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NRS 228.010 - Qualifications. - No person shall be eligible to the Office of Attorney...
NRS 228.020 - Election; term of office. - 1. The Attorney General shall be elected by the qualified...
NRS 228.030 - Commission and oath. - The Attorney General shall be commissioned by the Governor, and...
NRS 228.040 - Office. - The Attorney General shall keep his or her office at...
NRS 228.060 - Absence from State limited. - The Attorney General shall not absent himself or herself from...
NRS 228.070 - Salary; restrictions on private practice of law. - 1. Until the first Monday in January 2007, the Attorney...
NRS 228.080 - Deputies: Appointment; duties; oaths; restrictions on private practice of law. - 1. The Attorney General may appoint as many deputies as...
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... - 1. In cases of emergency where the services of the...
NRS 228.091 - Special deputy to provide legal advice to regulatory body: Appointment; compensation. - 1. If the Attorney General: (a) Has been designated as...
NRS 228.092 - Administrative Assistant: Appointment; classification. - The Attorney General may appoint and employ an Administrative Assistant...
NRS 228.096 - Attorney General’s Special Fund: Creation; claims. - 1. The Attorney General’s Special Fund is hereby created as...
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...
NRS 228.098 - Attorney General’s Administration Budget Account. - Money for the support of the operations of the Office...
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...
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...
NRS 228.110 - Legal adviser on state matters arising in Executive Department; limitation on employment of private attorney by Executive Department; claims in violation void. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 228.111 to 228.1118,...
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...
NRS 228.1111 - Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Prerequisites to entry. - 1. Subject to the limitations of NRS 622.420, the Attorney...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
NRS 228.1118 - Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Annual report. - 1. On or before February 1 of each year, 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
NRS 228.1127 - Pro bono contract with retained attorney or law firm: Annual report. - 1. On or before February 1 of each year, the...
NRS 228.113 - Charges for services. - 1. The Attorney General may charge all state agencies which...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 the Office...
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,...
NRS 228.150 - Written opinions; payment for services. - 1. When requested, the Attorney General shall give his or...
NRS 228.160 - Records of cases: Contents; inspection. - 1. The Attorney General shall keep a record of each:...
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...
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,...
NRS 228.175 - Investigation and prosecution of offense by state officer or employee. - 1. As used in this section "state officer or employee"...
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...
NRS 228.178 - Technological crimes: Investigation and prosecution; pursuit of forfeiture; equitable relief. - 1. The Attorney General may: (a) Investigate and prosecute any...
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...
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,...
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...
NRS 228.205 - Victim Information Notification Everyday System: Creation; Governance Committee; gifts, grants and donations; cooperation of certain state and local agencies; no cause of action by victim of crime established by failure of System. - 1. There is hereby created in the Office of the...
NRS 228.206 - Model policies which provide guidance and training recommendations to law enforcement agencies: Publication by Attorney General; law enforcement agency required to adopt consistent policies or notify and provide inconsistent policies to... - 1. The Attorney General shall, in consultation with relevant stakeholders...
NRS 228.208 - Model policies related to limiting immigration enforcement at public schools, institutions of higher education, health care facilities and courthouses: Publication by Attorney General; entities required to adopt consistent policies or n... - 1. The Attorney General shall, in consultation with relevant stakeholders...
NRS 228.210 - Neglect of duty: Penalty. - If the Attorney General neglects or refuses to perform any...
NRS 228.250 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 228.250 to 228.290, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 228.255 - "Older person" defined. - "Older person" means a person who is 60 years of...
NRS 228.260 - "Unit" defined. - "Unit" means the Unit for the Investigation and Prosecution of...
NRS 228.262 - "Vulnerable person" defined. - "Vulnerable person" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 228.265 - Creation. - There is hereby created in the Office of the Attorney...
NRS 228.270 - Powers: Investigation and prosecution of alleged crimes and failure to report alleged crimes; organization or sponsorship of multidisciplinary teams; sharing of information. - 1. The Unit may investigate and prosecute any alleged abuse,...
NRS 228.275 - Powers: Equitable relief; attorney’s fees and costs. - The Unit may bring an action to enjoin or obtain...
