2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 357 - Submission of False Claims to State or Local Government
NRS 357.220 - Distribution to private plaintiff in action based upon information obtained by public employee during public employment.

1. If the action is one described in NRS 357.090, the present or former employee of the State or political subdivision is not entitled to any minimum percentage of any recovery, but the court may award him or her no more than 33 percent of the recovery if the Attorney General or a designee of the Attorney General pursuant to NRS 357.070 intervenes in the action at the outset, or no more than 50 percent if the Attorney General or the Attorney General s designee does not intervene, according to the significance of his or her information, the extent of his or her contribution to the conduct of the action and the response to his or her efforts to report the false claim and gain recovery through other official channels.

2. If the private plaintiff is a present or former employee of the State or a political subdivision and benefited financially from the fraudulent activity, he or she is not entitled to any minimum percentage of any recovery, but the court may award the private plaintiff no more than 33 percent of the recovery if the Attorney General or the Attorney General s designee intervenes in the action at the outset, or no more than 50 percent if the Attorney General or the Attorney General s designee does not intervene, according to the significance of his or her information, the extent of his or her contribution to the conduct of the action, the extent of his or her involvement in the fraudulent activity, his or her attempts to avoid or resist the activity and the other circumstances of the activity.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 827: A 2011, 378)