Nevada Revised Statutes Section 209.511 - Correctional Institutions

Duties of Director when offender released from prison.

1. When an offender is released from prison by expiration of his term of sentence, by pardon or by parole, the Director:

(a) May furnish him with a sum of money not to exceed $100, the amount to be based upon the offender’s economic need as determined by the Director;

(b) Shall give him notice of the provisions of chapter 179C of NRS and NRS 202.360;

(c) Shall require him to sign an acknowledgment of the notice required in paragraph (b);

(d) Shall give him notice of the provisions of NRS 179.245 and the provisions of NRS 213.090, 213.155 or 213.157, as applicable;

(e) May provide him with clothing suitable for reentering society;

(f) May provide him with the cost of transportation to his place of residence anywhere within the continental United States, or to the place of his conviction; and

(g) Shall require him to submit to at least one test for exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus.

2. The costs authorized in paragraphs (a), (e), (f) and (g) of subsection 1 must be paid out of the appropriate account within the State General Fund for the use of the Department as other claims against the State are paid to the extent that the costs have not been paid in accordance with subsection 5 of NRS 209.221 and NRS 209.246.

Last modified: February 26, 2006