Connecticut General Statutes
Title 54 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 968 - Victim Services

Section 54-201. - Definitions. - As used in sections 54-201 to 54-235, inclusive: (1) “Victim”...

Section 54-202. - Compensation commissioners; appointment; Chief Victim Compensation Commissioner; temporary victim compensation commissioners; compensation. - (a) On or before July 1, 1993, the Governor shall...

Section 54-202a. - Executive director. Appointment; term; salary; duties. Deputy director of compensation. Deputy director of victim services. - Section 54-202a is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 92-153,...

Section 54-203. - Office of Victim Services established. Powers and duties. - (a) There is established an Office of Victim Services within...

Section 54-204. - Application for compensation services. Report and examination. Confidential information. - (a) Any person who may be eligible for compensation pursuant...

Section 54-205. - Evaluation of application. Determination. Request for review by compensation commissioner. - (a) Upon application made under the provisions of sections 54-201...

Section 54-205a. - Discontinuance of debt collection efforts upon receipt of notice of pending claim from Office of Victim Services. - If at any point in the debt collection process, whether...

Section 54-206. - Payment of attorneys as part of order. Payment of providers by attorney representing the victim. - (a) The Office of Victim Services or, on review, a...

Section 54-207. - Regulations to prescribe procedures. - Section 54-207 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 78-261,...

Section 54-207a. - Chief Court Administrator to prescribe policies and procedures. - The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall prescribe such...

Section 54-208. - Order of payment of compensation. Criminal intent. Circumstances considered. Prosecution not necessary. Amount and manner of payments. Unclaimed award. - (a) If a person suffers a personal injury or is...

Section 54-209. - When compensation may be ordered. Order inadmissible in civil or criminal proceeding. - (a) The Office of Victim Services or, on review, a...

Section 54-210. - Compensation ordered for expenses, loss of earnings, pecuniary loss and other losses. - (a) The Office of Victim Services or a victim compensation...

Section 54-211. - Time limitation on filing application for compensation. Restrictions on award of compensation. Amount of compensation. - (a)(1) No order for the payment of compensation shall be...

Section 54-211a. - Appeal. - Any applicant aggrieved by an order or decision of a...

Section 54-212. - Office of Victim Services to have subrogated cause of action against person responsible for crime. - (a) Whenever an order for the payment of compensation for...

Section 54-213. - Award not subject to execution or attachment. - No award made pursuant to sections 54-201 to 54-218, inclusive,...

Section 54-214. - Annual report to legislature and to appropriations committee. - Section 54-214 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 78-261,...

Section 54-215. - Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund. - (a) The Office of Victim Services shall establish a Criminal...

Section 54-216. - Payment for services. - (a) The Office of Victim Services or, on review, a...

Section 54-217. - Expedited processing of a claim. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 54-204 and 54-205, if based...

Section 54-218. - Profits derived as result of crime of violence. Recovery of money judgment by victim. Payment to Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund. - (a) Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other legal...

Section 54-219. - Victim Services Technical Assistance Fund. - Section 54-219 is repealed. (P.A. 85-609, S. 3; P.A. 88-185,...

Section 54-220. - Victim advocates. Responsibilities and duties. Access to police reports. - (a) Victim advocates shall have the following responsibilities and duties:...

Section 54-220a. - Assignment of victim advocates to assist victims before Board of Pardons and Paroles. - The Office of Victim Services shall assign two victim advocates...

Section 54-221. - Appointment of advocates for victims of crime by court. - Section 54-221 is repealed, effective October 1, 2010. (P.A. 85-538,...

Section 54-222. - Brochure re rights of victims and victim services. Notice concerning services for victims of human trafficking. - (a) The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall develop...

Section 54-222a. - Duty of peace officer regarding crime victim. Regulations. - (a) Whenever a peace officer determines that a crime has...

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

Section 54-224. - Liability of state re failure to afford rights to victim. - Except as provided in subsection (f) of section 46b-38b, the...

Section 54-225. - Voluntary program for lawyers for protection of persons injured in person or property by civil wrong. - Section 54-225 is repealed, effective October 1, 2017. (P.A. 87-514,...

Section 54-226. - Definitions. - For the purposes of sections 54-226 to 54-231, inclusive, “furlough”...

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. - (a) Any inmate who makes an application to the Board...

Section 54-228. - Request by victim, immediate family member of victim or family member of inmate for notification. - (a) Any victim of a crime, any member of the...

Section 54-229. - Request by prosecuting authority for notification. - Any state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or deputy assistant state's...

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. - (a) Upon receipt of notice from an inmate pursuant to...

Section 54-230a. - Notification of victims and other persons by Department of Correction when inmate or sexual offender seeks release or other relief. - (a) Upon receipt of notice from an inmate pursuant to...

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

Section 54-232. - Disposition of requests for notification received prior to April 1, 1992. - Section 54-232 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 91-389,...

Section 54-233. - Compensation of victim of tort occurring prior to July 1, 1993. - Section 54-233 is repealed, effective October 1, 2017. (P.A. 93-310,...

Section 54-234. - Development of response system for victims of offense of trafficking in persons. Contracts. - (a) The Office of Victim Services within the Judicial Department...

Section 54-234a. - Display of notice re services for victims of human trafficking at certain public and private establishments and businesses. Penalty. - (a)(1) The operator of any (A) establishment that provides massage...

Section 54-235. - State-wide automated victim information and notification system. - The Judicial Branch shall contract for the establishment and implementation...