NRS: CHAPTER 62E - DISPOSITION OF CASES BY JUVENILE COURT

[Rev. 6/29/2024 2:51:15 PM--2023]

CHAPTER 62E - DISPOSITION OF CASES BY JUVENILE COURT

GENERAL PROVISIONS

NRS 62E.010 Adjudication is not conviction and does not impose civil disabilities; exceptions.

NRS 62E.020 Modification and termination of decrees and orders.

NRS 62E.030 Court to provide certain information to school district concerning certain offenses.

NRS 62E.040 Penalties imposed on adult who disobeys court order.

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL CHILDREN SUBJECT TO JURISDICTION OF JUVENILE COURT

Applicability

NRS 62E.100 Applicability of provisions.

Commitment or Placement of Child

NRS 62E.110 Placement of child in home; commitment of child to institution or agency; required findings before out-of-state commitment.

NRS 62E.120 Preference for certain relatives when placing child under supervision in home.

NRS 62E.130 Consideration of religious faith in commitment of child to care of person, institution or facility.

NRS 62E.140 Permitting child to reside without immediate supervision of adult or exempting child from mandatory attendance at school under certain circumstances.

NRS 62E.150 Provision of information to institution or agency to which child is committed; provision of information to juvenile court from such institution or agency.

NRS 62E.160 Placement of child in need of supervision or in need of commitment outside of home in institution for persons with intellectual disabilities or mental illness; study and report; filing of plan; examination of child or parent or guardian by physician, psychiatrist or psychologist.

NRS 62E.170 Review of placement in foster home or other institution; dispositional hearings.

NRS 62E.173 Placement of child who commits alcohol or marijuana offense.

Restitution Contribution Fund

NRS 62E.175 Power of juvenile court to establish restitution contribution fund.

Community Service

NRS 62E.180 Ordering child or parent or guardian to perform community service.

NRS 62E.190 Supervising entities; reports.

NRS 62E.200 Restrictions concerning community service and programs of work on or near highways or in other dangerous situations.

Alternative Programs

NRS 62E.210 When juvenile court may order completion of certain alternative programs; payment of cost of participation in such programs.

NRS 62E.220 Program of cognitive training and human development.

NRS 62E.230 Cognitive training and human development fund: Establishment; requirements for management and expenditures of fund.

NRS 62E.240 Program of sports or physical fitness and program for the arts.

Restrictions on Driver’s License

NRS 62E.250 Suspension or delay in issuance of driver’s license.

NRS 62E.260 Information provided to child upon application for driver’s license; procedure following suspension or delay.

Miscellaneous Provisions

NRS 62E.275 Vacating and sealing records of adjudication of delinquency for certain unlawful acts by child who was victim of trafficking or involuntary servitude.

NRS 62E.280 Medical, psychiatric, psychological and other care or treatment and examinations.

NRS 62E.290 Ordering parent or guardian of child to refrain from certain conduct; counseling for parent, guardian or other person living with child.

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CHILDREN IN NEED OF SUPERVISION

NRS 62E.400 Applicability of provisions.

NRS 62E.410 Initial admonition and referral; conditions before adjudication; inapplicability to habitual truant.

NRS 62E.420 Placement in certain facilities prohibited.

NRS 62E.430 Habitual truants: Fines; suspension of or delay in issuance of driver’s license; community service.

NRS 62E.440 Offenses related to tobacco: Fines; tobacco awareness and cessation program; suspension of or delay in issuance of driver’s license.

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DELINQUENT CHILDREN

Applicability

NRS 62E.500 Applicability of provisions.

Commitment

NRS 62E.505 Specific findings required before a child is committed to a state facility for the detention of children.

NRS 62E.506 Use of validated risk assessment tool and validated mental health screening tool before disposition; report on results.

NRS 62E.507 Individualized case plan for child placed under supervision of juvenile court or probation officer or committed to regional facility for treatment and rehabilitation of children; reentry planning meeting before release of child from regional facility for treatment and rehabilitation of children.

NRS 62E.510 Age limitations on commitment of child to state facility for detention of children and to private institution.

NRS 62E.513 Commitment of child to regional facility for treatment and rehabilitation of children or facility for detention of children: Screening required; exception; time and method for conducting screening; report of commercial sexual exploitation to agency which provides child welfare services.

NRS 62E.516 Approval of methods for screening by local facility for detention of children; appropriate governing body and chief judge to ensure compliance with requirements; regional facility for treatment and rehabilitation of children and state facility for detention of children to use assessment tool approved by Commission; regulations.

NRS 62E.520 Commitment of child to Division of Child and Family Services: Conditions and limitations; notice; investigation and recommendation for placement of child.

NRS 62E.525 Commitment of child to Division of Child and Family Services: Consideration of assessments and screenings in determination of placement of child; development of length of stay matrix and release criteria for state facility for detention of children; individualized case plan for child committed to custody; reentry planning meeting before release from facility.

NRS 62E.530 Commitment of child to Division of Child and Family Services: Physical examination required; report from physician.

Restitution

NRS 62E.550 Power of juvenile court to order restitution and to establish and administer programs of restitution.

NRS 62E.560 Duty of juvenile court to order restitution for certain unlawful acts; responsibilities of parent or guardian of child; community service in lieu of restitution.

NRS 62E.570 Determination of amount of restitution.

NRS 62E.580 Program of restitution through work: Establishment; requirements; powers of director of juvenile services.

NRS 62E.590 Program of restitution through work: Restitution through work fund.

NRS 62E.600 Program of restitution through work: Eligibility; provision of insurance against liability.

NRS 62E.610 Victim awarded restitution may bring civil action in district court to recover damages.

Specific Acts Committed by Child

NRS 62E.620 Evaluation of child who committed certain acts involving alcohol or controlled substance; program of treatment; treatment provider not liable for acts of child; confidentiality of information; driving under influence included in driver’s record of child.

NRS 62E.630 Certain acts involving alcohol or controlled substance: Suspension or delay in issuance of driver’s license.

NRS 62E.640 Driving under influence: Revocation of driver’s license; child to submit to tests and other requirements; subsequent period of revocation to run consecutively; issuance of ignition interlock privilege; installation of ignition interlock device in motor vehicle.

NRS 62E.650 Certain acts involving firearm: Community service; suspension or delay in issuance of driver’s license.

NRS 62E.660 Certain acts involving firearm: Revocation of and prohibition from receiving license to hunt.

NRS 62E.670 Act involving use of firearm or use or threatened use of force or violence: Effect on disposition.

NRS 62E.680 Act involving cruelty to or torture of animal: Participation in counseling or other psychological treatment; payment of costs.

NRS 62E.685 Act involving killing or possession of certain animals.

NRS 62E.690 Certain offenses concerning graffiti or defacement of property: Suspension or delay in issuance of driver’s license.

NRS 62E.700 Minor traffic offenses.

NRS 62E.705 Unlawful operation of motor vehicle without or in violation of license or permit: Joint and several liability of parent or guardian; community service in lieu of monetary penalty.

Probation and Parole

NRS 62E.708 Probation: Considerations; limitations; extension; tolling of period of probation; jurisdiction.

NRS 62E.710 Violation of probation or parole: Placement in facility for detention of children or county jail.

Miscellaneous Provisions

NRS 62E.720 Program of visitation to office of county coroner: Establishment; requirements; parent or guardian not responsible for costs.

NRS 62E.730 Fines and penalties.

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GENERAL PROVISIONS

NRS 62E.010 Adjudication is not conviction and does not impose civil disabilities; exceptions.

1. A child who is adjudicated pursuant to the provisions of this title is not a criminal and any adjudication is not a conviction, and a child may be charged with a crime or convicted in a criminal proceeding only as provided in this title.

2. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, an adjudication pursuant to the provisions of this title upon the status of a child does not impose any of the civil disabilities ordinarily resulting from conviction, and the disposition of a child or any evidence given in the juvenile court must not be used to disqualify the child in any future application for or appointment to the civil service.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1062)

NRS 62E.020 Modification and termination of decrees and orders.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the juvenile court may at any time modify or terminate any decree or order that it has made.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 63.480, before the juvenile court may modify or terminate an order committing a child to the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services, the juvenile court shall:

(a) Provide the Administrator of the Division of Child and Family Services with written notice not later than 10 days before modifying or terminating the order, unless the Administrator waives the right to receive such notice; and

(b) Give due consideration to the effect that the modification or termination of the order will have upon the child and the programs of the Division of Child and Family Services.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1067)

NRS 62E.030 Court to provide certain information to school district concerning certain offenses.

1. If a court determines that a child who is currently enrolled in school unlawfully caused or attempted to cause serious bodily injury to another person, the court shall provide the information specified in subsection 2 to the school district in which the child is currently enrolled.

2. The information required to be provided pursuant to subsection 1 must include:

(a) The name of the child;

(b) A description of any injury sustained by the other person;

(d) A description of any threats made by the child against the other person before, during or after the incident in which the child injured or attempted to injure the person.

3. If a court determines that a child who is currently enrolled in school unlawfully engaged in discrimination based on race, bullying or cyber-bullying, the court shall provide the information specified in subsection 4 to the school district in which the child is currently enrolled.

4. The information required to be provided pursuant to subsection 3 must include:

(a) The name of the child;

(b) The name of the person who was the subject of the discrimination based on race, bullying or cyber-bullying; and

(c) A description of any discrimination based on race, bullying or cyber-bullying committed by the child against the other person.

5. As used in this section:

(a) “Bullying” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 388.122.

(b) “Cyber-bullying” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 388.123.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1066; A 2013, 1637; 2021, 3371)

NRS 62E.040 Penalties imposed on adult who disobeys court order.

