2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 354 - Local Financial Administration
NRS 354.255 - Establishment of uniform procedures for collection of accounts and removal of uncollectible accounts.

Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 354.255 (2019)

1. The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish uniform procedures for the collection of accounts receivable owed to the county and the removal of uncollectible accounts receivable from the records of the county. The procedures may provide for the collection of accounts receivable by a centralized collection system established pursuant to NRS 244.207 or by the office of the district attorney.

2. The procedures established pursuant to subsection 1 must provide for:

(a) The steps a department of the county must follow in collecting an account receivable, including a requirement that a department send a follow-up invoice to each debtor at 30-, 60- and 90-day intervals;

(b) The transfer of an account receivable to the centralized collection system or the district attorney for collection if the department is unsuccessful in its efforts to collect the account receivable;

(c) Review by the centralized collection system or the district attorney of each account receivable that is transferred for collection and a determination of whether the account receivable is collectible or uncollectible; and

(d) Application by the county auditor to the board of county commissioners to have the amount of the account receivable and the name of the debtor removed from the records of the county.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 1199)

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