Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 968 - Victim Services
Section 54-225. - Voluntary program for lawyers for protection of persons injured in person or property by civil wrong.

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 54 - Criminal Procedure

Chapter 968 - Victim Services

Section 54-201. - Definitions.

Section 54-202. - Compensation commissioners; appointment; Chief Victim Compensation Commissioner; temporary victim compensation commissioners; compensation.

Section 54-202a. - Executive director. Appointment; term; salary; duties. Deputy director of compensation. Deputy director of victim services.

Section 54-203. - Office of Victim Services established. Powers and duties.

Section 54-204. - Application for compensation services. Report and examination. Confidential information.

Section 54-205. - Evaluation of application. Determination. Request for review by compensation commissioner.

Section 54-205a. - Discontinuance of debt collection efforts upon receipt of notice of pending claim from Office of Victim Services.

Section 54-206. - Payment of attorneys as part of order. Payment of providers by attorney representing the victim.

Section 54-207. - Regulations to prescribe procedures.

Section 54-207a. - Chief Court Administrator to prescribe policies and procedures.

Section 54-208. - Order of payment of compensation. Criminal intent. Circumstances considered. Prosecution not necessary. Amount and manner of payments. Unclaimed award.

Section 54-209. - When compensation may be ordered. Order inadmissible in civil or criminal proceeding.

Section 54-210. - Compensation ordered for expenses, loss of earnings, pecuniary loss and other losses.

Section 54-211. - Time limitation on filing application for compensation. Restrictions on award of compensation. Amount of compensation.

Section 54-211a. - Appeal.

Section 54-212. - Office of Victim Services to have subrogated cause of action against person responsible for crime.

Section 54-213. - Award not subject to execution or attachment.

Section 54-214. - Annual report to legislature and to appropriations committee.

Section 54-215. - Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund.

Section 54-216. - Payment for services.

Section 54-217. - Expedited processing of a claim.

Section 54-218. - Profits derived as result of crime of violence. Recovery of money judgment by victim. Payment to Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund.

Section 54-219. - Victim Services Technical Assistance Fund.

Section 54-220. - Victim advocates. Responsibilities and duties. Access to police reports.

Section 54-220a. - Assignment of victim advocates to assist victims before Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Section 54-221. - Appointment of advocates for victims of crime by court.

Section 54-222. - Brochure re rights of victims and victim services. Notice concerning services for victims of human trafficking.

Section 54-222a. - Duty of peace officer regarding crime victim. Regulations.

Section 54-223. - Failure to afford rights to victim shall not constitute grounds for vacating conviction or voiding sentence or parole determination.

Section 54-224. - Liability of state re failure to afford rights to victim.

Section 54-225. - Voluntary program for lawyers for protection of persons injured in person or property by civil wrong.

Section 54-226. - Definitions.

Section 54-227. - Notification of Office of Victim Services and Victim Services Unit within Department of Correction by inmate or sexual offender seeking release or other relief.

Section 54-228. - Request by victim, immediate family member of victim or family member of inmate for notification.

Section 54-229. - Request by prosecuting authority for notification.

Section 54-230. - Notification of victims and other persons by Office of Victim Services when inmate or sexual offender seeks release or other relief or is released from a correctional institution.

Section 54-230a. - Notification of victims and other persons by Department of Correction when inmate or sexual offender seeks release or other relief.

Section 54-231. - Notification of Office of Victim Services by Department of Correction upon release of inmate. Access to criminal history record information.

Section 54-232. - Disposition of requests for notification received prior to April 1, 1992.

Section 54-233. - Compensation of victim of tort occurring prior to July 1, 1993.

Section 54-234. - Development of response system for victims of offense of trafficking in persons. Contracts.

Section 54-234a. - Display of notice re services for victims of human trafficking at certain public and private establishments and businesses. Penalty.

Section 54-235. - State-wide automated victim information and notification system.