§ 9025. Enactment.
§ 9025. Enactment. (a) To the extent that they may be under the administrative control of the Administrative Office of the Courts, as of July 1, 2009, the Executive Director and staff of the Violent Crime Compensation Board are transferred to the Department of Justice for budgetary and administrative purposes. Such employees shall be deemed […]
§ 9010. Denial of claim; reduction.
§ 9010. Denial of claim; reduction. (a) The Agency shall deny payment of a claim for any of the following reasons: (1) Where the claimant was the perpetrator of the crime on which the claim is based. (2) Where the victim incurred the personal injury on which the claim is based through collusion with the […]
§ 9011. Payment of compensation.
§ 9011. Payment of compensation. (a) Any person, regardless of age or mental condition, is entitled to make application for compensation under this chapter if the person is a claimant. In any instance in which the person entitled to make application is deemed by law to be a person who is incapacitated, the person may […]
§ 9012. Form of claim; investigation—hearing.
§ 9012. Form of claim; investigation—hearing. (a) All claims filed with the Agency must be in writing on the Agency’s provided claim form and signed by the claimant. The Agency shall initiate an investigation of the claim within 30 days of the filing of the claim. After this investigation, the Agency shall render a decision […]
§ 9013. Attorney fees.
§ 9013. Attorney fees. A claimant need not be represented by an attorney before the Appeals Board, but if such person is represented the Appeals Board may award an amount for services rendered. Such fees shall not exceed $1,000 or 15% of the amount awarded, whichever sum is less, and shall be in addition to […]
§ 8905. Criminal justice agencies and courts to provide assistance.
§ 8905. Criminal justice agencies and courts to provide assistance. It shall be the duty of all criminal justice agencies and courts of the State or any political subdivision thereof to provide such assistance as may reasonably be requested by the Statistical Analysis Center to carry out its mission under this chapter. 72 Del. Laws, […]
§ 8901B. Definitions.
§ 8901B. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Law-enforcement agency” means a government agency or any subunit thereof which performs the administration of criminal justice pursuant to state or federal law or executive order, and which allocates a substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice. For the purposes of […]
§ 8902B. Provision of call location information by wireless service provider to law enforcement.
§ 8902B. Provision of call location information by wireless service provider to law enforcement. (a) Upon request of a law-enforcement agency or a public safety answering point on behalf of a law-enforcement agency, a wireless provider shall provide call location information concerning the telecommunications device of a wireless service customer to the requesting law-enforcement agency […]
§ 9001. Declaration of purpose.
§ 9001. Declaration of purpose. The General Assembly hereby declares that it serves a purpose, and is of benefit to the State, to indemnify those persons who are victims of crimes committed within the State or Delaware victims of terrorist acts, and it is therefore the declared purpose of this chapter to promote the public […]
§ 8825. Adjustment of benefits.
§ 8825. Adjustment of benefits. (a) A pension payable under this chapter shall be adjusted no less liberally than adjustments made for pensions payable under the State Employees’ Pension Plan, taking into account adjustments to Social Security benefits payable to state employees. (b) Any monthly service pension, disability pension or survivor pension based on a […]