Utah Code § 75E-5-301 Definitions for part.
75E-5-301. Definitions for part.
Reserved.
Enacted by Chapter 291, 2026 General Session
Victim Compensation
Utah Code tit. 75E, ch. 75E-5, pt. 75E-5-P3
in effectUtah Code § 75E-5-302 Crime Victim Compensation Fund.
75E-5-302. Crime Victim Compensation Fund.
(1)
(a) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the "Crime Victim Compensation Fund" to be administered and distributed as provided in this section by the office in cooperation with the Division of Finance.
(b) The fund shall consist of:
(i) appropriations by the Legislature; and
(ii) funds collected under Subsections (2) and (3).
(c) Money deposited in this fund is for victim compensation, other victim services, and, as appropriated, for administrative costs of the office.
(2)
(a) A percentage of the income earned by inmates working for correctional industries in a federally certified private sector prison industries enhancement program shall be deposited in the fund.
(b) The percentage of income deducted from inmate pay under Subsection (2)(a) shall be determined by the executive director of the Department of Corrections in accordance with the requirements of the private sector prison industries enhancement program.
(3)
(a) Judges are encouraged to, and may in their discretion, impose additional compensation to be paid into the fund by convicted criminals.
(b) The additional discretionary compensation may not exceed the statutory maximum fine permitted by Title 76, Criminal Offenses, for that offense.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 291, 2026 General Session
Utah Code § 75E-5-303 Compensation award -- No right of action.
75E-5-303. Compensation award -- No right of action.
(1) Compensation to a victim under this chapter is:
(a) limited to the money available in the fund; and
(b) not an entitlement program.
(2) Failure to grant a compensation award does not create a right of action against the office, the state, or any of the state's subdivisions.
(3) There is no right to judicial review over the decision of whether to grant a compensation award.
(4) Failure to give or receive the notice required by this chapter does not:
(a) create a cause of action against:
(i) the state;
(ii) a state agency or local subdivision;
(iii) a law enforcement officer, agent, or employee of the state or local subdivision;
(iv) a health care or medical provider; or
(v) an agent or employee of a health care or medical provider; or
(b) affect or alter a requirement for filing or paying a compensation claim.
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Utah Code § 75E-5-304 Compensation not to supplant restitution -- Assignment of claim for restitution judgment to Compensation Office.
75E-5-304. Compensation not to supplant restitution -- Assignment of claim for restitution judgment to Compensation Office.
(1)
(a) A compensation award may not supplant an order for restitution under Title 77, Chapter 38b, Crime Victims Restitution Act, or under any other provision of law.
(b) An order for restitution may not be considered readily available as a collateral source for a compensation award granted under this chapter.
(c) Receipt of a compensation award under this chapter is considered an assignment of the victim's rights to restitution from the offender.
(2) The court may not reduce an order for restitution based on a compensation award.
(3)
(a)
(i) If a victim receives a compensation award and the office is assigned the victim's claim for restitution, or a portion of the victim's claim for restitution, under Section 75E-5-311, the office may file with the sentencing court a notice of restitution listing the amounts or estimated future amounts of payments made or anticipated to be made to or on behalf of the victim.
(ii) The office may provide a notice of restitution to the victim or victim's representative before or at sentencing.
(iii) The office's failure to provide notice under Subsection (3)(a)(i) or (ii) does not invalidate the imposition of the judgment or an order for restitution if the defendant is given the opportunity to object and be heard as provided in this chapter.
(b)
(i) Any objection by the defendant to the imposition or amount of restitution under Subsection (3)(a)(i) shall be:
(A) made at the time of sentencing; or
(B) made in writing within 20 days after the day on which the defendant receives the notice described in Subsection (3)(a) and filed with the court and a copy mailed to the office.
(ii) Upon an objection, the court shall allow the defendant a hearing on the issue.
(iii) After a hearing under Subsection (3)(b)(ii), the court shall:
(A) enter an order for restitution in accordance with Section 77-38b-205; and
(B) identify the office as an assignee for the order for restitution.
