Nev. Rev. Stat. § 41.0347

1. If the official attorney does not provide for the defense of a present or former local judicial officer, state judicial officer, officer, employee, immune contractor, member of a board or commission of the State or any political subdivision or State Legislator in any civil action in which the State or political subdivision is also a named defendant, or which was brought in a court other than a court of competent jurisdiction of this state, and if it is judicially determined that the injuries arose out of an act or omission of that person during the performance of any duty within the course and scope of the person's public duty or employment and that the person's act or omission was not wanton or malicious: (a) If the Attorney General was responsible for providing the defense, the State is liable to that person for reasonable expenses in prosecuting the person's own defense, including court costs and attorney's fees. These expenses must be paid, upon approval by the State Board of Examiners, from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account. (b) If the chief legal officer or attorney of a political subdivision was responsible for providing the defense, the political subdivision is liable to that person for reasonable expenses in carrying on the person's own defense, including court costs and attorney's fees.

2. If the official attorney does not provide for the defense of a person who is named a defendant in any civil action solely because of an alleged act or omission relating to the public duties or employment of a present or former local judicial officer, state judicial officer, officer or employee of the State or any political subdivision, immune contractor or State Legislator and the State or political subdivision is also named a defendant, or the civil action was brought in a court other than a court of competent jurisdiction of this State, and if it is judicially determined that the injuries arose out of an act or omission of a local judicial officer, state judicial officer, officer or employee of the State or any political subdivision, immune contractor or State Legislator during the performance of any duty within the course and scope of such a person's public duty or employment and that the person's act or omission was not wanton or malicious: (a) If the Attorney General was responsible for providing the defense, the State is liable to the person for reasonable expenses in prosecuting the person's own defense, including court costs and attorney's fees. These expenses must be paid, upon approval by the State Board of Examiners, from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account. (b) If the chief legal officer or attorney of a political subdivision was responsible for providing the defense, the political subdivision is liable to that person for reasonable expenses in carrying on the person's own defense, including court costs and attorney's fees.