Florida Statutes Title XLVII Chapter 960 - Victim Assistance

• 960.001 - Guidelines For Fair Treatment Of Victims And Witnesses In The Criminal Justice And Juvenile Justice Systems.
  (1) The Department of Legal Affairs, the state attorneys, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Florida Commission on Offender Review, the State...
• 960.0015 - Victim’s Right To A Speedy Trial; Speedy Trial Demand By The State Attorney.
  (1) The state attorney may file a demand for a speedy trial if the state has met its obligations under the rules of discovery, the charge...
• 960.002 - Direct-support Organization To Assist Victims Of Adult And Juvenile Crime.
  (1) The Governor may authorize a direct-support organization to assist in addressing the needs of victims of adult and juvenile crime. The direct-support organization shall operate...
• 960.0021 - Legislative Intent; Advisement To Victims.
  (1) The Legislature finds that in order to ensure that crime victims can effectively understand and exercise their rights under s. 16, Art. I of the...
• 960.003 - Hepatitis And Hiv Testing For Persons Charged With Or Alleged By Petition For Delinquency To Have Committed Certain Offenses; Disclosure Of Results To Victims.
  (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—The Legislature finds that a victim of a criminal offense which involves the transmission of body fluids, or which involves certain sexual offenses in...
• 960.01 - Short Title.
  The provisions of ss. 960.01-960.28 may be cited as the “Florida Crimes Compensation Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 77-452; s. 18, ch. 92-287.
• 960.02 - Declaration Of Policy And Legislative Intent.
  The Legislature recognizes that many innocent persons suffer personal injury or death as a direct result of adult and juvenile criminal acts or in their...
• 960.03 - Definitions; Ss. 960.01-960.28.
  As used in ss. 960.01-960.28, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:(1) “Catastrophic injury” means a permanent impairment constituted by:(a) Spinal cord injury involving severe paralysis of...
• 960.045 - Department Of Legal Affairs; Powers And Duties.
  It shall be the duty of the department to assist persons who are victims of crime.(1) The department shall:(a) Establish and maintain an office in Tallahassee and...
• 960.05 - Crime Victims’ Services Office.
  (1) There is hereby created within the Department of Legal Affairs a Crime Victims’ Services Office, which shall be the organizational unit through which the department...
• 960.065 - Eligibility For Awards.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the following persons shall be eligible for awards pursuant to this chapter:(a) A victim.(b) An intervenor.(c) A surviving spouse, parent or guardian,...
• 960.07 - Filing Of Claims For Compensation.
  (1) A claim for compensation may be filed by a person eligible for compensation as provided in s. 960.065 or, if such person is a minor,...
• 960.09 - Determination Of Claims.
  (1) The department shall have authority to allow, deny, controvert, and litigate claims made against it and to delegate to the Crime Victims’ Services Office such...
• 960.12 - Emergency Awards.
  Notwithstanding s. 960.07, if it appears to the department that such claim is one with respect to which an award probably will be made, and...
• 960.13 - Awards.
  (1)(a) No award shall be made unless the department finds that:1. A crime was committed;2. Such crime directly resulted in personal injury to, psychiatric or psychological injury to,...
• 960.14 - Manner Of Payment; Execution Or Attachment.
  (1) Any award made under this chapter shall be in accordance with the discretion and direction of the department as to the manner of payment. No...
• 960.15 - Records.
  Any record or report obtained by the department or a hearing officer that is confidential or exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) shall retain...
• 960.16 - Subrogation.
  Payment of an award pursuant to this chapter shall subrogate the state, to the extent of such payment, to any right of action accruing to...
• 960.17 - Award Constitutes Debt Owed To State.
  (1) Any payment of benefits to, or on behalf of, a victim or other claimant under this chapter creates a debt due and owing to the...
• 960.18 - Penalty For Fraud.
  Any person who procures compensation under this chapter by any fraud, or any person who counsels another person to procure compensation under this chapter by...
• 960.195 - Awards To Elderly Persons Or Disabled Adults For Property Loss.
  (1) Notwithstanding the criteria in s. 960.13, for crime victim compensation awards, the department may award a maximum of $500 on any one claim and a...
• 960.196 - Relocation Assistance For Victims Of Human Trafficking.
  (1) Notwithstanding the criteria specified in ss. 960.07(2) and 960.13 for crime victim compensation awards, the department may award a one-time payment of up to $1,500...
• 960.197 - Assistance To Victims Of Online Sexual Exploitation And Child Pornography.
  (1) Notwithstanding the criteria set forth in s. 960.13 for crime victim compensation awards, the department may award compensation for counseling and other mental health services...
• 960.198 - Relocation Assistance For Victims Of Domestic Violence.
  (1) Notwithstanding the criteria set forth in s. 960.13 for crime victim compensation awards, the department may award a one-time payment of up to $1,500 on...
• 960.199 - Relocation Assistance For Victims Of Sexual Battery.
  (1) The department may award a one-time payment of up to $1,500 on any one claim and a lifetime maximum of $3,000 to a victim of...
• 960.21 - Crimes Compensation Trust Fund.
  (1) There is created a special fund, to be known as the “Crimes Compensation Trust Fund,” for the purpose of providing for the payment of all...
• 960.22 - Application For Federal Funds.
  The department is authorized to apply for funds from, and to submit all necessary forms to, any federal agency participating in a cooperative program to...
• 960.23 - Notice Of Provisions Of This Chapter.
  It shall be the duty of every hospital licensed under the laws of this state to display prominently in the lobby or waiting area of...
• 960.28 - Payment For Victims’ Initial Forensic Physical Examinations.
  (1) A medical provider who performs an initial forensic physical examination may not bill a victim or the victim’s parent or guardian if the victim is...
• 960.29 - Legislative Findings And Intent.
  The Legislature finds that former approaches to the problem of compensating crime victims through restitution have proven inadequate or have been inconsistently applied in many...
• 960.291 - Definitions.
  When used in this act, the term:(1) “Civil restitution lien” means a lien which exists in favor of crime victims, the state, its local subdivisions, or...
• 960.292 - Enforcement Of The Civil Restitution Lien Through Civil Restitution Lien Order.
  The civil restitution lien shall be made enforceable by means of a civil restitution lien order.(1) Upon conviction, the convicted offender shall incur civil liability for...
• 960.293 - Determination Of Damages And Losses.
  (1) In a civil suit for damages filed by a crime victim against a convicted offender, the crime victim is entitled to liquidated damages in an...
• 960.294 - Effect Of Civil Restitution Liens.
  (1) PROPERTY SUBJECT TO CIVIL RESTITUTION LIEN.—The civil restitution lien is a lien upon any real or personal property of the convicted offender. If the full...
• 960.295 - Civil Restitution Lien Supplemental To Other Forms Of Restitution Available To Lienholder.
  (1) PRESERVATION OF EXISTING RESTITUTION REMEDIES.—The civil restitution lien provided for in this civil restitution lien act is intended to enable crime victims, the state and...
• 960.296 - Construction And Severability.
  (1) This civil restitution lien act supersedes law to the contrary. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the provisions of this civil restitution lien...
• 960.297 - Authorization For Governmental Right Of Restitution For Costs Of Incarceration.
  (1) The state and its local subdivisions, in a separate civil action or as counterclaim in any civil action, may seek recovery of the damages and...
• 960.298 - Priority Of Liens.
  Any liens already in existence at the time the restitution lien is placed shall take precedence over the restitution lien.History.—s. 23, ch. 94-342.

Last modified: September 23, 2016