PAYMENT PLAN APPLICATION
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
1. You personally must have income (other than child support or state aid for families) to qualify for a
payment plan.
2. Complete the following pages:
• Financial Affidavit
• Questionnaire regarding driver’s license and your right to register an automobile
• Voluntary Wage Assignment
3. If your driver’s license is suspended, we will check with the Driver’s License Bureau to see what is
holding your license and if you owe any civil penalties that we may wrap into the payment plan.
4. The County Attorney’ Office will prepare the Payment Plan and mail a letter to your home when your
plan is ready to be signed. You will need to bring the following to the Pottawattamie County Attorney’s
Office:
• First Month’s Payment - MUST BE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER
• Proof of automobile insurance if applying for license reinstatement
If you want a driver’s license, you are required to have and keep car insurance while on the payment
plan. If you do not own a car, you must have non-owner’s insurance.
5. If you’re making direct payments, pay in cash at the Clerk of Court, or mail a check or money order
to:
County Attorney’s Office
P. O. Box 0127
Council Bluffs, IA 51502-0127
MAKE YOUR CHECK OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO: CLERK OF COURT (Print your name on the
check or money order.)
Pay online https://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/EPayment/EPaymentSearchFrame.jsp
6. If you have a job, you must sign the Voluntary Wage Assignment. You are responsible for paying the
fines! If deductions are not coming out of your paycheck within two pay periods after you set up your
wage assignment, or if your deduction stops for any reason, you must contact your payroll office to see
why. You must also notify the County Attorney’s office by calling Rhonda at 712-328-5649 or emailing
rhonda.blair@pottcounty-ia.gov.
7. About fourteen days after you sign the plan(s), you should be able to get your license.
The County Attorney’s office does NOT accept cash. You are REQUIRED to tell the Clerk that you are
making a payment on a County Attorney Payment Plan to make certain the payment will be credited toward
your plan.
If you have any questions, call the County Attorney’s Office at 712-328-5649. Please note the more calls we
have to deal with the longer it takes to get the plans out.
RETURN FORM VIA EMAIL TO:
paymentplan@pottcounty-ia.gov
Rhonda.blair@pottcounty-ia.gov