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NRS 228.060 Absence from State limited. The Attorney General shall not absent himself or herself from the State exceeding 60 consecutive days without leave of absence from the Legislature. [Part 1:67:1867; B § 2773; BH § 1778; C § 1999; RL § 4128; NCL § 7307]

NRS 228.070 Salary; restrictions on private practice of law. 1. Until the first Monday in January 2007, the Attorney General is entitled to receive an annual salary of $110,000. From the first Monday in January 2007, until the first Monday in January 2011, the Attorney General is…

NRS 228.080 Deputies: Appointment; duties; oaths; restrictions on private practice of law. 1. The Attorney General may appoint as many deputies as he or she may deem necessary to perform fully the duties of his or her office. All deputies so appointed may perform all duties now r…

NRS 228.090 Special deputy in emergencies where services of Attorney General’s Office are required in remote counties of State or in final stages of cases with large number of litigants and voluminous evidence was initiated during term of previous officeholder: Appointment; dutie…

NRS 228.091 Special deputy to provide legal advice to regulatory body: Appointment; compensation. 1. If the Attorney General: (a) Has been designated as the legal adviser for a regulatory body; and (b) Determines at any time that it is impracticable or uneconomical or could const…

NRS 228.092 Administrative Assistant: Appointment; classification. The Attorney General may appoint and employ an Administrative Assistant in the unclassified service of this State. (Added to NRS by 1997, 1741)

NRS 228.096 Attorney General’s Special Fund: Creation; claims. 1. The Attorney General’s Special Fund is hereby created as a special revenue fund. 2. All claims against the Fund must be paid as other claims against the State are paid. (Added to NRS by 1979, 99; A 1997, 1967)

NRS 228.097 Disposition of money collected by Attorney General in excess of authorized expenditures. The Attorney General shall deposit in the State General Fund all money collected by him or her which is in excess of the amount authorized for expenditure by the Legislature. (Add…

NRS 228.098 Attorney General’s Administration Budget Account. Money for the support of the operations of the Office of Attorney General from whatever source it is derived must be accounted for in the Attorney General’s Administration Budget Account. (Added to NRS by 1979, 273; A …

NRS 228.099 Revolving Account for Office of Attorney General: Creation; use; deposit; reimbursement claims. 1. There is hereby created a Revolving Account for the Office of Attorney General in the sum of $5,000, which must be used for payment of expenses related to litigation whi…

NRS 228.100 Biennial report; duty to communicate information concerning office upon request of Governor or Legislature. 1. Before September 1 of each even-numbered year, for the biennium ending June 30 of such year, the Attorney General shall report to the Governor the condition …

NRS 228.110 Legal adviser on state matters arising in Executive Department; limitation on employment of private attorney by Executive Department; compensation for private attorney; claims in violation void. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 228.111 to 228.1118, inclusive, an…

NRS 228.111 Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Definitions. As used in NRS 228.111 to 228.1118, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Contingent fee contract” or “contract” means a contract for legal services entered into by or at the requ…

NRS 228.1111 Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Prerequisites to entry. 1. Subject to the limitations of NRS 622.213, the Attorney General or any other officer, agency or employee in the Executive Department of the State Government shall not enter into a …

NRS 228.1112 Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Advertisement for proposals; applicability of State Purchasing Act. 1. If the determination and approval required by NRS 228.1111 are made and given, the Attorney General shall request the Administrator of t…

NRS 228.1113 Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Applicable conditions during term and any renewal or extension. The following conditions apply to a contingent fee contract during the term of the contract and any renewal or extension of the contract: 1. Th…

NRS 228.1114 Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Addendum setting forth specific rights and obligations of parties required. The Attorney General shall prescribe a form of addendum to a contingent fee contract that must be used for every such contract. The…

NRS 228.1115 Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Maintenance of certain records by retained attorney or law firm; submission of billing statements; public records. 1. A retained attorney or law firm shall, from the beginning of the term of the contingent f…

NRS 228.1116 Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Limitations on amount and basis of fee. 1. The total fee payable to all retained attorneys or law firms in any matter that is the subject of a contingent fee contract must not exceed 25 percent of the amount…

NRS 228.1117 Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Posting of certain records on Attorney General’s website. 1. Not later than 5 business days after a contingent fee contract is signed by all the parties to the contract, the Attorney General shall cause full…

NRS 228.1118 Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Annual report. 1. On or before February 1 of each year, the Attorney General shall prepare and submit a report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, for transmittal to the Majority Leader of the…

NRS 228.112 Pro bono contract with retained attorney or law firm: Definitions. As used in NRS 228.112 to 228.1127, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Matter” means an action or other proceeding involving one or more claims asserted by one or more plaintiffs and…

NRS 228.1121 Pro bono contract with retained attorney or law firm: Prerequisite to entry. The Attorney General or any other officer, agency or employee in the Executive Department of the State Government may enter into a pro bono contract regarding any matter if the Attorney Gene…

NRS 228.1122 Pro bono contract with retained attorney or law firm: Applicable conditions during term and any renewal or extension. The following conditions apply to a pro bono contract during the term of the contract and any renewal or extension of the contract: 1. The Attorney G…

