Title 19

NRS 238.100 Date of postmark deemed date of filing or payment. 1. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 4, or by specific statute, any document or payment required or permitted by law or regulation to be filed or made by mailing to the State or any of its agencies or political …

NRS 239.001 Legislative findings and declaration. 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…

NRS 239.005 Definitions. 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. …

NRS 239.008 Designation of records official for certain state agencies; forms and procedures applicable to requests for public books or records. 1. The head of each agency of the Executive Department shall designate one or more employees of the agency to act as records official f…

NRS 239.010 Public books and public records open to inspection; confidential information in public books and records; copyrighted books and records; copies to be prepared by governmental entity and provided in electronic format unless other medium requested. 1. Except as otherwis…

NRS 239.0103 Privatization contracts open to inspection. 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. (Added to NRS by 2011, 2723…

NRS 239.0105 Confidentiality of certain records of local governmental entities. 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 id…

NRS 239.0107 Requests for inspection or copying of public books or records: Actions by governmental entities. 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 entit…

NRS 239.011 Application to court for order compelling disclosure of public book or record in legal custody or control of governmental entity for less than 30 years; priority; appeal. 1. If a request for inspection, copying or copies of a public book or record open to inspection a…

NRS 239.0113 Burden of proof where confidentiality of public book or record is at issue. 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 gove…

NRS 239.0115 Application to court for order allowing inspection or copying of public book or record in legal custody or control of governmental entity for at least 30 years; rebuttable presumption; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subsection 3, n…

NRS 239.012 Immunity for good faith disclosure or refusal to disclose information. 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, eithe…

NRS 239.013 Confidentiality of records of library which identify user with property used. 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 confide…

NRS 239.014 Confidentiality of certain records collected electronically by governmental entity; list; exceptions; report to Legislature. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a record or portion of a record that contains personally identifiable information collected by…

NRS 239.015 Removal, transfer and storage of records authorized if necessary; copies to be provided upon request. 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 th…

NRS 239.020 Provision of certified copies of public records to federal Department of Veterans Affairs without charge. 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 b…

NRS 239.030 Furnishing of certified copies of public records. 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 fe…

NRS 239.051 Requirements before destruction. 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 a…

NRS 239.052 Fees: Limitations; waiver; posting of sign or notice. 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 t…

NRS 239.053 Additional fee for transcript of administrative proceedings; money remitted to court reporter; posting of sign or notice. 1. If a person requests a copy of a transcript of an administrative proceeding that has been transcribed by a certified court reporter, a governme…

NRS 239.054 Additional fee for information from geographic information system. 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 relat…

NRS 239.070 Use of microfilm or digital images by county recorder for recording; Division to provide microfilming, digital imaging or similar service; requirements; sale of duplicate; disposition of money. 1. In lieu of or in addition to the method of recording required or allowe…

NRS 239.073 Committee to Approve Schedules for the Retention and Disposition of Official State Records: Creation; composition; meetings; rules and regulations. 1. The Committee to Approve Schedules for the Retention and Disposition of Official State Records, consisting of six mem…

NRS 239.077 Committee to Approve Schedules for the Retention and Disposition of Official State Records: Duties. 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 commiss…

NRS 239.080 State records: Schedules for retention and disposition. 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 comm…

NRS 239.083 State records: Program of education and training on retention and disposition; letter of reprimand or other discipline for knowing and willful disposition of state record in manner contrary to schedule for retention and disposition. 1. The Division shall develop and, …

NRS 239.085 State records: Disposition by Department of Transportation. 1. The Director of the Department of Transportation shall, in cooperation with the Division, develop a schedule for the retention and disposition of each type of official state record in the care, custody and…

NRS 239.090 State records: Preservation of obsolete and noncurrent records by Division; right to control records. 1. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2, a state official may, with the prior approval of the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator, submit an…

NRS 239.110 Judicial records: Destruction; reproductions. 1. In addition to any other requirement of this section, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, a deputy clerk of the Supreme Court, a county clerk, the clerk of a district court, a deputy clerk of a district court, a clerk of a …

