---
title: "Build the crime-victim compensation eligibility and deadline register"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/build-the-victims-claim-eligibility-and-deadline-register/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A62-V20261018-1-US"
practice_area: "Victims of Crime Support & Compensation"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build the crime-victim compensation eligibility and deadline register

> Set up a register with the state program, the crime date, the application date and the expense categories the lawyer has taken from that program’s statute. Do not fill caps or deadlines from memory.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/build-the-victims-claim-eligibility-and-deadline-register/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Victims of Crime Support & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Set up a register with the state program, the crime date, the application date and the expense categories the lawyer has taken from that program’s statute. Do not fill caps or deadlines from memory. |
| What the lawyer must review | Compensation is a state program. 34 U.S.C. § 20102 makes a state program eligible for a federal grant if it offers compensation to victims and survivors of criminal violence, including drunk driving and domestic violence, for medical expenses attributable to a physical injury (including mental-health counselling and care), loss of wages attributable to a physical injury, and funeral expenses attributable to a death, and if it meets the other conditions in subsection (b). Caps, excluded crimes and time limits are in the state statute, not in § 20102. The Office for Victims of Crime state-support page is the federal pointer. Open the state program before you tell the client they are in time. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Build the victims' claim eligibility and deadline register](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/build-the-victims-claim-eligibility-and-deadline-register.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Set up a register with the state program, the crime date, the application date and the expense categories the lawyer has taken from that program’s statute. Do not fill caps or deadlines from memory.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not copy an Australian scheme’s categories, caps or time limits.
- There is no United States equivalent of the National Redress Scheme. Do not use these tasks for that scheme.

## Sources

- [34 U.S.C. § 20102, Crime victim compensation](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/34/20102) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Office for Victims of Crime, Support to states](https://ovc.ojp.gov/states) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Primary victim financial assistance application (Northern Territory): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-nt-primary-victim-assistance.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Northern Territory primary victim financial assistance application. The page gives no form number. One claim only for the same violent act.… |
| [NSW recognition payment: category and amount worksheet](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/recognition-payment-category-worksheet-nsw.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A worksheet matching a NSW recognition payment application to the amounts and applicant classes published by Victims Services, with the time frames on that page flagged for checking against the Act. |
| [Victoria Financial Assistance Scheme: eligibility and time limits](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/vic-fas-eligibility-time-limits.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist of who the Victorian Financial Assistance Scheme says can apply, and the time limits the scheme's page states for adults, children and funeral-only applicants. |
| [Victims support eligibility and deadline register (NSW Victims Rights and Support Act 2013)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/victims-support-eligibility-deadline-register-nsw.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Register for each NSW victims support matter: victim category, act of violence date, the 2-year and 10-year application limits, the 5-year claim window, evidence requested and the 12-month lapse… |
| [Family victim financial assistance application (Northern Territory): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-nt-family-victim-assistance.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Northern Territory family victim financial assistance application. The page gives no form number.… |
| [Criminal injuries compensation application (Western Australia): eCourts lodgment, the 3-year limit and supporting documents](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-wa-criminal-injuries-compensation-application.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the WA Office of Criminal Injuries Compensation lodgment page, with a guide to lodging through the eCourts Portal (required for solicitors), no fee, the 3-year time limit and extension… |
| [Victim Assist Queensland: who can apply, reporting and time limits](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/qld-victim-assist-eligibility-time-limits.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist of Victim Assist Queensland's victim categories, reporting rules and time limits, from the Queensland Government guide last updated on 4 August 2026. |
| [Primary victim application (ACT Financial Assistance Scheme): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-act-primary-victim-assistance.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the ACT primary victim application for financial assistance, on the Human Rights Commission forms page. The link text states no form number. The file name includes a June 2025 string.… |
| [Australian Victim of Terrorism Overseas Payment: eligibility factors](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/avtop-eligibility-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist of the eligibility rules and the factors Services Australia says it considers for the Australian Victim of Terrorism Overseas Payment. |
| [Related victims and homicide witnesses application (ACT): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-act-related-victim-assistance.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the ACT related victims and homicide witnesses application on the Human Rights Commission forms page. The link text states no form number.… |
| [Application for Victims of Crime Assistance (Tasmania): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-tas-victims-assistance.md) | Form | Red | Link to the Tasmanian Application for Victims of Crime Assistance. The financial assistance page states that the application is a statutory declaration and must be witnessed. The lawyer writes it.… |
| [Extension of time (Tasmanian Victims of Crime Assistance): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/form-tas-victims-extension-of-time.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the Tasmanian Application for Extension of Time for Victims of Crime Assistance. The page does not give a form number. The assistance application itself is a separate statutory declaration.… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*