Chelan County District Court and Probation offer limited time debt relief program

CHELAN COUNTY — Chelan County District Court and Chelan County District Court Probation will be working with Armada Collections with an account relief program designed to aid those who have unpaid fines or probation fees with the Court or its Probation office.

The County last offered such a program four years ago, and it turned out to be very helpful for customers who had balances with Armada, a debt collection company, from those unpaid debts.

In a press release, Judges Allen Blackmon and Jonathan Volyn said that “It is the Court’s intent to provide an opportunity to pay off your court fines and fees, probation costs, as well as court-ordered victim restitution at a greatly reduced cost.”

This two-month program, which begins April 14 and ends June 14, could prove key to allowing people who have already seen their accounts go into collections to rid themselves of the kinds of debt that cannot generally be discharged through bankruptcy. Any debts resulting from anything more serious than a minor traffic infraction usually persist until they are paid in full, unlike most debt collections with statute limitations.

For more information or to find out if you qualify for this program, contact Armada at 509-884-8000, the Chelan County District Court at 509-667-6600, or Chelan County Probation at 509-667-6656.

Andrew Simpson: 509-433-7626 or andrew@ward.media