2743.56 Application for award of reparations. - Ohio Statutes

2743.56 Application for award of reparations.

(A) A claim for an award of reparations shall be commenced by filing an application for an award of reparations with the attorney general. The application may be filed by mail. If the application is filed by mail, the post-marked date of the application shall be considered the filing date of the application. The application shall be in a form prescribed by the attorney general and shall include a release authorizing the attorney general and the court of claims to obtain any report, document, or information that relates to the determination of the claim for an award of reparations that is requested in the application.

(B) All applications for an award of reparations shall be filed as follows:

(1) If the victim of the criminally injurious conduct was a minor, within two years of the victim’s eighteenth birthday or within two years from the date a complaint, indictment, or information is filed against the alleged offender, whichever is later. This division does not require that a complaint, indictment, or information be filed against an alleged offender in order for an application for an award of reparations to be filed pertaining to a victim who was a minor if the application is filed within two years of the victim’s eighteenth birthday, and does not affect the provisions of section 2743.64 of the Revised Code.

(2) If the victim of the criminally injurious conduct was an adult, within two years after the occurrence of the criminally injurious conduct.

(3) If the criminally injurious conduct occurred on or after July 1, 2000, in the manner described in division (C)(1)(e) or (2)(e) of section 2743.51 of the Revised Code, within the period set forth in division (B)(1) or (2) of this section, as applicable, or within two years after the effective date of this amendment, whichever is later.

Effective Date: 07-01-2000; 04-04-2007