(iv) Subject to the right of the defendant to object, the amount of restitution sought by the office may be updated and the office identified as an assignee of an order for restitution in accordance with the time periods established under Section 77-38b-205.
(4) If no objection is made or filed by the defendant under Subsection (3), the court shall upon conviction and sentencing:
(a) enter an order for restitution in accordance with Section 77-38b-205; and
(b) identify the office as an assignee for the order for restitution.
(5)
(a) If the notice of restitution is filed after sentencing but during the term of probation or parole, the court shall:
(i) modify any order for restitution to include expenses paid by the office on behalf of the victim in accordance with Section 77-38b-205; and
(ii) identify the office as an assignee of the order for restitution.
(b) If an order for restitution has not been entered, the court shall:
(i) enter an order for restitution in accordance with Section 77-38b-205; and
(ii) identify the office as an assignee of the order for restitution.
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Utah Code § 75E-5-305 Grounds for eligibility.
75E-5-305. Grounds for eligibility.
(1) A victim is eligible for a compensation award under this chapter if:
(a) the claimant is:
(i) a victim of criminally injurious conduct;
(ii) a dependent of a deceased victim of criminally injurious conduct; or
(iii) a representative acting on behalf of one of the above;
(b)
(i) the criminally injurious conduct occurred in Utah; or
(ii) the victim is a Utah resident who suffers injury or death as a result of criminally injurious conduct inflicted in a state, territory, or country that does not provide a crime victims' compensation program;
(c) the application is made in writing in a form that conforms substantially to that prescribed by the office;
(d) the criminally injurious conduct is reported to a law enforcement officer, in the law enforcement officer's capacity as a law enforcement officer, or another federal or state investigative agency;
(e) the claimant or victim cooperates with the appropriate law enforcement agencies and prosecuting attorneys in efforts to apprehend or convict the perpetrator of the alleged offense; and
(f) the criminally injurious conduct occurred after December 31, 1986.
(2) A compensation award may be made to a victim regardless of whether any individual is arrested, prosecuted, or convicted of the criminally injurious conduct giving rise to a compensation claim.
(3)
(a) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsections (1)(d) and (e), a victim of sexual assault is not required to report the sexual assault to a law enforcement officer or another federal or state investigative agency or cooperate with the appropriate law enforcement agencies and prosecuting attorneys to be eligible for a compensation award under this section if:
(i) the victim seeks assistance from an advocacy services provider, a criminal justice system victim advocate, or a nongovernment organization victim advocate; and
(ii) the advocacy services provider, the criminal justice system victim advocate, or the nongovernment organization victim advocate completes a questionnaire, provided by the office, regarding the sexual assault.
(b) Notwithstanding the requirement of Subsection (1)(e), a victim who has suffered strangulation in the course of interpersonal violence is not required to cooperate with the appropriate law enforcement agencies and prosecuting attorneys to be eligible for a compensation award under this section if the victim:
(i) reports the strangulation to a law enforcement officer or another federal or state investigative agency after the strangulation occurs; or
(ii) seeks medical care for the strangulation immediately after the strangulation occurs.
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Utah Code § 75E-5-306 Ineligible individuals -- Fraudulent compensation claims -- Penalties.
75E-5-306. Ineligible individuals -- Fraudulent compensation claims -- Penalties.
(1) The following individuals are not eligible to receive a compensation award:
(a) an individual who does not meet all of the provisions set forth in Section 75E-5-305;
(b) the offender;
(c) an accomplice of the offender;
(d) an individual whose receipt of a compensation award would unjustly benefit the offender, accomplice, or another individual reasonably suspected of participating in the offense;
(e) the victim of a motor vehicle injury who was the owner or operator of the motor vehicle and was not at the time of the injury in compliance with the state motor vehicle insurance laws;
(f) a convicted offender serving a sentence of imprisonment in any prison or jail or residing in any other correctional facility;
(g) an individual who is on probation or parole if the circumstances surrounding the offense of which the individual is a victim is a violation of the individual's probation or parole;
(h) an individual whose injuries are the result of criminally injurious conduct that occurred in a prison, jail, or another correctional facility while the individual was incarcerated; and
(i) an individual who:
(i) submits a fraudulent claim; or
(ii) misrepresents a material fact in requesting a compensation award.
