Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2018 – Restitution for benefit of victim
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2018
- Restitution: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2002Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action. Victim: means a government that suffers economic loss or a person who suffers personal injury, death or economic loss as a result of a crime or the good faith effort of any person to prevent a crime. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 2002
When compensation is awarded from the Victims’ Compensation Fund pursuant to Title 5, chapter 316?A or the Victims’ Property Compensation Fund pursuant to Title 5, chapter 316?C, the amount of any restitution ordered to be paid to or for the benefit of the victim and collected as part of a sentence imposed must be paid by the agency collecting the restitution in an amount not to exceed the amount of the payments from the fund, directly to the fund if, when added to the payments from the fund, the restitution exceeds the victim’s actual loss. [PL 2019, c. 549, §6 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW). PL 2019, c. 549, §6 (AMD).