Texas Family Code

§ 54.0482 — TREATMENT OF RESTITUTION PAYMENTS

FA § 54.0482Title 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE · Ch. 54. JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS

Statute text

(a)A juvenile probation department that receives a payment to a victim as the result of a juvenile court order for restitution shall immediately:

(1)deposit the payment in an interest-bearing account in the county treasury; and

(2)notify the victim that a payment has been received.

(b)The juvenile probation department shall promptly remit the payment to a victim who has been notified under Subsection (a) and makes a claim for payment. (b-1) If the victim does not make a claim for payment on or before the 30th day after the date of being notified under Subsection (a), the juvenile probation department shall notify the victim by certified mail, sent to the last known address of the victim, that a payment has been received.

(c)On or before the fifth anniversary of the date the juvenile probation department receives a payment for a victim that is not claimed by the victim, the department shall make and document a good faith effort to locate and notify the victim that an unclaimed payment exists, including:

(1)confirming, if possible, the victim's most recent address with the Department of Public Safety; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1299 (H.B. 2862), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2013.