Indiana § 5-2-6.3-6 Distribution of escrowed money to incarceration expenses and violent
crime victims compensation fund

Indiana Statutes

§ 5-2-6.3-6 — Distribution of escrowed money to incarceration expenses and violent crime victims compensation fund

Indiana § 5-2-6.3-6

Title 5STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

Art. 2LAW ENFORCEMENT

Ch. 6.3Broadcast or Publication of Crime Stories of Accused

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Ind. Code § 5-2-6.3-6 (2026).

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(a)Subject to subsection (c), if:

(1)the responsible party has been found to be:

(A)guilty;

(B)guilty but mentally ill; or

(C)not responsible by reason of insanity; for the act of which the party has been accused; and

(2)the responsible party has exhausted all appeals or if the time for appeals has expired; the division may distribute all money remaining in the escrow account under subsection (b) after the money has been distributed to a victim or the victim's heirs under section 5 of this chapter.

(b)The division shall distribute money remaining in the escrow account in the following priority:

(1)The money shall be distributed to the state or local governmental entity that has incurred or will incur the greatest expense to incarcerate the responsible party in an amount equal to: (

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(a) Subject to subsection (c), if:
(1) the responsible party has been found to be:
(A) guilty;
(B) guilty but mentally ill; or
(C) not responsible by reason of insanity;
for the act of which the party has been accused; and
(2) the responsible party has exhausted all appeals or if the time
for appeals has expired;
the division may distribute all money remaining in the escrow account
under subsection (b) after the money has been distributed to a victim
or the victim's heirs under section 5 of this chapter.
(b) The division shall distribute money remaining in the escrow
account in the following priority:
(1) The money shall be distributed to the state or local
governmental entity that has incurred or will incur the greatest
expense to incarcerate the responsible party in an amount equal
to:
(A) the amount of money the entity spent to incarcerate the
responsible party; or
(B) the estimated amount of money the entity will spend to
incarcerate the responsible party.
(2) If there is any money remaining after the distribution under
subdivision (1), the money shall be distributed to any other state
or local governmental entity that incurred expenses to incarcerate
the responsible party in an amount equal to the amount of money
the entity spent to incarcerate the responsible party.
(3) If there is any money remaining after the distribution under
subdivision (2), the money shall be distributed to the violent
crime victims compensation fund established by IC 5-2-6.1-40.
To receive money distributed under this subsection, a state or local
governmental entity must petition the court before which the
responsible party is to be tried or in which the responsible party has
been convicted for an order requiring the division to distribute money
to the entity from the escrow account.
(c) The division may not make the payment under this section unless
at least two (2) years have elapsed from the time the responsible party
committed the act for which the responsible party has been charged.
The division may not make the payment while a civil action arising
from the felony is pending.