(2)
(a) An individual may not knowingly:
(i) submit a fraudulent claim; or
(ii) misrepresent a material fact in requesting a compensation award.
(b) A violation of Subsection (2)(a) is:
(i) a class B misdemeanor if:
(A) the individual who violates Subsection (2)(a) does not receive a compensation award; or
(B) the value of the compensation award received is less than $500;
(ii) a class A misdemeanor if the value of the compensation award received is or exceeds $500 but is less than $1,500;
(iii) a third degree felony if the value of the compensation award received is or exceeds $1,500 but is less than $5,000; and
(iv) a second degree felony if the value of the compensation award received is or exceeds $5,000.
(3) The attorney general may prosecute violations under this section or may make arrangements with county or city attorneys for the prosecution of violations under this section when the attorney general cannot conveniently prosecute.
(4)
(a) A claimant who is not eligible to receive a compensation award under Subsection (1) but receives a compensation award shall reimburse the fund for the amount of the compensation award.
(b) The office may bring a civil action against a victim who does not reimburse the fund for the amount of the compensation award in accordance with Subsection (4)(a).
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 291, 2026 General Session
Utah Code § 75E-5-307 Compensation award process -- Additional testing -- Failure to comply -- Waiver of privilege.
75E-5-307. Compensation award process -- Additional testing -- Failure to comply -- Waiver of privilege.
(1)
(a) If the mental, physical, or emotional condition of a victim is material to a compensation claim, the compensation specialist, director, or the assistant director compensation program manager who hears the compensation claim or the appeal may order the claimant to submit to a mental or physical examination by a physician or psychologist and may recommend to the court to order an autopsy of a deceased victim.
(b) The court may order an additional examination for good cause shown and shall provide notice to the individual to be examined and the individual's representative.
(c) All reports from additional examinations shall set out findings, including results of all tests made, diagnoses, prognoses, other conclusions, and reports of earlier examinations of the same conditions.
(d) A copy of the report shall be made available to the victim or the representative of the victim unless dissemination of that copy is prohibited by law.
(2) If an individual refuses to comply with an order under this chapter or asserts a privilege, except privileges arising from the attorney-client relationship, to withhold or suppress evidence relevant to a compensation claim, the director or compensation specialist may make any appropriate determination, including denial of the compensation claim.
(3)
(a) A victim who is a claimant waives any privilege as to communications or records relevant to an issue of the physical, mental, or emotional conditions of the victim except for the attorney-client privilege.
(b) The waiver described in Subsection (3)(a) applies only to compensation specialists, the director, the assistant director compensation program manager, and legal counsel.
(c) A claimant may be required to supply any additional medical or psychological reports available relating to the injury or death for which compensation is claimed.
(d) The compensation specialist hearing a compensation claim or an appeal from a compensation claim shall make available to the claimant a copy of the report.
(e) If the victim is deceased, the director or the director's appointee, on request, shall furnish the claimant a copy of the report unless dissemination of that copy is prohibited by law.
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Utah Code § 75E-5-308 Determination of eligibility for victim compensation -- Law enforcement agency to provide investigative reports -- Restrictions on usage -- Criminal penalty.
75E-5-308. Determination of eligibility for victim compensation -- Law enforcement agency to provide investigative reports -- Restrictions on usage -- Criminal penalty.
(1)
(a) Notwithstanding Section 63G-2-206, and subject to Subsection (1)(c), a law enforcement agency shall provide a copy of an investigative report that describes the facts and circumstances of a criminal episode within 10 business days of the date the law enforcement agency receives a request for that information from the office.
(b) Before releasing an investigative report, the law enforcement agency may redact the following information:
(i) the name of:
(A) an undercover officer; or
(B) a confidential informant; and
(ii) any information that would:
(A) jeopardize the investigation; or
(B) disclose law enforcement techniques not generally known to the public.