1. Any person, except a child, who willfully violates, neglects or refuses to obey the terms of any order of disposition made by the juvenile court under the provisions of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished for contempt.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if the juvenile court determines that a person is guilty of contempt, the person may be punished by:

(a) A fine, not to exceed $500; or

(b) Imprisonment, not to exceed 25 days,

Ê or both.

3. The juvenile court may punish a person who is guilty of contempt by imprisonment for more than 25 days if:

(a) The person is guilty of contempt for refusing to perform an act and the person has the power to perform the act; and

(b) The juvenile court specifies the act the person must perform in the warrant of commitment.

4. A person punished pursuant to subsection 3 may be imprisoned until the person performs the act specified in the warrant of commitment.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1032)

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL CHILDREN SUBJECT TO JURISDICTION OF JUVENILE COURT

Applicability

NRS 62E.100 Applicability of provisions. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 62E.100 to 62E.290, inclusive:

1. The provisions of NRS 62E.100 to 62E.290, inclusive, apply to the disposition of a case involving any child who is found to be within the purview of this title.

2. In addition to any other orders or actions authorized or required by the provisions of this title, if a child is found to be within the purview of this title:

(a) The juvenile court may issue any orders or take any actions set forth in NRS 62E.100 to 62E.290, inclusive, that the juvenile court deems proper for the disposition of the case; and

(b) If required by a specific statute, the juvenile court shall issue the appropriate orders or take the appropriate actions set forth in the statute.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1061; A 2013, 536)

Commitment or Placement of Child

NRS 62E.110 Placement of child in home; commitment of child to institution or agency; required findings before out-of-state commitment.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the juvenile court may:

(a) Place a child in the custody of a suitable person for supervision in the child’s own home or in another home;

(b) Commit the child to the custody of a public or private institution or agency authorized to care for children; or

2. If the juvenile court places the child under supervision in a home:

(a) The juvenile court may impose such conditions as the juvenile court deems proper; and

(b) The program of supervision in the home may include electronic surveillance of the child.

3. If the juvenile court commits the child to the custody of a public or private institution or agency other than the Division of Child and Family Services, the juvenile court shall select one that is required to be licensed by:

(a) The Department of Health and Human Services to care for such children; or

(b) If the institution or agency is in another state, the analogous department of that state.

4. Before committing a child to a public or private institution or agency in another state, the juvenile court must find that:

(a) No public or private institution or agency in this State met the needs of the child or that such an institution or agency had previously attempted to meet such needs and proved unsuccessful; and

(b) Reasonable efforts had been made to consult with public or private institutions and agencies in this State to place or commit the child in this State, and that those efforts had failed.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1062; A 2017, 4390)

NRS 62E.120 Preference for certain relatives when placing child under supervision in home. In determining whether to place a child in the custody of a person other than a parent or guardian, the juvenile court shall give preference to any person who is related to the child within the fifth degree of consanguinity if the juvenile court finds that the person is suitable and able to provide proper care and guidance for the child.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1062; A 2009, 218)

NRS 62E.130 Consideration of religious faith in commitment of child to care of person, institution or facility. In placing a child in the custody of a person or a public or private institution or agency, the juvenile court shall select, when practicable, a person or an institution or agency governed by persons of:

1. The same religious faith as that of the parents of the child;

2. If the religious faiths of the parents differ, the religious faith of the child; or

3. If the religious faith of the child is not ascertainable, the religious faith of either of the parents.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1062)

NRS 62E.140 Permitting child to reside without immediate supervision of adult or exempting child from mandatory attendance at school under certain circumstances. The juvenile court may permit a child to reside in a residence without the immediate supervision of an adult, exempt the child from mandatory attendance at school so that the child may be employed full-time, or both, if the child:

1. Is at least 16 years of age;

2. Has demonstrated the capacity to benefit from this placement or exemption; and

3. Is under the strict supervision of the juvenile court.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1062)

NRS 62E.150 Provision of information to institution or agency to which child is committed; provision of information to juvenile court from such institution or agency.

1. If the juvenile court commits a child to the custody of a public or private institution or agency, the juvenile court shall:

(a) Transmit a summary of its information concerning the child to the institution or agency; and

(b) Order the administrator of the school that the child last attended to transmit a copy of the child’s educational records to the institution or agency.

2. The institution or agency to which the child is committed shall provide the juvenile court with any information concerning the child that the juvenile court may require.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1063)

1. If it has been admitted or determined that a child is in need of supervision or in need of commitment to an institution for persons with intellectual disabilities or mental illness and the child has been or will be placed outside the home of the child by court order:

(a) The juvenile court shall direct a probation officer or an authorized agency to prepare for the juvenile court a study and a written report concerning the child, the family of the child, the environment of the child and other matters relevant to the need for treatment or disposition of the case; and

(b) The agency which is charged with the care and custody of the child or the agency which has the responsibility for supervising the placement of the child shall file with the juvenile court a plan which includes:

(1) The social history of the child and the family of the child;

(2) The wishes of the child relating to the placement of the child;

(3) A statement of the conditions which require intervention by the juvenile court and whether the removal of the child from the home of the child was a result of a judicial determination that the child’s continuation in the home would be contrary to the child’s welfare;

(4) A statement of the harm which the child is likely to suffer as a result of the removal;

(5) A discussion of the efforts made by the agency to avoid removing the child from the home of the child before the agency placed the child in foster care;

(6) The special programs available to the parent or guardian of the child which might prevent further harm to the child and the reason that each program is likely to be useful, and the overall plan of the agency to ensure that the services are available;

(7) A description of the type of home or institution in which the child could be placed, a plan for ensuring that the child would receive proper care and a description of the needs of the child; and

(8) A description of the efforts made by the agency to facilitate the return of the child to the home of the child or permanent placement of the child.

2. If there are indications that a child may be a person with an intellectual disability or mental illness, the juvenile court may order the child to be examined at a suitable place by a physician, psychiatrist or psychologist before a hearing on the merits of the petition. The examinations made before a hearing or as part of the study provided for in subsection 1 must be conducted without admission to a hospital unless the juvenile court finds that placement in a hospital or other appropriate facility is necessary.

3. After a hearing, the juvenile court may order a parent or guardian of the child to be examined by a physician, psychiatrist or psychologist if:

(a) The ability of the parent or guardian to care for or supervise the child is at issue before the juvenile court; and

(b) The parent or guardian consents to the examination.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1063; A 2013, 682)

NRS 62E.170 Review of placement in foster home or other institution; dispositional hearings.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if the juvenile court places a child in a foster home or other similar institution, the juvenile court shall review the placement at least semiannually for the purpose of determining whether:

(a) Continued placement or supervision is in the best interests of the child and the public; and

(b) The child is being treated fairly.

2. In conducting the review, the juvenile court may:

(a) Require a written report from the child’s protective services officer, welfare worker or other guardian of the child which includes, but is not limited to, an evaluation of the progress of the child and recommendations for further supervision, treatment or rehabilitation.

(b) Request any information or statements that the juvenile court deems necessary for the review.

3. The juvenile court shall hold dispositional hearings not later than 18 months after the review required by subsection 1, and at least annually thereafter.

4. The juvenile court shall hold each dispositional hearing to determine whether:

(a) The child should be returned to the child’s parent or guardian or other relatives;

(b) The child’s placement in the foster home or other similar institution should be continued;

(d) The child should remain in the foster home or other similar institution on a long-term basis.

5. The provisions of this section do not apply to the placement of a child in the home of the child’s parent or parents.

6. This section does not limit the power of the juvenile court to order a review or similar proceeding under subsection 1 other than semiannually.

7. In determining the placement of the child pursuant to this section, the juvenile court shall give preference to any person who is related to the child within the fifth degree of consanguinity if the juvenile court finds that the person is suitable and able to provide proper care and guidance for the child.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1064; A 2009, 218)

NRS 62E.173 Placement of child who commits alcohol or marijuana offense.

1. If a child commits an alcohol or marijuana offense:

(a) For a first or second offense:

(1) The child is a child in need of supervision and is not a delinquent child, and the child must be placed under informal supervision pursuant to NRS 62C.200; and

(2) The child shall perform not more than 24 hours of community service.

(b) For a third or subsequent offense, a district attorney may file a petition alleging delinquency.

2. As used in this section, “alcohol or marijuana offense” means:

(a) A violation of NRS 202.020;

(b) A violation of a city or county ordinance relating to the consumption or possession of alcohol;

(d) A violation of a city or county ordinance relating to the possession of 1 ounce or less of marijuana.

(Added to NRS by 2021, 856)

Restitution Contribution Fund

NRS 62E.175 Power of juvenile court to establish restitution contribution fund.

1. The juvenile court may establish, with the county treasurer as custodian, a special fund to be known as the restitution contribution fund.

2. The juvenile court may apply for and accept grants, gifts, donations, bequests or devises which the director of juvenile services shall deposit with the county treasurer for credit to the fund.

3. The fund must be a separate and continuing fund, and no money in the fund reverts to the general fund of the county at any time. The interest earned on the money in the fund, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the fund.

4. The juvenile court shall:

(a) Expend money from the fund only to provide restitution to a victim of an unlawful act committed by a child; and

(b) If the source of the money is a grant, gift, donation, bequest or devise, expend the money, to the extent permitted by law, in accordance with the terms of the grant, gift, donation, bequest or devise.

5. The juvenile court must authorize any expenditure from the fund before it is made.

(Added to NRS by 2013, 536)

Community Service

NRS 62E.180 Ordering child or parent or guardian to perform community service.

