Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE3 REMEDIES; SPECIAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS |
CHAPTER41. Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons |
LIABILITY OF AND ACTIONS AGAINST THIS STATE, ITS AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS |
Verdict, Judgment, Damages and Indemnification |
NRS41.0349. Indemnification of present or former public officer, employee, immune contractor or State Legislator.
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- In any civil action brought against any present or former officer, employee, immune contractor, member of a board or commission of the State or a political subdivision or State Legislator, in which a judgment is entered against the person based on any act or omission relating to the person’s public duty or employment, the State or political subdivision shall indemnify the person unless:
1. The person failed to submit a timely request for defense;
2. The person failed to cooperate in good faith in the defense of the action;
3. The act or omission of the person was not within the scope of the person’s public duty or employment; or
4. The act or omission of the person was wanton or malicious.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1735; A 1987, 543)