Delinquent court fines trickle in

Two months after the city signed a contract with the Havre Credit Bureau in hopes of collecting nearly $150,000 in unpaid court fines, people are beginning to respond, City Judge Joyce Perszyk said this week.

People with unpaid fines have been trickling in since late March, when the court began sending notices giving them two weeks to pay up before sending their debts to a collection agency and, in some cases, revoking their driver's licenses, Perszyk said Wednesday.

Perszyk said the initial response was slow, but is picking up now.

"I think there's still a lot of testing out there to see, you...