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NRS 213.020 Notice of application for remission, commutation, pardon or restoration of civil rights: Contents; service; provision of factual and non-character testimony by district judge in response to subpoena or formal request. 1. Any person intending to apply to have a fine or…

NRS 213.030 When notice of application not required. No notice shall be required of an application for: 1. A restoration to citizenship to take effect at the expiration of a term of imprisonment; or 2. The commutation of the death penalty. [9:149:1933; 1931 NCL § 11577]

NRS 213.035 Restoration of civil rights expedited by Board under certain conditions. The Board may adopt a policy to provide an expedited process to take action, without holding a meeting, to restore the civil rights, in whole or in part, of a person who submits an application to…

NRS 213.040 District attorneys to furnish Board with statement upon receipt of notice of application for remission, commutation or pardon; notice of application to victim. All district attorneys receiving notice of an application for a pardon, or commutation of punishment, or rem…

NRS 213.050 Board members may administer oaths; certification of affidavits and depositions by judges, county clerks and notaries public. 1. Any member of the Board shall have authority to administer an oath or affirmation to any person offering to testify upon the hearing of an …

NRS 213.055 Person with communications disability entitled to services of interpreter at hearing. An applicant or a witness at a hearing upon an application for clemency who is a person with a communications disability as defined in NRS 50.050 is entitled to the services of an in…

NRS 213.060 Procedure when judgment of fine or forfeiture is remitted. Whenever acting as the Board, the Governor, justices of the Supreme Court and the Attorney General, or the major part of them, the Governor being one, shall remit any judgment of fine or forfeiture, a certific…

NRS 213.070 Fines and forfeitures do not include discharge from liability on bail bond. The fines and forfeitures mentioned in this chapter shall not be so construed as to include the remittance or discharge from liability on any bail bond. [10:149:1933; 1931 NCL § 11578]

NRS 213.080 Procedure when death penalty is commuted. 1. Whenever any punishment involving the death penalty is commuted, a statement in writing shall be made out and signed reciting: (a) The name of the person whose punishment is commuted. (b) The time and place where convicted.…

NRS 213.085 Board prohibited from commuting sentence of death or imprisonment for life without possibility of parole to sentence that would allow parole; exception. 1. If a person is convicted on or after July 1, 1995, of any crime that the person committed when he or she was 18 …

NRS 213.090 Pardon: Restoration of civil rights; relieved of disabilities; limitations. 1. A person who is granted a full, unconditional pardon by the Board is restored to all civil rights, including, without limitation, the right to bear arms, and is relieved of all disabilities…

NRS 213.095 Notice by Board to victim if clemency granted. If the Board remits a fine or forfeiture, commutes a sentence or grants a pardon, it shall give written notice of its action to the victim of the person granted clemency, if the victim so requests in writing and provides …

NRS 213.100 Order of discharge when clemency granted. Whenever clemency is granted by the Board, there shall be served upon the Director of the Department of Corrections or other officer having the person in custody, an order to discharge the person therefrom upon a day to be nam…

NRS 213.107 Definitions. As used in NRS 213.107 to 213.157, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Board” means the State Board of Parole Commissioners. 2. “Chief” means the Chief Parole and Probation Officer. 3. “Division” means the Division of Parole and Probatio…

NRS 213.10705 Legislative declaration concerning parole, probation and residential confinement. The Legislature finds and declares that the release or continuation of a person on parole or probation is an act of grace of the State. No person has a right to parole or probation, or…

NRS 213.1071 Division: Creation; composition; Chief. 1. There is hereby created the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety. 2. The Division consists of the Chief and such sections as the Chief may create with the approval of the Director of the Depart…

NRS 213.1072 Chief: Duties. The Chief shall: 1. Administer all activities and services of the Division. 2. Be responsible for the management of the Division. (Added to NRS by 1969, 596; A 1977, 286; 1993, 1522)

NRS 213.1073 Chief: Powers. The Chief may: 1. Organize the Division to provide maximum efficiency in carrying out its duties. 2. Appoint the heads of sections as established. 3. Appoint such assistants and other employees as may be required to administer the duties imposed by law…

NRS 213.1075 Information obtained by employees of Division or Board privileged; nondisclosure. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, all information obtained in the discharge of official duty by an employee of the Division or the Board is privileged and may not be dis…

NRS 213.1076 Fee to defray costs of supervision; regulations; waiver. 1. The Division shall: (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, charge each parolee, probationer or person supervised by the Division through residential confinement a fee to defray the cost of his or …

NRS 213.1077 Contracts and agreements with Federal Government. The Division may enter into such contracts and agreements with the Federal Government or any of its agencies as may be necessary, proper and convenient. (Added to NRS by 1959, 799; A 1975, 41; 1977, 287; 1979, 612; 19…

NRS 213.1078 Risk and needs assessment to be administered to each parolee to determine level of supervision and develop individualized case plans; subsequent assessments to determine whether to change level; exceptions to administration of assessment; periodic validation of asses…

NRS 213.1079 Establishment and operation of independent reporting facilities to provide certain daily services to parolees and probationers; regulations. 1. The Division may establish and operate one or more independent reporting facilities for the purpose of providing certain da…

