WHAT ARE CRIME VICTIM'S RIGHTS Crime Victim's Rights, as we know them today, can be traced back to the 1960's and 1970's. This movement paved the way for many areas we now know, a couple being, victim compensation rights and victim advocacy. What is victim compensation? Victim compensation is provided to victim survivors when, due to the crash, they have experienced an out of pocket loss. When an offender is court ordered to pay restitution they will make a payment to the court administration, which will process the payment and send a check to the victim survivor. Offenders will not have direct contact to the victim survivor when sending a restitution payment.
INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING? Are you, or someone you know, interested in getting involved with MADD? We are always looking for volunteers to help fill the roles of Victim Impact Panel speaking, Impact Panel coordinators, Walk Like MADD committee, Law Enforcement Recognition committee, and much more! Please don't hesitate to reach out to your local staff, or get in contact with our regions office for any questions you may have at 651 523-0802 or email us at mn.state@madd.org. We look forward to hearing from you!
A victim survivor can also try to collect restitution through civil court. Paperwork must be filed before the restitution order can be entered in as a civil judgement.
The civil judgement creates a hold against the offender that will show up on credit checks and other searches until the restitution is paid. The judgement is enforceable for 10 years and can be renewed. Restitution may cover expenses that are a direct result of the crash. An example of these expenses are, medical and dental bills, counseling costs, loss of wages, property losses, and repairing damaged property. When requesting restitution victim survivors should make sure that they have documentation supporting the expenses. Crime victim reparations can also be requested through an application. Reparations can compensate victim survivors for expenses related to the crime, however, it does not compensate for property losses. Victim survivors do not have to wait for any medical, dental, or mental health treatments to be completed prior to applying. At MADD we can assist with all things victims rights. We can help to connect victim survivors to services for restitution as well as mental health providers, civil attorneys and more. At MADD we look towards a future with No More Victims®.
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Northern Region Minnesota Courtni Peterson 651.523.0802 ext.2757 - courtni.peterson@madd.org Southern Region Minnesota Hayli Littlehead 651.523.0802 ext.2760 - hayli.littlehead@madd.org South Dakota Rachel Martens 605.309.3942 ext. 2752 - rachel.martens@madd.org
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