1. The juvenile court may order a child or the parent or guardian of the child, or both, to perform community service.

2. If the juvenile court orders a child or the parent or guardian of the child, or both, to perform community service pursuant to the provisions of this title, unless the parent or guardian of the child signs a waiver of liability, the authority for which the work is performed shall provide a policy of insurance against liability for personal injury and damage to property or industrial insurance, or both, during those periods in which the work is performed.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1065; A 2019, 1962)

NRS 62E.190 Supervising entities; reports.

1. If the juvenile court orders a child or the parent or guardian of the child, or both, to perform community service pursuant to the provisions of this title, the child or parent or guardian of the child, or both, must perform the community service 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, including, but not limited to:

(a) A public organization that works on public projects;

(b) A public agency that works on projects to eradicate graffiti; or

2. The person or entity who supervises the community service shall make such reports to the juvenile court as the juvenile court may require.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1046)

NRS 62E.200 Restrictions concerning community service and programs of work on or near highways or in other dangerous situations.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a child is required to perform any work or community service pursuant to the provisions of this title, the supervising entity shall not allow the child to perform the work or community service on or near a highway or in any other dangerous situation.

2. A supervising entity may allow a child to perform work or community service on or near a controlled-access highway if:

(a) The child is not required to perform any work or service in the median of the highway;

(b) The work or service is performed behind a guardrail or other safety barrier;

(c) Appropriate warning signs are placed on the highway at least 100 yards in front of the location where the child is working from both directions, as appropriate based on the speed of the vehicles traveling on the highway;

(d) A vehicle with an amber light placed on top of the vehicle is placed at the site in a manner which shields the child from traffic;

(e) The child is required to wear a reflective vest and an orange hat;

(f) The supervising entity obtains written permission from the parent or guardian of the child; and

(g) The supervising entity obtains written permission from and complies with all safety rules of the governmental entity with authority over the controlled-access highway.

3. A supervising entity may allow a child to perform work or community service on or near a highway that does not have controlled access if:

(a) The child is not required to perform any work or service in the median of the highway;

(b) Appropriate warning signs are placed at least 100 yards in front of the location where the child is working from both directions, as appropriate based on the speed of the vehicles traveling on the highway;

(c) A vehicle with an amber light placed on top of the vehicle is placed at the site in a manner which shields the child from traffic;

(d) The child is required to wear a reflective vest and an orange hat;

(e) The supervising entity obtains written permission from the parent or guardian of the child; and

(f) The supervising entity obtains written permission from and complies with all safety rules of the governmental entity with authority over the highway.

4. Upon the request of the parent or guardian of the child who is assigned to perform work or community service on or near a highway pursuant to subsection 2 or 3, the supervising entity shall make available to the parent or guardian information regarding the nature of the work or community service to be performed by the child and the specific location at which the work or community service is to be performed.

5. As used in this section:

(a) “Controlled-access highway” means every highway to or from which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by a public authority.

(b) “Other dangerous situation” means any situation that poses a reasonably foreseeable risk that serious bodily harm or injury to a child could occur.

(c) “Supervising entity” means a person or entity that is responsible for supervising children who are ordered to perform work or community service pursuant to the provisions of this title.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1046)

Alternative Programs

NRS 62E.210 When juvenile court may order completion of certain alternative programs; payment of cost of participation in such programs.

1. If a child has not previously been adjudicated delinquent or in need of supervision and the unlawful act committed by the delinquent child did not involve the use or threatened use of force or violence against a victim, the juvenile court may order a child to complete any or all of the following programs:

(a) A program of cognitive training and human development established pursuant to NRS 62E.220.

(b) A program for the arts as described in NRS 62E.240.

2. If the juvenile court orders the child to participate in a program of cognitive training and human development, a program for the arts or a program of sports or physical fitness, the juvenile court may order the county in which the petition alleging the child to be in need of supervision is filed to pay the costs associated with the participation of the child in the program.

3. Unless the parent or guardian of the child signs a waiver of liability, the program in which the child participates shall provide policies of insurance against liability for personal injury and damage to property during those periods in which the child participates in the program.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1066; A 2019, 1962)

NRS 62E.220 Program of cognitive training and human development.

1. A program of cognitive training and human development must include, but is not limited to, education, instruction or guidance in one or more of the following subjects, as deemed appropriate by the juvenile court:

(a) Motivation.

(b) Habits, attitudes and conditioning.

(d) Developing a successful way of life.

(e) The process of solving problems.

(f) Emotions and emotional blocks.

(g) Assurances and demonstrative maturity.

(h) Family success.

(i) Family relationships.

(j) Interfamilial understanding and communications.

(k) Financial stability.

(l) Effective communications.

(m) Conflict resolution.

(n) Anger management.

(o) Obtaining and retaining employment.

2. A director of juvenile services may contract with persons and public or private entities that are qualified to operate or to participate in a program of cognitive training and human development.

3. A director of juvenile services may designate a person to carry out the provisions of this section.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1044)

NRS 62E.230 Cognitive training and human development fund: Establishment; requirements for management and expenditures of fund.

1. To finance a program of cognitive training and human development established pursuant to NRS 62E.220, a director of juvenile services may establish, with the county treasurer as custodian, a special fund to be known as the cognitive training and human development fund.

2. A director of juvenile services may apply for and accept grants, gifts, donations, bequests or devises which the director shall deposit with the county treasurer for credit to the fund.

4. A director of juvenile services shall:

(a) Expend money from the fund only to finance a program of cognitive training and human development; and

5. A director of juvenile services must authorize any expenditure from the fund before it is made.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1044)

NRS 62E.240 Program of sports or physical fitness and program for the arts.

1. A program of sports or physical fitness and a program for the arts:

(a) May be publicly or privately operated; and

(b) Must be adequately supervised.

2. A program for the arts may include, but is not limited to:

(a) Drawing, painting, photography or other visual arts;

(b) Writing;

(d) Any other structured activity that involves creative or artistic expression.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1044)

Restrictions on Driver’s License

NRS 62E.250 Suspension or delay in issuance of driver’s license.

1. The juvenile court may order that the driver’s license of a child be suspended for at least 90 days but not more than 2 years.

2. If the child does not possess a driver’s license, the juvenile court may prohibit the child from receiving a driver’s license for at least 90 days but not more than 2 years:

(a) Immediately following the date of the order, if the child is eligible to receive a driver’s license.

(b) After the date the child becomes eligible to apply for a driver’s license, if the child is not eligible to receive a license on the date of the order.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1065)

NRS 62E.260 Information provided to child upon application for driver’s license; procedure following suspension or delay.

1. If a child applies for a driver’s license, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall:

(a) Notify the child of the provisions of this title that permit the juvenile court to suspend or revoke the driver’s license of the child; and

(b) Require the child to sign an affidavit acknowledging that the child is aware that the driver’s license of the child may be suspended or revoked pursuant to the provisions of this title.

2. If the juvenile court issues an order delaying the ability of a child to receive a driver’s license, not later than 5 days after issuing the order the juvenile court shall forward to the Department of Motor Vehicles a copy of the order.

3. If the juvenile court issues an order suspending the driver’s license of a child:

(a) The juvenile court shall order the child to surrender the driver’s license of the child to the juvenile court; and

(b) Not later than 5 days after issuing the order, the juvenile court shall forward to the Department of Motor Vehicles a copy of the order and the driver’s license of the child.

4. If the juvenile court issues an order suspending the driver’s license of a child, the Department of Motor Vehicles:

(a) Shall report the suspension of the driver’s license of the child to an insurance company or its agent inquiring about the child’s driving record, but such a suspension must not be considered for the purpose of rating or underwriting.

(b) Shall not treat the suspension in the manner statutorily required for moving traffic violations, unless the suspension resulted from the child’s poor performance as a driver.

(c) Shall not require the child to submit to the tests and other requirements which are adopted by regulation pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 483.495 as a condition of reinstatement or reissuance after the suspension of a driver’s license, unless the suspension resulted from the child’s poor performance as a driver.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1065)

Miscellaneous Provisions

NRS 62E.275 Vacating and sealing records of adjudication of delinquency for certain unlawful acts by child who was victim of trafficking or involuntary servitude.

1. If a child has been adjudicated delinquent for an unlawful act listed in subsection 2, the child may petition the juvenile court for an order:

(a) Vacating the adjudication; and

(b) Sealing all records relating to the adjudication.

2. A child may file a petition pursuant to subsection 1 if the child was adjudicated delinquent for an unlawful act in violation of:

(a) NRS 201.353 or 201.354, for engaging in prostitution or solicitation for prostitution, provided that the child was not alleged to be a customer of a prostitute;

(b) NRS 207.200, for unlawful trespass;

(d) A county, city or town ordinance, for loitering for the purpose of solicitation or prostitution.

3. The juvenile court may grant a petition filed pursuant to subsection 1 if:

(a) The petitioner was adjudicated delinquent for an unlawful act described in subsection 2;

(b) The participation of the petitioner in the unlawful act was the result of the petitioner having been a victim of:

(1) Trafficking in persons as described in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, 22 U.S.C. §§ 7101 et seq.; or

(2) Involuntary servitude as described in NRS 200.463 or 200.4631; and

(c) The petitioner files a petition pursuant to subsection 1 with due diligence after the petitioner has ceased being a victim of trafficking or involuntary servitude or has sought services for victims of such trafficking or involuntary servitude.

4. Before the court decides whether to grant a petition filed pursuant to subsection 1, the court shall:

(a) Notify the district attorney and the chief probation officer or the Chief of the Youth Parole Bureau and allow any person who has evidence that is relevant to consideration of the petition to testify at the hearing on the petition; and

(b) Take into consideration any reasonable concerns for the safety of the petitioner, family members of the petitioner or other victims that may be jeopardized by the granting of the petition.

5. If the court grants a petition filed pursuant to subsection 1, the court shall:

(a) Vacate the adjudication and dismiss the accusatory pleading; and

(b) Order sealed all records relating to the adjudication.

6. If a petition filed pursuant to subsection 1 does not satisfy the requirements of NRS 62H.130 or the juvenile court determines that the petition is otherwise deficient with respect to the sealing of the petitioner’s record, the juvenile court may enter an order to vacate the adjudication and dismiss the accusatory pleading if the petitioner satisfies all requirements necessary for the adjudication to be vacated.

7. If the juvenile court enters an order pursuant to subsection 6, the court shall also order sealed all records of the petitioner which relate to the adjudication being vacated in accordance with paragraph (b) of subsection 5, regardless of whether any records relating to other adjudications are ineligible for sealing either by operation of law or because of a deficiency in the petition.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 1906; A 2021, 3126)

NRS 62E.280 Medical, psychiatric, psychological and other care or treatment and examinations.

1. The juvenile court may:

(a) Order such medical, psychiatric, psychological or other care and treatment for a child as the juvenile court deems to be in the best interests of the child; and

(b) Cause the child to be examined by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist or other qualified person.

2. If the child appears to be in need of medical, psychiatric, psychological or other care or treatment:

(a) The juvenile court may order the parent or guardian of the child to provide such care or treatment; and

(b) If, after due notice, the parent or guardian fails to provide such care or treatment, the juvenile court may order that the child be provided with the care or treatment. When approved by the juvenile court, the expense of such care or treatment is a charge upon the county.

3. The juvenile court shall:

(a) To the extent possible, arrange for the child to receive such care or treatment from an approved provider that receives a sufficient amount of federal or state funding to offset the remainder of the costs of such care or treatment.

(b) Arrange for the billing of any available public or private medical insurance to pay for such care or treatment.

(c) Not order the parent or guardian of the child to pay the costs of such care or treatment unless the child receives such care or treatment from a provider that is not approved or the child seeks additional care or treatment beyond that recommended for the child, in which case the parent or guardian of the child shall pay the costs of such care or treatment.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1064; A 2019, 1963)

NRS 62E.290 Ordering parent or guardian of child to refrain from certain conduct; counseling for parent, guardian or other person living with child.

1. The juvenile court may order the parent or guardian of a child to refrain from engaging in or continuing any conduct which the juvenile court believes has caused or tended to cause the child to become subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.

2. If the child is less than 18 years of age, the juvenile court may order:

(a) The parent or guardian of the child; and

(b) Any sibling or other person who is living in the same household as the child over whom the juvenile court has jurisdiction,

Ê to attend or participate in counseling, with or without the child, including, but not limited to, counseling regarding parenting skills, alcohol or substance use disorders, or techniques of dispute resolution.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1065)

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CHILDREN IN NEED OF SUPERVISION

NRS 62E.400 Applicability of provisions.

1. The provisions of NRS 62E.400 to 62E.440, inclusive, apply to the disposition of a case involving a child who is found to be within the purview of this title because the child is or is alleged to be in need of supervision.

2. If such a child is found to be within the purview of this title:

(a) The juvenile court may issue any orders or take any actions set forth in NRS 62E.400 to 62E.440, inclusive, that the juvenile court deems proper for the disposition of the case; and

(b) If required by a specific statute, the juvenile court shall issue the appropriate orders or take the appropriate actions set forth in the statute.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1068; A 2013, 1530)

NRS 62E.410 Initial admonition and referral; conditions before adjudication; inapplicability to habitual truant.

1. If a petition is filed alleging that a child is in need of supervision and the child previously has not been found to be within the purview of this title, the juvenile court:

(a) Shall admonish the child to obey the law and to refrain from repeating the acts for which the petition was filed;

(b) Shall maintain a record of the admonition;

(c) Shall refer the child to services available in the community for counseling, behavioral modification and social adjustment; and

(d) Shall not adjudicate the child to be in need of supervision, unless a subsequent petition based upon additional facts is filed with the juvenile court after admonition and referral pursuant to this subsection.

2. If a child is not subject to the provisions of subsection 1, the juvenile court may not adjudicate the child to be in need of supervision unless the juvenile court expressly finds that reasonable efforts were taken in the community to assist the child in ceasing the behavior for which the child is alleged to be in need of supervision.

3. The provisions of this section do not apply to a child who is alleged to be in need of supervision because the child is a habitual truant.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1049)

NRS 62E.420 Placement in certain facilities prohibited. A child in need of supervision must not be committed to or otherwise placed in a state facility for the detention of children or any other facility that provides correctional care.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1068)

NRS 62E.430 Habitual truants: Fines; suspension of or delay in issuance of driver’s license; community service.

1. If a child is adjudicated to be in need of supervision because the child is a habitual truant, the juvenile court shall:

(a) The first time the child is adjudicated to be in need of supervision because the child is a habitual truant:

(1) Order:

(I) The child to pay a fine of not more than $100 or, if the parent or guardian of the child knowingly induced the child to be a habitual truant, order the parent or guardian to pay the fine; or

(II) The child to perform not less than 8 hours but not more than 16 hours of community service; and

(2) If the child is 14 years of age or older, order the suspension of the driver’s license of the child for at least 30 days but not more than 6 months. If the child does not possess a driver’s license, the juvenile court shall prohibit the child from applying for a driver’s license for 30 days:

(I) Immediately following the date of the order if the child is eligible to apply for a driver’s license; or

(II) After the date the child becomes eligible to apply for a driver’s license if the child is not eligible to apply for a driver’s license.

(b) The second or any subsequent time the child is adjudicated to be in need of supervision because the child is a habitual truant:

(1) Order:

(I) The child to pay a fine of not more than $200 or, if the parent or guardian of the child knowingly induced the child to be a habitual truant, order the parent or guardian to pay the fine;

(II) The child to perform not more than 10 hours of community service; or

(III) Compliance with the requirements set forth in both sub-subparagraphs (I) and (II); and

(2) If the child is 14 years of age or older, order the suspension of the driver’s license of the child for at least 60 days but not more than 1 year. If the child does not possess a driver’s license, the juvenile court shall prohibit the child from applying for a driver’s license for 60 days:

(I) Immediately following the date of the order if the child is eligible to apply for a driver’s license; or

(II) After the date the child becomes eligible to apply for a driver’s license if the child is not eligible to apply for a driver’s license.

2. The juvenile court may suspend the payment of a fine ordered pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 if the child attends school for 60 consecutive school days, or its equivalent in a school district operating under an alternative schedule authorized pursuant to NRS 388.090, after the imposition of the fine, or has a valid excuse acceptable to the child’s teacher or the principal for any absence from school within that period.

3. The juvenile court may suspend the payment of a fine ordered pursuant to this section if the parent or guardian of a child is ordered to pay a fine by another court of competent jurisdiction in a case relating to or arising out of the same circumstances that caused the juvenile court to adjudicate the child in need of supervision.

4. The community service ordered pursuant to this section must be performed at the child’s school of attendance, if practicable.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1068; A 2003, 3218; 2007, 1819; 2019, 1963)

NRS 62E.440 Offenses related to tobacco: Fines; tobacco awareness and cessation program; suspension of or delay in issuance of driver’s license.

1. If a child is adjudicated to be in need of supervision because the child has committed an offense related to tobacco, the juvenile court may:

(a) The first time the child is adjudicated to be in need of supervision because the child has committed an offense related to tobacco, order the child to:

(1) Pay a fine of $25; and

(2) Attend and complete a tobacco awareness and cessation program.

(b) The second time the child is adjudicated to be in need of supervision because the child has committed an offense related to tobacco, order the child to:

(1) Pay a fine of $50; and

(2) Attend and complete a tobacco awareness and cessation program.

(c) The third or any subsequent time the child is adjudicated to be in need of supervision because the child has committed an offense related to tobacco, order:

(1) The child to pay a fine of $75;

(2) The child to attend and complete a tobacco awareness and cessation program; and

(3) That the driver’s license of the child be suspended for at least 30 days but not more than 90 days or, if the child does not possess a driver’s license, prohibit the child from receiving a driver’s license for at least 30 days but not more than 90 days:

(I) Immediately following the date of the order, if the child is eligible to receive a driver’s license.

(II) After the date the child becomes eligible to apply for a driver’s license, if the child is not eligible to receive a license on the date of the order.

2. If the juvenile court orders a child to pay a fine pursuant to this section and the child willfully fails to pay the fine, the juvenile court may order that the driver’s license of the child be suspended for at least 30 days but not more than 90 days or, if the child does not possess a driver’s license, prohibit the child from receiving a driver’s license for at least 30 days but not more than 90 days:

(a) Immediately following the date of the order, if the child is eligible to receive a driver’s license.

(b) After the date the child becomes eligible to apply for a driver’s license, if the child is not eligible to receive a license on the date of the order.

Ê If the child is already the subject of a court order suspending or delaying the issuance of the driver’s license of the child, the juvenile court shall order the additional suspension or delay, as appropriate, to apply consecutively with the previous order.

3. If the juvenile court suspends the driver’s license of a child pursuant to this section, the juvenile court may order the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a restricted driver’s license pursuant to NRS 483.490 permitting the child to drive a motor vehicle:

(a) To and from work or in the course of his or her work, or both;

(b) To and from school; or

(c) To acquire supplies of medicine or food or receive regularly scheduled medical care for himself, herself or a member of his or her immediate family.

(Added to NRS by 2013, 1528; A 2019, 1964)

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DELINQUENT CHILDREN

Applicability

NRS 62E.500 Applicability of provisions.

