Iowa Code
Chapter 915 - VICTIM RIGHTS
Section 915.84 - Application for compensation.

915.84 Application for compensation.
1. To claim compensation under the crime victim compensation program, a person shall apply in writing on a form prescribed by the department and file the application with the department within two years after the date of the crime, the discovery of the crime, or the date of death of the victim. The department may waive the time limitation if good cause is shown.
2. The department may waive, for good cause shown, the requirement that an emergency relocation must take place within thirty days of the date or discovery of a crime or within thirty days before or after the offender is released from incarceration.
3. A person is not eligible for compensation unless the crime was reported to the local police department or county sheriff department within seventy-two hours of its occurrence. If the crime cannot reasonably be reported within that time period, the crime shall have been reported within seventy-two hours of the time a report can reasonably be made. The department may waive this requirement if good cause is shown.
4. Notwithstanding subsection 3, a victim under the age of eighteen or dependent adult as defined in section 235B.2 who has been sexually abused or subjected to any other unlawful sexual conduct under chapter 709 or 726 or who has been the subject of a forcible felony is not required to report the crime to the local police department or county sheriff department to be eligible for compensation if the crime was allegedly committed upon a child by a person responsible for the care of a child, as defined in section 232.68, subsection 8, or upon a dependent adult by a caretaker as defined in section 235B.2, and was reported to an employee of the department of human services and the employee verifies the report to the department.
5. When immediate or short-term medical services or mental health services are provided to a victim under section 915.35, the department of human services shall file the claim for compensation as provided in subsection 4 for the victim.
6. When immediate or short-term medical services to a victim are provided pursuant to section 915.35 by a professional licensed or certified by the state to provide such services, the professional shall file the claim for compensation, unless the department of human services is required to file the claim under this section. The requirement to report the crime to the local police department or county sheriff department under subsection 3 does not apply to this subsection.
7. The victim shall cooperate with reasonable requests by the appropriate law enforcement agencies in the investigation or prosecution of the crime.
98 Acts, ch 1090, §45, 84; 99 Acts, ch 10, §1; 2015 Acts, ch 135, §21, 42, 43
Referred to in §235A.15, 235B.6, 622.69, 915.51, 915.93

Structure Iowa Code

Iowa Code

Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Chapter 915 - VICTIM RIGHTS

Section 915.1 - Title.

Section 915.2 - Immunity.

Section 915.3 - Immunity — citizen intervention.

Section 915.10 - Definitions.

Section 915.10A - Automated victim notification system.

Section 915.11 - Notifications by law enforcement.

Section 915.12 - Registration.

Section 915.13 - Notification by county attorney.

Section 915.14 - Notification by clerk of the district court.

Section 915.15 - Notification by department of justice.

Section 915.16 - Notification by local correctional institutions.

Section 915.17 - Notification by department of corrections.

Section 915.17A - Notification by judicial district department of correctional services.

Section 915.18 - Notification by board of parole.

Section 915.19 - Notification by the governor.

Section 915.20 - Presence of victim counselors.

Section 915.20A - Victim counselor privilege.

Section 915.21 - Victim impact statement.

Section 915.22 - Civil injunction to restrain harassment or intimidation of victims or witnesses.

Section 915.23 - Employment discrimination against witnesses prohibited.

Section 915.24 - Notification of victim of juvenile by juvenile court officer.

Section 915.25 - Right to review complaint against juvenile.

Section 915.26 - Victim impact statement by victim of juvenile.

Section 915.27 - Sexual assault by juvenile.

Section 915.28 - Restitution for delinquent acts of juvenile.

Section 915.29 - Notification of victim of juvenile by department of human services.

Section 915.35 - Child victim services.

Section 915.36 - Protection of child victim’s privacy.

Section 915.36A - Minor prosecuting witness — pretrial contact.

Section 915.37 - Guardian ad litem for prosecuting child witnesses.

Section 915.38 - Televised, videotaped, and recorded evidence — limited court testimony — minors and others.

Section 915.40 - Definitions.

Section 915.41 - Medical examination costs.

Section 915.42 - Right to HIV-testing of convicted or alleged assailant.

Section 915.43 - Testing, reporting, and counseling — penalties.

Section 915.44 - Polygraph examinations of victims or witnesses — limitations.

Section 915.45 - Notice to victims of discharge of persons committed.

Section 915.46 - Sexual assault forensic examiner program.

Section 915.50 - General rights of domestic abuse and sexual abuse victims.

Section 915.50A - General rights of elder abuse victims.

Section 915.51 - General rights of human trafficking victims.

Section 915.52 - Protective order victim notification system.

Section 915.53 - Automated tracking system — sexual abuse evidence collection kits.

Section 915.80 - Definitions.

Section 915.81 - Award of compensation.

Section 915.82 - Crime victim assistance board.

Section 915.83 - Duties of department.

Section 915.84 - Application for compensation.

Section 915.85 - Compensation payable.

Section 915.86 - Computation of compensation.

Section 915.87 - Reductions and disqualifications.

Section 915.88 - Compensation when money insufficient.

Section 915.89 - Erroneous or fraudulent payment — penalty.

Section 915.90 - Release of information.

Section 915.91 - Emergency payment compensation.

Section 915.92 - Right of action against perpetrator — subrogation.

Section 915.93 - Rulemaking.

Section 915.94 - Victim compensation fund.

Section 915.95 - Human trafficking victim fund.

Section 915.100 - Victim restitution rights.