In accordance with the Law on State Compensation to Victims administration pays state compensation to crime victims.
A person admitted a victim in criminal proceedings is entitled to the state compensation where an intentional criminal offence has resulted in:
- the death of a person;
- severe or moderate bodily injuries to the victim have been caused;
- morality or sexual inviolability of the person has been violated;
- the victim is a victim of trafficking in human beings;
- the victim has been infected with human immunodeficiency virus, Hepatitis B or C.
In order to receive state compensation, a person shall submit to the Legal Aid Administration a filled-in form of the application for state compensation accompanied with respective documents:
- the statement of the person directing the proceedings informing about the circumstances of the criminal offence and that the final ruling in the criminal proceedings is not made in the moment of the state compensation request;
- the final decision of the person directing the proceedings entered into force, if the criminal proceedings have been completed or the decision of the person directing the proceedings has entered into force regarding the termination of criminal proceedings due to circumstances which do not rehabilitate the person.
- the executive document, if the compensation for damage caused specified in the court judgement or final ruling of the person directing the proceedings is not executed or is executed in part, or information about the court bailiff, to which it is submitted for enforced execution.
The state compensation request shall be submitted to the administration within three years from the day, on which the person was admitted victim or found out the facts, which gives the person the right to do so.
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