NRS 228.1123 Pro bono contract with retained attorney or law firm: Addendum setting forth specific rights and obligations of parties required. The Attorney General shall prescribe a form of addendum to a pro bono contract that must be used for every such contract. The addendum mu…

NRS 228.1124 Pro bono contract with retained attorney or law firm: Maintenance of certain records by retained attorney or law firm; public records. 1. A retained attorney or law firm shall, from the beginning of the term of the pro bono contract until a date not less than 4 years…

NRS 228.1125 Pro bono contract with retained attorney or law firm: Posting of contract on Attorney General’s website. Not later than 5 business days after a pro bono contract is signed by all the parties to the contract, the Attorney General shall cause a fully executed copy of t…

NRS 228.1126 Pro bono contract with retained attorney or law firm: Prohibition on retained attorney or law firm entering into certain other contracts with Attorney General for certain period. A retained attorney or law firm is prohibited from entering into any contract with the A…

NRS 228.1127 Pro bono contract with retained attorney or law firm: Annual report. 1. On or before February 1 of each year, the Attorney General shall prepare and submit a report to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau, for transmittal to the Majority Leader of the Senat…

NRS 228.113 Charges for services. 1. The Attorney General may charge all state agencies which are not supported entirely from the State General Fund for all services his or her office provides to those agencies, to the extent that the cost of such services is not included in the …

NRS 228.120 Appearance before grand jury; supervision of district attorneys; prosecution of criminal cases; subpoenas. The Attorney General may: 1. Appear before any grand jury, when in his or her opinion it is necessary, and present evidence of the commission of a crime or viola…

NRS 228.125 Prosecutions: Statutory duty or right of district attorney applies to Attorney General. When the Attorney General is acting in a criminal matter and a statutory duty or right is provided for the district attorney related to the prosecution of that offense, the statuto…

NRS 228.130 District attorney may request assistance from Attorney General in criminal cases; compensation; appointment of special prosecutor under certain circumstances. 1. A district attorney may request the Office of the Attorney General to provide assistance in presenting a c…

NRS 228.135 Establishment of program to assist law enforcement personnel and prosecuting attorneys in complying with Vienna Convention on Consular Relations; regulations. 1. The Attorney General may establish a program to assist law enforcement personnel and prosecuting attorneys…

NRS 228.137 Establishment of program to assist prosecuting attorneys and law enforcement officers in preventing persons subject to international travel restrictions from obtaining or using United States passport; regulations. 1. The Office of the Extradition Coordinator within th…

NRS 228.140 Prosecution and defense of causes in Supreme Court; accounting; assistance in impeachments. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 228.111 to 228.1118, inclusive, and 228.112 to 228.1127, inclusive, the Attorney General shall attend each of the terms of the Supreme Co…

NRS 228.150 Written opinions; payment for services. 1. When requested, the Attorney General shall give his or her opinion, in writing, upon any question of law, to the Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Controller, the State Treasurer, the Director of the Department of C…

NRS 228.160 Records of cases: Contents; inspection. 1. The Attorney General shall keep a record of each: (a) Civil case to which the State or any officer of the State in his or her official capacity is a party; and (b) Criminal case for which he or she is the principal prosecutin…

NRS 228.165 Office of Attorney General to provide Legislative Counsel with index of certain court rulings. On or before September 1 of each even-numbered year, the Office of the Attorney General shall provide to the Legislative Counsel an index of all court rulings it has receive…

NRS 228.170 Commencement or defense of action to protect interest of State; prosecution of prisoners and persons acting in concert with prisoners. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 228.111 to 228.1118, inclusive, and 228.112 to 228.1127, inclusive, whenever the Governor dire…

NRS 228.175 Investigation and prosecution of offense by state officer or employee. 1. As used in this section “state officer or employee” means an elected officer of the State or any state officer or employee who is compensated from the State Treasury. 2. The Attorney General has…

NRS 228.177 Investigation and prosecution of offense by county or city officer or employee. 1. As used in this section: (a) “City officer or employee” means an elected officer of a city or any city officer or employee who is compensated from a city treasury. (b) “County officer o…

NRS 228.178 Technological crimes: Investigation and prosecution; pursuit of forfeiture; equitable relief. 1. The Attorney General may: (a) Investigate and prosecute any alleged technological crime. (b) Pursue the forfeiture of property relating to a technological crime in accorda…

NRS 228.180 Commencement and defense of actions concerning rights of State and its residents in interstate waters and public lands. The Attorney General, with the consent of the Governor, is authorized to commence and maintain, or defend, in the Supreme Court of the United States…

NRS 228.190 Intervention or appearance in judicial or administrative proceeding concerning interstate waters, public lands or construction of dams, power plants or other structures. 1. The Attorney General, in the name of the State, is authorized to intervene or to appear in: (a)…

NRS 228.200 Printing of findings of fact, conclusions of law, judgment and decree of state district court involving more than 100 litigants, including State Engineer; payment of expenses. 1. The Attorney General is directed and empowered to cause the printing of proposed findings…