Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.085 (2026)

Reduction of excessive fine or administrative assessment; payment in installments

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NRS 176.085 Reduction of excessive fine or administrative assessment; payment in installments. Whenever, after a fine and administrative assessment have been imposed but before they have been discharged by payment or confinement, it is made to appear to the judge or justice imposing the fine or administrative assessment or his or her successor:

1. That the fine or administrative assessment is excessive in relation to the financial resources of the defendant, the judge or justice or his or her successor may reduce the fine accordingly.

2. That the discharge of the fine or administrative assessment is not within the defendant’s present financial ability to pay, the judge or justice or his or her successor may direct that the fine be paid in installments.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1433; A 1973, 388; 1983, 908)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1978–2016 · leading case: Gilbert v. State, 669 P.2d 699 (Nev. 1983).

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Gilbert v. State, 669 P.2d 699 (Nev. 1983). · cites it 4× “085 permits a judge to reduce a fine or order installment payments if after imposition of the fine but before its discharge by confinement it is made to appear that the fine is beyond the defendant’s financial resources of present ability to pay. 7 According to the Williams-Tate…”

Creps v. State, 581 P.2d 842 (Nev. 1978). “Further, a fine imposed by the sentencing court may be alleviated at any time either by the court (NRS 176.085) or by the pardons board (NRS 213.”

Perez (Adolfo) v. Dist. Ct. (State) (Nev. 2016). “If, as petitioner represents, the district court denied relief under NRS 176.085 as premature, then petitioner may seek relief under that provision at a more appropriate time in the future.”

Ybarra (Perfecto) v. State (Nev. 2013). “R. § 3.665 (d) (2013) (discussing the amount payable to incarcerated beneficiaries).”

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