MEMORANDUM *

The district court abused its discretion by awarding Alessi & Koenig, LLC (“Ales-si”) $5,843.75 in attorney’s fees.

1. Alessi constitutes a law firm retained by its clients to collect debts in the usual course of its practice. See Nev.Rev. Stat. § 649.020(2)(g). As such, it is exempted from the requirement that it obtain a license from the State of Nevada before collecting claims on behalf of its clients. Id. § 649.075; see also Nev. Dep’t of Bus. & Indus., Fin. Insts. Div., Advisory Opinion Regarding Attorneys Acting as Collection Agencies (2012). 1

2. However, given the ambiguity of the “conducting collection agencies” language in § 649.020(2) and that clarifying guidance from the State was not available until several months after Carpenter filed suit against Alessi, Carpenter’s claim was not brought “without reasonable ground.” Nev.Rev.Stat. § 18.010(2)(b).

3. Additionally, the district court’s order awarding fees to Alessi did not contain the mandated “find[ings]” necessary to support its decision. Id.; see also Rivero v. Rivero, 125 Nev. 410, 216 P.3d 213, 234 (2009).

REVERSED.