176A.120 - Persons convicted of certain offenses against elderly required to pay restitution before court suspends sentence or grants probation; exceptions.

176A.120  Persons convicted of certain offenses against elderly required to pay restitution before court suspends sentence or grants probation; exceptions.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the court shall not grant probation to a person whose conduct during the commission of the crime for which the person was convicted satisfies the requirements for imposing an additional term of imprisonment pursuant to paragraph (h) or (i) of subsection 1 of NRS 193.167 or subsection 2 of NRS 193.167, until the convicted person has paid to the victim of the offense at least 80 percent of the amount of restitution set by the court pursuant to NRS 176.033.

      2.  The court shall not deny probation to a person as provided in subsection 1 unless the court determines that the person has willfully failed to make restitution to the victim of the crime and the person has the ability to make restitution.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 1031; A 1999, 43)