Alaska Statutes Title 24, Chapter 24.65 - Office of Victims' Rights

• Sec. 24.65.010 Office of Victims' Rights.
  There is created in the legislative branch of the state the office of victims' rights. The victims' advocate is the director of the office...
• Sec. 24.65.020 Appointment of the Victims' Advocate.
  (a) A candidate for appointment as the victims' advocate shall be nominated by the victims' advocate selection committee composed of three members of the...
• Sec. 24.65.030 Qualifications.
  A person may not serve as victims' advocate(1) unless the person has been a resident of the state for the three years immediately preceding...
• Sec. 24.65.040 Term of Office.
  (a) The term of office of the victims' advocate is five years. A victims' advocate may be reappointed but may not serve for more...
• Sec. 24.65.050 Removal.
  The legislature, by a concurrent resolution adopted by a roll call vote of two-thirds of the members of each house entered in the journal,...
• Sec. 24.65.060 Compensation.
  The victims' advocate is entitled to receive an annual salary of Range 26 on the salary schedule set out in AS 39.27.011 (a) for
• Sec. 24.65.070 Staff and Delegation.
  (a) The victims' advocate shall appoint a person to serve as acting victims' advocate in the absence of the victims' advocate. The victims' advocate...
• Sec. 24.65.080 Office Facilities and Administration.
  (a) Subject to restrictions and limitations imposed by the executive director of the Legislative Affairs Agency, the administrative facilities and services of the Legislative...
• Sec. 24.65.090 Procedure.
  (a) The victims' advocate shall, by regulations adopted under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), establish procedures for advocacy on behalf of crime victims, receiving...
• Sec. 24.65.100 Jurisdiction; Duties.
  (a) The victims' advocate has jurisdiction to advocate on behalf of crime victims of felony offenses or class A misdemeanors, if the class A...
• Sec. 24.65.110 Advocacy on Behalf of Crime Victims; Records.
  (a) The victims' advocate shall assist crime victims in obtaining the rights crime victims are guaranteed under the constitution and laws of the state...
• Sec. 24.65.115 Authority to Request Return of Property on Behalf of Certain Persons.
  (a) Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter, the victims' advocate may(1) file a request under AS 12.36.070 with a law enforcement agency for the...
• Sec. 24.65.120 Investigations.
  (a) The victims' advocate may investigate complaints from crime victims that they have been denied the rights they are guaranteed under the constitution and...
• Sec. 24.65.130 Powers.
  (a) Subject to the privileges recognized by court rule and statute of this state, the victims' advocate may compel by subpoena, at a specified...
• Sec. 24.65.140 Consultation.
  Before giving an opinion or recommendation that is critical of a justice agency or person as a result of an investigation under AS 24.65.120,...
• Sec. 24.65.150 Procedure After Investigation.
  (a) The victims' advocate shall report the advocate's opinion and recommendations to a justice agency if the victims' advocate finds, after investigation under AS...
• Sec. 24.65.160 Publication of Recommendations.
  Except as provided in AS 24.65.150 (c), within a reasonable amount of time after the victims' advocate reports the advocate's opinion and recommendations to...
• Sec. 24.65.170 Annual Report.
  The victims' advocate shall make available to the public an annual report of the victims' advocate's activities under this chapter and notify the legislature...
• Sec. 24.65.180 Judicial Review.
  A proceeding or decision of the victims' advocate may be reviewed in superior court only to determine if it is contrary to the provisions...
• Sec. 24.65.190 Immunity of the Victims' Advocate.
  A civil action may not be brought against the victims' advocate or a member of the victims' advocate's staff for anything done, said, or...
• Sec. 24.65.200 Victims' Advocate's Privilege Not to Testify or Produce Documents or Other Evidence.
  Except as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the determinations, conclusions, thought processes, discussions, records, reports, and recommendations of or...
• Sec. 24.65.210 Penalty.
  A person who knowingly hinders the lawful actions of the victims' advocate or the staff of the victims' advocate, or who knowingly refuses to...
• Sec. 24.65.250 Definitions.
  In this chapter,(1) "justice agency" means a department, office, institution, corporation, authority, organization, commission, committee, council, court, or board of a municipality or in...

Last modified: November 15, 2016