Title 14

NRS 179D.490 Duration of duty to register; termination of duty; procedure; exceptions. 1. An offender convicted of a crime against a child or a sex offender shall comply with the provisions for registration for as long as the offender or sex offender resides or is present within …

NRS 179D.495 Duty of Central Repository to determine whether person is required to register as a Tier I, Tier II or Tier III offender. If a person who is required to register pursuant to NRS 179D.010 to 179D.550, inclusive, has been convicted of an offense described in paragraph …

NRS 179D.550 Prohibited acts; penalties; duties of local law enforcement agency. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an offender or sex offender who: (a) Fails to register with a local law enforcement agency; (b) Fails to notify the local law enforcement agency of a …

NRS 179D.570 Duty to share information with certain agencies; requirements of information; regulations. 1. The Central Repository shall, in accordance with the requirements of this section, share information concerning sex offenders and offenders convicted of a crime against a ch…

NRS 179D.850 Name of victim not to be disclosed; immunity from liability for certain entities and their officers and employees for act or omission relating to information obtained, maintained or disclosed. 1. Information that is disclosed pursuant to the provisions of this chapte…

NRS 180.002 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 180.0025 to 180.004, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2017, 2940, 2943; A 2019, 2887, 2891)

NRS 180.0025 “Board” defined. “Board” means the Board on Indigent Defense Services created by NRS 180.300. (Added to NRS by 2019, 2880)

NRS 180.0031 “Department” defined. “Department” means the Department of Indigent Defense Services created by NRS 180.400. (Added to NRS by 2019, 2880)

NRS 180.0035 “Executive Director” defined. “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Department. (Added to NRS by 2019, 2880)

NRS 180.004 “Indigent defense services” defined. “Indigent defense services” means the provision of legal representation to: 1. An indigent person who is charged with a public offense; or 2. An indigent child who is: (a) Alleged to be delinquent; or (b) In need of supervision pur…

NRS 180.006 Maximum contribution amount for county for provision of indigent defense services; state contributions for provision of indigent defense services in excess of maximum county contribution. 1. The maximum amount that a county may be required to pay for the provision of …

NRS 180.007 Procedure for seeking state contribution for provision of indigent defense services. 1. A county may seek state contributions for the provision of indigent defense services in excess of the maximum contribution of the county, as determined pursuant to NRS 180.006, as …

NRS 180.008 Compensation and expenses of attorney appointed to represent defendant: Obligations of county; amounts that are not obligation of county. 1. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 6 of NRS 180.450 and subsection 1 of NRS 212.070, the compensation …

NRS 180.010 Office created; term; qualifications; private practice of law prohibited; supervision; assignment of additional duties. 1. The Office of State Public Defender is hereby created within the Department of Indigent Defense Services. 2. The Executive Director shall appoint…

NRS 180.030 Employment of deputies and other employees; qualifications of deputies. 1. The State Public Defender may employ: (a) Deputy state public defenders in the unclassified service of the State. (b) Clerical, investigative and other necessary staff in the classified service…

NRS 180.040 Office; branch offices. 1. The Office of the State Public Defender shall be in Carson City, Nevada, and the Buildings and Grounds Section of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration shall provide necessary office space. 2. The State Public D…

NRS 180.050 Contracts for legal services. 1. The State Public Defender may contract with attorneys licensed to practice law in the State of Nevada and with county public defenders to provide services required by this chapter if it is impracticable for the State Public Defender or…

NRS 180.060 Duties: Representation of indigent persons; contracts to render services. 1. The State Public Defender may, before being designated as counsel for that person pursuant to NRS 171.188, interview an indigent person when the indigent person has been arrested and confined…

NRS 180.080 Duties: Reports to Executive Director and participating counties. 1. The State Public Defender shall submit: (a) A report on or before December 1 of each year to the Executive Director and to each participating county containing a statement of: (1) The number of cases…

NRS 180.090 Application. Except as provided in subsections 4 and 5 of NRS 180.060, the provisions of NRS 180.010 to 180.100, inclusive, apply only to counties in which the office of public defender has not been created pursuant to the provisions of chapter 260 of NRS. (Added to N…

NRS 180.100 Other protections and sanctions not excluded. The provisions of this chapter do not exclude any protection or sanction that the law otherwise provides. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1412)

NRS 180.110 Collection of charges to counties for services. 1. Each fiscal year the State Public Defender may collect from the counties amounts which do not exceed those authorized by the Legislature for use of the State Public Defender’s services during that year. The amount tha…

NRS 180.300 Creation; members and appointing authorities; members serve without compensation; members holding public office or employed by governmental entity. 1. There is hereby created a Board on Indigent Defense Services within the Department of Indigent Defense Services, cons…

NRS 180.310 Terms and reappointment of voting members; selection of Chair; removal of voting members; vacancies; meetings; voting. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the voting members of the Board on Indigent Defense Services are appointed for a term of 3 years and…