NRS 228.280 - Crimes against older or vulnerable persons: Recovery of civil penalties by Attorney General; deposit of civil penalties. - 1. In addition to any criminal penalty, a person who...
NRS 228.285 - Account for the Unit for the Investigation and Prosecution of Crimes Against Older Persons or Vulnerable Persons: Creation; administration; use; nonreversion. - 1. The Account for the Unit for the Investigation and...
NRS 228.290 - Gifts, grants, appropriations or donations; deposit of money in designated Account. - 1. The Unit may apply for any available grants and...
NRS 228.300 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 228.300 to 228.390, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 228.302 - "Bureau of Consumer Protection" defined. - "Bureau of Consumer Protection" means the Bureau of Consumer Protection...
NRS 228.304 - "Consumer’s Advocate" defined. - "Consumer’s Advocate" means the Consumer’s Advocate of the Bureau of...
NRS 228.306 - "Cooperative utility" defined. - "Cooperative utility" means a cooperative association or nonprofit corporation or...
NRS 228.308 - "Public interest" defined. - "Public interest" means the interests or rights of the State...
NRS 228.310 - Creation; executive head is Consumer’s Advocate. - 1. The Bureau of Consumer Protection is hereby created within...
NRS 228.320 - Consumer’s Advocate: Appointment; term of office; classification; qualifications; restrictions on other employment; removal from office. - 1. The Attorney General shall appoint the Consumer’s Advocate for...
NRS 228.330 - Employees; equipment; office space; subpoenas; other necessary functions and arrangements. - The Consumer’s Advocate may: 1. Employ such staff as is...
NRS 228.332 - Consumer Protection Administrative Account: Creation; deposits; reversion of certain excess to Consumer Protection Legal Account. - 1. The Consumer Protection Administrative Account is hereby created in...
NRS 228.333 - Consumer Protection Legal Account: Creation; interest; nonreversion. - 1. The Consumer Protection Legal Account is hereby created in...
NRS 228.334 - Consumer Protection Legal Account: Allocation of money; authorized uses of allocations by legal aid organizations; submission of audited statements to Attorney General; authorization to audit, examine or inspect books and records of leg... - 1. After any reversion of money from the Consumer Protection...
NRS 228.340 - Account for the Bureau of Consumer Protection: Deposits; use; claims. - 1. Except as otherwise provided by NRS 598A.260, all money...
NRS 228.350 - Account for the Consumer’s Advocate: Gifts and grants. - All gifts and grants of money which the Consumer’s Advocate...
NRS 228.355 - Revolving account: Use for payment of expenses relating to certain undercover investigations; powers and duties of Consumer’s Advocate. - 1. There is hereby created a revolving account for the...
NRS 228.360 - Powers and duties regarding certain public utilities. - 1. The Consumer’s Advocate: (a) Shall intervene in and represent...
NRS 228.370 - Duty of certain public utilities to provide documents. - All public utilities, except railroads and cooperative utilities, and except...
NRS 228.380 - Authority to exercise power of Attorney General in areas of consumer protection; exceptions; access to records; expenditure of assessment revenues; limitations on powers directly relating to discretionary or competitive telecommunicatio... - 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Consumer’s...
NRS 228.390 - Representation of public interest and customers’ interests. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 704.110 and 704.7561...
NRS 228.410 - Jurisdiction of Attorney General in cases involving Medicaid fraud; establishment of Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; duties and powers; recovery of reasonable costs and expenses. - 1. The Attorney General has primary jurisdiction to investigate and...
NRS 228.411 - Authority of Attorney General to subpoena and use certain documents, records and materials; penalty for noncompliance with subpoena; required contents of subpoena. - 1. In carrying out the duties and responsibilities under NRS...
NRS 228.412 - Jurisdiction of Attorney General in cases involving insurance fraud; establishment of Fraud Control Unit for Insurance; duties and powers. - 1. The Attorney General has primary jurisdiction to conduct criminal...
NRS 228.420 - Jurisdiction of Attorney General in cases involving industrial insurance fraud; establishment of Fraud Control Unit for Industrial Insurance; duties and powers. - 1. The Attorney General has primary jurisdiction to investigate and...
NRS 228.423 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 228.423 to 228.497, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 228.427 - "Committee" defined. - "Committee" means the Committee on Domestic Violence appointed pursuant to...
