Nev. Rev. Stat. § 369.240 — Complaint against licensee: Issuance and service of citation; effect of failure to answer

NRS  369.240    Complaint against licensee: Issuance and service of citation;
effect of failure to answer.
1.  Upon the filing with the board of
county commissioners of the county in which a licensee maintains his or her
principal place of business, the governing body of the city in which the
licensee maintains his or her principal place of business if the licensee
maintains his or her principal place of business within an incorporated city or
the Department of a verified complaint charging the licensee with the
commission, within 1 year prior to the date of filing the complaint, of any act
which is cause for suspension or revocation of a license, the board of county
commissioners, the governing body or the Department, as applicable, forthwith
shall issue a citation directing the licensee, within 10 days after service
thereof upon him or her, to appear by filing with the board of county
commissioners, the governing body or the Department, as applicable, a verified
answer to the complaint showing cause, if any he or she has, why his or her
license should not be suspended or revoked. Service of the citation with a copy
of the complaint shall be made upon the licensee as provided by the Nevada
Rules of Civil Procedure for the service of process in civil actions.
2.  Failure of the licensee to answer
within the time specified shall be deemed an admission by the licensee of the
commission of the act or acts charged in the complaint. Thereupon, if the
verified complaint was filed with the board of county commissioners or the
governing body of a city, the board or governing body, as applicable, shall
give written notice of the failure of the licensee to answer to the Department.
The Department forthwith shall suspend or revoke the license, as the case may be,
and shall give notice of such suspension or revocation by mailing a true copy
thereof, by United States registered or certified mail in a sealed envelope
with postage thereon fully prepaid, addressed to the licensee at his or her
latest address of record in the office of the Department.