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- Table 1
State Competence Statutes: Time Allowed for Initial Restoration and Total Time Allowed for Restoration to Competence
Initial Time for RTC 1 Year or Less Total Time For RTC Fixed Limit (Time Allowed)* Maximum Sentence No Limit if Civilly Committable No Statutory Limit Alabama Alaska (1 year) Colorado Alabama Delaware Alaska Arizona (21 months) Iowa Arkansas Hawaii (for felonies) (1) Arizona Florida (5 years) New Mexico (serious offenses) California Maine Arkansas Georgia (1 year) North Dakota Connecticut Mississippi Florida Illinois (3 years) Ohio (serious offenses) Idaho Missouri (1) Georgia Louisiana (5 years or max) South Carolina Indiana Montana Hawaii Maryland (3, 5, 10 years or max) Texas Kansas Nebraska (1) Idaho Massachusetts (1/2 max) West Virginia Kentucky New Jersey (1) Illinois Michigan (15 months) Tennessee Wisconsin (1) Indiana Minnesota (1, 3 years) Vermont Wyoming (1) Kansas Nevada (10 years or max) Kentucky New Hampshire (1 year) Louisiana New York (2/3 of sentence) Massachusetts North Carolina (5, 10 years or max) Missouri Oklahoma (2 years or max) Nebraska Oregon (3 years or max) New Hampshire Pennsylvania (10 years or max, except murder) New Jersey Rhode Island (2/3 max or 30 years) New Mexico South Dakota (16 months or max) New York Utah (1, 2.5, or 5.5 years) Ohio Virginia (45 days, 5 years or max) South Carolina Washington (1 year) South Dakota Texas Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming - Table 2
State Competence Statutes: Prediction of Probability of Restoration and Dismissal of Charges if Unrestored
Requires Assessment of Probability of Restoration and Allows Dismissal of Charges Requires Assessment of Probability of Restoration but Does Not Allow Dismissal of Charges Allows Dismissal of Charges but Does Not Require Assessment of Probability of Restoration No Requirement to Assess Probability of Restoration and Does Not Allow Dismissal of Charges Alabama (1) Indiana (4) Arkansas Colorado Alaska Iowa Massachusetts Delaware (3) Arizona (1) Kentucky (1a) New York Pennsylvania California (2) Mississippi Vermont Connecticut (1) Nebraska (1a) Florida (1a) South Dakota Georgia Tennessee Hawaii Utah Idaho Wisconsin (1) (3) Illinois (1a) (3) Wyoming Kansas Louisiana (1a) Maine Maryland Michigan (1) Minnesota (1) Missouri Montana Nevada (1a) New Hampshire (1) New Jersey New Mexico (3) North Carolina North Dakota (1) Ohio (1) Oklahoma (1) Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina (1) (3) Texas (5) Virginia (1) Washington West Virginia (1) ↵(1) Assessment of probability of restoration at first evaluation.
↵(1a) Outpatient evaluation only.
↵(2) Assessment of probability of restoration if treated with antipsychotic medication.
↵(3) Allows hearing for acquittal.
↵(4) Dismissal of charges allowed by state Supreme Court decision.
↵(5) Dismissal of misdemeanors only.
