1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 697.177, each license issued to a general agent, bail agent, bail enforcement agent or bail solicitor under this chapter continues in force for 3 years unless it is suspended, revoked or otherwise terminated. A license may be renewed upon payment of all applicable fees for renewal to the Commissioner on or before the last day of the month in which the license is renewable. All applicable fees must be accompanied by:

(a) Proof that the licensee has completed a 3-hour program of continuing education that is:

(1) Offered by the authorized surety insurer from whom the licensee received written appointment, if any, a state or national organization of bail agents or another organization that administers training programs for general agents, bail agents, bail enforcement agents or bail solicitors; and

(2) Approved by the Commissioner; and

(b) A written request for renewal of the license. The request must be made and signed:

(1) By the licensee in the case of the renewal of a license as a general agent, bail enforcement agent or bail agent.

(2) By the bail solicitor and the bail agent who employs the solicitor in the case of the renewal of a license as a bail solicitor.

2. Any license that is not renewed on or before the last day specified for its renewal expires at midnight on that day. The Commissioner may accept a request for renewal received by the Commissioner within 30 days after the date of expiration if the request is accompanied by a fee for renewal of 150 percent of all applicable fees otherwise required, except for any fee required pursuant to NRS 680C.110.

3. A bail agent’s license continues in force while there is in effect an appointment of him or her as a bail agent of one or more authorized insurers. Upon termination of all the bail agent’s appointments and the bail agent’s failure to replace any appointment within 30 days thereafter, the bail agent’s license expires and the bail agent shall promptly deliver his or her license to the Commissioner.

4. The Commissioner shall terminate the license of a general agent for a particular insurer upon a written request by the insurer.

5. This section does not apply to temporary licenses issued under NRS 683A.311 or 697.177.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1911; A 1981, 1810; 1987, 473; 1997, 2209, 3387; 2001, 2253; 2009, 1824, effective on the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings)