Duty to notify victims

16-12-307. Duty to notify victims. (1) When a district attorney receives a notice that a crime laboratory employee engaged in wrongful action and a criminal case identified in the notice involves a crime listed in section 24-4.1-302 (1), the district attorney shall, as required in subsection (2) of this section, notify each victim of the crime about the investigation and the nature of the alleged wrongful action. (2) The district attorney shall notify a victim pursuant to this section by personal service or registered mail at the victim's last-known address. The district attorney shall notify victims pursuant to this section in cases in which charges have been filed against the defendant but a criminal trial has not begun. The district attorney shall notify the victim as soon as practicable but not later than ninety-one days after the district attorney received the notice from the crime laboratory director or prior to the start of the trial if trial starts before the ninety-one days ends. Source: L. 2025: Entire part added, (HB 25-1275), ch. 352, p. 1898, � 1, effective June 2.