from probation and supervision
Yes. The processing fee on each charge is the percentage rate or the minimum fee, $2.00 for card and wallet and $1.00 for bank, whichever is greater. It is never both, and nothing is added on top of the percentage. A $100 card payment on the Preferred Plan carries a $4.00 fee. A $15 card payment carries a $2.00 fee, because 4% would be only $0.60. Minimum fees reflect the fixed per-transaction costs charged by the payment networks, and ours are about half the small-payment minimums common in the industry.
Yes, where the agency allows it for that payment type. The balance updates as each payment posts, and each payment is subject to the minimum fee.
Two models cover most agencies. The standalone countertop terminal for staffed payment windows is $720 one-time, or $30 per month to rent with a 3-month minimum. The mobile wireless terminal for field use, probation visits, court events, and mobile collections is $480 per year, or $45 per month to rent with a 3-month minimum, with advance replacement included. Every terminal ships fully configured: encryption keys injected, software loaded, and cables or charger included.