1. The provisions of NRS 62E.500 to 62E.730, inclusive:

(a) Apply to the disposition of a case involving a child who is adjudicated delinquent.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 62E.700 and 62E.705, do not apply to the disposition of a case involving a child who is found to have committed a minor traffic offense.

2. If a child is adjudicated delinquent:

(a) The juvenile court may issue any orders or take any actions set forth in NRS 62E.500 to 62E.730, inclusive, that the juvenile court deems proper for the disposition of the case; and

(b) If required by a specific statute, the juvenile court shall issue the appropriate orders or take the appropriate actions set forth in the statute.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1069; A 2005, 1036; 2007, 645; 2017, 4391; 2023, 698)

Commitment

NRS 62E.505 Specific findings required before a child is committed to a state facility for the detention of children. Before the juvenile court commits a delinquent child to the custody of a state facility for the detention of children, the court must find that:

1. Appropriate alternatives that could satisfactorily meet the needs of the child do not exist in the community or were previously used to attempt to meet such needs and proved unsuccessful; and

2. The child poses a public safety risk based on the child’s risk of reoffending, as determined by a risk assessment conducted pursuant to NRS 62E.506, any history of delinquency and the seriousness of the offense committed by the child.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 4387)

NRS 62E.506 Use of validated risk assessment tool and validated mental health screening tool before disposition; report on results.

1. Beginning on the date selected by the Commission for implementation of the requirement for use of the validated risk assessment tool and the validated mental health screening tool selected pursuant to NRS 62B.610, before the disposition of a case involving a child who is adjudicated delinquent, the department of juvenile services shall conduct a validated risk assessment and validated mental health screening on the child, using the tools selected by the Commission. If the mental health screening indicates that the child is in need of a full mental health assessment, the department of juvenile services shall, to the extent money is available, provide for a full mental health assessment of the child.

2. The department of juvenile services shall prepare a report on the results of the risk assessment, mental health screening and, if applicable, the full mental health assessment conducted pursuant to subsection 1. The report must be included in the child’s file and provided to all parties to the case. The report must identify the child’s risk to reoffend and provide a recommendation for the type of supervision and services that the child needs.

3. The juvenile court shall use the report created pursuant to subsection 2 to assist the juvenile court in determining the disposition of the child’s case.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 4387)

1. The department of juvenile services shall develop a written individualized case plan for each child placed under the supervision of the juvenile court pursuant to a supervision and consent decree, placed under the informal supervision of a probation officer pursuant to NRS 62C.200 or committed to a regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of children. In developing such a case plan, the department of juvenile services must use, without limitation:

(a) The results of the risk assessment and mental health screening conducted pursuant to NRS 62E.506;

(b) The trauma, if any, experienced by the child;

(d) The seriousness of the offense committed by the child; and

(e) Any relevant information provided by the family of the child.

2. A case plan developed pursuant to subsection 1 must:

(a) Address the risks the child presents and the service needs of the child based on the results of the risk assessment and mental health screening conducted pursuant to NRS 62E.506;

(b) Specify the level of supervision and intensity of services that the child needs;

(d) Be developed in consultation with the child’s family or guardian, as appropriate;

(e) Specify the responsibilities of each person or agency involved with the child; and

(f) Provide for the full reentry of the child into the community.

3. In addition to the requirements of subsection 2, if a child is committed to a regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of children, the child’s case plan must:

(a) Identify the projected length of stay and release criteria based on a risk assessment conducted pursuant to NRS 62E.506, the seriousness of the offense committed by the child and treatment progress;

(b) Include a comprehensive plan for complete reentry of the child into the community; and

4. A reentry plan developed pursuant to subsection 3 must include, without limitation:

(a) A detailed description of the education, counseling and treatment provided to the child;

(b) A proposed plan for the continued education, counseling and treatment of the child upon his or her release;

(d) A proposed plan for any engagement of the child’s family or guardian.

5. The department of juvenile services must update a child’s case plan at least once every 6 months, or when significant changes in the child’s treatment occur, by conducting another risk assessment and mental health screening using the tools selected by the Commission pursuant to NRS 62B.610.

6. A reentry planning meeting must be held at least 30 days before a child’s scheduled release from a regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of children. As appropriate, based on the child’s case plan, the meeting should be attended by:

(a) The child;

(b) A family member or the guardian of the child;

(d) Members of the staff of the regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of children; and

(e) Any treatment providers of the child.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 4388)

NRS 62E.510 Age limitations on commitment of child to state facility for detention of children and to private institution.

1. If a delinquent child is less than 12 years of age, the juvenile court shall not commit the child to a state facility for the detention of children.

2. If a delinquent child is 12 years of age or older, the juvenile court shall not commit the child to a private institution.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1069; A 2011, 2519)

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, each child who is adjudicated delinquent and committed by the juvenile court to a regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of children or state facility for the detention of children or ordered by the juvenile court to be placed in a facility for the detention of children pursuant to NRS 62E.710 must be screened to determine whether the child:

(a) Is in need of mental health services;

(b) Has an alcohol or other substance use disorder; or

2. The facility to which the child is committed or in which the child is placed shall:

(a) Cause the screening required pursuant to subsection 1 to be conducted as soon as practicable after the child has been committed or placed in the facility; and

(b) Additionally screen each child committed to, or placed under the custody of, the facility to determine whether the child is in need of mental health services or has an alcohol or other substance use disorder once every 6 months or when significant changes to the child’s case plan developed pursuant to NRS 62E.507 or 62E.525, as applicable, are made.

3. The facility to which the child is committed or in which the child is placed shall report the commercial sexual exploitation of the child to an agency which provides child welfare services as soon as practicable after conducting the screening required by subsection 1 if the results of the screening indicate that the child is a victim of commercial sexual exploitation.

4. The method for conducting the screening required pursuant to:

(a) Paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 1 must satisfy the requirements of NRS 62E.516.

(b) Paragraph (c) of subsection 1 must:

(1) Satisfy the requirements of NRS 62E.516; and

(2) Be reliable and valid for identifying whether a child who is the same age as the child to whom the requirement applies is a victim of commercial sexual exploitation.

5. The requirement prescribed by paragraph (c) of subsection 1 does not apply if the method for conducting the screening is not reliable and valid for identifying whether a child who is the same age as the child to whom the requirement applies is a victim of commercial sexual exploitation.

6. If a facility reports the commercial sexual exploitation of a child pursuant to subsection 3, the report made pursuant to subsection 3 shall be deemed to be a report of the commercial sexual exploitation of the child that has been made pursuant to NRS 432C.110 and:

(a) The child welfare agency shall act upon the report pursuant to chapter 432C of NRS; and

(b) The report may be used in the same manner as other reports that are made pursuant to NRS 432C.110.

7. As used in this section, “commercial sexual exploitation” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432C.050.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1035; A 2017, 4391; 2023, 825)

1. Each local facility for the detention of children shall conduct the screening required pursuant to NRS 62C.035 using a method that has been approved by the Division of Child and Family Services. The Division shall approve a method upon determining that the method is:

(a) Based on research; and

(b) Reliable and valid for identifying a child who:

(1) Is in need of mental health services;

(2) Has an alcohol or other substance use disorder; or

(3) Is a victim of commercial sexual exploitation.

2. Each local facility for the detention of children shall submit its method for conducting the screening required pursuant to NRS 62C.035 to the Division of Child and Family Services for approval on or before July 1 of each fifth year after the date on which the method was initially approved by the Division. Before a local facility for the detention of children may begin using a new method for conducting the screening required pursuant to NRS 62C.035, the facility must obtain approval of the method from the Division pursuant to subsection 1.

3. If the Division of Child and Family Services does not approve a method for conducting the screening required pursuant to NRS 62C.035 that is submitted by a local facility for the detention of children, and the facility does not submit a new method for conducting the screening for approval within 90 days after the denial, the Division of Child and Family Services shall notify the appropriate board of county commissioners or other governing body which administers the facility and the chief judge of the appropriate judicial district that the facility has not received approval of its method for conducting the screening as required by this section.

4. Upon receiving the notice required by subsection 3, the appropriate board of county commissioners or governing body and the chief judge shall take appropriate action to ensure that the facility complies with the requirements of this section and NRS 62C.035.

5. Each regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of children shall conduct the screening required pursuant to NRS 62E.513 using the assessment tool that has been approved by the Commission pursuant to NRS 62B.610.

6. Each state facility for the detention of children shall use the assessment tool for conducting the screening required pursuant to NRS 62E.513 selected by the Commission pursuant to NRS 62B.610.

7. The Division of Child and Family Services shall adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and NRS 62C.035 and 62E.513, including, without limitation, regulations prescribing the requirements for:

(a) Transmitting information obtained from the screening conducted pursuant to NRS 62C.035 and 62E.513; and

(b) Protecting the confidentiality of information obtained from such screening.

8. As used in this section, “commercial sexual exploitation” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432C.050.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 1035; A 2017, 4392; 2023, 826)

NRS 62E.520 Commitment of child to Division of Child and Family Services: Conditions and limitations; notice; investigation and recommendation for placement of child.

1. The juvenile court may commit a delinquent child to the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services for placement in a correctional or institutional facility if:

(a) The child is at least 8 years of age but less than 12 years of age, and the juvenile court finds that the child is in need of placement in a correctional or institutional facility; or

(b) The child is at least 12 years of age but less than 18 years of age, and the juvenile court finds that the child:

(1) Is in need of placement in a correctional or institutional facility; or

(2) Is in need of residential psychiatric services or other residential services for the mental health of the child.

