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CAPITOL INDEM. v. DEP'T BUS. & INDUS.

No. 41880.

138 P.3d 516 (2006)

CAPITOL INDEMNITY CORP., Appellant, v. The STATE of Nevada, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, CONSUMER AFFAIRS DIVISION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

July 20, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faux & Associates, P.C., and Kurt C. Faux and William B. Parsons IV, Las Vegas, for Appellant.

George Chanos, Attorney General, and Kathleen E. Delaney, Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, for Respondent.

Before MAUPIN, GIBBONS and HARDESTY, JJ.

OPINION

HARDESTY, J.

In this opinion, we determine whether a surety has an equitable right to intervene at an administrative bond forfeiture hearing on behalf of an absent principal. Because the hearing officer may dispose of the controversy without receiving evidence contesting the principal's liability, we adopt the doctrine of legal subrogation and conclude that a surety is equitably entitled to intervene...

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