Title 52

NRS 600A.060 Attorney’s fees. If: 1. A claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith; 2. A motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith; or 3. Willful and malicious misappropriation exists, Ê the court may award reasonable attorney’s fees to the prevailing …

NRS 600A.070 Preservation of secrecy. In any civil or criminal action, the court shall preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by reasonable means, which may include, without limitation: 1. Granting protective orders in connection with discovery proceedings; 2. Holding he…

NRS 600A.080 Limitation of actions. An action for misappropriation must be brought within 3 years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation const…

NRS 600A.090 Effect of chapter on other law and remedies. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, this chapter displaces conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other law of this state providing civil remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret. 2. This chapter does no…

NRS 600A.100 Inapplicability of chapter to acts which occurred before, or began before and continue after, July 1, 1987. This chapter does not apply to a misappropriation that occurred before July 1, 1987, or to a misappropriation that began before and continues after July 1, 198…

NRS 601.010 Use of name of incorporated association or society. 1. No person, society, association or corporation shall assume, adopt or use the name of a military, ex-military, patriotic, benevolent, humane, fraternal or charitable organization, incorporated under the laws of th…

NRS 601.020 Illegal exhibition and use of names and insignia. 1. Unless authorized under the laws, statutes, rules, regulations and bylaws of any military, ex-military, patriotic, benevolent, humane, fraternal or charitable society, association or corporation incorporated under t…

NRS 601.030 Injunctive relief for illegal exhibition and use of names and insignia. 1. Whenever there shall be an actual or threatened violation of the provisions of NRS 601.010 and 601.020, an application may be made to the court or judge having jurisdiction to issue an injuncti…

NRS 601.040 Penalty. Any person willfully violating the provisions of NRS 601.010 and 601.020 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [4:65:1911; RL § 2505; NCL § 4463]—(NRS A 1967, 620) REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION OF NAMES AND INSIGNIA

NRS 601.050 Registration, alteration, assignment or cancellation of names and insignia with Secretary of State; applicability of section. 1. An association, lodge, order, fraternal society, beneficial association, or fraternal and beneficial society or association, historical, mi…

NRS 601.110 Penalty. Any person who willfully wears, exhibits, displays, prints or uses for any purpose the badge, motto, button, decoration, charm, emblem, rosette or other insigne of any association or organization mentioned in NRS 601.050 and duly registered, unless the person…

NRS 602.010 Filing of certificate with county clerk; certain series of members of limited-liability company deemed to be doing business in State under assumed or fictitious name. 1. Every person doing business in this State under an assumed or fictitious name that is in any way d…

NRS 602.017 Limitations on adoption of certain fictitious names; county clerk prohibited from accepting violative certificates. 1. No person may adopt any fictitious name which includes “Corporation,” “Corp.,” “Incorporated” or “Inc.” in its title, unless that person is a corpora…

NRS 602.020 Contents and requirements of certificate and renewal certificate. 1. A certificate filed pursuant to NRS 602.010 or a renewal certificate filed pursuant to NRS 602.035 must state the assumed or fictitious name under which the business is being conducted or is intended…

NRS 602.030 Time for filing certificate. The certificate must be filed no later than 1 month after the commencement of business under an assumed or fictitious name. [Part 3:156:1923; NCL § 4452]—(NRS A 1969, 67; 1973, 545; 1993, 1023)

NRS 602.035 Authority of county to provide for expiration of certificate; filing of renewal certificate; notice to persons who have filed certificates. 1. The board of county commissioners of a county may provide, by ordinance, that a certificate filed with the county clerk pursu…

NRS 602.040 Filing of new certificate upon change in partner or trustee. On every change in the partners of a general partnership or trustee of a trust doing business under an assumed or fictitious name, a new certificate containing the information required by NRS 602.020 must be…

NRS 602.050 Index of assumed or fictitious names: Maintenance by county clerk; contents. Every county clerk shall keep, in alphabetical order, in a book or other suitable index provided for that purpose, a register of all the assumed or fictitious names as shown in the certificat…

NRS 602.055 Certificate of termination. 1. Any person who has filed a certificate may, upon the termination of the business or his or her ownership in it, file with the county clerk where the certificate is on file a certificate of termination stating that the person who filed th…

NRS 602.060 Certified copies of certificate and register entries prima facie evidence. A copy of the certificate so filed and copies of the entries in the county clerk’s register, when duly certified by the county clerk as true and correct, shall be prima facie evidence of the fa…

NRS 602.070 Commencement of action barred when certificate not filed. No action may be commenced or maintained by any person, mentioned in NRS 602.010, or by an assignee of such a person, upon or on account of any contract made or transaction had under the assumed or fictitious n…

