§ 16-12-307 — Duty to notify victims

(1) When a district attorney receives a
notice that a crime laboratory employee engaged in wrongful action and a criminal
case identified in the notice involves a crime listed in section 24-4.1-302 (1), the
district attorney shall, as required in subsection (2) of this section, notify each
victim of the crime about the investigation and the nature of the alleged wrongful
action.

(2) The district attorney shall notify a victim pursuant to this section by
personal service or registered mail at the victim's last-known address. The district
attorney shall notify victims pursuant to this section in cases in which charges have
been filed against the defendant but a criminal trial has not begun. The district
attorney shall notify the victim as soon as practicable but not later than ninety-one
days after the district attorney received the notice from the crime laboratory
director or prior to the start of the trial if trial starts before the ninety-one days
ends.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2025: Entire part added, (HB 25-1275), ch. 352, p. 1898, � 1, effective June 2.