Nevada Revised Statutes 180.008 – Compensation and expenses of attorney appointed to represent defendant: Obligations of county; amounts that are not obligation of county
1. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 6 of NRS 180.450 and subsection 1 of NRS 212.070, the compensation and expenses of an attorney appointed to represent a defendant are an obligation of the county unless that county has:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 180.008
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
(a) Transferred its responsibility for the provision of indigent defense services pursuant to NRS 180.450; or
(b) Met the maximum amount as determined pursuant to NRS 180.006.
2. Amounts that are not an obligation of the county pursuant to subsection 1 must be paid from money appropriated to the Department. After the appropriation for such compensation and expenses is exhausted, money must be allocated from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account for the payment of such compensation and expenses.