                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR AWARDS (§ 19.2-368.4)

A. The following persons shall be eligible for awards pursuant to this chapter
unless the award would directly and unjustly benefit the person who is
criminally responsible:

   1. A victim of a crime or the parent or guardian of a minor who is the victim
   of a crime.

   2. A surviving spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, grandchild who is alive
   at the time of the commission of the crime, or child, including posthumous
   children, of a victim of a crime who died as a direct result of such crime.

   3. Any person, except a law-enforcement officer engaged in the performance of
   his duties, who is injured or killed while trying to prevent a crime or an
   attempted crime from occurring in his presence, or trying to apprehend a
   person who had committed a crime in his presence or had, in fact, committed a
   felony.

   4. A surviving spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, grandchild who is alive
   at the time of the commission of the crime, or child, including posthumous
   children, of any person who dies as a direct result of trying to prevent a
   crime or attempted crime from occurring in his presence, or trying to
   apprehend a person who had committed a crime in his presence or had, in fact,
   committed a felony.

   5. Any other person legally dependent for his principal support upon a victim
   of crime who dies as a result of such crime, or legally dependent for his
   principal support upon any person who dies as a direct result of trying to
   prevent a crime or an attempted crime from occurring in his presence or trying
   to apprehend a person who had committed a crime in his presence or had, in
   fact, committed a felony.

B. A person who is criminally responsible for the crime upon which a claim is
based, or an accomplice or accessory of such person, shall not be eligible to
receive an award with respect to such claim.

C. A resident of Virginia who is the victim of a crime occurring outside
Virginia and any other person as defined in subsection A who is injured as a
result of a crime occurring outside Virginia shall be eligible for an award
pursuant to this chapter if (i) the person would be eligible for benefits had
the crime occurred in Virginia and (ii) the state, country or territory in which
the crime occurred does not have a crime victims&#8217; compensation program
deemed eligible pursuant to the provisions of the federal Victims of Crime Act
and does not compensate nonresidents.

HISTORY: 1976, c. 605; 1977, c. 215; 1978, c. 210; 1981, c. 592; 1984, c. 747;
1985, c. 446; 1986, c. 422; 1988, c. 406; 1990, c. 550; 1996, c. 86; 2002, c.
665; 2020, c. 446.