Nevada Revised Statutes Section 655.078 - Professions, Occupations and Businesses

Suspension of permit for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of permit. [Expires by limitation on the date of the repeal of 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. If the sheriff of a county receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who is the holder of a permit issued by the sheriff, the sheriff shall deem the permit issued to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the sheriff receives a letter issued to the holder of the permit by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 stating that the holder of the permit has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.

2. A sheriff shall reinstate a permit issued by him that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the sheriff receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person whose permit was suspended stating that the person whose permit was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.

Last modified: February 27, 2006