Title 54

NRS 648.017 Purpose of licensing; license as revocable privilege. The purpose of licensing private investigators, private patrol officers, process servers, repossessors, dog handlers, security consultants, and polygraphic examiners and interns is to protect the public safety and …

NRS 648.018 Applicability of chapter. Except as to polygraphic examiners and interns, this chapter does not apply: 1. To any detective or officer belonging to the law enforcement agencies of the State of Nevada or the United States, or of any county or city of the State of Nevada…

NRS 648.020 Creation; members; Chair; salary of members; per diem allowance and travel expenses of members and employees. 1. The Private Investigator’s Licensing Board, consisting of five members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created. 2. The Governor shall appoint: (a) One…

NRS 648.025 Employment of Executive Director, investigators and clerical personnel. 1. The Board may: (a) Employ an Executive Director who: (1) Is the chief administrative officer of the Board; (2) Serves at the pleasure of the Board; and (3) Shall perform such duties as the Boar…

NRS 648.030 Duties and powers: Adoption of regulations; classification of licensees by type of business; establishment of criteria for authorizing self-insurance of licensees and levying fines for violations; fixing qualifications of licensees; requiring licensees to attend firea…

NRS 648.033 Maintenance and release of records by Board; confidentiality of certain records of Board; exceptions; regulations. 1. The Board shall maintain a public record of: (a) The business it transacts at its regular and special meetings; and (b) The applications received by i…

NRS 648.036 Application to district court for release of confidential information possessed by Board. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 648.033, a person who wishes to obtain information possessed by the Board that is declared by law to be confidential must apply to the distric…

NRS 648.039 Board may refuse to reveal identity of informant or information obtained from informant; exception. Except in a proceeding brought by the State, the Board may refuse to reveal the identity of an informant or the information obtained from the informant. (Added to NRS b…

NRS 648.040 Deposit and use of money received by Board; payment of expenses; delegation of authority to take disciplinary action; deposit of fines; claim for attorney’s fees and costs of investigation. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, all money received pursuant t…

NRS 648.045 Civil liability. A member of the Board or an employee or agent of the Board is not liable in a civil action for any act performed in good faith and within the scope of the duties of the Board pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (Added to NRS by 1997, 209) LICE…

NRS 648.060 License required to engage in or advertise business; registration required for employee of licensee. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 253.220, no person may: (a) Engage in the business of private investigator, private patrol officer, process server, repossessor,…

NRS 648.061 Exemption from required licensure as polygraphic examiner or intern. 1. A license as a polygraphic examiner or intern is not required under this chapter of a person who conducts polygraphic examinations solely in the performance of official duties for a federal, state…

NRS 648.063 Single act for which license is required is violation; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an unlicensed person who performs a single act for which a license is required has engaged in the business for which the license is required and, unless …

NRS 648.065 Licensing of persons engaged in various occupations on July 1, 1967. 1. Any person who, on July 1, 1967, is duly and regularly licensed to conduct the business of private detective or act in the capacity of private detective under the laws of this State shall not be r…

NRS 648.070 Licensing: Application; fee; reexamination. Every applicant for a license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter must file with the Board a written application accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $100 for each examination that the applicant wishes to take. The w…

NRS 648.075 Licensing: Incomplete application; period of validity of application; summary denial of invalid application; burden of proof; waiver of claim for damages resulting from application. 1. An applicant must answer all the questions and provide all the information required…

NRS 648.080 Licenses: Contents of application. Every application for a license must contain: 1. A detailed statement of the applicant’s personal history on the form specified by the Board. If the applicant is a corporation, the application must include such a statement concerning…

NRS 648.085 Payment of child support: Submission of certain information by applicant; grounds for denial of license or registration; duty of Board. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withhol…

NRS 648.100 Licenses: Examinations; investigation of applicants; fees; grounds for refusing to grant; provision of copy of investigation report to applicant. 1. The Board shall require an applicant to pass a written examination for an initial license and may require an applicant …

NRS 648.110 Licenses: Qualifications of applicants; issuance. 1. Before the Board grants any license, the applicant, including each director and officer of a corporate applicant, must: (a) Be at least 21 years of age. (b) Be of good moral character and temperate habits. (c) Have …

NRS 648.115 Licenses: Person licensed as polygraphic examiner in another state. The Board may issue a license to any person who is licensed as a polygraphic examiner in another state if: 1. The requirements for the license in that jurisdiction at the time the license was issued a…

NRS 648.120 Licenses: Fees; abeyance; regulations. 1. A license issued pursuant to this chapter may not be issued or renewed until the applicant or licensee pays to the Board a license fee prescribed by the Board in an amount not exceeding $500 for each category of license being …

NRS 648.135 Licenses: Maintenance of liability insurance or acting as self-insurer; minimum limits of liability; proof. 1. Before issuing any license or annual renewal thereof, the Board shall require satisfactory proof that the applicant or licensee: (a) Is covered by a policy o…

NRS 648.140 Licenses: Rights of licensees; local ordinances; registered employees. 1. Any license obtained pursuant to the provisions of this chapter gives the licensee or any bona fide employee of the licensee authority to engage in the type of business for which he or she is li…

