To a secure waiting area, which is not available to the defendant or his family, when you are at court. There are many laws and agencies designed to assist victims of domestic battery and child abuse. You will also receive reimbursement for the mileage you traveled to court. A voucher, redeemable for cash by the Clark County Treasurer, will be given to you at the time of your appearance. Restitution is money required to be paid by court order from an offender to his or her victim.
Payment is ordered by the judge at the time of sentencing.
If you wish restitution, please forward the costs incurred by you as a result of the crime to the Victim-Witness Assistance Center so that these documents can be included in the information presented to the sentencing judge. Payment of restitution however, is not always a possibility which a judge may consider appropriate. Although each request is treated individually, property impounded as evidence is generally returned to its rightful owner at the time of final disposition of the criminal case. Property needed for visual identification only, often may be photographed and returned prior to final disposition. NRS 176.015 provides for the victim to appear personally or by counsel and reasonably express any views concerning the crime, the person responsible, the impact of the crime on the victim and the need for restitution.