The San Luis Obispo County Probation Department’s Revenue Recovery Unit is in charge of enforcing the orders of the Courts through the collection of restitution and fines. The Probation Revenue Recovery unit has a total of 13,040 open cases at this time. It is vital and necessary to uphold the orders of the court and make the individuals who have committed crimes financially accountable in terms of fines, fees, and restitution and, to reimburse the County for expenses incurred as a result of criminal activity.
It is the intention of the Court that victims be made whole for any losses incurred. Representatives of the Revenue Recovery Unit can assist victims in submitting claims for restitution to be assigned to those defendants granted probation. In fiscal year 2005/2006 the Collections unit collected $2,856,475.84 in restitution, court fines and fees and probation fines and fees from offenders. A total of $788,176.03 in restitution was returned to victims.
The Revenue Recovery Unit has modified its operations in 2004 to accommodate the revenue recovery needs of other County agencies. Recognizing this unprecedented opportunity to recover delinquent monies owed to them, some of these other County agencies have already entered into an agreement with the Probation Department to utilize the services of its Revenue Recovery Unit.
The first to do so was Drug and Alcohol Services who have assigned their past due debtors to the Revenue Recovery Unit. Persons who have not paid for the services rendered to them by Drug and Alcohol Services, are turned over to the Probation Revenue Recovery Unit. This arrangement protects the confidentiality of the debtor while providing revenue recovery for their court ordered programs.
The Superior Court has also entered into a similar arrangement with the Revenue Recovery Unit to enforce collection of court ordered fines that have gone delinquent. Court Operations is presently in the process of assigning over 6,500 delinquent fine accounts to the Probation Revenue Recovery Unit. These accounts are manually assigned by the Court to the Revenue Recovery Unit approximately 200 at a time. The Revenue Recovery Unit is automating the collection of these delinquent fines, using existing technology, to effect the successful recovery of these fine revenues.
The Revenue Recovery Unit, in order to minimize any possible confusion to the recipients of correspondence regarding these debts owed to non-Probation agencies, has adopted the title of "Revenue Recovery Unit" to better reflect the origin, intention and nature of that correspondence.
Important Contacts and Numbers
Bad Check Program
District Attorney's County Government Center 1050 Monterey St Room 223, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. (805)781-5896/781-5800
Court: SLO/GROVER BEACH/PASO ROBLES
County Government Center 1035 Palm St, Room 385, San Luis Obispo, CA 93408. (805)781-5143/866-249-9475
214 South 16th St, Grover Beach, CA 93433. (805)473-7077
549 10th St, Paso Robles, CA 93446. (805)237-3079
District Attorney's Office
1034 Palm St, Room 400 San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 (805)781-5800
Drug and Alcohol Services
2945 McMillan, Suite 136, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805)781-4275/781-4753
County Jail
1585 Kansas Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805)781-4600
Probation Department/Adult/Juvenile
1730 Bishop Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805)781-5300 Fax: (805)781-1231
1065 Kansas Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805)781-5352 Fax: (805)781-1230
Sheriff Office
1585 Kansas Ave, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805)781-4550