Nevada § 178.3975 - Order for payment by defendant; remission of payment; disposition of amounts recovered; community service

§ 178.3975. Order for payment by defendant; remission of payment; disposition of amounts recovered; community service

1. The court may order a defendant to pay all or any part of the expenses incurred

by the county, city or state in providing the defendant with an attorney which are

not recovered pursuant to NRS 178.398 . The order may be made at the time of or after the appointment of an attorney and

may direct the defendant to pay the expenses in installments. 2. The court shall not order a defendant to make such a payment unless the defendant

is or will be able to do so. In determining the amount and method of payment, the court shall take account of

the financial resources of the defendant and the nature of the burden that payment

will impose. 3. A defendant who has been ordered to pay expenses of the defendant’s defense and

who is not willfully or without good cause in default in the payment thereof may at

any time petition the court which ordered the payment for remission of the payment

or of any unpaid portion thereof. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that payment of the amount due will

impose manifest hardship on the defendant or the defendant’s immediate family, the

court may remit all or part of the amount due or modify the method of payment. 4. The money recovered must in each case be paid over to the city, county or public

defender's office which bore the expense and was not reimbursed by another governmental

agency. 5. Upon the request of a defendant, if the court finds that the defendant is suitable

to perform supervised community service, the court may allow the defendant to pay

all or part of any expenses incurred by the county, city or state in providing the

defendant with an attorney by performing supervised community service for a reasonable

number of hours, the value of which would be commensurate with such expenses incurred. The community service must be performed for and under the supervising authority

of a county, city, town or other political subdivision or agency of the State of Nevada

or a charitable organization that renders service to the community or its residents. The court may require a defendant who requests to perform community service to deposit

with the court a reasonable sum of money to pay for the cost of policies of insurance

against liability for personal injury and damage to property or for industrial insurance,

or both, during those periods in which the defendant performs the community service,

unless, in the case of industrial insurance, it is provided by the authority for which

the defendant performs the community service.