If a defendant fails to complete a driving safety course, the court is required to refund the $10 fee or allow the defendant to apply the fee to the fine.

• A. Not specified
• B. Sometimes
• C. Always
• D. False

Answer: (D)

When a driving safety course is ordered, the small $10 fee is an administrative charge tied to the course process. If the defendant fails to complete the course, the court is not required to refund that fee or to apply it to any fine. The disposition of the fee depends on local rules or statutes, and there isn’t a universal obligation that it be refunded or credited to the fine simply because the course wasn’t completed. In practice, the fee may stay nonrefundable or be handled separately from the penalty, and failing to finish the course can lead to other consequences, not automatic fee refunds.