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NV Rev Stat § 697.230 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.230 - Expiration and renewal of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 697.177, each license issued to a general agent, bail agent, bail enforcement agent or bail solicitor under this chapter continues in force for 3 years unless it is suspended, revoked or otherwise terminated. A license may be renewed upon payment of all applicable fees for renewal to the Commissioner on or before the last day of the month in which the license is renewable. All applicable fees must be accompanied by:  (a) Proof that the licensee has completed a 3-hour program of continuing education that is:  (1) Offered by the authorized surety insurer from whom the licensee received written appointment, if any, a state or national organization of bail agents or another organization that administers training programs for general agents, bail agents, bail enforcement agents or bail solicitors; and  (2) Approved by the Commissioner;  (b) If the licensee is a natural person, the statement required pursuant to NRS 697.181; and  (c) A written request for renewal of the license. The request must be made and signed:  (1) By the licensee in the case of the renewal of a license as a general agent, bail enforcement agent or bail agent.  (2) By the bail solicitor and the bail agent who employs the solicitor in the case of the renewal of a license as a bail solicitor.  2. Any license that is not renewed on or before the last day specified for its renewal expires at midnight on that day. The Commissioner may accept a request for renewal received by the Commissioner within 30 days after the date of expiration if the request is accompanied by a fee for renewal of 150 percent of all applicable fees otherwise required, except for any fee required pursuant to NRS 680C.110, and, if the person requesting renewal is a natural person, the statement required pursuant to NRS 697.181.  3. A bail agent’s license continues in force while there is in effect an appointment of him or her as a bail agent of one or more authorized insurers. Upon termination of all the bail agent’s appointments and the bail agent’s failure to replace any appointment within 30 days thereafter, the bail agent’s license expires and the bail agent shall promptly deliver his or her license to the Commissioner.  4. The Commissioner shall terminate the license of a general agent for a particular insurer upon a written request by the insurer.  5. This section does not apply to temporary licenses issued under NRS 683A.311 or 697.177.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1911; A 1981, 1810; 1987, 473; 1997, 2209, 3387; 1999, 520; 2001, 2253; 2009, 1824)
NV Rev Stat § 697.230 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.230 - Expiration and renewal of license. [Effective on the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 697.177, each license issued to a general agent, bail agent, bail enforcement agent or bail solicitor under this chapter continues in force for 3 years unless it is suspended, revoked or otherwise terminated. A license may be renewed upon payment of all applicable fees for renewal to the Commissioner on or before the last day of the month in which the license is renewable. All applicable fees must be accompanied by:  (a) Proof that the licensee has completed a 3-hour program of continuing education that is:  (1) Offered by the authorized surety insurer from whom the licensee received written appointment, if any, a state or national organization of bail agents or another organization that administers training programs for general agents, bail agents, bail enforcement agents or bail solicitors; and  (2) Approved by the Commissioner; and  (b) A written request for renewal of the license. The request must be made and signed:  (1) By the licensee in the case of the renewal of a license as a general agent, bail enforcement agent or bail agent.  (2) By the bail solicitor and the bail agent who employs the solicitor in the case of the renewal of a license as a bail solicitor.  2. Any license that is not renewed on or before the last day specified for its renewal expires at midnight on that day. The Commissioner may accept a request for renewal received by the Commissioner within 30 days after the date of expiration if the request is accompanied by a fee for renewal of 150 percent of all applicable fees otherwise required, except for any fee required pursuant to NRS 680C.110.  3. A bail agent’s license continues in force while there is in effect an appointment of him or her as a bail agent of one or more authorized insurers. Upon termination of all the bail agent’s appointments and the bail agent’s failure to replace any appointment within 30 days thereafter, the bail agent’s license expires and the bail agent shall promptly deliver his or her license to the Commissioner.  4. The Commissioner shall terminate the license of a general agent for a particular insurer upon a written request by the insurer.  5. This section does not apply to temporary licenses issued under NRS 683A.311 or 697.177.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1911; A 1981, 1810; 1987, 473; 1997, 2209, 3387; 2001, 2253; 2009, 1824, effective on the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings)
NV Rev Stat § 697.240 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.240 - Appointment of bail agents.

