7.115 - Appointment of attorney other than public defender prohibited unless public defender disqualified.

7.115  Appointment of attorney other than public defender prohibited unless public defender disqualified.  A magistrate, master or a district court shall not appoint an attorney other than a public defender to represent a person charged with any offense or delinquent act by petition, indictment or information unless the magistrate, master or district court makes a finding, entered into the record of the case, that the public defender is disqualified from furnishing the representation and sets forth the reason or reasons for the disqualification.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 1156; A 1995, 921)