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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 18. State Executive Department § 228.140. Prosecution and defense of causes in Supreme Court; accounting; assistance in impeachments

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 228.111 to 228.1118, inclusive, and 228.112 to 228.1127, inclusive, the Attorney General shall attend each of the terms of the Supreme Court, and there prosecute or defend, as the case may be, on the part of the State:

(a) All causes to which the State may be a party;

(b) All causes to which any officer of the State, in his or her official capacity, may be a party;

(c) All causes to which any county may be a party, other than those in which the interest of the county may be adverse to the State, or any officer of the State, acting in his or her official capacity, and

after judgment obtained in any such cause, the Attorney General shall direct such proceedings, and sue out such process as may be required to carry the same into execution.

2. The Attorney General shall:

(a) Account for and pay over to the proper officer, without delay, all moneys which may come into his or her hands belonging to the State or any county.

(b) Assist in all impeachments which may be tried before the Senate.

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