686A.283 - Reporting requirements; duties of Commissioner and Attorney General; prosecution by district attorney. - Nevada Statutes

686A.283  Reporting requirements; duties of Commissioner and Attorney General; prosecution by district attorney.

      1.  Any person, governmental entity, insurer or authorized representative of an insurer shall report any information concerning insurance fraud to the Commissioner and Attorney General on a form prescribed by the Commissioner and Attorney General.

      2.  The Commissioner and Attorney General shall each independently:

      (a) Review each report of insurance fraud; and

      (b) Determine whether an investigation should be made of the facts in the report.

      3.  During their respective investigations, the Commissioner and Attorney General shall independently determine whether there is probable cause to believe that insurance fraud has occurred.

      4.  A district attorney of any county where fraudulent activity has occurred or is occurring or where a fraudulent claim that would constitute insurance fraud has been made may, with the permission of the Attorney General or at the request of the Attorney General, institute proceedings in the name of the State of Nevada.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 1387; A 2001, 1097)