Costs are debts due to the Commonwealth
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215 Costs are debts due to the Commonwealth
               Without limiting any other provision of this Act, costs payable by a
               person to the Commonwealth under this Division may be
               recovered by the Commonwealth as a debt due to the
               Commonwealth in a court of competent jurisdiction.