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Article 1 - Crime Victims' Compensation.
Section 15-23-1 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 15-23-2 - Legislative Findings, Etc. - The Legislature hereby finds, determines and declares that victims of...
Section 15-23-3 - Definitions. - As used in this article the following words shall include,...
Section 15-23-4 - Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission - Created; Composition; Meetings; Rules and Regulations; Bond; Compensation. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-196 IN THE 2022...
Section 15-23-5 - Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission - Powers and Duties. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-196 IN THE 2022...
Section 15-23-6 - Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission - Annual Report Required. - The commission shall publish annually a report showing the fiscal...
Section 15-23-7 - Audit of Financial Affairs of Commission Authorized. - The Director of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts...
Section 15-23-8 - Compensation for Economic Loss Resulting From Criminal Conduct - Authorized; Procedure. - (a) The commission may award compensation for economic loss arising...
Section 15-23-9 - Compensation for Economic Loss Resulting From Criminal Conduct - Collateral Source Contribution Not Required. - The commission shall not require any claimant to seek or...
Section 15-23-10 - Compensation for Economic Loss Resulting From Criminal Conduct - Hearing Required Generally; Procedure in Contested Cases; Settlement by Consent Order, Etc. - (a) Every party to a claim shall be afforded an...
Section 15-23-11 - Filing Claim Under Article Constitutes Waiver of Physician-Patient Privilege. - (a) Any person filing a claim under the provisions of...
Section 15-23-12 - When Compensation Not Awarded, Diminished, etc.; Reconsideration of Award. - (a) Compensation shall not be awarded in any of the...
Section 15-23-13 - Award Not Contingent on Prosecution or Conviction of Offender; Effect of Proof of Conviction; Suspension of Proceedings Under Article. - Except as provided elsewhere in this article, an award may...
Section 15-23-14 - Award of Compensation Subrogates Commission to Rights of Claimant as to Collateral Source; Funds Recovered From Collateral Source Held in Trust for Commission; Disposition of Trust Funds; Notice of Action to Recover Damages; Restit... - (a) If compensation is awarded, the commission shall be subrogated...
Section 15-23-15 - Amount and Method of Compensation; Future Economic Loss Generally; Exemption From State and Local Taxes, Etc. - (a) Compensation for work loss, replacement services loss, dependent's economic...
Section 15-23-16 - Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Fund; Created; Purposes; Composition; Administered or Managed by Commission. - (a) There is hereby established a special fund to be...
Section 15-23-17 - Assessment of Additional Costs and Penalties; Collection and Disposition of Additional Assessments, Etc. - (a) In all criminal and quasi-criminal proceedings for the violation...
Section 15-23-18 - Penalties - Influence Peddling. - (a) Any person who confers, offers, or agrees to confer...
Section 15-23-19 - Penalties - Failure of Commission Member to Disclose Conflict of Interest. - (a) A member, agent or employee of the Alabama Crime...
Section 15-23-20 - Penalties - Alteration of Commission Records, Etc. - Any member, agent or employee of the Alabama Crime Victims...
Section 15-23-21 - Penalties - Furnishing False Information; Failure to Disclose Material Fact, Etc. - (a) Any person who shall knowingly furnish any false information...
Section 15-23-22 - Penalties - Unauthorized Control Over Money or Securities of Commission. - (a) Any person who shall knowingly obtain or exert any...
Section 15-23-23 - Certain Persons Deemed Ineligible for Compensation. - Any person who shall perpetrate any criminally injurious conduct on...
Article 2 - Crime Counselor Confidentiality.
Section 15-23-40 - Short Title. - This article shall be entitled "The Victim Counselor Confidentiality Act...
Section 15-23-41 - Definitions. - As used in this article, unless a contrary meaning is...
Section 15-23-42 - Confidentiality of Communications With Victim Counselor. - (a) A victim, a victim counselor without the consent of...
Section 15-23-43 - Waiver of Protection; Exception for Suit Against Counselor by Victim. - (a) A victim does not waive the protections afforded by...
Section 15-23-44 - Other Testimonial Privilege Not Limited by Provisions. - Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit any...
Section 15-23-45 - Victim Counselors Not Relieved of Duty to Report Certain Crimes. - This article shall not be construed to relieve victim counselors...
Section 15-23-46 - Victim Counselors Not to Prescribe Drugs, Practice Medicine, or Practice Other Professions Without License. - Nothing in this article shall be construed to permit a...
Article 3 - Crime Victims' Rights.
Section 15-23-60 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following words shall have...
