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| State | Provide Notice of Rights | Plea Meeting | Required | Available | Training Provision | Laws |
| Alabama | Yes | |||||
| Alaska | Yes | Yes (and before trial | Yes | Prosecutor domestic violence duties parallel those for crime victims. | ||
| Arizona | Yes | Prosecutor must approve any civil compromise of isdemeanor domestic violence case |
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| Arkansas | Yes |
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| California | Yes | State grants for special domestic violence units. Plea bargain restrictions in serious cases. | ||||
| Colorado | Yes | Plea bargaining restrictions. | ||||
| Connecticut | Yes | Yes | Prosecutor entry and in-service training required; content unspecified |
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| Delaware | Yes | |||||
| Florida | Yes | Yes | Victim assistance available | Every prosecutor must have special domestic violence unit. Time limits on case investigation (10 days) where no arrest made. Written policies favoring prosecution of DV cases required | ||
| Georgia | Yes | Stalking victim rights act | ||||
| Hawaii | Yes | Assist victim in preparing complaint | ||||
| Idaho | ||||||
| Illinois | Yes | Inform of case status | ||||
| Indiana | Yes | |||||
| Iowa | Yes | No referral to mediation as alternative to prosecution | ||||
| Kansas | Yes | |||||
| Kentucky | ||||||
| Louisiana | Yes (sentencing also) | |||||
| Maine | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Maryland | ||||||
| Massachusetts | Yes | Annual program plan must contain victim services plan | ||||
| Michigan | Yes | Yes (opening of trial also) | ||||
| Minnesota | Yes | Give notice of no-prosecution decision. Written plan must include vertical prosecution; other content. | ||||
| Mississippi | May divert once after charges filed. Victim assistance coordinator works with office. | |||||
| Missouri | Yes | Yes | DA delivery of victim services with state funding | |||
| Montana | ||||||
| Nebraska | Yes | |||||
| Nevada | Limits on accepting plea to lesser charges in DV cases |
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| New Hampshire | ||||||
| New Jersey | Yes | In-service for dealing with victims available | State appointed county coordinator located in prosecutor’s office | |||
| New Mexico | Yes | Yes | ||||
| New York | Yes | Victim assistance including domestic violence available | Victim assistance including sex offenses available | Provide information pamphlet | ||
| North Carolina | Yes | Yes | ||||
| North Dakota | Yes | Entry training from POST | ||||
| Ohio | Yes | Yes (diversion, dismissal also) | ||||
| Oklahoma | Yes | Victim-witness coordinator may be in office. DA Training Coordination Council established. Victim-witness coordinator receives 12 hours in-service annually | ||||
| Oregon | ||||||
| Pennsylvania | Yes | |||||
| Rhode Island | Yes | |||||
| South Carolina | Yes | Yes | ||||
| South Dakota | Yes | Entry and in-service every 4 yrs. | Inform victim of decision not to prosecute | |||
| Tennessee | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Texas | Yes | Prosecutor may file for protective order regardless of case prosecution | ||||
| Utah | yes | Inform victim of decision to prosecute. City attorney may prosecute misdemeanors | ||||
| Vermont | Yes | Assist victim advocates | ||||
| Virginia | Yes | |||||
| Washington | POST curriculum by July 1998 | Inform within 5 days of decision to prosecute for violation of no-contact order; if none, inform of how to initiate prosecution | ||||
| West Virginia | Yes | Yes (in serious cases) | ||||
| Wisconsin | Yes | Local prosecutors must have written policies favoring prosecution | ||||
| Wyoming | Yes | Yes | ||||
Last Updated on 7/1/97
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