North Carolina § 15A-1340 - 37. Effect of restitution order; beneficiaries.

§ 15A-1340. 37. Effect of restitution order; beneficiaries.

An order providing for restitution does not abridge the right of a victim or the victim's estate to bring a civil action against the defendant for damages arising out of the offense committed by the defendant. Any amount paid by the defendant under the terms of a restitution order under this Article shall be credited against any judgment rendered against the defendant in favor of the same victim in a civil action arising out of the criminal offense committed by the defendant. The court may order the defendant to make restitution to a person other than the victim, or to any organization, corporation, or association, including the Crime Victims Compensation Fund, that provided assistance to the victim following the commission of the offense by the defendant and is subrogated to the rights of the victim. Restitution shall be made to the victim or the victim's estate before it is made to any other person, organization, corporation, or association under this subsection. No government agency shall benefit by way of restitution except for particular damage or loss to it over and above its normal operating costs and except that the State may receive restitution for the total amount of a judgment authorized by G.S. 7A-455(b). Repealed by Session Laws 2016-78, s. 6.4, effective December 1, 2016. History (1998-212, s. 19.4(d); 2016-78, s. 6.4.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1998-212, s. 19.4(d), enacted this section as G.S. 15A-1340.27. It was recodified as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2016-78, s. 6.4, effective December 1, 2016, deleted former subsection (d), which read: "No third party shall benefit by way of restitution as a result of the liability of that third party to pay indemnity to an aggrieved party for the damage or loss caused by the defendant, but the liability of a third party to pay indemnity to an aggrieved party or any payment of indemnity actually made by a third party to an aggrieved party does not prohibit or limit in any way the power of the court to require the defendant to make complete and full restitution to the aggrieved party for the total amount of the damage or loss caused by the defendant."