Title 31

NRS 353C.060 “Fine” defined. “Fine” means a requirement to pay a sum of money that is imposed on a person for an act of wrongdoing. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3442)

NRS 353C.070 “Person” defined. “Person” includes any political subdivision of this state or other governmental entity which is not an agency. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3442)

NRS 353C.080 “Tax” defined. “Tax” means any compulsory charge levied by an agency or the State of Nevada against the wealth of a person for the common benefit of the general public. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3442)

NRS 353C.090 Applicability. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 353C.195, the provisions of this chapter apply to an agency only to the extent that no other specific statute exists which provides for the collection of debts due the agency. To the extent that the provisions of thi…

NRS 353C.100 Determination of debt to be past due. For the purposes of this chapter, a debt is past due if the debt has not been remitted and paid to an agency or the State of Nevada as required by law, or as agreed upon by the debtor and the agency or the State of Nevada, as app…

NRS 353C.110 Regulations of State Controller: Generally. The State Controller may adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3442; A 2009, 1176)

NRS 353C.115 Regulations of State Controller: Establishing fee for returned or dishonored check or other method of payment. 1. The State Controller shall adopt regulations establishing a fee of $25 that an agency shall charge a person for each check or other method of payment tha…

NRS 353C.120 Periodic reports by agency of debts owed to agency; availability of reports for public inspection. 1. Each agency shall submit to the State Controller periodic reports of the debts owed to the agency. The State Controller shall maintain the reports. The State Control…

NRS 353C.125 Agency authorized to refuse to conduct additional transaction with certain debtors until payment of prior debts. If, in a previous transaction between an agency and a person, a check or other method of payment was returned to the agency or otherwise dishonored upon p…

NRS 353C.128 Agency authorized to refuse to conduct transaction with, and State Controller authorized to refuse to draw warrant in favor of, certain debtors until payment of prior debts or debtor enters into agreement for payment of debts. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this …

NRS 353C.130 Agreement with debtor for payment in installments; extension. The State Controller may enter into an agreement with a debtor which provides for the payment of a debt owed by the debtor to an agency on an installment basis over a 12-month or lesser period. Upon good c…

NRS 353C.133 Agreement with debtor to accept payment of portion of debt in full satisfaction of debt. Notwithstanding any specific statute to the contrary, the State Controller may enter into an agreement with a debtor to accept the payment of a portion of the debt in full satisf…

NRS 353C.135 Payment of costs and fees for collection of certain debts. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 or by a specific statute, a person who owes a debt of more than $300 pursuant to this chapter shall, in addition to the debt, pay: (a) If the State Controller h…

NRS 353C.140 Action by Attorney General to collect debt; limitation of action. If a person has not paid a debt that the person owes to an agency, the Attorney General, upon the request of the State Controller: 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, shall bring an action…

NRS 353C.150 Application for entry of summary judgment: Conditions; notice to debtor; filing requirements. 1. In addition to any other remedy provided for in this chapter, if a person who owes a debt to an agency: (a) Fails to pay the debt when it is due, or fails to pay an agree…

NRS 353C.160 Entry of judgment against debtor; service of judgment upon debtor. The court clerk, upon the filing of an application for the entry of summary judgment which complies with the requirements set forth in NRS 353C.150, shall forthwith enter a judgment against the debtor…

NRS 353C.170 Recordation of judgment; lien upon property of debtor; extension of lien. 1. An abstract of the judgment entered pursuant to NRS 353C.160, or a copy thereof, may be recorded in the office of the county recorder of any county. 2. From the time of its recordation, the …

NRS 353C.171 Withholding of income: State Controller authorized to require employer to withhold income to satisfy judgment; notice to person against whom judgment was entered explaining options to preclude withholding; effect of compliance with options. 1. If an agency or the Sta…

NRS 353C.172 Withholding of income: Notice to person who is subject to withholding. Not earlier than 15 days after sending the notice required pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 353C.171, if the State Controller intends to require each employer of a person to withhold income from th…

NRS 353C.173 Withholding of income: Filing of contest; duties of State Controller relating to contest; notice of determination on contest. 1. At any time after receiving the notice required pursuant to NRS 353C.172, a person may file with the State Controller a contest to the wit…

NRS 353C.174 Withholding of income: Notice to employer. 1. The State Controller shall send, by certified mail, a notice to withhold income pursuant to NRS 353C.171 to each employer of the person who is subject to the withholding. 2. If an employer does not begin to withhold incom…

