2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 245 - Counties: Officers and Employees Generally
NRS 245.0435 - Private practice of law by certain district attorneys prohibited; disqualification from prosecution.

Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 245.0435 (2019)

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 252.060, the district attorneys in counties of classes 1 to 5, inclusive, as classified in the table of annual salaries, shall not engage in the private practice of law.

2. A district attorney who is permitted to engage in the private practice of law shall disqualify himself or herself from any criminal prosecution of a person who has been involved in a matter related to the district attorney’s private practice of law.

3. As used in this section, “private practice of law” by a district attorney means the performance of legal service, for compensation, for any person or organization except the district attorney’s county and any other governmental agency which the district attorney has a statutory duty to serve.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 1479; A 1977, 1325; 1981, 1159; 1985, 1553; 1991, 103; 1995, 2520)

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