by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, where an award under this chapter has been authorized but there are not sufficient funds in the fund to pay or continue paying the award, then the award or the remaining portion thereof shall not be...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) There is created a fund to be known as the Georgia Crime Victims Emergency Fund. The custodian of the fund shall be the board. The director shall administer the fund and may invest the resources of the fund in the same manner and fashion that an insurer authorized...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) No award may be made unless the board or director finds that: (1) A crime was committed;(2) The crime directly resulted in the victim’s physical injury, serious mental or emotional trauma, or financial hardship as a result of the victim’s physical...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, the following persons shall be eligible for awards pursuant to this chapter: (1) A person who: (A) Is injured physically, who dies, or who suffers financial hardship as a result of being injured physically as a...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) A claim, once accepted for filing and completed, shall be assigned to an investigator. The investigator shall examine the papers filed in support of the claim and cause an investigation to be conducted into the validity of the claim. The investigation shall...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Georgia
(a) A claim may be filed by a person eligible to receive an award, as provided in Code Section 17-15-7, or, if such person is a minor, by his or her parent or guardian. In any case in which the person entitled to make a claim is mentally incompetent, the claim may be...
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