How can someone receive a waiver of probation fees?

yes you can ask the court OR do community service.

You should contact your probation officer about this. If you are unable to pay the probation fees, often you can do community service. You will need to do a specific hours of service each month to cover your supervision fees. DISCLAIMER: This answer is provided in response to a "hypothetical" question and provided for general, informational purposes and does not create an attorney/client relationship. The information presented is not legal advice and may change based additional information and research. It is recommended that you speak to an attorney to discuss your specific legal issues.

You will need to have your matter brought before a judge to modify the conditions of your probation. The mere fact that you have been deemed indigent does not automatically result in a wavier of the probation fees. Judges have the discretion to remit probation fees entirely or convert the probation fee into an equivalent amount of community service (4 hours/month for unsupervised probation, 8 hours/month for supervised probation). If you are physically disabled and therefore cannot do community service, bring in proof of your disability, i.e. a letter from a doctor, medical records, documents showing you receive SSDI. Judges will also suspend probation fees if you are engaged in say, a drug treatment program and you can't work or do community service.