Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

§
Marginalia
Code · Louisiana · Title 46 — Public Welfare and Assistance

RS 46:1854

408 words·~2 min read·/la/title-46/46-1002

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

RS 46:1854
§1854. Persons eligible for awards
A. The following persons shall be eligible to have a judgment or reparations award satisfied from an escrow account provided for by this Chapter:
(1)A victim of the defendant's crime or the parent or legal guardian of a minor who is the victim of the defendant's crime.
(2)A surviving spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, or child, including posthumous children, of a victim who died as a direct result of the defendant's crime.
(3)Any person, except a law-enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his duties, who is injured or killed while trying to prevent the defendant's crime from occurring in his presence, or trying to apprehend the defendant during the course of the crime.
(4)A surviving spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, or child, including posthumous children, of any person, except a law-enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his duties, who dies as a direct result of trying to prevent the defendant's crime from occurring in his presence, or trying to apprehend the defendant during the course of the crime.
(5)Any other person legally dependent for his principal support from the victim who dies as a result of the defendant's crime, or legally dependent for his principal support from any person who dies as a direct result of trying to prevent the defendant's crime from occurring in his presence, or trying to apprehend the defendant during the course of the crime.
B. A person who is criminally responsible for the crime upon which a claim is based, or an accomplice or accessory of such person, shall not be eligible to receive an award under the provisions of this Chapter.
C. A resident of Louisiana who is the victim of a defendant's crime occurring outside of Louisiana and any other person as defined in Subsection A of this Section who is injured as a result of a defendant's crime occurring outside of Louisiana shall be eligible for an award pursuant to this Chapter if the following conditions are met:
(1)The person would be eligible for an award had the crime occurred in Louisiana.
(2)The state, country, or territory in which the crime occurred does not have a victims' compensation program deemed eligible pursuant to the provision of the federal Victims of Crime Act, Chapter 112 of Title 42 of the United States Code, and does not compensate nonresidents.
Acts 2012, No. 799, §3, eff. June 13, 2012.
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.