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Title 17 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 15 - Victim Compensation
- § 17-15-1. Legislative Intent
- § 17-15-2. Definitions
- § 17-15-3. Georgia Crime Victims Compensation Board; Members; Director of Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
- § 17-15-4. Powers of Board
- § 17-15-5. Filing of Claims; Verification; Contents
- § 17-15-6. Investigation; Decision by Director; Review by Board; Report to Claimant
- § 17-15-7. Persons Eligible for Awards
- § 17-15-8. (Effective Until July 1, 2022.) Required Findings; Amount of Award; Rejection of Claim; Reductions; Exemptions; Effective Date for Awards; Psychological Counseling for Relatives of Deceased; Memorials for Victims of Dui Homicide
- § 17-15-8. (Effective July 1, 2022.) Required Findings; Amount of Award; Method of Payment; Rejection of Claim; Reductions; Exemptions; Effective Date for Awards; Psychological Counseling for Relatives of Deceased; Memorials for Victims of Dui Homicide
- § 17-15-9. Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund Created; Administration; Moneys; Payments Authorized
- § 17-15-10. Insufficient Funds to Pay Authorized Award
- § 17-15-11. False Claims
- § 17-15-12. Effect of Accepting Award
- § 17-15-13. Debt to State Created; Payment as Condition of Probation or Parole; Payment Into Fund
- § 17-15-14. Funding to Victim Service Providers for Disseminating Information
- § 17-15-15. Responsibility for Cost of Forensic Medical Examination
- § 17-15-16. Funding for Costs of Forensic Interviews for Persons Less Than 18 Years of Age or Developmentally Disabled
Cross references.
- Referral to victim assistance organizations of child suspected of being a victim of sexual exploitation or trafficking, § 15-11-130.1.
Compensation of victims of violation of § 40-6-391, § 15-21-110 et seq.
State Victim Services Commission, T. 35, C. 6.
Law reviews.- For article, "Disrupting Victim Exploitation," see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 805 (2018). For note on the 1994 amendments of Code Sections 17-15-2 to 17-15-4, 17-15-6 to 17-15-8 and enactment of Code Section 17-15-14 of this chapter, see 11 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 166 (1994).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Jurisdiction or power of juvenile court to order parent of juvenile to make restitution for juvenile's offense, 66 A.L.R.4th 985.
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