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2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 228 - Attorney General
GENERAL PROVISIONS
General Provisions
- NRS 228.010 - Qualifications.
- NRS 228.020 - Election; term of office.
- NRS 228.030 - Commission and oath.
- NRS 228.040 - Office.
- NRS 228.060 - Absence from State limited.
- NRS 228.070 - Salary; restrictions on private practice of law.
- NRS 228.080 - Deputies: Appointment; duties; oaths; restrictions on private practice of law.
- 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; duties.
- NRS 228.091 - Special deputy to provide legal advice to regulatory body: Appointment; compensation.
- NRS 228.092 - Administrative Assistant: Appointment; classification.
- NRS 228.096 - Attorney General’s Special Fund: Creation; claims.
- NRS 228.097 - Disposition of money collected by Attorney General in excess of authorized expenditures.
- NRS 228.098 - Attorney General’s Administration Budget Account.
- NRS 228.099 - Revolving Account for Office of Attorney General: Creation; use; deposit; reimbursement claims.
- NRS 228.100 - Biennial report; duty to communicate information concerning office upon request of Governor or Legislature.
- 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.
- NRS 228.111 - Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Definitions.
- NRS 228.1111 - Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Prerequisites to entry.
- NRS 228.1112 - Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Advertisement for proposals; applicability of State Purchasing Act.
- NRS 228.1113 - Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Applicable conditions during term and any renewal or extension.
- NRS 228.1114 - Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Addendum setting forth specific rights and obligations of parties required.
- 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.
- NRS 228.1116 - Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Limitations on amount and basis of fee.
- NRS 228.1117 - Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Posting of certain records on Attorney General’s website.
- NRS 228.1118 - Contingent fee contract with retained attorney or law firm: Annual report.
- NRS 228.113 - Charges for services.
- NRS 228.120 - Appearance before grand jury; supervision of district attorneys; prosecution of criminal cases; subpoenas.
- NRS 228.125 - Prosecutions: Statutory duty or right of district attorney applies to Attorney General.
- NRS 228.130 - District attorney may request assistance from Attorney General in criminal prosecutions; appointment of special prosecutor under certain circumstances; compensation.
- NRS 228.135 - Establishment of program to assist law enforcement personnel and prosecuting attorneys in complying with Vienna Convention on Consular Relations; regulations.
- 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.
- NRS 228.140 - Prosecution and defense of causes in Supreme Court; accounting; assistance in impeachments.
- NRS 228.150 - Written opinions; payment for services.
- NRS 228.160 - Records of cases: Contents; inspection.
- NRS 228.165 - Office of Attorney General to provide Legislative Counsel with index of certain court rulings.
- NRS 228.170 - Commencement or defense of action to protect interest of State; prosecution of prisoners and persons acting in concert with prisoners.
- NRS 228.175 - Investigation and prosecution of offense by state officer or employee.
- NRS 228.177 - Investigation and prosecution of offense by county officer or employee.
- NRS 228.178 - Technological crimes: Investigation and prosecution; pursuit of forfeiture; equitable relief.
- NRS 228.180 - Commencement and defense of actions concerning rights of State and its residents in interstate waters and public lands.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- NRS 228.210 - Neglect of duty: Penalty.
- NRS 228.250 - Definitions.
- NRS 228.255 - “Older person” defined.
- NRS 228.260 - “Unit” defined.
- NRS 228.262 - “Vulnerable person” defined.
- NRS 228.265 - Creation.
- 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.
- NRS 228.275 - Powers: Equitable relief; attorney’s fees and costs.
- NRS 228.280 - Crimes against older or vulnerable persons: Recovery of civil penalties by Attorney General; deposit of civil penalties.
- NRS 228.285 - Account for the Unit for the Investigation and Prosecution of Crimes Against Older Persons or Vulnerable Persons: Creation; administration; use; nonreversion.
- NRS 228.290 - Gifts, grants, appropriations or donations; deposit of money in designated Account.
- NRS 228.300 - Definitions.
- NRS 228.302 - “Bureau of Consumer Protection” defined.
- NRS 228.304 - “Consumer’s Advocate” defined.
- NRS 228.306 - “Cooperative utility” defined.
- NRS 228.308 - “Public interest” defined.
- NRS 228.310 - Creation; executive head is Consumer’s Advocate.
- NRS 228.320 - Consumer’s Advocate: Appointment; term of office; classification; qualifications; restrictions on other employment; removal from office.
- NRS 228.330 - Employees; equipment; office space; subpoenas; other necessary functions and arrangements.
- NRS 228.340 - Account for the Bureau of Consumer Protection: Deposits; use; claims.
- NRS 228.350 - Account for the Consumer’s Advocate: Gifts and grants.
- NRS 228.355 - Revolving account: Use for payment of expenses relating to certain undercover investigations; powers and duties of Consumer’s Advocate.
- NRS 228.360 - Powers and duties regarding certain public utilities.
- NRS 228.370 - Duty of certain public utilities to provide documents.
- NRS 228.380 - Authority to exercise power of Attorney General in areas of consumer protection; exceptions; expenditure of assessment revenues; limitations on powers directly relating to discretionary or competitive telecommunication services.
- NRS 228.390 - Representation of public interest and customers’ interests.
- 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.
- 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.
General Provisions
- NRS 228.423 - Definitions.
- NRS 228.427 - “Committee” defined.
- NRS 228.430 - “Domestic violence” defined.
- NRS 228.440 - Creation of Office; appointment; term; qualifications; classification; removal.
- NRS 228.450 - Duties; confidentiality of certain information collected in discharge of duties; use of grants to compensate.
- NRS 228.470 - Composition; terms of members; duties; officers; meetings; quorum; voting; staff; allowances and expenses; regulations.
- NRS 228.490 - Gifts, grants, donations and contributions.
- 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 Meeting Law.
- NRS 228.497 - Review of death of victim of certain crimes that constitute domestic violence: Access to information and records.
- NRS 228.500 - Definitions.
- NRS 228.510 - “Registry” defined.
- NRS 228.520 - “Telephone solicitor” defined.
- NRS 228.530 - “Unsolicited telephone call for the sale of goods or services” defined.
- 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.
- 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 to request inclusion, maintenance or removal of telephone number; regulations concerning inclusion of additional information.
- NRS 228.560 - Public service announcement concerning registry.
- 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.
- NRS 228.580 - Availability of published list of telephone numbers in registry to telephone solicitors; fee.
- NRS 228.590 - Calls prohibited to telephone numbers in registry; limited use of information in registry.
- 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 business relationship; exception.
- NRS 228.610 - Attorney General to institute legal proceedings against violator.
- NRS 228.620 - Violation constitutes deceptive trade practice.
- NRS 228.630 - Registry Account: Creation; deposits; interest and income; expenditures; administration; claims; nonreversion; submission of annual itemized statement to Legislature.
- NRS 228.640 - Regulations.
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