178.518 - Payment of forfeited deposits to county treasurer or State Controller.

178.518  Payment of forfeited deposits to county treasurer or State Controller.  Money collected pursuant to NRS 178.506 to 178.516, inclusive, which was collected:

      1.  From a person who was charged with a misdemeanor must be paid over to the county treasurer.

      2.  From a person who was charged with a gross misdemeanor or a felony must be paid over to the State Controller for deposit in the State General Fund for distribution in the following manner:

      (a) Ninety percent for credit to the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime; and

      (b) Ten percent for credit to the special account established pursuant to NRS 176.0613 to assist with funding and establishing specialty court programs.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1453; A 1981, 1672; 2001, 2922; 2003, 2105)