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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1831.7

  • Victim: means :

                (a) Any person who suffers personal injury, death, or catastrophic property loss as a result of a crime committed in this state and covered by this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1802

            Awards payable under this Chapter shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars per occurrence, in the aggregate, for all claims arising out of the same crime. No survivor shall recover more than fifteen thousand dollars on behalf of each victim.

            Acts 2023, No. 451, §2.

NOTE: Pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 46:1831.16, this Chapter will terminate Aug. 1, 2027.