NRS178.39801. Collection of fee by certain entities.

      1.  If a district court orders a defendant to pay for expenses incurred by the county or State in providing the defendant with an attorney pursuant to NRS 178.3975 or makes an execution on the property of the defendant pursuant to NRS 178.398, the district court entering the judgment shall forward to the county treasurer or other office assigned by the county to make collections the information necessary to collect the fee. The county treasurer or other office assigned by the county to make collections is responsible for such collection efforts and has the authority to collect the fee.

      2.  If the county treasurer or other office assigned by the county to make collections is unable to collect the fee after 60 days, the county treasurer may assign to the Office of the State Controller the responsibility for collection of the fee through a cooperative agreement pursuant to NRS 353.650, so long as the Office of the State Controller is willing and able to make such collection efforts.

      3.  If the county treasurer and the Office of the State Controller enter into a cooperative agreement pursuant to NRS 353.650, the county treasurer or other county office assigned by the county to make collections shall forward to the Office of the State Controller the necessary information. For purposes of this section, the information necessary to collect the fee shall be considered and limited to:

      (a) The name of the defendant;

      (b) The date of birth of the defendant;

      (c) The social security number of the defendant;

      (d) The last known address of the defendant; and

      (e) The nature and the amount of money owed by the defendant.

      4.  If the Office of the State Controller is successful in collecting the fee, the money collected must be returned to the originating county, minus the costs and fees actually incurred in collecting the fee.

      5.  Any money collected must be paid to the county or state public defender’s office which bore the expense and which was not reimbursed by another governmental agency, pursuant to NRS 178.3975.

      6.  Any record created pursuant to subsection 3 that contains personal identifying information shall not be considered a public record pursuant to NRS 239.010 and must be treated pursuant to NRS 239.0105.

      7.  Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the entity responsible for collecting the fee pursuant to this section, has the authority to compromise the amount to be collected for the purpose of satisfying the judgment.

      (Added to NRS by 2011, 910)