  1. Each insurer appointing a bail agent shall file with the Commissioner a written appointment and pay the applicable fee for the appointment.  2. Each appointment remains in effect until the bail agent’s license is revoked or otherwise terminated, or there is an earlier termination of the appointment.  3. No insurer may appoint a bail agent whose contingent liability exceeds an amount equal to 10 times his or her reserve account unless the appointment is first approved by the Commissioner.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1912; A 1979, 1402; 1981, 1811)
NV Rev Stat § 697.250 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.250 - Termination of appointment.

  1. An insurer may terminate an appointment at any time. The insurer shall promptly give written notice of termination and the effective date thereof to the Commissioner, on forms furnished by the Commissioner, and to the bail agent if reasonably possible. The Commissioner may require of the insurer reasonable proof that the insurer has also given such a notice to the agent if reasonably possible.  2. Accompanying each notice of termination given to the Commissioner, the insurer shall file with the Commissioner a statement of the cause, if any, for the termination. Any information or documents so disclosed to the Commissioner shall be deemed an absolutely privileged communication, and the information or documents are not admissible as evidence in any action or proceedings unless their use as evidence is permitted by the insurer in writing.  3. A bail agent terminating the appointment and license as such of a bail solicitor shall give notice of termination in the manner prescribed by subsections 1 and 2. Any information or documents disclosed to the Commissioner shall be deemed an absolutely privileged communication, unless the privilege is waived in writing by the bail agent.  4. No agreement between an insurer and a bail agent or between an employing bail agent and a licensed bail solicitor affects the Commissioner’s termination of the appointment or license if the termination is requested by the insurer or the employing bail agent, as the case may be.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1912; A 1981, 1812; 1997, 3388)
NV Rev Stat § 697.260 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.260 - Bail solicitors: Special requirements.

  1. A bail solicitor shall not concurrently be employed or licensed as to more than one bail agent.  2. The bail agent is responsible for the acts or omissions of the bail solicitors within the scope of his or her employment.  3. The bail solicitor shall maintain his or her office with that of the bail agent with whom the bail solicitor is employed.  4. The bail solicitor’s license must remain in the custody of the bail agent with whom the bail solicitor is employed. Upon termination of such employment as a bail solicitor, the bail agent shall give written notice thereof to the Commissioner, as provided in NRS 697.250, and deliver the license to the commissioner for cancellation.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1913; A 1997, 3389)
NV Rev Stat § 697.270 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.270 - Registration of bail agents.

A bail agent shall not act as an attorney-in-fact for an insurer on an undertaking unless the bail agent has registered in the office of the sheriff and with the clerk of the district court in which the agent resides, and the bail agent may register in the same manner in any other county. Any bail agent shall file a certified copy of the appointment of the bail agent by power of attorney from each insurer which the bail agent represents as agent with each of such officers. The bail agent shall register and file a certified copy of renewed power of attorney annually on July 1. The clerk of the district court and the sheriff shall not permit the registration of a bail agent unless the agent is licensed by the Commissioner.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1913; A 1997, 3389; 2003, 3335)
NV Rev Stat § 697.280 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.280 - Bail agent: Place of business; display of licenses and fees charged; retention of records at place of business.

  1. Every bail agent shall have and maintain in this state a place of business accessible to the public, wherein the licensee principally conducts transactions under his or her license. The address of the principal place of business of the licensee must appear upon the application for a license and upon the license, when issued, and the licensee shall promptly notify the Commissioner of any change in that address. This subsection does not prohibit a licensee from conducting business in his or her residence in this state.  2. The licenses of the licensee, and those of others employed by the licensee, and the fees charged for services rendered must be conspicuously displayed in the principal place of business of the licensee in a part or area customarily open to the public.  3. The bail agent shall keep at his or her principal place of business the records required under NRS 697.290.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1913; A 1997, 3389)
NV Rev Stat § 697.290 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.290 - Records of bail agent.

