Art. 56B.151 METHOD OF PAYMENT

When the attorney general's office approves an award for a crime victim, they get to decide how the money gets paid out. They can send it all at once as a single lump sum payment, or they can break it up into smaller installment payments over time.

This gives the attorney general's office flexibility in handling these payments. The specific rules for how installment payments work are laid out elsewhere in this same section of the law, so the timing and structure of any installment plan would follow those guidelines.

For someone receiving an award, this means you might not always get your full payment right away. Depending on how the office decides to handle your case, you could see the money arrive in one payment or spread out across several payments.