2. Before the juvenile court commits a delinquent child to the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services, the juvenile court shall:

(a) Notify the Division at least 3 working days before the juvenile court holds a hearing to consider such a commitment; and

(b) At the request of the Division, provide the Division with not more than 10 working days within which to:

(1) Investigate the child and the circumstances of the child; and

(2) Recommend a suitable placement to the juvenile court.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1069; A 2017, 4393)

1. The Division of Child and Family Services shall consider, without limitation, the results of a validated risk assessment, a validated mental health screening and, if applicable, a full mental health assessment conducted pursuant to NRS 62E.506 to make decisions concerning the placement of the child. The Division may consider the results of a risk and needs assessment of the child that was conducted by a local department of juvenile services if the assessment was conducted within the immediately preceding 6 months and no significant changes have occurred relating to the child’s case.

2. The Division of Child and Family Services shall develop a length of stay matrix and establish release criteria for a state facility for the detention of children that are based on a child’s risk of reoffending, as determined by the risk assessment for the child, the seriousness of the act for which the child was adjudicated delinquent and the child’s progress in meeting treatment goals. In making release and discharge decisions, the Division shall use the matrix and release criteria developed pursuant to this subsection.

3. The Division of Child and Family Services shall develop a written individualized case plan for each child committed to the custody of the Division pursuant to NRS 62E.520. In developing such a case plan, the Division must use, without limitation:

(a) The results of the risk assessment, mental health screening and any full mental health assessment conducted pursuant to NRS 62E.506;

(b) The trauma, if any, experienced by the child;

(d) The seriousness of the offense committed by the child;

(e) The child’s progress in meeting treatment goals; and

(f) Any relevant information provided by the family of the child.

4. A case plan developed pursuant to subsection 3 must:

(a) Address the risks the child presents and the service needs of the child based on the results of the risk assessment, mental health screening and any full mental health assessment conducted pursuant to NRS 62E.506;

(b) Specify the level of supervision and services that the child needs;

(d) Be developed in consultation with the child’s family or guardian, as appropriate;

(e) Specify the responsibilities of each person or agency involved with the child; and

(f) Provide for the full reentry of the child into the community.

5. In addition to the requirements of subsection 4, if a child is committed to a state facility for the detention of children, the child’s case plan must:

(a) Include a comprehensive plan for complete reentry of the child into the community; and

(b) Be reviewed at least once every 3 months by the Division of Child and Family Services.

6. A reentry plan developed pursuant to subsection 5 must include, without limitation:

(a) A detailed description of the education, counseling and treatment provided to the child;

(b) A proposed plan for the continued education, counseling and treatment of the child upon his or her release;

(d) A proposed plan for any engagement of the child’s family or guardian.

7. The Division of Child and Family Services must update a child’s case plan at least once every 6 months, or when significant changes in the child’s treatment occur, by conducting another risk assessment and mental health screening using the tools selected by the Commission pursuant to NRS 62B.610.

8. A reentry planning meeting must be held at least 30 days before a child’s scheduled release from a state facility for the detention of children. As appropriate, based on the child’s case plan, the meeting should be attended by:

(a) The child;

(b) A family member or the guardian of the child;

(d) The superintendent of the state facility for the detention of children; and

(e) Any treatment providers of the child.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 4389)

NRS 62E.530 Commitment of child to Division of Child and Family Services: Physical examination required; report from physician.

1. Before the juvenile court commits a delinquent child to the custody of the Division of Child and Family Services, the juvenile court shall order that a physician conduct a physical examination of the child, which includes a blood test, test for tuberculosis, urinalysis and an examination for venereal disease.

2. Not later than 5 days after the date on which the physical examination is conducted, the physician shall make a written report of the results of the physical examination to the clerk of the court.

3. Upon receipt of the written report:

(a) The clerk of the court shall immediately forward a copy of the written report to the Administrator of the Division of Child and Family Services; and

(b) The county auditor shall allow a claim for payment to the physician for the physical examination.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1069)

Restitution

NRS 62E.550 Power of juvenile court to order restitution and to establish and administer programs of restitution.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 62E.560, the juvenile court may order a delinquent child or the parent or guardian of the child, or both:

(a) To provide restitution to the victim of any unlawful act committed by the child; or

(b) To participate in a program designed to provide restitution to a victim of any unlawful act committed by the child.

2. The juvenile court may establish and administer programs which are designed to provide restitution to victims of unlawful acts committed by delinquent children.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1071)

NRS 62E.560 Duty of juvenile court to order restitution for certain unlawful acts; responsibilities of parent or guardian of child; community service in lieu of restitution.

1. If a delinquent child has committed an unlawful act that causes physical injury to a victim of the act, the juvenile court shall order the child to provide restitution to the victim for medical expenses incurred as a result of the act.

2. If a delinquent child has committed an unlawful act that damaged or destroyed property owned or possessed by another person, the juvenile court shall order the child to provide restitution to the person who owns or possesses the property.

3. If the child is not able to provide restitution pursuant to this section, the juvenile court shall order the parent or guardian of the child to provide restitution, unless the juvenile court determines that extenuating circumstances exist.

4. If, because of financial hardship, a delinquent child or the parent or guardian of the child, or both, are unable to provide restitution pursuant to this section, the juvenile court shall order the child or the parent or guardian of the child, or both, to perform community service.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1072)

NRS 62E.570 Determination of amount of restitution. If the juvenile court orders a delinquent child or the parent or guardian of the child, or both, to pay restitution:

1. The juvenile court shall determine the amount of restitution the child or parent or guardian of the child, or both, must pay to the victim; and

2. The juvenile court may order that the child or parent or guardian of the child, or both, pay restitution in an amount that equals the full amount of the loss incurred by the victim, regardless of the amount of insurance coverage that exists for the loss.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1072)

NRS 62E.580 Program of restitution through work: Establishment; requirements; powers of director of juvenile services.

1. A director of juvenile services may establish a program of restitution through work. A program of restitution through work must:

(a) Include, but is not limited to, instruction in skills for employment and work ethics; and

(b) Require a child who participates in the program to:

(1) With the assistance of the program and if practicable, seek and obtain a position of employment with a public or private employer; and

(2) Sign an authorization form that permits money to be deducted from the wages of the child to pay restitution. The director of juvenile services may prescribe the contents of the authorization form and may determine the amount of money to be deducted from the wages of the child to pay restitution, but the director shall not require that more than:

(I) Fifty percent of the wages of the child be deducted to pay restitution if the child, with the approval of the director or probation officer, secures the employment without the assistance of the program; or

(II) Sixty percent of the wages of the child be deducted to pay restitution if the child secures the employment with the assistance of the program.

2. A program of restitution through work may include, but is not limited to, cooperative agreements with public or private employers to make available positions of employment for a child who participates in the program.

3. A director of juvenile services may terminate participation by a child in a program of restitution through work for any lawful reason or purpose.

4. A director of juvenile services may contract with persons and public or private entities that are qualified to operate or to participate in a program of restitution through work.

5. A director of juvenile services may designate a person to carry out the provisions of this section.

6. The provisions of this section do not:

(a) Create a right on behalf of a child to participate in a program of restitution through work or to hold a position of employment; or

(b) Establish a basis for any cause of action against the State of Nevada or its officers or employees for denial of the ability to participate in or for removal from a program of restitution through work or for denial of or removal from a position of employment.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1045; A 2003, 349)

NRS 62E.590 Program of restitution through work: Restitution through work fund.

1. To finance a program of restitution through work, a director of juvenile services may establish, with the county treasurer as custodian, a special fund to be known as the restitution through work fund.

2. A director of juvenile services may apply for and accept grants, gifts, donations, bequests or devises which the director shall deposit with the county treasurer for credit to the fund.

4. A director of juvenile services shall:

(a) Expend money from the fund only to finance a program of restitution through work; and

5. A director of juvenile services must authorize any expenditure from the fund before it is made.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1045)

NRS 62E.600 Program of restitution through work: Eligibility; provision of insurance against liability.

1. The juvenile court may order a delinquent child to participate in a program of restitution through work that is established pursuant to NRS 62E.580 if the child:

(a) Is 14 years of age or older;

(b) Has never been adjudicated delinquent for an unlawful act that involved the use or threatened use of force or violence against a victim and has never been found to have committed such an unlawful act in any other jurisdiction, unless the juvenile court determines that the child would benefit from the program;

(d) Voluntarily agrees to participate in the program of restitution through work.

2. If the juvenile court orders a child to participate in a program of restitution through work, the juvenile court must not order the child or the parent or guardian of the child to pay the costs associated with the participation of the child in the program. Unless the parent or guardian of the child signs a waiver of liability, the program or the entity for which the child performs the work, as applicable, shall provide policies of insurance against liability for personal injury and damage to property or industrial insurance, or both, during those periods in which the child participates in the program or performs work.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1072; A 2003, 349; 2019, 1965)

NRS 62E.610 Victim awarded restitution may bring civil action in district court to recover damages. If the juvenile court orders a delinquent child or the parent or guardian of the child, or both, to pay restitution to a victim of any unlawful act committed by the child, the victim is not prohibited from bringing a civil action to recover damages incurred as a result of the unlawful act.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1073)

Specific Acts Committed by Child

1. The juvenile court shall order a delinquent child to undergo an evaluation to determine whether the child has an alcohol or substance use disorder if the child committed:

(a) An unlawful act in violation of NRS 484C.110, 484C.120, 484C.130 or 484C.430;

(b) The unlawful act of using, possessing, selling or distributing a controlled substance; or

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an evaluation of the child must be conducted by:

(a) A clinical alcohol and drug counselor who is licensed, an alcohol and drug counselor who is licensed or certified, or an alcohol and drug counselor intern or a clinical alcohol and drug counselor intern who is certified, pursuant to chapter 641C of NRS, to make that classification; or

(b) A physician who is certified to make that classification by the Board of Medical Examiners.

