Assembly Bill No. 615

Assembly Bill No. 615-Committee on Judiciary

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AN ACT relating to the practice of law; requiring an applicant for a license to practice law in this state to submit to the State Bar of Nevada a complete set of his fingerprints and written permission to forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved July 8, 1997]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. NRS 7.030 is hereby amended to read as follows:
7.030 [Every] Each person, before receiving a license to practice law, shall:
1. Take, before a person authorized by the laws of this state to administer oaths, the oath prescribed by rule of the supreme court.
2. Pay to the clerk of the supreme court the sum of $25. The clerk of the supreme court shall remit the fees to the state treasurer as provided by subsection 7 of NRS 2.250. The money so received by the state treasurer must be placed in the state general fund.
3. Submit to the State Bar of Nevada a complete set of his fingerprints and written permission authorizing the admissions director of the State Bar of Nevada to forward the fingerprints to the central repository for Nevada records of criminal history for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report.
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
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