1. After apprehending a defendant in this state, a bail agent or bail enforcement agent shall immediately or without undue delay notify in person or by telephone the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the defendant was apprehended of:
(a) The identity of the defendant;
(b) The identity of the bail agent or bail enforcement agent; and
(c) Where the bail agent or bail enforcement agent is taking the defendant to surrender the defendant into custody.
2. Before forcibly entering an inhabited dwelling in this state, a bail agent or bail enforcement agent shall notify the local law enforcement agency of the jurisdiction in which the dwelling is located.
3. A bail agent or bail enforcement agent who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. As used in this section, "inhabited dwelling" means any structure, building, house, room, apartment, tenement, tent, conveyance, vessel, boat, vehicle, house trailer, travel trailer, motor home or railroad car in which the owner or other lawful occupant resides.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 188)