§ 46:1815 — Recovery from the criminal

A. Whenever any person is convicted of a crime and an order for the payment of reparations is or has been made under this Chapter for a personal injury, death, or catastrophic property loss resulting from the act or omission constituting the crime for which conviction was had, the attorney general, within one year after the date on which the judgment of conviction becomes final, may institute a civil action against the convicted person for the recovery of all or any part of the reparations payment. The suit shall be instituted in the district court having jurisdiction in the parish in which such person resides or is found or, in Orleans Parish, in the civil district court for that parish. The court shall have jurisdiction to hear, determine, and render judgment in any such action. Any amount recovered under this Subsection shall be deposited in the state treasury and, after meeting the requirements of Article VII, Section 9 of the Constitution of Louisiana, credited to the Crime Victims Reparations Fund hereinafter created. If an amount greater than that paid pursuant to the order for payment of reparations is recovered and collected in any such action, the board shall pay the balance to the claimant.
B. The board shall provide the attorney general with such information, data, and reports as he may require to institute actions in accordance with this Section.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1982, No. 250, §1, eff. July 17, 1982.