Nevada § 7.125 Fees of attorney other than public defender

Nevada Statutes

§ 7.125 — Fees of attorney other than public defender

Nevada·Title 1 STATE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT·Ch. 7 Attorneys· APPOINTED DEFENSE COUNSEL IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

1. An attorney, other than a public defender, who is selected pursuant to NRS 7.115 to represent or defend a defendant at any stage of the criminal proceedings from the defendant’s initial appearance before the magistrate or the district court through the appeal, if any, is entitled to receive a fee for court appearances and other time reasonably spent on the matter to which the appointment is made of:

(a)If the compensation of the attorney is subject to the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 180.320 , the amount set forth in the regulations adopted by the Board on Indigent Defense Services within the Department of Indigent Defense Services pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 180.320 ; or

(b)If the compensation of the attorney is not subject to the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 180.320 ,

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1. An attorney, other than a public defender, who is selected pursuant to NRS 7.115 to represent or defend a defendant at any stage of the criminal proceedings from the defendant’s initial appearance before the magistrate or the district court through the appeal, if any, is entitled to receive a fee for court appearances and other time reasonably spent on the matter to which the appointment is made of:
(a) If the compensation of the attorney is subject to the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 180.320 , the amount set forth in the regulations adopted by the Board on Indigent Defense Services within the Department of Indigent Defense Services pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 180.320 ; or
(b) If the compensation of the attorney is not subject to the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 180.320 , $125 per hour in cases in which the death penalty is sought and $100 per hour in all other cases.
2. Except for cases in which the most serious crime is a felony punishable by death or by imprisonment for life with or without possibility of parole, this section does not preclude a governmental entity from contracting with a private attorney who agrees to provide such services for a lesser rate of compensation.

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Legislative History

[1:86:1875; A 1911, 318 ; 1945, 103 ; 1943 NCL § 11357] + [2:86:1875; BH § 2421; C § 2456; RL § 7541; NCL § 11358]—(NRS A 1963, 510 ; 1964, 8 ; 1965, 598 ; 1967, 1468 ; 1969, 478 ; 1973, 168 ; 1975, 1153 ; 1977, 419 , 875 ; 1981, 874 ; 1983, 109 , 1095 ; 1985, 1023 , 1024 ; 1987, 1295 ; 1991, 2077 ; 1993, 2465 ; 2003, 442 ; 2013, 1731 ; 2021, 2263 ; 2023, 1890 )