Florida Statute 960.09 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 960
VICTIM ASSISTANCE

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960.09 Determination of claims.—

(1) The department shall have authority to allow, deny, controvert, and litigate claims made against it and to delegate to the Crime Victims’ Services Office such authority.

(2) The action of the department or the Crime Victims’ Services Office in allowing, denying, or controverting a claim shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 120.

(3) If the department or the Crime Victims’ Services Office denies or controverts the claim, the right to reimbursement under this chapter shall be barred unless an application for a hearing thereon is filed with the department or the Crime Victims’ Services Office at its office in Tallahassee within 60 days after notice to the claimant of such denial or controversion. When such application for a hearing is filed in a timely manner, the claim shall be referred to a hearing officer designated by the Attorney General for determination by a hearing held pursuant to ss. 120.569 and 120.57.

(4) Any claim pending before the Division of Administrative Hearings but not heard before July 1, 1992, shall be referred to the Department of Legal Affairs for hearing pursuant to subsection (3).

History.—s. 1, ch. 77-452; s. 307, ch. 79-400; s. 9, ch. 80-146; s. 5, ch. 85-326; s. 6, ch. 91-23; s. 25, ch. 91-46; s. 9, ch. 92-107; s. 325, ch. 96-410.

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Cases Citing Statute 960.09

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Ocasio v. Bureau of Crimes, Etc., 408 So. 2d 751 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982).

Cited 16 times | Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...Caridad Ocasio had filed a dissolution proceeding and was living apart from her husband when he attacked her and repeatedly slashed her face with a razor. [1] She filed a claim under the Florida Crimes Compensation Act to recover the resulting lost earnings and medical expenses. Following a hearing held pursuant to Section 960.09(3), Florida Statutes (Supp....

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Sanders v. Bureau of Cri. Comp., Inc., 474 So. 2d 410 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 1995

...r desires to continue a sexual relationship and the other partner wants to terminate it. The factual finding of the deputy commissioner as to the existence of a relationship in this case should be affirmed. NOTES [1] This case is properly before us. § 960.09(3), Fla....

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Medlin v. Bureau of Crimes Comp. Div. of Workers' Comp., Dep't of Labor & Sec., 477 So. 2d 1078 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2465, 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 16624

...was never identified. There was no evidence that the driver had intentionally struck the appellant with his automobile. After the Bureau of Crimes Compensation denied appellant’s claim for compensation, the claimant requested a hearing pursuant to section 960.09(3), Florida Statutes (1983)....

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Lyons v. State, 384 So. 2d 982 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1980 Fla. App. LEXIS 16623

injury as a direct result of a criminal act. Section 960.-09(3) of the act specifically provides that the

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