NRS 239.121 Local governmental records: Definitions. As used in NRS 239.121 to 239.125, inclusive: 1. “Custodian of records” means any person authorized to have the care, custody and control of any documents, instruments, papers, books, pamphlets or any other records or writings …

NRS 239.123 Local governmental records: Submission to Division; accounting; return or reclamation. 1. As an alternative to the destruction of old records, the records, with the consent of the governing body and the State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator, may be …

NRS 239.124 Local governmental records: Exclusive procedures for destruction. The procedures set forth in NRS 239.051, 239.110 and 239.123, and any procedure specifically authorized by the special charter of an incorporated city, constitute the procedures for disposition by a loc…

NRS 239.125 Local governmental records: Program for management; regulations of State Library, Archives and Public Records Administrator. 1. A local governmental entity may establish a program for the management of records, including the adoption of schedules for the retention of …

NRS 239.130 Rerecording of instrument if county records lost or destroyed. 1. Whenever the records, or any material part thereof, of any county in this State have been lost or destroyed by fire or otherwise, or shall hereafter be lost or destroyed by fire or otherwise, any map, p…

NRS 239.140 Certain deeds prima facie evidence of regularity of proceedings after destruction or loss of records. 1. In all cases where real property has been sold by a sheriff, executor, administrator, guardian, assignee, receiver, trustee or other person appointed or authorized…

NRS 239.150 Restoration of liens, mortgages and judgments if records lost or destroyed; procedure; limitations. 1. Whenever the record and entry of any judgment, or the record of any mechanic’s lien, mortgage or other encumbrance or lien upon property is lost or destroyed by fire…

NRS 239.160 Proceeding to establish contents and record of lost or destroyed deed or will; parties defendant. 1. Whenever the record of any deed or other instrument affecting the title to or concerning any interest in real property or water rights in this state, which is authoriz…

NRS 239.170 Procedure to establish contents of lost or destroyed deed or will: Complaint; summons; hearing; decree. 1. The proceeding provided in NRS 239.160 for the restoration of lost records shall be begun by filing a complaint in the court having jurisdiction thereof as provi…

NRS 239.180 Character of evidence which court may admit. Upon the hearing of the application provided in NRS 239.170, the court or judge may admit in evidence oral testimony, and any complete or partial abstract of such lost or destroyed instrument, record, docket entries or inde…

NRS 239.190 Proceedings brought in county where property is situated. The district court of any county in which the property is situated which will be affected by proceedings to restore lost records, as provided in this chapter, shall have jurisdiction of such proceedings. [1911 …

NRS 239.200 Where proceedings are brought when county divided after destruction of records. Whenever a county is segregated after the loss or destruction of the public records thereof, or any part of such records, and a portion of its territory is included in some new county crea…

NRS 239.210 Limitations affecting restored records. Where any judgment, mortgage, deed of trust, lien or the record thereof has been restored under this chapter, such judgment, mortgage, deed of trust or lien shall not continue to extend beyond the limitation prescribed by law at…

NRS 239.220 Restored records validated. Whenever the records or any material part thereof of any county in this state have been lost or destroyed by fire or otherwise, and any map, plat, deed or other instrument in writing mentioned in NRS 239.130, affecting the title to any real…

NRS 239.230 Restoration of judicial records not affecting real property or water rights: Procedure. In all cases where the records of any judgments, not affecting real property or water rights, which judgments have not expired by limitation, or other records of any court of eithe…

NRS 239.240 Restoration of judicial records not affecting real property or water rights: Contents of affidavit filed with court. 1. When any record of any court in this State, not affecting real property or water rights, has been lost, destroyed or defaced, so that its contents c…

NRS 239.250 Court to issue citation upon filing of affidavit. 1. Except in all cases of citizenship or naturalization where no citation is required to issue, upon making and filing of the affidavits, the court or the judge thereof shall thereupon issue a citation to all parties i…