North Dakota § 54-23.4-10 Award and payment of compensation

North Dakota Statutes

§ 54-23.4-10 — Award and payment of compensation

North Dakota § 54-23.4-10

Title 54State Government

Ch. 54-23.4Crime Victims Compensation

This text of North Dakota § 54-23.4-10 (Award and payment of compensation) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering North Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

N.D. Cent. Code § 54-23.4-10 (2026).

Text

1.An award may be made whether or not any person is prosecuted or convicted. Proof of conviction of a person whose acts give rise to a claim is conclusive evidence that the crime was committed, unless an application for rehearing, an appeal of the conviction, or certiorari is pending, or a rehearing or new trial has been ordered.

2.The division may suspend the proceedings pending disposition of a criminal prosecution that has been commenced or is imminent, but may make a tentative award under section 54-23.4-14.

3.A claim for crime victims compensation benefits is presumed closed if the division has not paid any benefit or received a demand for payment of benefits for a period of five years from the date a payment was last made on a claim. A claim that is presumed closed may not be reop

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

1. An award may be made whether or not any person is prosecuted or convicted. Proof
of conviction of a person whose acts give rise to a claim is conclusive evidence that
the crime was committed, unless an application for rehearing, an appeal of the
conviction, or certiorari is pending, or a rehearing or new trial has been ordered.
2. The division may suspend the proceedings pending disposition of a criminal
prosecution that has been commenced or is imminent, but may make a tentative
award under section 54-23.4-14.
3. A claim for crime victims compensation benefits is presumed closed if the division has
not paid any benefit or received a demand for payment of benefits for a period of five
years from the date a payment was last made on a claim. A claim that is presumed
closed may not be reopened for payment of any further benefits unless the
presumption is rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence that the criminally
injurious conduct is the principal cause of the current symptoms.

4. A claim for crime victims compensation benefits must be closed ten years after
benefits have last been paid and may not be reopened.
5. This section applies to all claims for crime victims compensation benefits, irrespective
of the date of the criminally injurious conduct.