3. If the child resides in this State but the nearest location at which an evaluation may be conducted is in another state, the court may allow the evaluation to be conducted in the other state if the person conducting the evaluation:

(a) Possesses qualifications that are substantially similar to the qualifications described in subsection 2;

(b) Holds an appropriate license, certificate or credential issued by a regulatory agency in the other state; and

4. The evaluation of the child may be conducted at an evaluation center.

5. The person who conducts the evaluation of the child shall report to the juvenile court the results of the evaluation and make a recommendation to the juvenile court concerning the length and type of treatment required for the child.

6. The juvenile court shall:

(a) Order the child to undergo a program of treatment as recommended by the person who conducts the evaluation of the child.

(b) Require the treatment provider to submit monthly reports on the treatment of the child pursuant to this section.

7. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the juvenile court shall not order the child or the parent or guardian of the child to pay any charges relating to the evaluation and treatment of the child pursuant to this section. The juvenile court shall:

(a) To the extent possible, arrange for the child to receive such evaluation and treatment from an approved provider that receives a sufficient amount of federal or state funding to offset the remainder of the costs of such evaluation and treatment.

(b) Arrange for the billing of any available public or private medical insurance to pay for such evaluation and treatment.

(c) Not order the parent or guardian of the child to pay the costs for such evaluation and treatment unless the child receives such evaluation and treatment from a provider that is not approved or the child seeks additional evaluation or treatment beyond that recommended for the child, in which case the parent or guardian of the child shall pay the costs of such evaluation and treatment.

8. After a treatment provider has certified a child’s successful completion of a program of treatment ordered pursuant to this section, the treatment provider is not liable for any damages to person or property caused by a child who:

(a) Drives, operates or is in actual physical control of a vehicle, a power-driven vessel or a sailing vessel under way while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance; or

(b) Engages in any other conduct prohibited by NRS 484C.110, 484C.120, 484C.130, 484C.430, subsection 2 of NRS 488.400, NRS 488.410, 488.420 or 488.425 or a law of any other jurisdiction that prohibits the same or similar conduct.

9. The provisions of this section do not prohibit the juvenile court from:

(a) Requiring an evaluation to be conducted by a person who is employed by a private company if the company meets the standards of the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. The evaluation may be conducted at an evaluation center.

(b) Ordering the child to attend a program of treatment which is administered by a private company.

10. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, all information relating to the evaluation or treatment of a child pursuant to this section is confidential and, except as otherwise authorized by the provisions of this title or the juvenile court, must not be disclosed to any person other than:

(a) The juvenile court;

(b) The child;

(d) The parents or guardian of the child;

(e) The district attorney; and

(f) Any other person for whom the communication of that information is necessary to effectuate the evaluation or treatment of the child.

11. A record of any finding that a child has violated the provisions of NRS 484C.110, 484C.120, 484C.130 or 484C.430 must be included in the driver’s record of that child for 7 years after the date of the offense.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1073; A 2005, 31, 162; 2007, 2067, 3075; 2009, 1878; 2015, 752; 2019, 1966; 2023, 554)

NRS 62E.630 Certain acts involving alcohol or controlled substance: Suspension or delay in issuance of driver’s license.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a child is adjudicated delinquent for the unlawful act of using, possessing, selling or distributing a controlled substance, or purchasing, consuming or possessing an alcoholic beverage in violation of NRS 202.020, the juvenile court shall:

(a) If the child possesses a driver’s license, issue an order suspending the driver’s license of the child for at least 90 days but not more than 2 years; or

(b) If the child does not possess a driver’s license and the child is or will be eligible to receive a driver’s license within the 2 years immediately following the date of the order, issue an order prohibiting the child from receiving a driver’s license for a period specified by the juvenile court which must be at least 90 days but not more than 2 years:

(1) Immediately following the date of the order, if the child is eligible to receive a driver’s license; or

(2) After the date the child will be eligible to receive a driver’s license, if the child is not eligible to receive a driver’s license on the date of the order.

2. If the child is already the subject of a court order suspending or delaying the issuance of the driver’s license of the child, the juvenile court shall order the additional suspension or delay, as appropriate, to apply consecutively with the previous order.

3. If the juvenile court finds that a suspension or delay in the issuance of the driver’s license of a child pursuant to this section would cause or is causing a severe or undue hardship to the child or his or her immediate family and that the child is otherwise eligible to receive a driver’s license, the juvenile court may order the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a restricted driver’s license to the child pursuant to NRS 483.490.

4. If the juvenile court issues an order requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a restricted driver’s license to a child pursuant to subsection 3, not later than 5 days after issuing the order, the juvenile court shall forward to the Department of Motor Vehicles a copy of the order.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1074; A 2013, 715)

1. If a child is adjudicated delinquent for an unlawful act in violation of NRS 484C.110, 484C.120, 484C.130 or 484C.430, the juvenile court shall, if the child possesses a driver’s license:

(a) Issue an order revoking the driver’s license of the child for 185 days and requiring the child to surrender the driver’s license of the child to the juvenile court; and

(b) Not later than 5 days after issuing the order, forward to the Department of Motor Vehicles a copy of the order and the driver’s license of the child.

2. The Department of Motor Vehicles shall order the child to submit to the tests and other requirements which are adopted by regulation pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 483.495 as a condition of reinstatement of the driver’s license of the child.

3. If the child is adjudicated delinquent for a subsequent unlawful act in violation of NRS 484C.110, 484C.120, 484C.130 or 484C.430, the juvenile court shall order an additional period of revocation to apply consecutively with the previous order.

4. The juvenile court may:

(a) Authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue an ignition interlock privilege pursuant to NRS 483.490 to a child whose driver’s license is revoked pursuant to this section; and

(b) Order the child to install, at his or her own expense, or at the expense of the parent or guardian of the child, an ignition interlock device in any motor vehicle the child operates as a condition to obtaining an ignition interlock privilege pursuant to NRS 483.490.

5. As used in this section:

(a) “Ignition interlock device” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484C.053.

(b) “Ignition interlock privilege” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 484C.057.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1075; A 2005, 163; 2009, 1879; 2017, 4050; 2021, 2473)

NRS 62E.650 Certain acts involving firearm: Community service; suspension or delay in issuance of driver’s license.

1. If a child is adjudicated delinquent because the child handled or possessed a firearm or had a firearm under his or her control in violation of NRS 202.300, the juvenile court shall:

(a) For the first offense:

(1) Order the child to perform 200 hours of community service; and

(2) Issue an order suspending the driver’s license of the child for not more than 1 year or, if the child does not possess a driver’s license, prohibit the child from receiving a driver’s license for not more than 1 year:

(I) Immediately following the date of the order, if the child is eligible to receive a driver’s license.

(II) After the date the child becomes eligible to receive a driver’s license, if the child is not eligible to receive a license on the date of the order.

(b) For the second offense:

(1) Order the child to perform at least 200 hours but not more than 600 hours of community service; and

(2) Issue an order suspending the driver’s license of the child for at least 90 days but not more than 2 years or, if the child does not possess a driver’s license, prohibit the child from receiving a driver’s license for at least 90 days but not more than 2 years:

(I) Immediately following the date of the order, if the child is eligible to receive a driver’s license.

(II) After the date the child becomes eligible to receive a driver’s license, if the child is not eligible to receive a license on the date of the order.

2. If the child is already the subject of a court order suspending or delaying the issuance of the driver’s license of the child, the juvenile court shall order an additional suspension or delay, as appropriate, to apply consecutively with the previous order.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1075)

NRS 62E.660 Certain acts involving firearm: Revocation of and prohibition from receiving license to hunt. If a child is adjudicated delinquent because the child handled or possessed a firearm or had a firearm under his or her control in violation of NRS 202.300, the juvenile court shall:

1. Order that any license to hunt issued to the child pursuant to chapter 502 of NRS must be revoked by the Department of Wildlife;

2. Order that the child must not receive a license to hunt within the 2 years immediately following the date of the order or until the child is 18 years of age, whichever is later;

3. Order the child to surrender to the juvenile court any license to hunt then held by the child; and

4. Not later than 5 days after issuing the order, forward to the Department of Wildlife any license to hunt surrendered by the child and a copy of the order.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1076; A 2003, 1558)

NRS 62E.670 Act involving use of firearm or use or threatened use of force or violence: Effect on disposition.

1. In determining the appropriate disposition of a case of a delinquent child, the juvenile court shall consider whether the unlawful act committed by the child involved the use of a firearm or the use or threatened use of force or violence against the victim of the act.

2. If the juvenile court finds that the act committed by the child involved the use of a firearm or the use or threatened use of force or violence against the victim, the juvenile court shall include the finding in its order and may:

(a) Commit the child for confinement in a secure facility for the detention of children, including a facility which is secured by its staff.

(b) Impose any other punitive measures that the juvenile court determines to be in the best interests of the public or the child.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1076)

NRS 62E.680 Act involving cruelty to or torture of animal: Participation in counseling or other psychological treatment; payment of costs.

1. If a child is adjudicated delinquent for an unlawful act that involves cruelty to or torture of an animal, the juvenile court shall order the child to participate in counseling or other psychological treatment.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the juvenile court shall not order the child or the parent or guardian of the child to pay the cost of the child to participate in the counseling or other psychological treatment. The juvenile court shall:

(a) To the extent possible, arrange for the child to receive such counseling or treatment from an approved provider that receives a sufficient amount of federal or state funding to offset the remainder of the costs of such counseling or treatment.

