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.

Source: Section 62E.580 — Program of restitution through work: Establishment; requirements; powers of director of juvenile services., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-62E.­html#NRS62ESec580 (accessed May 26, 2025).

62E.010
Adjudication is not conviction and does not impose civil disabilities 62E.020
Modification and termination of decrees and orders. 62E.030
Court to provide certain information to school district concerning certain offenses. 62E.040
Penalties imposed on adult who disobeys court order. 62E.100
Applicability of provisions. 62E.110
Placement of child in home 62E.120
Preference for certain relatives when placing child under supervision in home. 62E.130
Consideration of religious faith in commitment of child to care of person, institution or facility. 62E.140
Permitting child to reside without immediate supervision of adult or exempting child from mandatory attendance at school under certain circumstances. 62E.150
Provision of information to institution or agency to which child is committed 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 62E.170
Review of placement in foster home or other institution 62E.175
Power of juvenile court to establish restitution contribution fund. 62E.180
Ordering child or parent or guardian to perform community service. 62E.190
Supervising entities 62E.200
Restrictions concerning community service and programs of work on or near highways or in other dangerous situations. 62E.210
When juvenile court may order completion of certain alternative programs 62E.220
Program of cognitive training and human development. 62E.230
Cognitive training and human development fund: Establishment 62E.240
Program of sports or physical fitness and program for the arts. 62E.250
Suspension or delay in issuance of driver’s license. 62E.260
Information provided to child upon application for driver’s license 62E.270
Administrative assessment to be ordered when fine is imposed against certain persons. 62E.275
Vacating and sealing records of adjudication of delinquency for certain unlawful acts by child who was victim of trafficking or involuntary servitude. 62E.280
Medical, psychiatric, psychological and other care or treatment and examinations. 62E.290
Ordering parent or guardian of child to refrain from certain conduct 62E.300
Payment of expenses of proceedings by parent or guardian. 62E.400
Applicability of provisions. 62E.410
Initial admonition and referral 62E.420
Placement in certain facilities prohibited. 62E.430
Habitual truants: Fines 62E.440
Offenses related to tobacco: Fines 62E.500
Applicability of provisions. 62E.505
Specific findings required before a child is committed to a state facility for the detention of children. 62E.506
Use of validated risk assessment tool and validated mental health screening tool before disposition 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 62E.510
Age limitations on commitment of child to state facility for detention of children and to private institution. 62E.513
Commitment of child to regional facility for treatment and rehabilitation of children or facility for detention of children: Screening required 62E.516
Approval of methods for screening by local facility for detention of children 62E.520
Commitment of child to Division of Child and Family Services: Conditions and limitations 62E.525
Commitment of child to Division of Child and Family Services: Consideration of assessments and screenings in determination of placement of child 62E.530
Commitment of child to Division of Child and Family Services: Physical examination required 62E.540
Commitment of child to Division of Child and Family Services: Payment of expenses by parent or guardian. 62E.550
Power of juvenile court to order restitution and to establish and administer programs of restitution. 62E.560
Duty of juvenile court to order restitution for certain unlawful acts 62E.570
Determination of amount of restitution. 62E.580
Program of restitution through work: Establishment 62E.590
Program of restitution through work: Restitution through work fund. 62E.600
Program of restitution through work: Eligibility 62E.610
Victim awarded restitution may bring civil action in district court to recover damages. 62E.620
Evaluation of child who committed certain acts involving alcohol or controlled substance 62E.630
Certain acts involving alcohol or controlled substance: Suspension or delay in issuance of driver’s license. 62E.640
Driving under influence: Revocation of driver’s license 62E.650
Certain acts involving firearm: Community service 62E.660
Certain acts involving firearm: Revocation of and prohibition from receiving license to hunt. 62E.670
Act involving use of firearm or use or threatened use of force or violence: Effect on disposition. 62E.680
Act involving cruelty to or torture of animal: Participation in counseling or other psychological treatment 62E.685
Act involving killing or possession of certain animals. 62E.690
Certain offenses concerning graffiti or defacement of property: Suspension or delay in issuance of driver’s license. 62E.700
Minor traffic offenses. 62E.705
Unlawful operation of motor vehicle without or in violation of license or permit: Joint and several liability of parent or guardian 62E.710
Violation of probation or parole: Placement in facility for detention of children or county jail. 62E.720
Program of visitation to office of county coroner: Establishment 62E.730
Fines and penalties.

May 26, 2025

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