649.075 - License required; exception. - Nevada Statutes

649.075  License required; exception.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not conduct within this State a collection agency or engage within this State in the business of collecting claims for others, or of soliciting the right to collect or receive payment for another of any claim, or advertise, or solicit, either in print, by letter, in person or otherwise, the right to collect or receive payment for another of any claim, or seek to make collection or obtain payment of any claim on behalf of another without having first applied for and obtained a license from the Commissioner.

      2.  A person is not required to obtain a license if the person holds a certificate of registration as a foreign collection agency issued by the Commissioner pursuant to NRS 649.171.

      [1:237:1931; 1931 NCL § 1420]—(NRS A 1969, 836; 1983, 1711; 1987, 1888; 1993, 2415; 2005, 1867; 2007, 2500)