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Deferred Court Costs, Net (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Deferred Court Costs | Deferred Court Costs for the five-year deferral period consist of the following as of the dates presented (in thousands):
| September 30, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Court costs advanced | $ | 615,002 |  |  | $ | 546,271 |
Court costs recovered | (232,028 | ) |  | (206,287 | )
Court costs reserve | (308,920 | ) |  | (279,572 | )
| $ | 74,054 |  |  | $ | 60,412 |
Schedule of Court Cost Reserve | A roll forward of the Company’s court cost reserve is as follows (in thousands):
| Court Cost Reserve
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Balance at beginning of period | $ | (298,955 | ) |  | $ | (243,832 | ) |  | $ | (279,572 | ) |  | $ | (210,889 | )
Provision for court costs | (22,434 | ) |  | (18,127 | ) |  | (59,897 | ) |  | (51,038 | )
Net down of reserve after 60 months | 11,924 |  |  | — |  |  | 30,284 |  |  | — |
Effect of foreign currency translation | 545 |  |  | 178 |  |  | 265 |  |  | 146 |
Balance at end of period | $ | (308,920 | ) |  | $ | (261,781 | ) |  | $ | (308,920 | ) |  | $ | (261,781 | )

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