Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 239 · 54 active provisions
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: 1. The purpose of this chapter is to foster democratic principles by providing members of the public with prompt access to inspect, copy or receive a copy of public books and records to the extent permitted by law; 2. The provisions of this chapter must be construed liber…
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Actual cost” means the direct cost incurred by a governmental entity in the provision of a public record, including, without limitation, the cost of ink, toner, paper, media and postage. The term does not include a cost that a governmental entity incur…
1. The head of each agency of the Executive Department shall designate one or more employees of the agency to act as records official for the agency. 2. A records official designated pursuant to subsection 1 shall carry out the duties imposed pursuant to this chapter on the agency of the Executive Department that desig…
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 1.4683, 1.4687, 1A.110, 3.2203, 41.0397, 41.071, 49.095, 49.293, 62D.420, 62D.440, 62E.516, 62E.620, 62H.025, 62H.030, 62H.170, 62H.220, 62H.320, 75A.100, 75A.150, 76.160, 78.152, 80.113, 81.850, 82.183, 86.246, 86.54615, 87.515, 87.5413, 87A.200, 87A.580, 87A.640…
Any privatization contract executed by or on behalf of a governmental entity is a public record and must be open to public inspection during the regular business hours of the governmental entity.
1. Records of a local governmental entity are confidential and not public books or records within the meaning of NRS 239.010 if: (a) The records contain the name, address, telephone number or other identifying information of a natural person; and (b) The natural person whose name, address, telephone number or other ide…
1. Not later than the end of the fifth business day after the date on which the person who has legal custody or control of a public book or record of a governmental entity receives a written or oral request from a person to inspect, copy or receive a copy of the public book or record, a governmental entity shall do one…
1. If a request for inspection, copying or copies of a public book or record open to inspection and copying is denied or unreasonably delayed or if a person who requests a copy of a public book or record believes that the fee charged by the governmental entity for providing the copy of the public book or record is exce…
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, if: 1. The confidentiality of a public book or record, or a part thereof, is at issue in a judicial or administrative proceeding; and 2. The governmental entity that has legal custody or control of the public book or record asserts that the public book or record, or a part…
1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subsection 3, notwithstanding any provision of law that has declared a public book or record, or a part thereof, to be confidential, if a public book or record has been in the legal custody or control of one or more governmental entities for at least 30 years, a pe…
A public officer or employee who acts in good faith in disclosing or refusing to disclose information and the employer of the public officer or employee are immune from liability for damages, either to the requester or to the person whom the information concerns.
Any records of a public library or other library which contain the identity of a user and the books, documents, films, recordings or other property of the library which were used are confidential and not public books or records within the meaning of NRS 239.010. Such records may be disclosed only in response to an orde…
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a record or portion of a record that contains personally identifiable information collected by automated means over the Internet or other digital network by a governmental entity as part of the electronic collection of information from the general public is confidential…
1. A custodian of records may remove books of records, maps, charts, surveys and other papers for storage in an appropriate facility if the custodian believes that the removal of such records is necessary for their protection or permanent preservation, or the custodian may arrange for their transfer to another location…
Whenever a copy of any public record is required by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be used in determining the eligibility of any person to participate in benefits made available by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the official charged with the custody of such public record shall, without charge, provide the a…
Every officer having custody of public records, the contents of which are not declared by law to be confidential, shall furnish copies certified to be correct to any person who requests them and pays or tenders such fees as may be prescribed for the service of copying and certifying.
1. Unless destruction of a particular record without reproduction is authorized by a schedule adopted pursuant to NRS 239.080 or 239.125, any custodian of public records in this State may destroy documents, instruments, papers, books and any other records or writings in the custodian’s custody only if an image of those…
1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a governmental entity may charge a fee for providing a copy of a public record. Such a fee must not exceed the actual cost to the governmental entity to provide the copy of the public record unless a specific statute or regulation sets a fee that the governmental enti…
1. If a person requests a copy of a transcript of an administrative proceeding that has been transcribed by a certified court reporter, a governmental entity shall charge, in addition to the actual cost of the medium in which the copy of the transcript is provided, a fee for each page provided which is equal in amount…
1. A fee for the provision of information from a geographic information system may include, in addition to the actual cost of the medium in which the information is provided, the reasonable costs related to: (a) The gathering and entry of data into the system; (b) Maintenance and updating of the database of the system;…
1. In lieu of or in addition to the method of recording required or allowed by statute, the county recorder may use microfilm or digital images for such recording. 2. The Division shall provide microfilming or digital imaging services to any local government. The charge for the service must not exceed the actual cost o…
1. The Committee to Approve Schedules for the Retention and Disposition of Official State Records, consisting of six members, is hereby created. 2. The Committee consists of: (a) The Secretary of State; (b) The Attorney General; (c) The Director of the Department of Administration; (d) The State Library, Archives and P…
The Committee shall: 1. Review and approve or disapprove the schedules for the retention and disposition of the official state records of each agency, board and commission which is required to develop those schedules pursuant to NRS 239.080. 2. Advise the Division concerning the development and use of schedules for the…
1. An official state record may be disposed of only in accordance with a schedule for retention and disposition which is approved by the Committee. 2. In cooperation with the Division, each agency, board and commission shall develop a schedule for the retention and disposition of each type of official state record. 3.…
1. The Division shall develop and, to the extent that resources are available, conduct a program of education and training on the retention and disposition of official state records for the employees of each agency, board and commission that is required to maintain its official state records in accordance with a schedu…