Every bail agent must maintain in his or her office such records of bail bonds, and such additional information as the Commissioner may reasonably require, executed or countersigned by the bail agent to enable the public to obtain all necessary information concerning the bail bonds for at least 3 years after the liability of the surety has been terminated. The records must be open to examination by the Commissioner or representatives of the Commissioner at all times, and the Commissioner at any time may require the licensee to furnish to the Commissioner, in such manner or form as the Commissioner requires, any information kept or required to be kept in the records.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1913; A 1997, 3389; 2003, 3336)
NV Rev Stat § 697.295 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.295 - Electronic transmissions relating to bail.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, every bail agent and insurer authorized to write surety in this State and every subsidiary corporation of such an insurer shall maintain a means of receiving electronic transmissions and shall receive electronic transmissions made pursuant to NRS 178.502, 178.508 and 178.514.  2. Before April 1, 2018, a bail agent or insurer authorized to write surety in this State and every subsidiary corporation of such an insurer may elect to receive a notice pursuant to NRS 178.502, 178.508 or 178.514 by mail by providing a written request to the court.  3. On and after April 1, 2018, a bail agent or insurer authorized to write surety in this State and every subsidiary corporation of such an insurer may receive a notice pursuant to NRS 178.502, 178.508 or 178.514 by mail only pursuant to a court order issued upon request by the bail agent or insurer for good cause shown.  4. As used in this section, "electronic transmission" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 178.483.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 277)
NV Rev Stat § 697.300 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.300 - Collections and charges permitted.

  1. A bail agent shall not, in any bail transaction or in connection therewith, directly or indirectly, charge or collect money or other valuable consideration from any person except for the following purposes:  (a) To pay the premium at the rates established by the insurer, in accordance with chapter 686B of NRS, or to pay the charges for the bail bond filed in connection with the transaction at the rates filed in accordance with the provisions of this Code. The rates must be 15 percent of the amount of the bond or $50, whichever is greater.  (b) To provide collateral.  (c) To reimburse himself or herself for actual expenses incurred in connection with the transaction. Such expenses are limited to:  (1) Guard fees.  (2) Notary public fees, recording fees, expenses incurred for necessary long distance telephone calls and charges for telegrams.  (3) Travel expenses incurred more than 25 miles from the agent’s principal place of business. Such expenses:  (I) May be billed at the rate provided for state officers and employees generally; and  (II) May not be charged in areas where bail agents advertise a local telephone number.  (4) Expenses incurred to verify underwriting information.  (5) Any other actual expenditure necessary to the transaction which is not usually and customarily incurred in connection with bail transactions.  (d) To reimburse himself or herself, or have a right of action against the principal or any indemnitor, for actual expenses incurred in good faith, by reason of breach by the defendant of any of the terms of the written agreement under which and pursuant to which the undertaking of bail or bail bond was written. If there is no written agreement, or an incomplete writing, the surety may, at law, enforce its equitable rights against the principal and his or her indemnitors, in exoneration. Such reimbursement or right of action must not exceed the principal sum of the bond or undertaking, plus any reasonable expenses that may be verified by receipt in a total amount of not more than the principal sum of the bond or undertaking, incurred in good faith by the surety, its agents, licensees and employees by reason of the principal’s breach.  2. This section does not prevent the full and unlimited right of a bail agent to execute undertaking of bail on behalf of a nonresident agent of the surety he or she represents. The licensed resident bail agent is entitled to a minimum countersignature fee of $5, with a maximum countersignature fee of $100, plus expenses incurred in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection 1. Such countersignature fees may be charged in addition to the premium of the undertaking.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1914; A 1997, 3390; 2003, 3336)
NV Rev Stat § 697.310 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.310 - Prohibited charges.

Except to the extent permitted by paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection 1 and subsection 2 of NRS 697.300, a licensee shall not make any charge for the services of the licensee in a bail transaction in addition to the premium or the charge for a bail bond at the rates filed in accordance with the provisions of this Code.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1915; A 1997, 3391)
NV Rev Stat § 697.325 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.325 - Notice to local law enforcement agency when defendant apprehended; notice to local law enforcement agency before forcible entrance of inhabited dwelling; penalty.

