41.0349 - Indemnification of present or former public officer, employee, immune contractor or State Legislator. - Nevada Statutes

41.0349  Indemnification of present or former public officer, employee, immune contractor or State Legislator.  In any civil action brought against any present or former officer, employee, immune contractor, member of a board or commission of the State or a political subdivision or State Legislator, in which a judgment is entered against the person based on any act or omission relating to the person’s public duty or employment, the State or political subdivision shall indemnify the person unless:

      1.  The person failed to submit a timely request for defense;

      2.  The person failed to cooperate in good faith in the defense of the action;

      3.  The act or omission of the person was not within the scope of the person’s public duty or employment; or

      4.  The act or omission of the person was wanton or malicious.

      (Added to NRS by 1979, 1735; A 1987, 543)