(c) If a criminal episode remains under investigation when the office requests an investigative report and the law enforcement agency determines that release of an investigative report at that time would jeopardize the investigation, a law enforcement agency may provide a detailed description of the following information, instead of providing an investigative report, within 10 business days of the date the law enforcement agency received the original request from the office:
(i) the law enforcement agency's case number;
(ii) the location where the criminal episode occurred;
(iii) the criminal conduct under investigation;
(iv) a summary of the criminal episode;
(v) verification that the claimant is a victim of the criminal conduct;
(vi) any information regarding whether the claimant's conduct may have contributed to the criminal conduct; and
(vii) whether the claimant was and continues to be cooperative with law enforcement.
(d) An investigative report provided under Subsection (1)(a), or information provided under Subsection (1)(c), shall contain sufficient information for the office to determine whether a claimant is eligible for a compensation award under Sections 75E-5-305 and 75E-5-306.
(e) If an investigative report or information provided to the office by a law enforcement agency is not sufficient for the office to determine whether a claimant is eligible for a compensation award, the office may contact the law enforcement agency for additional information.
(f)
(i) A law enforcement agency may give written notice that a request may take up to an additional 10 business days to process if exigent circumstances exist, which include:
(A) a circumstance in which another agency is using relevant documents;
(B) a circumstance in which the request requires review of a voluminous amount of documents;
(C) a circumstance in which the request requires legal review;
(D) a circumstance in which the request requires extensive redaction;
(E) a circumstance in which the law enforcement agency is currently processing multiple requests; or
(F) any other exigent circumstance.
(ii) Notice of an extended response time shall include the type of exigent circumstances involved and the new due date for the response.
(2)
(a) An investigative report provided under this section may only be used for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
(b) An investigative report received under this section:
(i) may only be viewed by the office and legal counsel for the office; and
(ii) may not be further disclosed or disseminated for any reason.
(3) The office shall dispose of or retain an investigative report received under this section in a secure manner.
(4) An investigative report provided to the office under this section is not subject to the provisions of Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
(5) A public employee or other person who knowingly or intentionally uses or distributes an investigative report, or information received from an investigative report, in violation of the requirements of Subsection (2) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
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Utah Code § 75E-5-309 When a compensation award may be granted -- Limitations.
75E-5-309. When a compensation award may be granted -- Limitations.
(1) The office may grant a compensation award if:
(a) the compensation specialist finds the compensation claim satisfies the requirements for the compensation award under the provisions of this chapter and the rules of the office;
(b) money is available in the fund;
(c) the individual for whom the compensation award is to be paid is otherwise eligible under this chapter; and
(d) the compensation claim is for an allowable expense incurred by the victim, as follows:
(i) reasonable and necessary charges incurred for products, services, and accommodations;
(ii) inpatient and outpatient medical treatment and physical therapy, subject to rules made by the office in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
(iii) mental health counseling that:
(A) is set forth in a mental health treatment plan that is approved before any payment is made by a compensation specialist; and
(B) qualifies within any further rules made by the office in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
(iv) actual loss of past earnings and anticipated loss of future earnings because of a death or disability resulting from the personal injury at a rate not to exceed 66-2/3% of the individual's weekly gross salary or wages or the maximum amount allowed under the state workers' compensation statute;
(v) care of minor children enabling a victim or spouse of a victim, but not both, to continue gainful employment at a rate per child per week as determined under rules established by the office in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
(vi) funeral and burial expenses for death caused by the criminally injurious conduct, subject to rules made by the office in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
(vii) loss of support to a dependent not otherwise compensated for a pecuniary loss for personal injury, for as long as the dependence would have existed had the victim survived, at a rate not to exceed 66-2/3% of the individual's weekly salary or wages or the maximum amount allowed under the state workers' compensation statute, whichever is less;
(viii) personal property necessary and essential to the health or safety of the victim as defined by rules made by the office in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
(ix) medical examinations, subject to rules made by the office in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, which may allow for exemptions from Section 75E-5-305 and Subsections (2), 75E-5-304(1)(b), 75E-5-304(1)(c), 75E-5-311(4), 75E-5-311(6), 75E-5-311(7), and 75E-5-311(8); and
(x) for a victim of sexual assault who becomes pregnant from the sexual assault, health care:
(A) for the victim during the duration of the victim's pregnancy if the health care is related to or resulting from the sexual assault or the pregnancy; and
(B) for the victim and the victim's child for one year after the day on which the victim's child is born.