NRS 228.430 - "Domestic violence" defined. - "Domestic violence" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS...
NRS 228.440 - Creation of Office; appointment; term; qualifications; classification; removal. - 1. The Office of Ombudsman for Victims of Domestic Violence,...
NRS 228.450 - Duties; confidentiality of certain information collected in discharge of duties; use of grants to compensate. - 1. The Ombudsman for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault...
NRS 228.460 - Creation; deposits; administration; expenditures; claims. - 1. The Account for Programs Related to Domestic Violence is...
NRS 228.470 - Creation; composition; terms of members; duties; officers; meetings; staff; allowances and expenses; regulations. - 1. The Committee on Domestic Violence is hereby created. The...
NRS 228.490 - Gifts, grants, donations and contributions. - The Committee may apply for and accept gifts, grants, donations...
NRS 228.495 - Review of death of victim of certain crimes that constitute domestic violence: Powers and duties; authority and duties of Attorney General; immunity and liability of members; inadmissibility of review; report; inapplicability of Open Me... - 1. The Committee may review the death of the victim...
NRS 228.497 - Review of death of victim of certain crimes that constitute domestic violence: Access to information and records. - In carrying out its duties pursuant to NRS 228.495, the...
NRS 228.500 - Definitions. - As used in NRS 228.500 to 228.640, inclusive, unless the...
NRS 228.510 - "Registry" defined. - "Registry" means the registry established pursuant to NRS 228.550 unless,...
NRS 228.520 - "Telephone solicitor" defined. - 1. "Telephone solicitor" means a person who makes or causes...
NRS 228.530 - "Unsolicited telephone call for the sale of goods or services" defined. - 1. "Unsolicited telephone call for the sale of goods or...
NRS 228.540 - National database of telephone numbers of persons requesting not to receive unsolicited telephone calls for sale of goods or services: Attorney General findings; effect on registry. - 1. If a federal agency establishes a single national database...
NRS 228.550 - Registry of names and telephone numbers of persons requesting not to receive unsolicited telephone calls for sale of goods or services: Establishment and maintenance; publication of list of telephone numbers; procedures for and methods... - 1. The Attorney General shall: (a) Establish and maintain, or...
NRS 228.560 - Public service announcement concerning registry. - 1. The Attorney General shall make information available to the...
NRS 228.570 - Registry and published list of telephone numbers in registry not a public record; publication, release and use of telephone numbers and other information in registry. - To the extent consistent with federal law: 1. The registry...
NRS 228.580 - Availability of published list of telephone numbers in registry to telephone solicitors; fee. - Each list of telephone numbers published pursuant to NRS 228.550...
NRS 228.590 - Calls prohibited to telephone numbers in registry; limited use of information in registry. - 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 228.600, a telephone...
NRS 228.600 - Telephone solicitors: Use of telephone numbers in registry; establishment of internal registry of telephone numbers of persons requesting not to receive unsolicited telephone calls; notice to persons with whom solicitor has preexisting... - 1. The provisions of NRS 228.590 do not prohibit a...
NRS 228.610 - Attorney General to institute legal proceedings against violator. - If the Attorney General has reason to believe that a...
NRS 228.620 - Violation constitutes deceptive trade practice. - A violation of a provision of NRS 228.500 to 228.640,...
NRS 228.630 - Registry Account: Creation; deposits; interest and income; expenditures; administration; claims; nonreversion; submission of annual itemized statement to Legislature. - 1. The Registry Account is hereby created in the State...
NRS 228.640 - Regulations. - The Attorney General shall adopt regulations to carry out the...
NRS 228.650 - Creation. - The Office of Military Legal Assistance is hereby created in...
NRS 228.660 - Powers; acceptance of gifts, grants and other money. - 1. The Office of Military Legal Assistance may facilitate the...
NRS 228.700 - "Child who is endangered by drug exposure" defined. - As used in this section and NRS 228.710 and 228.720,...
NRS 228.710 - Creation; appointment, qualifications and classification of Statewide Coordinator. - 1. The Office of Statewide Coordinator for Children Who Are...
NRS 228.720 - Duties of Statewide Coordinator; acceptance of gifts, grants and other money. - 1. The Statewide Coordinator for Children Who Are Endangered by...