TITLE 17
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Section 15. Victim Compensation, 17-15-1 through 17-15-16.
ARTICLE 2
DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS OF CRIMES
17-15-12. Effect of accepting award.
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Acceptance of an award made pursuant to this chapter shall subrogate the state, to the extent of such award, to any right or right of action occurring to the claimant to recover payments on account of losses resulting from the crime with respect to which the award is made. The board may waive subrogation when the claimant presents documentation and the board verifies that judgment, settlement, or other sources have not fully reimbursed the claimant for expenses compensable under this chapter.
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Acceptance of an award made pursuant to this chapter based on damages from a crime shall constitute an agreement on the part of the recipient reasonably to pursue any and all civil remedies arising from any right of action against the person or persons responsible for or committing the crime.
(Code 1981, §17-15-12, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 591, § 1; Ga. L. 2008, p. 486, § 4/HB 1297; Ga. L. 2014, p. 354, § 1/SB 187.)
The 2014 amendment,
effective July 1, 2014, in subsection (a), deleted "or the victim" following "the claimant" in the first sentence and deleted "victim or" preceding "claimant" twice in the second sentence; and in subsection (b), substituted "crime" for "criminal act" near the middle and substituted "crime" for "act" at the end.
