Crimes for Which Compensation is Available
The Board may order the payment of compensation for personal injury or death which resulted from the commission or attempt to commit any of the following offenses:
  • Aggravated assault
  • Threats to do bodily harm
  • Lewd, indecent or obscene acts
  • Indecent acts with children
  • Kidnapping
  • Murder
  • Manslaughter
  • Aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual contact, criminal sexual contact
  • Any other crime involving violence including domestic violence
  • Burglary (personal property loss or damage will not be compensated)
  • Tampering with a cosmetic, drug or food product
  • Driving a vehicle, commercial or private, or boat while under the influence of alcohol or narcotics
  • Theft of an automobile, eluding a law enforcement officer or unlawful taking of a motor vehicle where injuries to the victim occur in the course of operating the automobile

FOR AN EXPLANATION OF OR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE LISTED CRIMES, PLEASE CONTACT THE VCCA'S LEGAL DEPARTMENT AT 201-648-2107 OR 609-292-8446.