(2)
(a) The office may reduce or deny a compensation award otherwise payable to a claimant if:
(i) the economic loss upon which the claim is based has been or could be recouped from other persons, including collateral sources;
(ii) the compensation specialist considers the compensation claim unreasonable because of the misconduct of the claimant; or
(iii) the victim did not use a facility or health care provider that would be covered by a collateral source.
(b) When two or more dependents are entitled to a compensation award as a result of a victim's death, the compensation specialist shall apportion the compensation award among the dependents.
(3)
(a) If a compensation specialist determines that a claimant will suffer financial hardship unless an emergency compensation award is made, and a final compensation award appears likely, the office may pay an amount to the claimant, to be deducted from the final compensation award or repaid by and recoverable from the claimant to the extent that the payment exceeds the final compensation award.
(b) The office may limit emergency compensation awards under Subsection (3)(a) to any amount the office considers necessary.
(4)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (4)(b), a compensation award may not exceed $25,000 including any compensation award for a secondary victim.
(b) A compensation award for medical expenses resulting from serious bodily injury or substantial bodily injury may not exceed $50,000.
(5) Unless otherwise requested by the claimant, the office shall pay a compensation award for the victim before a compensation award for a secondary victim.
(6) The compensation specialist shall determine the priority of payment among multiple secondary victims on a single compensation claim.
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Utah Code § 75E-5-310 Notification of claimant -- Suspension of proceedings.
75E-5-310. Notification of claimant -- Suspension of proceedings.
(1)
(a) The office shall immediately notify the claimant in writing of a compensation award and shall forward to the Division of Finance a certified copy of the compensation award and a warrant request for the amount of the compensation award.
(b) The Division of Finance shall pay the claimant the amount submitted to the division, out of the fund.
(c) If money in the fund is temporarily depleted, the office shall place claimants approved to receive a compensation award on a waiting list and provide the compensation awards as funds are available in the order in which the compensation awards are approved.
(2) The compensation specialist may suspend the proceedings pending disposition of a criminal prosecution that is commenced or is imminent.
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Utah Code § 75E-5-311 Acceptance of a compensation award -- Assignment of recovery -- Reimbursement.
75E-5-311. Acceptance of a compensation award -- Assignment of recovery -- Reimbursement.
(1)
(a) By accepting a compensation award, a victim:
(i) automatically assigns to the office any claim the victim may have relating to criminally injurious conduct in the compensation claim; and
(ii) is required to reimburse the office if the victim recovers any money relating to the criminally injurious conduct.
(b) The office's right of assignment and reimbursement under Subsection (1)(a) is limited to the lesser of:
(i) the amount paid by the office; or
(ii) the amount recovered by the victim from the third party.
(c) The office may be reimbursed under Subsection (1)(a) regardless of whether the office exercises the office's right of assignment under Subsection (1)(a).
(2) The commissioner, with the concurrence of the director, may reduce the office's right of reimbursement if the commissioner determines that:
(a) the reduction will benefit the fund; or
(b) the victim has ongoing expenses related to the offense upon which the compensation claim is based and the benefit to the victim of reducing the office's right of reimbursement exceeds the benefit to the office of receiving full reimbursement.
(3) The office reserves the right to make a claim for reimbursement on behalf of the victim.
(4) The victim may not discharge a claim against an individual or entity without the office's written permission.
(5) The victim may not impair the office's:
(a) claim; or
(b) right of reimbursement.
(6) The victim shall fully cooperate with the office in pursuing the office's right of reimbursement, including providing the office with any evidence in the victim's possession.
(7) The office's right of reimbursement applies regardless of whether the victim is fully compensated for the victim's losses.
(8) Notwithstanding Subsection 75E-5-309(2)(a)(i), a victim of a sexual offense who requests testing of the victim's self may be reimbursed for the costs of the HIV test only as provided in Subsection 53-10-803(4).
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Utah Code § 75E-5-312 Payment of a compensation award -- Claims against the award -- Review.
