Any order for the payment of reparation under the Crime Victims Reparation Act may be made on such terms as the commission deems appropriate. The order may provide for apportionment of reparation or for the holding of reparation or any part thereof in trust and for the payment of reparation in a lump sum or in periodic installments. All such orders shall contain words clearly informing the claimant that all awards and orders for reparation under the Crime Victims Reparation Act are subject to the making of an appropriation by the legislature to pay the claim.
History: Laws 1981, ch. 325, ยง 13.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 31 - Criminal Procedure
Article 22 - Crime Victims Reparations
Section 31-22-1 - Short title.
Section 31-22-3 - Definitions.
Section 31-22-4 - Crime victims reparation commission created; membership; reimbursement.
Section 31-22-5 - Claims; review; hearings and evidence.
Section 31-22-6 - Medical examination; attorneys' fees; penalty.
Section 31-22-7 - Eligibility for reparation.
Section 31-22-8 - Crimes enumerated.
Section 31-22-9 - Award of reparation.
Section 31-22-10 - Relationship to offender.
Section 31-22-11 - No award to certain confined persons.
Section 31-22-12 - Recovery from offender.
Section 31-22-13 - Terms of order.
Section 31-22-14 - Limitations on award; collateral recovery; preliminary award.
Section 31-22-15 - Exemption from execution.
Section 31-22-16 - Survival or abatement.
Section 31-22-17 - Rule-making powers.
Section 31-22-18 - Confidentiality of records, reports and claim files.
Section 31-22-19 - Annual report.
Section 31-22-21 - Crime victims reparation fund created; purposes.
Section 31-22-22 - Distribution of money received as result of crime; escrow account.