NRS 213.108 Creation; members; Chair; qualifications; decisions. 1. The State Board of Parole Commissioners is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety. 2. The Board consists of seven members appointed by the Governor. 3. A Chair of the Board must be appointed by the…

NRS 213.1083 Executive Director: Appointment; unclassified service; qualifications; duties. 1. The Chair of the Board shall appoint an Executive Director of the Board who: (a) Reports to the Chair; (b) Serves at the pleasure of the Chair; and (c) Is in the unclassified service of…

NRS 213.1085 Executive Secretary: Appointment; unclassified service; qualifications; duties. 1. The Board shall appoint an Executive Secretary, who is in the unclassified service of the State. 2. The Executive Secretary must be selected on the basis of his or her training, experi…

NRS 213.1086 Method of payment of compensation, salaries and expenses of Executive Director, Executive Secretary and employees. The compensation, salaries and expenses of the Executive Director, Executive Secretary and employees of the Board must be paid, upon certification by th…

NRS 213.1087 Terms of members; vacancies; other employment prohibited; administration of oaths; certification of affidavits and depositions. 1. The term of office of each member of the Board is 4 years. 2. Appointments to the Board must be made by the Governor within 60 days from…

NRS 213.1088 Program of orientation for new members and case hearing representatives; continuing education of members and case hearing representatives. 1. The Department of Public Safety in conjunction with the Department of Corrections shall establish a program of orientation th…

NRS 213.10885 Board to adopt standards for granting or revocation of parole; sample form regarding probability of success on parole to be made available to public; review of effectiveness of standards; report to Legislature. 1. The Board shall adopt by regulation specific standar…

NRS 213.10887 Board to compile, maintain, organize, tabulate and publish information and disseminate records concerning decisions regarding parole. 1. The Board shall compile and maintain detailed information concerning all decisions regarding parole. The information must include…

NRS 213.1089 Subpoenas. 1. For the purposes of NRS 213.107 to 213.157, inclusive: (a) The Chair of the Board; and (b) The inquiring officer conducting an inquiry pursuant to NRS 213.1511, Ê may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and …

NRS 213.10915 Automated victim notification of eligibility of prisoner for residential confinement and consideration for parole; requirements; exceptions. 1. The Board, in consultation with the Division, may enter into an agreement with the manager of an automated victim notifica…

NRS 213.1092 Chief: Appointment; qualifications. 1. The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall appoint the Chief Parole and Probation Officer, who is in the unclassified service of the State. 2. The Chief Parole and Probation Officer must: (a) Be selected on the basis …

NRS 213.1094 Chief: Other employment prohibited. The Chief Parole and Probation Officer shall devote his or her entire time and attention to the business of his or her office and shall not pursue any other business or occupation or hold any other office of profit. (Added to NRS b…

NRS 213.1095 Chief: Powers and duties. The Chief Parole and Probation Officer: 1. Is responsible for and shall supervise the fiscal affairs and responsibilities of the Division. 2. May establish, consolidate and abolish sections within the Division. 3. May establish, consolidate …

NRS 213.1096 Powers and duties of assistant parole and probation officers. Assistant parole and probation officers shall: 1. Investigate all cases referred to them for investigation by the Board or by the Chief Parole and Probation Officer, or by any court in which they are autho…

NRS 213.10983 Seizure, custody, use and sale of property other than dangerous instrument or weapon. 1. A parole or probation officer shall immediately deliver to the Division any seized, abandoned or unclaimed property, other than an instrument or weapon described in NRS 202.350,…

NRS 213.10985 Seizure, custody, use and sale of dangerous instrument or weapon. 1. A parole or probation officer shall immediately deliver to the Division any seized, abandoned or unclaimed instrument or weapon described in NRS 202.350 which the parole or probation officer obtain…

NRS 213.1099 Limitations on Board’s power to release prisoners on parole. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 213.1215 and 213.700 to 213.740, inclusive, the Board may release on parole a prisoner who is otherwise eligible for parole pursuant to NRS 213.107 to…

NRS 213.110 Regulations regarding parole; suspension of parole to permit induction into military service. 1. Subject to the provisions of NRS 213.120, the Board shall establish rules and regulations under which any prisoner who is now or hereafter may be imprisoned in the state p…

NRS 213.115 Release of certain prisoners on parole at request of authorities of other jurisdictions for prosecution. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any prisoner may be released conditionally on parole at the request of the appropriate authority of another jurisd…

NRS 213.120 When prisoner becomes eligible for parole. [Effective through June 30, 2027.] 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 213.1213 and as limited by statute for certain specified offenses, a prisoner who was sentenced to prison for a crime committed before July 1, 1995, ma…

NRS 213.1212 Eligibility for parole of prisoner whose sentences have been aggregated; written request to aggregate sentences; disaggregation of aggregated sentences; aggregation of aggregated sentences; no right of action relating to credits as a result of aggregated sentence. [E…

NRS 213.1213 Eligibility for parole of prisoner sentenced to serve two or more concurrent sentences; eligibility for parole of prisoner sentenced to serve two or more consecutive sentences of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. 1. If a prisoner is sentenced pursuant…

NRS 213.12135 Eligibility for parole of prisoner sentenced as adult for offense committed when prisoner was less than 18 years of age. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 or unless a prisoner is subject to earlier eligibilit…