Title 58

NRS 707.240 Certificate required to be filed with and recorded by Secretary of State; contents; fees. 1. The person or persons, or the president or the managing agent of the company, association or corporation mentioned in NRS 707.230, shall make, sign and acknowledge, before som…

NRS 707.250 Construction, operation and maintenance of lines over public and private lands. The person or persons, company, association or corporation named in the certificate (provided for in NRS 707.240), and their assigns may construct, or if constructed, maintain, or if parti…

NRS 707.280 Right-of-way for line: Procedure for appraisal and compensation for private land; appeal. 1. Any person or the person’s assigns, who are constructing, or who have already constructed, or who may propose to construct, a telephone line as provided in NRS 707.230 to 707.…

NRS 707.300 Applicability of NRS 707.230 to 707.280, inclusive. All persons or corporations owning and operating telephone lines in this state are entitled to all the rights and privileges and are subject to all the restrictions and responsibilities provided in NRS 707.230 to 707…

NRS 707.340 Public utility furnishing telephone service required to assist peace officers in tracing certain callers; immunity for good faith reliance; limitations concerning wiretapping. 1. Every public utility furnishing telephone service in this state shall provide any lawful …

NRS 707.355 Public utility furnishing telephone service and other providers required to disconnect telephone number pursuant to court order or order of Public Utilities Commission of Nevada; such providers prohibited from forwarding calls or providing recorded message with new nu…

NRS 707.370 Provider of cellular or other portable service required to provide access at no charge to telephone number to be used in emergency. A person authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to provide cellular or other service to a telephone installed in a vehicle …

NRS 707.375 State and local entities prohibited from regulating use of certain telephonic devices by persons operating motor vehicles. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484B.165, an agency, board, commission or political subdivision of this State, including, without limitati…

NRS 707.400 Definitions. As used in NRS 707.400 to 707.500, inclusive, the words and terms defined in NRS 707.410 to 707.460, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1999, 738; A 2013, 1809)

NRS 707.410 “Commission” defined. “Commission” means the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada. (Added to NRS by 1999, 739)

NRS 707.420 “Department” defined. “Department” means the Department of Human Services. (Added to NRS by 1999, 739)

NRS 707.430 “Eligible customer” defined. “Eligible customer” means a customer who is eligible to receive lifeline or tribal link up services. (Added to NRS by 1999, 739; A 2013, 204)

NRS 707.440 “Eligible provider” defined. “Eligible provider” means a telecommunication provider that has been designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier by the Commission to receive universal service support pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 214, as that section existed on Januar…

NRS 707.450 “Lifeline” defined. “Lifeline” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. § 54.401(a), as that section existed on April 2, 2012. (Added to NRS by 1999, 739; A 2013, 204)

NRS 707.460 “Tribal link up” defined. “Tribal link up” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. § 54.413, as that section existed on April 1, 2012. (Added to NRS by 1999, 739; A 2013, 204)

NRS 707.485 Eligible provider, independent administrator or National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier authorized to access certain databases to determine or verify status of eligible customers. 1. Until an independent administrator is selected pursuant to NRS 704.040 or the National…

NRS 707.490 Reduction in telephone rates provided by lifeline or tribal link up services: Methods for determining; applicability; reimbursement. 1. The reduction in the telephone rates provided by lifeline or tribal link up services must be based on the methods for determining re…

NRS 707.500 Enhanced 911 service: Immunity from liability for certain entities providing service through public safety answering point in certain circumstances. 1. A telephone company, person providing wireless or commercial mobile radio service, public safety answering point, or…

NRS 707.550 Definitions. As used in NRS 707.550 to 707.585, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 707.555 to 707.570, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1860)

NRS 707.555 “Facility for personal wireless service” defined. “Facility for personal wireless service” includes any building, structure, antenna and other equipment used to provide personal wireless service. The term includes a telecommunications tower. (Added to NRS by 2003, 186…

NRS 707.560 “Land use authority” defined. “Land use authority” means an agency, bureau, board, commission, department, division, officer or employee of the State or of a local government authorized by law to take action on an application to construct a facility for personal wirel…

NRS 707.565 “Personal wireless service” defined. “Personal wireless service” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 U.S.C. § 332(c)(7)(C), as that provision existed on July 1, 2003. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1860)

NRS 707.570 “Telecommunications tower” defined. “Telecommunications tower” means any freestanding tower, monopole or similar structure used to provide personal wireless services. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1860)

NRS 707.575 Procedures and standards for review and approval of application to construct facility; requirements following denial of application; limitations on power of land use authority. 1. Notwithstanding any specific statute or ordinance to the contrary, a land use authority …

NRS 707.580 Assessment of costs incurred to process application. A land use authority, in connection with an application to construct a facility for personal wireless service, may assess the applicant for the actual costs incurred by the land use authority to process the applicat…

NRS 707.585 Written decision required upon denial of application; contents of decision; filing of decision and record with court upon bringing action against land use authority. 1. A land use authority that denies the approval of an application to construct a facility for persona…

NRS 707.600 Definitions. As used in NRS 707.600 to 707.650, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 707.610 and 707.620 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2013, 306)

NRS 707.610 “Department” defined. “Department” means the Department of Public Safety. (Added to NRS by 2013, 306)

NRS 707.620 “Provider of wireless telecommunications” defined. “Provider of wireless telecommunications” means a person that is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to provide wireless telecommunications services over a designated radio frequency and is authorized to…

NRS 707.630 Provider of wireless telecommunications required to provide call location information to law enforcement in certain circumstances; establishment of protocols for voluntary disclosure of such information allowed; immunity for good faith action. 1. Upon the request of a…

NRS 707.640 Provider of wireless telecommunications required to submit emergency contact information to Department to facilitate requests from law enforcement for call location information. 1. Any provider of wireless telecommunications shall submit its emergency contact informat…

NRS 707.650 Regulations. The Department may adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 707.600 to 707.650, inclusive. (Added to NRS by 2013, 307) UNLAWFUL ACTS; PENALTIES

NRS 707.900 Penalty for interception, interruption or delay of message sent over telephone line. Every person who shall intercept, read or in any manner interrupt or delay the sending of a message over any telephone line shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. [Part 1911 C&P § 48…

NRS 707.910 Penalty for damaging or interfering with use of telephone line. Any person who: 1. By the attachment of a ground wire, or by any other contrivance, willfully destroys the insulation of a telephone line, or interrupts the transmission of the electric current through th…

NRS 707.920 Civil liability for violation of NRS 707.910. Any person found to be in violation of the provisions of NRS 707.910 is, in addition to the penalties therein prescribed, liable to the person damaged in a civil suit for all damages occasioned thereby. [9:86:1864; B § 350…