Nevada Code § 258.135

Acceptance of credit card, debit card or electronic transfer of money for payment of fees owed constable; convenience fee
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1. A constable may enter into contracts
with issuers of credit cards or debit cards or operators of systems that
provide for the electronic transfer of money to provide for the acceptance of
credit cards, debit cards or electronic transfers of money by the constable for
the payment of fees to which the constable is entitled.
2. If the issuer or operator charges the
constable a fee for each use of a credit card or debit card or for each
electronic transfer of money, the constable may require the cardholder or the
person requesting the electronic transfer of money to pay a convenience fee.
The total convenience fees charged by the constable in a fiscal year must not
exceed the total amount of fees charged to the constable by the issuer or
operator in that fiscal year.
3. As used in this section:
(a) Cardholder means the person or organization
named on the face of a credit card or debit card to whom or for whose benefit
the credit card or debit card is issued by an issuer.
(b) Convenience fee means a fee paid by a
cardholder or person requesting the electronic transfer of money to a constable
for the convenience of using the credit card or debit card or the electronic
transfer of money to make such payment.
(c) Credit card means any instrument or device,
whether known as a credit card or credit plate or by any other name, issued
with or without a fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in obtaining
money, property, goods, services or anything else of value on credit.
(d) Debit card means any instrument or device,
whether known as a debit card or by any other name, issued with or without a
fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in depositing, obtaining or
transferring funds.
(e) Electronic transfer of money has the
meaning ascribed to it in NRS 463.01473 .
(f) Issuer means a business organization,
financial institution or authorized agent of a business organization or
financial institution that issues a credit card or debit card.

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