Section 15-23-61 - Designated Representative. - (a) If a victim is physically or emotionally unable to...
Section 15-23-62 - Law Enforcement Agency Required to Provide Victim With Information Concerning Services, Compensation Benefits, Etc. - Within 72 hours, unless the victim is unavailable or incapacitated...
Section 15-23-63 - Prosecuting Attorney Required to Notify Victim of Charges and Proceedings; Request for Notice. - (a) Upon written request of the victim, the prosecuting attorney...
Section 15-23-64 - Prosecuting Attorney Required to Confer With Victim Prior to Final Disposition of Offense. - The prosecuting attorney shall confer with the victim prior to...
Section 15-23-65 - Prosecuting Attorney Required to Confer With Victim Before Commencement of Trial. - The prosecuting attorney shall confer with the victim before the...
Section 15-23-66 - No Right to Direct Prosecution. - The rights of the victim do not include the authority...
Section 15-23-67 - Right to Be Present Throughout Proceedings. - The victim has the right to be present throughout all...
Section 15-23-68 - Waiting Area for Victim; Court to Minimize Contact of Victim With Defendant. - The court shall provide a waiting area for the victim...
Section 15-23-69 - Testimony Concerning Information About Victim; Information About Victim in Court File. - (a) Based upon the reasonable apprehension of the victim of...
Section 15-23-70 - Right to Refuse Defendant's Request for Interview. - The victim has the right to refuse a request by...
Section 15-23-71 - Plea Agreement. - The victim has the right to be present at any...
Section 15-23-72 - Right to Pre-Sentence Information. - The prosecuting attorney shall provide to the victim the date...
Section 15-23-73 - Impact Statement; Right to Review Pre-Sentence Investigative Report. - (a) The victim may submit a written impact statement or...
Section 15-23-74 - Right to Present Evidence, Statement, etc., During Sentencing or Restitution Proceedings. - The victim has the right to present evidence, an impact...
Section 15-23-75 - Right to Information Concerning Defendant's Sentence, Request for Notice, Post-Conviction Review, Etc. - The victim has the right to the following information: (1)...
Section 15-23-76 - Right to Be Present and Heard at Court Proceeding. - It is the discretion of the victim to exercise the...
Section 15-23-77 - Right to Have Property Returned. - (a) Prior to the admission of evidence to the court,...
Section 15-23-78 - Right to Information From Agency Having Physical Custody of Prisoner. - Any custodial agency having physical custody of the prisoner, if...
Section 15-23-79 - Submission of Victim's Statement Into Prisoner's Records. - (a) The victim shall have the right to be notified,...
Section 15-23-80 - Facility With Custody of Defendant to Send Victim Release Opinion. - Upon written request of the victim, the Alabama Department of...
Section 15-23-81 - Victim to Respond to Subpoena or to Participate in Proceeding Preparation Without Loss of Employment or Fear of Loss. - The victim shall respond to a subpoena to testify in...
Section 15-23-82 - Clerk of Court to Accept and Disburse Restitution. - The clerk of the court is authorized and shall accept...
Section 15-23-83 - Assertion of Rights by Attorney General or District Attorney. - The Attorney General or district attorney may assert any right...
Section 15-23-84 - Failure to Provide Right or Notice Not Grounds for Setting Aside Sentence. - The failure to provide a right, privilege, or notice to...
Article 4 - Testing of Person Charged With Certain Sex Crimes on Request of Alleged Victim.
Section 15-23-100 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following words shall have...
Section 15-23-101 - Motion to Order Person Charged to Be Tested for Sexually Transmitted Diseases. - When a person has been charged with the crime of...
Section 15-23-102 - Order to Submit to Testing; Designation of Attending Physician; Additional Testing; Access to Results; Post-Test Counseling. - (a)(1) If the district attorney files a motion under Section...
Section 15-23-103 - Confidentiality of Results. - (a) The results of tests or reports, or information therein,...
Section 15-23-104 - Payment of Costs. - This article shall be implemented by the Department of Public...
Article 5 - Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights
Section 15-23-120 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 15-23-121 - Rights of Sexual Assault Victims. - (a) A sexual assault survivor has the following rights: (1)a....
Section 15-23-122 - Survivor Notification. - The Attorney General shall develop a survivor notification document to...
Section 15-23-123 - Sexual Assault Task Force. - (a) The Attorney General shall establish the Sexual Assault Task...
Section 15-23-124 - Construction of Article. - Nothing in this article shall be construed to establish a...