Victim; definition · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 215.20 Victim; definition.
For purposes of section 215.10 of this article, "victim" means any person alleged to have sustained physical or financial injury to person or property as a direct result of the crime or crimes charged in a felony complaint, superior court information, or indictment.
For § 215.10, a victim is anyone alleged to have suffered physical or financial injury to the person or property as a direct result of the crimes charged in a felony complaint, superior court information, or indictment. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Clerk in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Clerk: Criminal Procedure Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Officer: Criminal Procedure Law; Volume 2 — Your Career: Criminal Procedure in Plain English.