Title 12, Title 12 Procedure

The office may award compensation in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for personal injury or death which resulted from offenses in the following categories: (1) Assault with intent to commit murder, robbery, or rape; (2) Assault with a dangerous weapon; (3) Assault …

(a) The office may award compensation under this chapter for: (1) Expenses actually and reasonably incurred as a result of the personal injury or death of the victim; (2) Pecuniary loss to the dependents of the deceased victim; (3) Any other pecuniary loss resulting from the pers…

(a) The office may award emergency compensation under this chapter for the: (1) Burial expenses of a victim who dies as a direct result of a violent crime as defined in this chapter; (2) Cost of the crime scene clean up; (3) Relocation expenses; and (4) Compensation for modificat…

(a) Actions for compensation under this chapter shall be commenced within three (3) years after the date of the injury or death, and no compensation shall be awarded for an injury or death resulting from a crime that was not reported to the appropriate law enforcement authority w…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any award of compensation under this chapter may be made on terms that the office deems appropriate. (b) The Criminal Injuries Compensation Act shall be regarded as a fund of last resort. Accordingly, the office shall deduct from …

No third party which has provided any compensation to the injured victim shall have any claim against the funds awarded pursuant to this chapter to the victim or in the case of death to the victim’s estate.

(a) The treasurer may award attorneys’ fees pursuant to this section from the violent crimes indemnity account for successful appeals of the administrator’s awards of compensation brought pursuant to § 12-25-18(g). (b) The superior court may award attorneys’ fees pursuant to this…

(a) Whenever any person is convicted of an offense and compensation is awarded under this chapter or under the 1972 Act for a personal injury or death resulting from the act constituting the offense, the state of Rhode Island shall institute an action against that person for the …

The office shall coordinate the violent crimes indemnity funds and any federal moneys available, and shall transmit to the governor and to the legislature an annual report setting forth: (1) The amount of money in the fund at the start of the year; (2) The amount of payments orde…

(a) It is provided that the general treasurer establish a violent crimes indemnity account within the general fund for the purpose of paying awards granted pursuant to this chapter. The court shall assess as court costs in addition to those provided by law, against all defendants…

There is appropriated to the annual budget of the administrative office of the state courts fifteen percent (15%) of the fund collected annually under § 12-25-28, not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000), to be used at the direction of the chief justice of the …

All moneys assessed pursuant to § 12-25-28 as costs against defendants as provided in this chapter shall be paid by the clerks of the family, district and superior courts to the treasurer, who shall keep the funds in the violent crimes indemnity account. Funds received by the tre…

All medical records, mental health counseling records, employment information, personal financial information and investigative records received, obtained or maintained by the administrator in connection with any application for compensation shall be maintained as confidential in…

If any provision to this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter, which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application, and to this end the prov…