If you are a victim of a crime and have suffered monetary loss, our office will make every effort to collect restitution from the defendant.  Our office needs you to fill out a restitution form - pdf  and returned to our office as soon as possible.  Please include your contact information, and include the defendant’s name and case number.  If you need help with this form, please contact Janice Joslin for assistance.

After the criminal case has been disposed, our office will print and mail restitution checks on the 1^st and 15^th of every month.  If you are a victim of a crime and are supposed to be receiving restitution payments but are not, please contact Lisa Whetstine to notify her.  If the defendant is not making payments, we will issue a warrant for his or her arrest.

Any victim that meets any of the following criteria can apply for compensation through the Attorney General’s office.  The following are victims that qualify:

• a person suffering personal injury or death as the result of a criminal act
• a person suffering personal injury or death as an act of terrorism committed outside the United States
• a child of an eligible victim
• an immediate family member of a deceased victim, a sexual assault victim, or a child victim
• a person who resided in the same permanent household as a deceased victim
• a person who discovers the body of a homicide victim

Forms, eligibility, and further details can be obtained by clicking on: 

Arkansas Crime Victims Reparations Forms