NRS 353C.175 Withholding of income: Duties of employer upon receipt of notice to withhold. An employer who receives a notice to withhold income pursuant to NRS 353C.171: 1. Shall: (a) Calculate the amount of income to be withheld from a person’s wages during each pay period in ac…

NRS 353C.176 Withholding of income: Notice to withhold binding on employer; employer may deduct amount for reimbursement of costs; delivery of withheld money by employer by check or electronic transfer. 1. A notice to withhold income pursuant to NRS 353C.171 is binding upon any e…

NRS 353C.177 Withholding of income: Unlawful for employer to use withholding as basis for refusing to hire, discharging or taking disciplinary action against employee; liability; penalty. 1. It is unlawful for an employer to use the withholding of income to collect an obligation …

NRS 353C.178 Withholding of income: Enforcement proceedings against employer for refusal to withhold or misrepresentation of employee’s income; remedies and penalties. 1. If an employer wrongfully refuses to withhold income as required pursuant to NRS 353C.171 to 353C.179, inclus…

NRS 353C.179 Withholding of income: Immunity of employer and State Controller. 1. An employer who complies with a notice to withhold income pursuant to NRS 353C.171 that is regular on its face may not be held liable in any civil action for any conduct taken in compliance with the…

NRS 353C.180 Certificate of liability: Contents; recording; notification to debtor; lien on property; extension of lien. 1. In addition to any other remedy provided for in this chapter, the State Controller may, within 4 years after the date that a debt becomes due, record a cert…

NRS 353C.190 State Controller may offset debt with amount owed to debtor by state agency; filing of claim on behalf of debtor; regulations. 1. The State Controller may offset any amount due an agency from a debtor against any amount owing to that debtor by any agency, regardless …

NRS 353C.195 State Controller required to act as collection agent for state agencies; coordination of debt collection efforts; assignment of debt to State Controller; waiver of requirements; exercise of rights and remedies by state agencies. Except as otherwise provided in this s…

NRS 353C.1955 Date for accrual of interest; rate of interest. If an agency assigns a debt to the State Controller for collection pursuant to NRS 353C.195 and the debt is subject to the payment of interest pursuant to a specific statute or regulation, interest must accrue on the d…

NRS 353C.196 Limitation on refund for overpayment of debt; exception. The State Controller is not required to draw a warrant to refund an overpayment of a debt which is paid to the State Controller if the amount of the overpayment is less than $10, unless the debtor, not later th…

NRS 353C.1965 State Controller required to establish and maintain list of persons who owe debt assigned for collection; licensing agency required to provide certain information to State Controller; notification; information shared between State Controller and licensing agency not…

NRS 353C.198 Appointment of agent to file application for summary judgment or record certificate of liability against debtor. 1. Notwithstanding any specific statute to the contrary, if an agency has assigned a debt to the State Controller for collection pursuant to NRS 353C.195,…

NRS 353C.200 Contract with private debt collector: Conditions; provisions regarding costs of and fees for collecting debt. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, if an agency has assigned a debt to the State Controller for collection pursuant to NRS 353C.195, the State …

NRS 353C.210 Notice of debt and demand to transmit to persons possessing or controlling credits or other personal property of, or owing debts to, debtor; limitations on and liability for transfer or disposition of property; hearing required; regulations governing hearings. 1. Not…

NRS 353C.220 Bad debts: Designation; removal from books of account of State; effect of removal; master file. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 463.123, if the State Controller determines that it is impossible or impractical to collect a debt, the State Controller may request…

NRS 353C.222 Selling certain debt in lieu of requesting designation of debt as bad debt; deposit of money received from sale of debt. 1. If the period of limitation for the collection of a debt set forth in NRS 353C.140 has expired, the State Controller may, in lieu of requesting…

NRS 353C.224 Distribution of money collected from debtor. 1. If the State Controller collects any money owed to an agency from a debtor or receives any money from the employer of a debtor or a private debt collector or other person to whom the State Controller has assigned the co…

NRS 353C.226 Debt Recovery Account: Creation; use; expenditure of money in Account. 1. The Debt Recovery Account is hereby created in the State General Fund. 2. Money in the Account may only be used for support of the debt collection efforts of the State Controller pursuant to th…

NRS 353C.230 Remedies of state are supplemental; additional remedies unimpaired. The remedies of this state provided for in this chapter are intended to supplement existing remedies applicable to the collection of debts. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to lim…

NRS 353C.240 Development and operation of system for matching data to collect debts: Duties and liability of State Controller and financial institutions; use of system; confidentiality. 1. The State Controller shall enter into agreements with financial institutions doing business…