2012 New York Consolidated Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 22 - (620 - 635) OFFICE OF VICTIM SERVICES
625 - Filing of claims.

 
    § 625. Filing  of claims. 1. A claim may be filed by a person eligible
  to receive an award, as provided in section six hundred  twenty-four  of
  this  article, or, if such person is under the age of eighteen years, an
  incompetent, or a conservatee, by  his  relative,  guardian,  committee,
  conservator, or attorney.
    2. A claim must be filed by the claimant not later than one year after
  the occurrence or discovery of the crime upon which such claim is based,
  one  year  after  a  court finds a lawsuit to be frivolous, or not later
  than one year after the death of the  victim,  provided,  however,  that
  upon  good  cause  shown, the office may extend the time for filing. The
  office shall extend the time for filing where the claimant  received  no
  notice pursuant to section six hundred twenty-five-a of this article and
  had  no  knowledge  of  eligibility  pursuant  to  section  six  hundred
  twenty-four of this article.
    3. Claims shall be filed in person, by mail or electronically, in such
  manner as the office may prescribe. The office shall accept  for  filing
  all  claims  submitted by persons eligible under subdivision one of this
  section and alleging the jurisdictional requirements set forth  in  this
  article  and  meeting  the  requirements  as  to  form  in the rules and
  regulations promulgated to carry out the provisions and purposes of this
  article.
    4. Upon filing of a claim pursuant to this article, the  office  shall
  promptly notify the district attorney of the county wherein the crime is
  alleged  to  have occurred. If, within ten days after such notification,
  such district attorney advises the office that a criminal prosecution is
  pending upon the same alleged crime and  requests  that  action  by  the
  office  be  deferred,  the office shall defer all proceedings under this
  article until such time as such criminal prosecution has been  concluded
  and  shall  so notify such district attorney and the claimant. When such
  criminal prosecution has been concluded, such  district  attorney  shall
  promptly  so  notify the office. Nothing in this section shall limit the
  authority of the office to grant emergency awards  pursuant  to  section
  six hundred thirty of this article.