{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-130.307","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 130.307","heading":"Duties of support-enforcement agency.","body":"1. A support-enforcement agency of this State, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter.\n2. A support-enforcement agency of this State that is providing services to the petitioner shall:\n(a) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of this State, another state or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;\n(b) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time and place for a hearing;\n(c) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to the income and property of the parties;\n(d) Within 5 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;\n(e) Within 5 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or his or her attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and\n(f) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.\n3. A support-enforcement agency of this State that requests registration of a child-support order in this State for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:\n(a) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or\n(b) If two or more child-support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.\n4. A support-enforcement agency of this State that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.\n5. A support-enforcement agency of this State shall issue or request a tribunal of this State to issue a child-support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears and interest if requested to do so by a support-enforcement agency of another state pursuant to a law similar to NRS 130.319.\n6. This chapter does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support-enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the natural person being assisted by the agency.","path":["TITLE 11 — DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 130 - INTERJURISDICTIONAL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT","INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT (UNIFORM ACT)","Article 3—Civil Provisions of General Application"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-130.html#NRS130Sec307","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:32Z","sha256":"e8cc651a2569f3e17c2be5c8015b287a76fd5f16a297126a8f156f1e19ee11da","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-130.306","next":"us-nv/nrs-130.308"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}