Section 31-22-19 – Annual report.
At least thirty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature, the commission shall transmit to the governor, the department of finance and administration and the legislature a report of its activities under the Crime Victims Reparation Act. The department of finance and administration shall, within five days after the opening […]
Section 31-22-20 – Penalty.
Any person who knowingly makes a false claim or a false statement in connection with a claim filed pursuant to the Crime Victims Reparation Act shall be guilty of a fourth degree felony and for conviction thereof shall: A. be punished by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a determinate term of not less than […]
Section 31-22-5 – Claims; review; hearings and evidence.
A. Where an application is made to the commission pursuant to the Crime Victims Reparation Act, the director of the commission shall determine if a claim for a reparation award is eligible for consideration pursuant to the provisions of the Crime Victims Reparation Act. All claims arising from the injury or death of a person […]
Section 31-22-6 – Medical examination; attorneys’ fees; penalty.
A. The commission may appoint an impartial physician, licensed in New Mexico, to examine any person making an application for reparation under the Crime Victims Reparation Act, and the fees for the examination shall be paid from funds appropriated for the commission’s administrative expenses. B. None of the appropriation in this act [31-22-1 to 31-22-21 […]
Section 31-22-7 – Eligibility for reparation.
A. If a person is injured or killed by an act or omission of another person coming within the criminal jurisdiction of the state after July 1, 1981, which act or omission includes a crime enumerated in Section 31-22-8 NMSA 1978, and upon application for reparation, the commission may award reparation in accordance with the […]
Section 31-22-8 – Crimes enumerated.
A. The crimes to which the Crime Victims Reparation Act applies and for which reparation to victims may be made are the following enumerated offenses and all other offenses in which any enumerated offense is necessarily included: (1) arson resulting in bodily injury; (2) aggravated assault or aggravated battery; (3) dangerous use of explosives resulting […]
Section 31-22-9 – Award of reparation.
The commission may order payment of reparation for: A. expenses actually and reasonably incurred as a result of the victim’s injury or death; B. loss to the victim of earning power as a result of total or partial incapacity; C. any other pecuniary loss directly resulting from the victim’s injury or death which the commission […]
Section 31-22-10 – Relationship to offender.
Except for amounts payable pursuant to Subsection D of Section 31-22-9 NMSA 1978, no reparation shall be awarded if the victim: A. was a member of the offender’s family relationship group where payment of reparation would unjustly enrich the offender; or B. was an accomplice of the offender. History: Laws 1981, ch. 325, § 10; […]
Section 31-22-11 – No award to certain confined persons.
No award shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the Crime Victims Reparation Act to a victim injured while confined in a county or municipal jail, penitentiary or other correctional facility. History: Laws 1981, ch. 325, § 11.
Section 31-22-12 – Recovery from offender.
Whenever an award of reparation is made pursuant to the Crime Victims Reparation Act, the state is, upon payment of the award, subrogated to the right of action of the victim or his dependents against the person responsible for the injury or death and may bring an action against such person for the amount of […]