NRS 648.142 Licenses: Form, contents and posting of license; issuance and surrender of pocket cards; notification to Board of change of address or other information; not assignable. 1. The license, when issued, shall be in such form as may be determined by the Board and shall inc…

NRS 648.144 Licenses: Expiration of licenses and pocket cards; renewal. A license issued under the provisions of this chapter and the cards issued pursuant to NRS 648.142 expire on June 30 of each year unless they are renewed. A licensee desiring a renewal of his or her license m…

NRS 648.146 Licenses: Forfeiture of license; reinstatement; fee. If a licensee fails to renew his or her license within the time fixed by NRS 648.144, the license is automatically forfeited, but may be reinstated within 30 days after the date of the forfeiture upon his or her com…

NRS 648.148 Licensee required to maintain and provide Board information regarding principal place of business; licensee required to include name and license number in advertising. 1. Each licensee shall: (a) Maintain a principal place of business; and (b) File with the Board the …

NRS 648.149 Branch offices of licensees: Registration; fee; notification of changes; issuance of certificate. 1. Each licensee shall file in writing with the Board the address of each branch office and pay to the Board an annual fee of $50 for each branch office registered. Withi…

NRS 648.1493 Registration: Requirements; application; qualifications; issuance; pocket cards; expiration; renewal; appeal of denial of registration; regulations. 1. To obtain a registration, a person must: (a) Be a natural person; (b) File a written application for registration w…

NRS 648.1495 Registration: Issuance and expiration of provisional registration. 1. The Board or the sheriff of a county whose population is 100,000 or more who has entered into a contract with the Board to perform such services shall, upon completion and review by the Board or sh…

NRS 648.150 Grounds for disciplinary action against licensee. The Board may discipline any licensee for any of the following causes: 1. Conviction of a felony relating to the practice of the licensee or of any offense involving moral turpitude. 2. Violation of any of the provisio…

NRS 648.155 Additional grounds for disciplinary action against polygraphic examiners and interns. In addition to the causes specified in NRS 648.150, the Board may discipline an intern or polygraphic examiner if he or she has: 1. Demonstrated incompetence or a physical or emotion…

NRS 648.156 Grounds for revocation of registration. The Board may revoke the registration of a registered employee if the Board finds, after a hearing conducted pursuant to NRS 648.166 and 648.170, that the registered employee: 1. Failed to disclose any fact or misstated or other…

NRS 648.157 Suspension of license of private investigator who obtains or seeks access to certain information from Department of Motor Vehicles for improper purpose; additional disciplinary action authorized. 1. A private investigator licensed pursuant to this chapter shall not ob…

NRS 648.158 Suspension of license or registration for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license or registration. [Effective until 2 years after the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each stat…

NRS 648.160 Investigation of complaints; issuance of notice of violation; issuance and enforcement of subpoenas. 1. The Board may, upon its own motion: (a) Investigate the actions of any person holding or claiming to hold a license or registration. (b) Authorize a representative …

NRS 648.162 Notice of violation: Contents; appeal. 1. Each notice of violation must: (a) Be in writing and describe with particularity the nature of the violation, including a reference to the section of this chapter or the provision of the standard, rule, regulation or order all…

NRS 648.164 Failure to comply with notice of violation is grounds for suspension, revocation or denial of license, registration or application. 1. The failure of a licensee or registered employee to comply with a notice of violation after it is final is a ground for suspension or…

NRS 648.165 Issuance of citations for unauthorized practice; cease and desist order; administrative fines; appeal. 1. The Board may issue to a person who has violated NRS 648.060 a citation. 2. Such a citation must be in writing and describe with particularity the nature of the v…

NRS 648.1655 Unlicensed person prohibited from engaging in business of process server during period in which cease and desist order is in effect. If a person who is not licensed as a process server pursuant to this chapter has been issued a citation pursuant to NRS 648.165 that c…

NRS 648.166 Hearing after receipt of appeal of notice of violation or citation; notice of hearing. 1. The Board shall conduct a hearing within 90 days after receiving a notice of appeal from a person who has received a notice of violation or a citation except that: (a) If the Boa…

NRS 648.170 Contents and service of complaint; answer; effect of failure to answer or appear; notice and hearing. 1. The complaint referred to in NRS 648.160 must be a written statement of charges which must set forth in ordinary and concise language the acts or omissions with wh…

NRS 648.174 Action not precluded by correction of conditions resulting from wrongful acts. If a licensee or registered employee, or an applicant for a license or registration, has engaged in repeated acts which would be grounds for disciplinary action, but has corrected the condi…

NRS 648.175 Authorized disciplinary action; orders imposing discipline deemed public records. 1. If, after notice and a hearing as required by law, the Board finds that cause exists, the Board may: (a) Revoke the license of the licensee. (b) Suspend the license of the licensee fo…

NRS 648.177 Duty to immediately surrender license or registration upon notice of suspension, revocation or refusal to renew. Upon receiving written notification of a suspension, revocation or refusal to renew a license or registration, the holder of the license or registration sh…