(b) Arrange for the billing of any available public or private medical insurance to pay for such counseling or treatment.

(c) Not order the parent or guardian of the child to pay the costs of such counseling or treatment unless the child receives such counseling or treatment from a provider that is not approved or the child seeks additional counseling or treatment beyond that recommended for the child, in which case the parent or guardian of the child shall pay the costs of such counseling or treatment.

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Animal” does not include the human race, but includes every other living creature.

(b) “Torture” or “cruelty” includes every act, omission or neglect, whereby unjustifiable physical pain, suffering or death is caused or permitted.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1076; A 2019, 1968)

NRS 62E.685 Act involving killing or possession of certain animals. If a child is adjudicated delinquent for an unlawful act involving the killing or possession of certain animals in violation of NRS 501.376, the juvenile court may do any or all of the following:

1. Order the child to pay a fine. If, because of financial hardship, the child is unable to pay the fine, the juvenile court may order the child to perform community service.

2. Order the child or the parent or guardian of the child, or both, to pay a civil penalty pursuant to NRS 501.3855.

3. Order that any license issued to the child pursuant to chapter 502 of NRS be revoked by the Department of Wildlife. The juvenile court shall order the child to surrender to the court any license issued to the child pursuant to chapter 502 of NRS then held by the child and, not later than 5 days after issuing the order, forward to the Department of Wildlife any license surrendered by the child and a copy of the order.

4. Order that the child must not receive a license to hunt, fish or trap within the 2 years immediately following the date of the order or until the child is 18 years of age, whichever is later.

5. Order the child placed on probation and impose such conditions as the juvenile court deems proper.

(Added to NRS by 2011, 600; A 2019, 1969)

NRS 62E.690 Certain offenses concerning graffiti or defacement of property: Suspension or delay in issuance of driver’s license.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if a child is adjudicated delinquent for the unlawful act of placing graffiti on or otherwise defacing public or private property owned or possessed by another person in violation of NRS 206.125 or 206.330 or for the unlawful act of carrying a graffiti implement in certain places without valid authorization in violation of NRS 206.335, the juvenile court shall:

(a) If the child possesses a driver’s license, issue an order suspending the driver’s license of the child for at least 1 year but not more than 2 years; or

(1) Immediately following the date of the order, if the child is eligible to receive a driver’s license; or

(2) After the date the child will be eligible to receive a driver’s license, if the child is not eligible to receive a driver’s license on the date of the order.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1076; A 2007, 2299)

NRS 62E.700 Minor traffic offenses.

1. If a child is found to have committed a minor traffic offense, the juvenile court may do any or all of the following:

(a) Order the child to pay a fine. If, because of financial hardship, the child is unable to pay the fine, the juvenile court may order the child to perform community service.

(b) Recommend to the Department of Motor Vehicles the suspension of the driver’s license of the child.

(d) Order the child or the parent or guardian of the child, or both, to pay the reasonable cost for the child to attend the traffic survival course.

(e) Order the child placed on probation and impose such conditions as the juvenile court deems proper.

2. The juvenile court shall forward to the Department of Motor Vehicles, in the form required by NRS 483.450, a record of the minor traffic offense, unless the offense involved a violation of a law or ordinance governing standing or parking.

3. As used in this section, “juvenile court” means:

(a) The juvenile court; or

(b) The Justice Court or municipal court if the juvenile court has transferred the case and record to the Justice Court or municipal court pursuant to NRS 62B.380.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1070)

NRS 62E.705 Unlawful operation of motor vehicle without or in violation of license or permit: Joint and several liability of parent or guardian; community service in lieu of monetary penalty.

1. If the juvenile court:

(a) Adjudicates a child delinquent for the unlawful act of operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license or instruction permit for the type or class of vehicle being driven or in violation of any restrictions imposed on a valid driver’s license or instruction permit held by the child; and

(b) Finds that the parent or guardian of the child knowingly and willfully allowed the child to operate the vehicle without a valid driver’s license or instruction permit for the type or class of vehicle being driven or in violation of any restrictions imposed on a valid driver’s license or instruction permit held by the child,

Ê the juvenile court shall order the parent or guardian of the child to be held jointly and severally liable with the child for all fines, fees, assessments and other monetary penalties and any restitution imposed on the child for the unlawful act and any other traffic offense committed by the child while operating the vehicle, including, without limitation, any other traffic offense in violation of chapter 483 or chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS.

2. If, because of financial hardship, the parent or guardian is unable to pay any fine, fee, assessment or other monetary penalty or any restitution that the juvenile court imposes on the parent or guardian pursuant to this section, the juvenile court may order the parent or guardian to perform community service.

3. As used in this section, “juvenile court” means:

(a) The juvenile court; or

(b) The justice court or municipal court if the juvenile court has transferred the case and record to the justice court or municipal court pursuant to NRS 62B.380.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 645)

Probation and Parole

NRS 62E.708 Probation: Considerations; limitations; extension; tolling of period of probation; jurisdiction.

1. A juvenile court may place a child on probation in accordance with the provisions of this section.

2. The juvenile court shall consider the report prepared by the department of juvenile services pursuant to NRS 62E.506 when determining whether to place a child on probation and the period of any such probation.

3. Except as otherwise provided in this section or as expressly authorized by specific statute or federal law:

(a) A juvenile court shall not place a child on probation for a period of more than 18 months for each unlawful act for which the child is adjudicated delinquent, placed under the supervision of the juvenile court pursuant to a supervision and consent decree, or placed under informal supervision. The provisions of this paragraph do not apply to a violation of probation or parole.

(b) A juvenile court may order one or more extensions of the probation of a child if the juvenile court finds, based on a preponderance of evidence presented at a hearing on the matter, that such an extension is advisable, considering the individualized case plan for the child developed pursuant to NRS 62E.507. Except as otherwise authorized by specific statute or federal law, no single extension of the probation of a child may be for a period of more than 6 months.

(c) A juvenile court may not extend the probation of any child if the extension results in the child being on probation for a total period of more than 36 months for each unlawful act for which the child is subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, unless the act relates to a violation of the conditions of probation.

4. A juvenile court may extend the probation of a child beyond the period prescribed by paragraph (c) of subsection 3 if the child, the parent or guardian of the child, the attorney for the child, the probation officer of the child and the district attorney agree to the extension.

5. Notice of any hearing by a juvenile court relating to the extension of the probation of a child must be given to the child, the parent or guardian of the child, the attorney for the child and the probation officer of the child.

6. At any hearing of a juvenile court relating to the extension of the probation of a child, the juvenile court must:

(a) Allow the parties a reasonable opportunity to present evidence and testimony; and

(b) Consider the:

(1) Report of the probation officer of the child relating to the issue of whether the juvenile court should extend the probation of the child;

(2) Report prepared by the department of juvenile services pursuant to NRS 62E.506; and

(3) Individualized case plan for the child developed pursuant to NRS 62E.507.

7. The period of probation of a child is tolled during any period in which a writ of attachment is issued for the child pursuant to NRS 62C.010.

8. Notwithstanding the termination of any period of probation ordered by the juvenile court, the juvenile court retains jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of NRS 62B.420.

(Added to NRS by 2023, 697)

NRS 62E.710 Violation of probation or parole: Placement in facility for detention of children or county jail. The juvenile court may order any child who is:

1. Less than 18 years of age and who has been adjudicated delinquent and placed on probation by the juvenile court to be placed in a facility for the detention of children for not more than 30 days for the violation of probation.

2. At least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age and who has been placed on probation by the juvenile court or who has been released on parole to be placed in a county jail for not more than 30 days for the violation of probation or parole.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1071; A 2007, 110; 2013, 2316)

Miscellaneous Provisions

NRS 62E.720 Program of visitation to office of county coroner: Establishment; requirements; parent or guardian not responsible for costs.

1. The juvenile court may order a delinquent child to participate in a program of visitation to the office of the county coroner that is established pursuant to this section.

2. In determining whether to order the child to participate in such a program, the juvenile court shall consider whether the unlawful act committed by the child involved the use or threatened use of force or violence against the child or others or demonstrated a disregard for the safety or well-being of the child or others.

3. The juvenile court may establish a program of visitation to the office of the county coroner in cooperation with the coroner of the county pursuant to this section.

4. Before a delinquent child may participate in a program of visitation, the parent or guardian of the child must provide to the juvenile court on a form provided by the juvenile court:

(a) Written consent for the child to participate in the program of visitation; and

(b) An executed release of liability for any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence or willful misconduct of the juvenile court, the county coroner, or any other person administering or conducting a program of visitation, that causes personal injury or illness of the child during the period in which the child participates in the program of visitation.

5. A program of visitation must include, but is not limited to:

(a) A visit to the office of the county coroner at times and under circumstances determined by the county coroner.

(b) A course to instruct the child concerning:

(1) The consequences of the child’s actions; and

(2) An awareness of the child’s own mortality.

6. The juvenile court shall not order the child or the parent or guardian of the child to pay for the costs associated with the participation of the child in the program of visitation.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1071; A 2005, 1065; 2013, 1612; 2019, 1969)

NRS 62E.730 Fines and penalties.

1. The juvenile court may order a delinquent child to pay a fine.

2. If a delinquent child is less than 17 years of age, the juvenile court may order the parent or guardian of the child to pay any fines and penalties that the juvenile court imposes for the unlawful act committed by the child.

3. If, because of financial hardship, the parent or guardian is unable to pay any fines and penalties that the juvenile court imposes for the unlawful act committed by the child, the juvenile court may order the parent or guardian to perform community service.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1070; A 2019, 1970)