2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons
NRS 41.950 - Award of damages and other relief.
1. In an action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900 which results in the court entering a certificate of innocence pursuant to NRS 41.910, the court shall award the person:
(a) If the person was imprisoned for:
(1) One to 10 years, $50,000 for each year of imprisonment;
(2) Eleven to 20 years, $75,000 for each year of imprisonment; or
(3) Twenty-one years or more, $100,000 for each year of imprisonment; and
(b) Not less than $25,000 for each year the person was on parole or not less than $25,000 for each year the person was required to register as a sex offender, whichever period of time was greater.
2. In addition to any damages awarded pursuant to subsection 1, the court may award:
(a) Reasonable attorney’s fees, not to exceed $25,000, unless a greater amount is authorized by a court upon a finding of good cause shown.
(b) Payment for the cost of:
(1) Tuition, books and fees for the person to attend an institution operated by the Nevada System of Higher Education;
(2) Participation by the person in a health care program of this State;
(3) Programs for reentry into the community for the person; and
(4) Counseling services for the person;
(c) Reimbursement for:
(1) Restitution ordered to be paid by the person in the criminal proceeding for which he or she was wrongfully convicted; and
(2) Medical care paid for by the person while he or she was imprisoned for his or her wrongful conviction; and
(d) Any other relief, including, without limitation, housing assistance or assistance for financial literacy for the person.
3. Any award of damages issued pursuant to subsection 1 must be rounded up to the nearest half year.
4. A court shall not award and a person shall not receive compensation for any period of imprisonment during which the person was concurrently serving a sentence for a conviction of another offense for which the person was lawfully convicted and imprisoned.
5. If counseling services are awarded to the person pursuant to subsection 2, the person may select a relative to receive counseling with the person. As used in this subsection, "relative" means a person who is related by blood, adoption, marriage or domestic partnership within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4368)
