TITLE 20

STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS

CHAPTER 5

JUVENILE CORRECTIONS ACT

20-538.  Restitution to victims of juvenile offenders — Duties of department. (1) The department or county probation shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that restitution is made to the victim of the juvenile offender. Restitution may be made through the employment of juvenile offenders in work programs or directly to the person; provided, however, that reimbursement to the victim is conditional upon the juvenile offender’s involvement in such program.

(2)  Restitution may be made a condition of probation.

History:

[(20-538) 1989, ch. 155, sec. 9, p. 386; am. and redesig. 1995, ch. 44, sec. 42, p. 96.]