  1. After apprehending a defendant in this state, a bail agent or bail enforcement agent shall immediately or without undue delay notify in person or by telephone the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the defendant was apprehended of:  (a) The identity of the defendant;  (b) The identity of the bail agent or bail enforcement agent; and  (c) Where the bail agent or bail enforcement agent is taking the defendant to surrender the defendant into custody.  2. Before forcibly entering an inhabited dwelling in this state, a bail agent or bail enforcement agent shall notify the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the dwelling is located.  3. A bail agent or bail enforcement agent who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.  4. As used in this section, "inhabited dwelling" means any structure, building, house, room, apartment, tenement, tent, conveyance, vessel, boat, vehicle, house trailer, travel trailer, motor home or railroad car in which the owner or other lawful occupant resides.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 188)
NV Rev Stat § 697.330 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.330 - Surrender of defendant to custody; return of premiums.

If a bail agent or bail solicitor, without good cause, surrenders a defendant to custody before the time specified in the undertaking of bail or the bail bond for the appearance of the defendant, or before any other occasion where the presence of the defendant in court is lawfully required, the premium is returnable in full.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1915; A 1997, 3391)
NV Rev Stat § 697.340 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.340 - Prohibited acts; persons who may not be bail agents, bail enforcement agents or bail solicitors.

  1. A bail agent, general agent or bail solicitor shall not:  (a) Suggest or advise the employment of or name for employment any particular attorney to represent his or her principal.  (b) Solicit business in or about any place where prisoners are confined or in or about any court.  (c) Pay a fee or rebate or give or promise anything of value to any person in order to secure a settlement, compromise, remission or reduction of the amount of any undertaking or bail bond.  (d) Pay a fee or rebate or give anything of value to an attorney in bail bond matters, except for legal services actually rendered.  (e) Pay a fee or rebate or give or promise anything of value to the principal or anyone in his or her behalf.  (f) Participate in the capacity of an attorney at a trial or hearing of a person on whose bond the bail agent, general agent or bail solicitor is surety, except for the purposes of surrendering the defendant, making motions to set aside orders of bail forfeitures and motions to exonerate bails and protecting his or her financial interest in such a bond.  2. The following persons may not be bail agents, bail enforcement agents or bail solicitors and shall not, directly or indirectly, receive any benefits from the execution of any bail bond:  (a) Jailers;  (b) Police officers;  (c) Justices of the peace;  (d) Municipal judges;  (e) Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and deputy constables;  (f) Any person having the power to arrest or having anything to do with the control of federal, state, county or municipal prisoners; and  (g) Trustees or prisoners incarcerated in any jail, prison or any other place used for the incarceration of persons.  3. A bail agent shall not sign or countersign in blank any bond, or give the power of attorney to, or otherwise authorize, anyone to countersign the name of the bail agent to bonds unless the person so authorized is a licensed agent directly employed by the agent giving the power of attorney.  4. A bail agent, bail enforcement agent, bail solicitor or general agent shall not advertise or hold himself or herself out to be a surety insurance company.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1915; A 1983, 906; 1997, 3391; 2017, 1057)
NV Rev Stat § 697.350 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.350 - Justification of suretyship.

A bail agent shall justify the suretyship of the bail agent by attaching a copy of the power of attorney issued to the bail agent by the surety insurer to each bond.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1916; A 1971, 1958; 1979, 1402; 1997, 3392)
NV Rev Stat § 697.360 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.360 - Applicability of other provisions.

Licensed bail agents, bail solicitors and bail enforcement agents, and general agents are also subject to the following provisions of this Code, to the extent reasonably applicable:  1. Chapter 679A of NRS.  2. Chapter 679B of NRS.  3. NRS 683A.261.  4. NRS 683A.301.  5. NRS 683A.311.  6. NRS 683A.331.  7. NRS 683A.341.  8. NRS 683A.361.  9. NRS 683A.400.  10. NRS 683A.451.  11. NRS 683A.461.  12. NRS 683A.500.  13. NRS 683A.520.  14. NRS 686A.010 to 686A.310, inclusive.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1916; A 1997, 3392; 2001, 2254; 2003, 3338; 2007, 3333; 2019, 1726)
NV Rev Stat § 697.370 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 697 - Businesses Related to Bail|NRS 697.370 - Penalties.

  1. The Commissioner may inform the appropriate district attorney of any violation of any provision of this chapter.  2. In addition to any other penalty provided in this chapter any person violating any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 1917)