What decision can be made after my request for monetary compensation?
Following your request, the Commission for monetary compensation a violent crime victims decides on the right and amount of monetary compensation.
The Commission sits and decides with a quorum of three members, and the decisions are made by a majority of votes from the total number of members.
How long will it take for me to receive a response after requesting monetary compensation?
The Commission decides on the right to monetary compensation, the type and the amount, by decision, no later than within 60 days from the day of receipt of the complete request for compensation.
Exception
If the basis for accessing the compensation and the amount of the compensation cannot be determined without facts and circumstances, which will be determined in a legally concluded enforceable criminal procedure, the decision is made no later than within three months from the day the decision in the criminal procedure becomes enforceable.
Types of decisions
- a decision rejecting the request as untimely, impermissible or submitted by an unauthorized person,
- a decision rejecting the request as irregular or incomplete, if the petitioner is called to correct or supplement it, and does not do so within the given period,
- a decision accepting the request for compensation in whole or in part and determining the type and amount of monetary compensation,
- decision declining the request as unfounded.
The decision on the right to monetary compensation is delivered to you in writing at the address you provided in the request, without delay.
For child victims/persons with a limited legal capacity or deprived of legal capacity
The decision on the right to monetary compensation is delivered in writing to the address that the guardian or parent indicated in the request, without delay.
If you have changed your address in the meantime, immediately after the change you are obligated to notify the Commission of your new address.
The request will be declined when the damage has been settled in full by compensation from the perpetrator of the crime.
