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Deferred Court Costs, Net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Deferred Court Costs | Deferred Court Costs for the deferral period consist of the following as of the dates presented (in thousands):
| December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
Court costs advanced | $ | 743,584 |  |  | $ | 654,356 |
Court costs recovered | (299,606 | ) |  | (261,243 | )
Court costs reserve | (364,015 | ) |  | (327,926 | )
Deferred court costs | $ | 79,963 |  |  | $ | 65,187 |
Schedule of Court Cost Reserve | A roll forward of the Company’s court cost reserve is as follows (in thousands):
| December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
Balance at beginning of period | $ | (327,926 | ) |  | $ | (318,784 | ) |  | $ | (279,572 | )
Provision for court costs | (82,702 | ) |  | (67,850 | ) |  | (82,593 | )
Net down of reserve after deferral period | 50,743 |  |  | 53,527 |  |  | 42,745 |
Effect of foreign currency translation | (4,130 | ) |  | 5,181 |  |  | 636 |
Balance at end of period | $ | (364,015 | ) |  | $ | (327,926 | ) |  | $ | (318,784 | )

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