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Immigrant Support

Know Your Rights 

Every resident of Nevada has basic rights that protect you when you have contact with law enforcement, regardless of your citizenship or immigration status—including undocumented immigrants.

Todos los residentes de Nevada tienen derechos básicos que los protegen cuando tienen contacto con las autoridades policiales, independientemente de su ciudadanía o estatus migratorio, incluidos los inmigrantes indocumentados.

• Know Your Rights: Individual Rights for Immigrants
• Know Your Rights: Rights for Immigrant Employers
• Conozca Sus Derechos: Derechos Individuales de los Inmigrantes
• Conozca Sus Derechos: Guía Sobre los Derechos de Inmigración Para Empleadores

Citizen Support

• Child Advocacy in Nevada
  • Nevada Children's Advocate and Clearinghouse for Missing Children
  • Protection from Sex Offenders
  • NV AG brochures and publications
  • Internet Safety
  • Nevada Alliance for Drug Endangered Children

• Consumer Protection
  • Announcements & Lawsuits

• Domestic Terrorism

• Foreclosure Information
  • Foreclosure Relief RFP
  • Foreclosure Relief Programs Via Wells Fargo Settlement Money
  • Countrywide Settlement
  • Foreclosure Mediation Program
  • Foreclosure Multistate Settlement
  • Joint NAAG Statement
  • Legal Aid center of Southern Nevada

• Senior Protection
  The divisions that comprise the Senior Protection Unit include:
  • Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
  • Bureau of Consumer Protection
  • Identity Theft Program
  • Senior Medicare Patrol

Human Trafficking

• Human Trafficking
  Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery impacting our most vulnerable populations, and it is a serious international problem that warrants our full attention and consideration.
  
  • What is Human Trafficking
  • Fighting Human Trafficking in Nevada
  • Warning Signs of Human Trafficking
  • Help for Victims
  • How you Can Help Fight Human Trafficking
  • Acknowledgements

Open Government

•  Public Integrity
  The Nevada Attorney General’s Office is committed to restoring the public trust in government. We investigate and prosecute crimes committed by state employees and officials in the course of their duties, crimes referred by the District Attorneys’ Offices due to conflict of interest, and crimes related to violations of elections and campaign laws.

• Attorney General's Office Public Meetings
  • Attorney General's Substance Abuse Working Group
  • Committee on Domestic Violence
  • Council for the Prevention of Domestic Violence Meeting Minutes and Agendas
  • Nevada VINE Governance Committee Meeting Minutes and Agendas
  • Open Meeting Law Task Force

• Open Meeting Law
  • Open Meeting Law Opinions
  • Open Meeting Law Manual & Forms
  • Open Meeting Law FAQs

Unlicensed Health Care

Unlicensed Health Care find more information on the "Say No to Unlicensed Health Care" Campaign, how to report illegal medical activity and additional resources and websites.

Victims of Crime

• Victims of Crime

• Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence In Nevada
  • Nevada Attorney General's Domestic Violence Unit
  • Prosecuting Domestic Violence in Nevada
  • Nevada Victims' Bill of Rights
  • Boy Scout Domestic Violence Patch 
  • Girl Scout Domestic Violence Patch 
  • Protection Order Contacts
  • Committee on Domestic Violence
  • Nevada Council for the Prevention of Domestic Violence

• Victims of Crime Subcommittee

• Identity Theft in Nevada
  • What is Identity Theft?
  • Nevada's Identity Theft Laws
  • Information for Identity Theft Victims
  • Nevada Identity Theft Program
  • Prevention and Awareness
  • Identity Theft Resources and Links

• Nevada VINE
  The Nevada Office of the Attorney General received a SAVIN (Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification) grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to implement a Statewide automated victim notification service. Nevada VINE (Victim Information Notification Everyday) will be implemented throughout the state by the end of June 2013.

• Technological Crime
  • Technological Crime Advisory Board 
  • Cyber Security Tips on Prevention
  • Internet Safety for Children and Teens
  • High Tech Crime Legislation
   

• If you are a victim
  Report the crime to your local police.
  Report the crime to federal authorities.

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