176.075 - Rate of imprisonment in default of administrative assessment, fine or forfeiture. - Nevada Statutes

176.075  Rate of imprisonment in default of administrative assessment, fine or forfeiture.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when a person is sentenced to pay a fine or forfeiture without an accompanying sentence of imprisonment, the court may, pursuant to NRS 176.064, order that the person be confined in the city or county jail or detention facility for a period of not more than 1 day for each $75 of the amount until the administrative assessment and the fine or forfeiture are satisfied.

      2.  The provisions of this section do not apply to indigent persons.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1433; A 1983, 434, 908; 1989, 1178; 1997, 901)