If a credit card is not honored, what may the city do?

• A. The city may collect a service charge from the person who owes the fee, fine, court costs, or other charge
• B. The city must forgive the debt
• C. The city must dismiss the case
• D. The city must issue a capias pro fine immediately

Answer: (A)

When a payment by credit card doesn’t go through, the city can recover its processing costs by adding a service charge to the amount owed. This reflects the extra work and fees the city incurs when a transaction fails. The debt itself isn’t automatically forgiven, the case isn’t automatically dismissed, and an arrest warrant for fines isn’t automatically issued just because a credit card payment was not honored; those actions would require separate steps and conditions. Therefore, the best answer is that the city may collect a service charge from the person who owes the fee, fine, court costs, or other charge.