Evaluations and counseling for offenses involving cruelty to animals; powers and duties of court.

1. Law
2. Nevada Revised Statutes
3. Probation and Suspension of Sentence
4. Evaluations and counseling for offenses involving cruelty to animals; powers and duties of court.

1. As a condition of probation, the court may order a defendant who is convicted of a violation of chapter 574 of NRS that is punishable as a felony or gross misdemeanor to:

(a) Submit to a psychiatric evaluation; and

(b) Participate in any counseling or therapy recommended in the evaluation.

2. The court shall order a defendant, to the extent of the defendant’s financial ability, to pay the cost for an evaluation and any counseling or therapy pursuant to this section.

(Added to NRS by 2001, 2891)

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