75E-5-312. Payment of a compensation award -- Claims against the award -- Review.
(1)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), a compensation specialist may provide for the payment of a compensation award in a lump sum or in installments.
(b)
(i) The compensation specialist shall pay the part of a compensation award equal to the amount of economic loss accrued to the date of the compensation award in a lump sum.
(ii) A compensation specialist may not pay allowable expense that would accrue after an initial compensation award is made in a lump sum.
(iii) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a compensation specialist shall award the part of a compensation award that may not be paid in a lump sum under this Subsection (1)(b) in installments.
(2) At the request of the claimant, the compensation specialist may convert future economic loss installment payments, other than allowable expense, to a lump sum payment, discounted to present value, but only upon a finding by the compensation specialist that the compensation award in a lump sum will promote the interests of the claimant.
(3)
(a) A compensation award for future economic loss payable in installments may be made only for a period for which the compensation specialist can reasonably determine future economic loss.
(b) The compensation specialist may reconsider and modify a compensation award for future economic loss payable in installments, upon the compensation specialist's finding that a material and substantial change of circumstances has occurred.
(4) A compensation award is not subject to execution, attachment, or garnishment, except that a compensation award for allowable expense is not exempt from a claim of a creditor to the extent that the creditor provided products, services, or accommodations, the costs of which are included in the compensation award.
(5) An assignment or agreement to assign a compensation award for loss accruing in the future is unenforceable, except:
(a) an assignment of a compensation award of compensation for work loss to secure payment of alimony, maintenance, or child support;
(b) an assignment of a compensation award for allowable expense to the extent that the benefits are for the cost of products, services, or accommodations necessitated by the injury or death on which the compensation claim is based and are provided or to be provided by the assignee; or
(c) an assignment to repay a loan obtained to pay for the obligations or expenses described in Subsection (5)(a) or (b).
(6)
(a) A compensation specialist shall review at least annually every compensation award being paid in installments.
(b) An order on review of a compensation award does not require refund of amounts previously paid unless the compensation award was obtained by fraud or a material mistake of fact.
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Utah Code § 75E-5-313 Payments to medical service providers.
75E-5-313. Payments to medical service providers.
(1)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a medical service provider who accepts payment from the office:
(i) shall agree to accept payments as payment in full on behalf of the victim or claimant; and
(ii) may not attempt to collect further payment from the victim or the claimant for services for which the office has made payment.
(b) If the office is unable to make full payment in accordance with the office's rules, the medical service provider may collect from the victim or claimant, but not more than the amount the provider would have received from the office.
(2)
(a) When a medical service provider receives notice that a compensation claim has been filed, the medical service provider may not, before the office determines whether to issue a compensation award, engage in debt collection for the claim, including:
(i) repeatedly calling or writing to a victim and threatening to refer unpaid health care costs to a debt collection agency, attorney, or other person for collection; or
(ii) filing for or pursuing a legal remedy for payment of unpaid health care costs.
(b) The statute of limitations for collecting a debt is tolled during the time in which a request for a compensation award is being reviewed by the office.
(3) The office may:
(a) use the fee schedule utilized by the Utah Public Employees Health Plan or any other fee schedule adopted by the office; and
(b) make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, necessary to implement the fee schedule adopted in accordance with this section.
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Utah Code § 75E-5-314 Attorney fees.
75E-5-314. Attorney fees.
(1) The claims procedures shall be sufficiently simple that the assistance of an attorney is unnecessary, and no attorney fees may be paid for the assistance of an attorney or any other representative in filing the compensation claim or providing information to the compensation specialist.
(2) Attorney fees may be granted in the following circumstances and shall be paid out of the compensation award not to exceed 15% of the amount of the compensation award:
(a) when a compensation award is denied and, after a hearing, the decision to deny is overturned; or
(b) when minor dependents of a deceased victim require assistance in establishing a trust or determining a guardian.
(3)
(a) An attorney or any other person providing assistance in a compensation claim, who contracts for or receives sums not allowed under this chapter, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
(b) This Subsection (3) does not apply to attorneys who assist the victim in filing a civil action against the perpetrator.
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