NRS 180.320 Duties of Board; adoption of regulations. 1. The Board on Indigent Defense Services shall: (a) Receive reports from the Executive Director and provide direction to the Executive Director concerning measures to be taken by the Department to ensure that indigent defense…

NRS 180.400 Creation; Executive Director; employment and contracts for consultants. 1. The Department of Indigent Defense Services is hereby created. 2. The Governor shall appoint the Executive Director of the Department from a list of three persons recommended by the Board. The …

NRS 180.410 Duties of Executive Director; annual report. 1. The Executive Director shall: (a) Oversee all of the functions of the Department of Indigent Defense Services; (b) Serve as the Secretary of the Board without additional compensation; (c) Report to the Board on Indigent …

NRS 180.420 Deputy directors. 1. In addition to the Executive Director, the Department must include not fewer than two deputy directors selected by the Executive Director who serve at the pleasure of the Executive Director. 2. The deputy directors: (a) Must be attorneys licensed …

NRS 180.430 Duties of designated Deputy Director. One deputy director selected pursuant to NRS 180.420 must be responsible for: 1. Overseeing the provision of indigent defense services in counties whose population is less than 100,000. Such oversight must include, without limitat…

NRS 180.440 Duties of other designated Deputy Director. One deputy director selected pursuant to NRS 180.420 must be responsible for reviewing the manner in which indigent defense services are provided throughout the State. To carry out this responsibility, the deputy director sh…

NRS 180.450 Corrective action plans. 1. If a corrective action plan is recommended pursuant to NRS 180.440, the deputy director and the board of county commissioners, or its designee, must collaborate on the manner in which the county will meet the minimum standards for the provi…

NRS 180.460 Transfer of responsibility for provision of indigent defense services. 1. A county that transfers responsibility for the provision of indigent defense services to the State Public Defender pursuant to NRS 180.450 may seek to have the responsibility transferred back to…

NRS 180.500 Grants, bequests, devises, donations or gifts; creation of Account; use of money in Account; nonreversion. 1. The Department may apply for and accept any available grants, bequests, devises, donations or gifts from any public or private source to carry out the duties …

NRS 180.600 Confidentiality of certain records received, obtained or compiled by Board or Department. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 239.0115, all records received by the Board, the Department or a designee of the Department that are protected by the atto…

NRS 189.005 Applicability of other provisions of title. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, criminal proceedings in justice courts are governed by the provisions of this title. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1467)

NRS 189.007 Grounds for dismissal of complaint. Any complaint, upon motion of the defendant, may be dismissed by the justice of the peace upon any of the following grounds: 1. That the justice of the peace does not have jurisdiction of the offense. 2. That more than one offense i…

NRS 189.010 Appeal must be taken within 10 days. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 177.015, a defendant in a criminal action tried before a justice of the peace may appeal from the final judgment therein to the district court of the county where the court of the justice of the …

NRS 189.020 Notice of intention to appeal: Filing and service; stay of judgment pending appeal. 1. The party intending to appeal must file with the justice and serve upon the district attorney a notice entitled in the action, setting forth the character of the judgment, and the i…

NRS 189.030 Transmission of transcript, other papers, sound recording and copy of docket to district court. 1. The justice shall, within 10 days after the notice of appeal is filed, transmit to the clerk of the district court the transcript of the case, all other papers relating …

NRS 189.035 Procedure where transcript defective. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, if the district court finds that the transcript of a case which was recorded by sound recording equipment is materially or extensively defective, the case must be returned for retrial in the …

NRS 189.050 Action to be judged on record. An appeal duly perfected transfers the action to the district court to be judged on the record. [Part 1911 Cr. Prac. § 666; RL § 7516; NCL § 11313]—(NRS A 1979, 1512)

NRS 189.060 Grounds for dismissal of appeal; enforcement of judgment. 1. The appeal may be dismissed on either of the following grounds: (a) For failure to take the same in time. (b) For failure to appear in the district court when required. 2. If the appeal is dismissed, a copy …

NRS 189.065 Dismissal for failure to set or reset appeal for hearing. 1. An appeal must be dismissed by the district court unless perfected by application of the defendant, within 60 days after the appeal is filed in the justice court, by having it set for hearing. 2. If an appea…

NRS 189.070 Grounds for dismissal of complaint on appeal. Any complaint, upon motion of the defendant, may be dismissed upon any of the following grounds: 1. That the justice of the peace did not have jurisdiction of the offense. 2. That more than one offense is charged in any on…

NRS 189.120 Appeal by State from order granting defendant’s motion to suppress evidence. 1. The State may appeal to the district court from an order of a justice court granting the motion of a defendant to suppress evidence. 2. Such an appeal shall be taken: (a) Within 2 days aft…