354.256 - Notification of county auditor concerning uncollectible account; application for removal of information concerning uncollectible accounts from records of county.
354.256 Notification of county auditor concerning uncollectible account; application for removal of information concerning uncollectible accounts from records of county.
1. If at any time, in the opinion of the centralized collection system or the district attorney, it becomes impossible or impractical to collect an account receivable owed to the county because:
(a) The debtor has filed bankruptcy;
(b) The debtor has died;
(c) The amount of the account receivable is less than the amount it would cost to collect it; or
(d) Of some other reason or circumstance,
Ê the centralized collection system or the district attorney shall notify the county auditor in writing that the account receivable is uncollectible and the reasons therefor.
2. Upon receiving notification that an account receivable is uncollectible, the county auditor may apply to the board of county commissioners to have the amount of the account receivable and the name of the debtor removed from the records of the county.
3. The application must include:
(a) The amount of the account receivable;
(b) The name of the debtor;
(c) A record of the efforts made to collect the account receivable; and
(d) The written notice provided pursuant to subsection 1.
4. If the board of county commissioners approves the application, the county auditor shall remove the amount of the account receivable and the name of the debtor from the county records.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1199)
NRS 354.257 Authority for removal of information concerning uncollectible accounts from records of county. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, the board of county commissioners may remove from the records of the county the amount of an account receivable and the name of the debtor, upon a determination by a centralized collection system established pursuant to NRS 244.207 or the district attorney that the account receivable is uncollectible and the recommendation of the county auditor that the account be removed.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1198)