53-9-128 Compensation benefits.

Statutes | 53-9-128, MCA

(1) A claimant is entitled to weekly compensation benefits when the claimant has a total actual loss of wages due to injury as a result of criminally injurious conduct. During the time the claimant seeks weekly benefits, the claimant, as a result of the injury, must have no reasonable prospect of...

53-9-127 Award of compensation.

Statutes | 53-9-127, MCA

(1) The office shall award compensation benefits under this part if satisfied by a preponderance of the evidence that the requirements for compensation have been met. (2) An award may be made whether or not any person is prosecuted or convicted. Proof of conviction of a person whose acts give rise...

53-9-126 Tentative award of compensation.

Statutes | 53-9-126, MCA

If the office determines that the claimant will suffer financial hardship unless a tentative award is made and it appears likely that a final award will be made, an amount may be paid to the claimant, to be deducted from the final award or repaid by and recoverable from the claimant to the extent...

53-9-125 Limitations on awards.

Statutes | 53-9-125, MCA

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, compensation may not be awarded unless the claim is filed with the office within 1 year after the day the criminally injurious conduct occurred causing the injury or death upon which the claim is based. Compensation in cases involving sexual...

53-9-124 Enforcement of office's orders -- improper assertion of privilege.

Statutes | 53-9-124, MCA

If a person refuses to comply with an order of the office or asserts a privilege to withhold or suppress evidence relevant to a claim, except privileges arising from the attorney-client relationship, the office may make any just order, including denial of the claim.

53-9-123 Evidence of condition.

Statutes | 53-9-123, MCA

(1) The office may require the claimant to supplement the application with any reasonably available medical or counseling reports relating to the injury for which compensation is claimed. (2) If the physical condition of a victim or claimant is material to a claim, the office may order the victim...

53-9-122 Informal hearings.

Statutes | 53-9-122, MCA

The office may hold informal hearings in order to make determinations regarding the compensability of a claim. At the hearings, the office may subpoena witnesses and documents as set forth in 2-4-104. Hearings held under this section are not considered contested case hearings under the Montana...

53-9-121 Application for compensation.

Statutes | 53-9-121, MCA

An applicant for an award of compensation may apply in writing in a form that conforms substantially to that prescribed by the office.

53-9-113 (Temporary) Crime victims compensation account.

Statutes | 53-9-113, MCA

There is an account in the state special revenue fund for crime victims compensation. The money in the account is statutorily appropriated, as provided in 17-7-502, to the department of justice for the purposes provided in this part. (Terminates June 30, 2021&mdashsec. 27, Ch. 285, L. 2015 sec. 1,...

53-9-112 Sale of confidential criminal justice information prohibited -- penalty.

Statutes | 53-9-112, MCA

(1) An individual convicted of a qualifying crime may not sell or exchange confidential criminal justice information, as defined in 44-5-103.(2) The office shall require that any funds obtained in violation of subsection (1) be deposited into the escrow fund, provided for in 53-9-104, for the...