Restitution Recovery Program

The Restitution Fund is the key component in delivering compensation to victims of violent crime. The Fund receives 100 percent of its revenue from restitution fines, diversion fees, restitution orders, and penalties paid by offenders convicted of crimes in California. Each year the Restitution Fund receives federal grant monies from a Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Grant. The VOCA Grant comes from penalties paid by offenders convicted of federal crimes.

The VCGCB collects revenue owed to the Restitution Fund to ensures the integrity of the Fund and the VOCA grant. In order to collect restitution owed, the VCGCB partners with the Franchise Tax Board and the California Department of Corrections of Rehabilitation to facilitate the imposition of restitution orders against criminal offenders through coordination with prosecutors, probation officers and the courts.

Please see the links below for additional information about restitution and restitution collection.

• Restitution Fines
• Restitution Orders
• Penalty Assessments
• Ten Percent Rebate Program
• Probate Code Sections 216 and 9202: Inmate Inheritance
• The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• Information For Crime Victims: Your Right to Restitution
• Information for Offenders: Your Restitution Responsibilities

Restitution Publications

• California Judges Benchguide
• Quick Reference Sheets on Fines and Orders for Adult and Juvenile Offenders