Title 54 — Title 54: Criminal Procedure

Sec. 54-201. Definitions. As used in sections 54-201 to 54-235, inclusive: (1) “Victim” means a person who is injured or killed as provided in section 54-209; (2) “Personal injury” means (A) actual bodily harm or emotional harm and includes pregnancy and any condition thereof, or…

Sec. 54-202. Compensation commissioners; appointment; Chief Victim Compensation Commissioner; temporary victim compensation commissioners; compensation. (a) On or before July 1, 1993, the Governor shall appoint five victim compensation commissioners for a term of four years to co…

Sec. 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 Section 54-202a is repealed, effective July 1, 1993.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, S. 2; P.A. 93-310, S. 31, 32.)

Sec. 54-203. Office of Victim Services established. Powers and duties. (a) There is established an Office of Victim Services within the Judicial Department. (b) The Office of Victim Services shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To direct each hospital, whether public o…

Sec. 54-204. Application for compensation services. Report and examination. Confidential information. (a) Any person who may be eligible for compensation pursuant to sections 54-201 to 54-218, inclusive, may make application therefor to the Office of Victim Services. If the perso…

Sec. 54-205. Evaluation of application. Determination. Request for review by compensation commissioner. (a) Upon application made under the provisions of sections 54-201 to 54-218, inclusive, the Office of Victim Services shall evaluate such application, make an appropriate deter…

Sec. 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 before or after the entry of judgment, a health care provider, a consumer collection agency acti…

Sec. 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 victim compensation commissioner may, as part of any order entered under sections 54-201 to 54-218, inclusive, determin…

Sec. 54-207. Regulations to prescribe procedures. Section 54-207 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 78-261, S. 7, 17; P.A. 87-554, S. 6; P.A. 92-153, S. 7; P.A. 93-310, S. 31, 32.)

Sec. 54-207a. Chief Court Administrator to prescribe policies and procedures. The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall prescribe such policies and procedures, as deemed necessary, to implement the provisions of sections 54-201 to 54-235, inclusive, and sections 19a-112e …

Sec. 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 killed as provided in section 54-209, the Office of Victim Services…

Sec. 54-209. When compensation may be ordered. Order inadmissible in civil or criminal proceeding. (a) The Office of Victim Services or, on review, a victim compensation commissioner, may order the payment of compensation in accordance with the provisions of sections 54-201 to 54…

Sec. 54-210. Compensation ordered for expenses, loss of earnings, pecuniary loss and other losses. (a) The Office of Victim Services or a victim compensation commissioner may order the payment of compensation under sections 54-201 to 54-218, inclusive, for: (1) Expenses actually …

Sec. 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 made under section 54-210 unless (A) the application has been made within three years after…

Sec. 54-211a. Appeal. Any applicant aggrieved by an order or decision of a victim compensation commissioner may appeal by way of a demand for a trial de novo to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. The appeal shall be filed not later than thirty days after th…

Sec. 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 personal injury or death or for the provision of compensation services is or has been made under sections 54-2…

Sec. 54-213. Award not subject to execution or attachment. No award made pursuant to sections 54-201 to 54-218, inclusive, shall be subject to execution or attachment other than for expenses resulting from the injury which is the basis for the claim. (P.A. 78-261, S. 13, 17; P.A.…

Sec. 54-214. Annual report to legislature and to appropriations committee. Section 54-214 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 78-261, S. 14, 17; P.A. 82-397, S. 2, 7; P.A. 84-179; P.A. 85-609, S. 5; P.A. 87-554, S. 13; P.A. 92-153, S. 4; P.A. 93-310, S. 31, 32.)

Sec. 54-215. Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund. (a) The Office of Victim Services shall establish a Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund for the purpose of funding the compensation services provided for by sections 54-201 to 54-218, inclusive. The fund may contain any moneys req…

Sec. 54-216. Payment for services. (a) The Office of Victim Services or, on review, a victim compensation commissioner may order payment for services to any person determined to be eligible for such services in accordance with the provisions of sections 54-201 to 54-218, inclusiv…

Sec. 54-217. Expedited processing of a claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 54-204 and 54-205, if based upon a review of all information available, the Office of Victim Services determines that a claim is one with respect to which undue hardship will result to the cl…

Sec. 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 entity contracting with any person or the representative o…

Sec. 54-219. Victim Services Technical Assistance Fund. Section 54-219 is repealed. (P.A. 85-609, S. 3; P.A. 88-185, S. 1, 2; P.A. 92-153, S. 13.)

Sec. 54-220. Victim advocates. Responsibilities and duties. Access to police reports. (a) Victim advocates shall have the following responsibilities and duties: (1) To provide initial screening of each personal injury case; (2) to assist victims in the preparation of victim impac…

Sec. 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 to provide full-time assistance to victims who appear before a panel of the Board of Pardons and Paroles or submit a…

Sec. 54-221. Appointment of advocates for victims of crime by court. Section 54-221 is repealed, effective October 1, 2010. (P.A. 85-538, S. 2; P.A. 10-43, S. 43.)

Sec. 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 a concise card or brochure concerning information to victims of crime concerning their rights…

Sec. 54-222a. Duty of peace officer regarding crime victim. Regulations. (a) Whenever a peace officer determines that a crime has been committed, such officer shall: (1) Render immediate assistance to any crime victim, including obtaining medical assistance for any such crime vic…

Sec. 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 the rights provided pursuant to any provision of the general statutes shall not constit…

Sec. 54-224. Liability of state re failure to afford rights to victim. Except as provided in subsection (f) of section 46b-38b, the state or any agent, employee or officer thereof shall not be liable for (1) the failure to afford the victim of a crime any of the rights provided p…

Sec. 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, S. 2, 4; P.A. 17-99, S. 51.)

Sec. 54-226. Definitions. For the purposes of sections 54-226 to 54-231, inclusive, “furlough” means the temporary custodial transfer of an inmate from incarcerative custody to community custody for an authorized purpose under the supervision of a verified community sponsor, and …

Sec. 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 of Pardons and Paroles or the Department of Correctio…

Sec. 54-227a. Transferred to Chapter 886, Sec. 51-286g.

Sec. 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 immediate family of such victim or any member of an inmate's immediate family who desires to be notified whenever an inmate …

Sec. 54-229. Request by prosecuting authority for notification. Any state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or deputy assistant state's attorney who desires to be notified whenever an inmate makes an application to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Department of Correction, …

Sec. 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 54-227, the Office of Vic…

Sec. 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 54-227, the Victim Services Unit within the Department of Correction sha…

Sec. 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 Services whenever the department schedules the release of an in…

Sec. 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, S. 11; P.A. 93-310, S. 31, 32.)

Sec. 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, S. 29, 32; P.A. 17-99, S. 51.)

Sec. 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 shall, within available appropriations, contract with nongovernmental organizations to develop a coordinated r…

Sec. 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 services for a fee; (B) publicly or privately operated highway ser…

Sec. 54-235. State-wide automated victim information and notification system. The Judicial Branch shall contract for the establishment and implementation of a state-wide automated victim information and notification system to provide automatic notice of relevant offender informat…

Secs. 54-236 to 54-239. Reserved for future use.