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1.To claim compensation under the crime victim compensation program, a person shall
apply in writing on a form prescribed by the department and file the application with the
departmentwithintwoyearsafterthedateofthecrime, thediscoveryofthecrime, orthedate
of death of the victim. The department may waive the time limitation if good cause is shown.
2.The department may waive, for good cause shown, the requirement that an emergency
relocation must take place within thirty days of the date or discovery of a crime or within
thirty days before or after the offender is released from incarceration.
3.A person is not eligible for compensation unless the crime was reported to the local
police department or county sheriff department within seventy-two hours of its occurrence.
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1. To claim compensation under the crime victim compensation program, a person shall
apply in writing on a form prescribed by the department and file the application with the
departmentwithintwoyearsafterthedateofthecrime, thediscoveryofthecrime, orthedate
of death of the victim. The department may waive the time limitation if good cause is shown.
2. The department may waive, for good cause shown, the requirement that an emergency
relocation must take place within thirty days of the date or discovery of a crime or within
thirty days before or after the offender is released from incarceration.
3. A person is not eligible for compensation unless the crime was reported to the local
police department or county sheriff department within seventy-two hours of its occurrence.
If the crime cannot reasonably be reported within that time period, the crime shall have
been reported within seventy-two hours of the time a report can reasonably be made. The
department may waive this requirement if good cause is shown.
4. Notwithstanding subsection 3, a victim under the age of eighteen or dependent adult as
defined in section 235B.2 who has been sexually abused or subjected to any other unlawful
sexual conduct under chapter 709 or 726 or who has been the subject of a forcible felony is
not required to report the crime to the local police department or county sheriff department
to be eligible for compensation if the crime was allegedly committed upon a child by a person
responsible for the care of a child, as defined in section 232.68, subsection 8, or upon a
dependentadultbyacaretakerasdefinedinsection235B.2, andwasreportedtoanemployee
of the department of health and human services and the employee verifies the report to the
department.
5. When immediate or short-term medical services or mental health services are provided
to a victim under section 915.35, the department of health and human services shall file the
claim for compensation as provided in subsection 4 for the victim.
6. When immediate or short-term medical services to a victim are provided pursuant to
section 915.35 by a professional licensed or certified by the state to provide such services,
the professional shall file the claim for compensation, unless the department of health and
human services is required to file the claim under this section. The requirement to report the
crime to the local police department or county sheriff department under subsection 3 does
not apply to this subsection.
7. The victim shall cooperate with reasonable requests by the appropriate law
enforcement agencies in the investigation or prosecution of the crime.