NRS 602.080 Applicability of chapter to certain partnerships. Limited partnerships formed and foreign limited partnerships registered pursuant to chapter 87A or 88 of NRS are not required to comply with the provisions of this chapter. [10:156:1923; NCL § 4459]—(NRS A 1969, 68; 19…

NRS 602.085 Applicability of chapter to natural persons. The provisions of this chapter do not authorize a natural person to change his or her name pursuant to this chapter, and a natural person who desires to change his or her name must comply with the procedures set forth in NR…

NRS 602.090 Penalty. A person doing business in this state without complying with the requirements of this chapter or having falsely filed a certificate of termination, is guilty of a misdemeanor. [8:156:1923; NCL § 4457]—(NRS A 1969, 68; 1993, 1023)

NRS 603.010 Definitions. As used in NRS 603.010 to 603.090, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 603.020 and 603.030 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1983, 1348; A 2007, 1400)

NRS 603.020 “Computer” defined. “Computer” means an electrical device which performs arithmetic or logical functions on information that is recorded in the form of electronic or magnetic impulses, and includes any device connected to a computer for the purpose of communicating, p…

NRS 603.030 “Program” defined. “Program” means a series of statements or instructions in words, numbers or other symbols which are used or to be used directly or indirectly in a computer to bring about an intended result. The term includes the statements or instructions of a prog…

NRS 603.040 Unfair trade practices. It is an unfair trade practice for a person: 1. To obtain possession of or access to a proprietary program or the data stored in a computer with intent to: (a) Deprive or withhold from the owner his or her control over that program or data; or …

NRS 603.050 Infringement of trade secrets. It is an infringement of a trade secret for a person, without the consent of the owner, to obtain possession of or access to a proprietary program or a compilation of proprietary information that is stored as data in a computer and make …

NRS 603.060 Presumption and notice that program is proprietary. 1. In a civil action alleging an unfair trade practice respecting a program, it is presumed that a program is proprietary if the person alleging ownership of the program shows that he or she made the program or obtai…

NRS 603.070 Use by governmental agency of proprietary program or data. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, a governmental agency which obtains a proprietary program or the data stored in a computer must keep the program or data confidential. The governmental agency may …

NRS 603.080 Owner of program or data may institute civil action; order of court. 1. The owner of the rights to a proprietary program or the data stored in a computer may bring a civil action to enjoin: (a) Unfair trade practices respecting that program or data; or (b) Infringemen…

NRS 603.090 Civil remedies not exclusive. The civil remedies provided in NRS 603.010 to 603.090, inclusive: 1. Do not preclude the prosecution of a defendant under the penal laws of this State. 2. Are in addition to any rights or remedies to which the owner of a proprietary progr…

NRS 603.100 Definitions. As used in NRS 603.100 to 603.170, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 603.110 to 603.140, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2007, 1398)

NRS 603.110 “Child” defined. “Child” means a person who is less than 18 years of age. (Added to NRS by 2007, 1398)

NRS 603.120 “Electronic mail” defined. “Electronic mail” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.715. (Added to NRS by 2007, 1398)

NRS 603.130 “Internet or any other computer network” defined. 1. “Internet or any other computer network” means: (a) The computer network commonly known as the Internet and any other local, regional or global computer network that is similar to or is a predecessor or successor of…

NRS 603.140 “Provider of Internet service” or “provider” defined. “Provider of Internet service” or “provider” means any person who, for a fee or other consideration, provides subscribers with access to the Internet or any other computer network. (Added to NRS by 2007, 1399)

NRS 603.150 Definition of when person has “reasonable cause to believe.” For the purposes of NRS 603.100 to 603.170, inclusive, a person has “reasonable cause to believe” if, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances which are known or which reasonably should be kno…

NRS 603.160 Internet service provider required to provide product or service to regulate and monitor child’s use of Internet under certain circumstances. 1. If a provider of Internet service knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a subscriber resides within this State, the…

NRS 603.170 Violation constitutes deceptive trade practice; remedies, duties and prohibitions not exclusive. 1. Any violation of NRS 603.100 to 603.170, inclusive, constitutes a deceptive trade practice subject to NRS 598.0903 to 598.0999, inclusive. 2. The remedies, duties and p…

NRS 603A.010 Definitions. As used in NRS 603A.010 to 603A.290, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 603A.020, 603A.030 and 603A.040 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2005, 2503; A 2017, 4079; 202…

NRS 603A.020 “Breach of the security of the system data” defined. “Breach of the security of the system data” means unauthorized acquisition of computerized data that materially compromises the security, confidentiality or integrity of personal information maintained by the data …

NRS 603A.030 “Data collector” defined. “Data collector” means any governmental agency, institution of higher education, corporation, financial institution or retail operator or any other type of business entity or association that, for any purpose, whether by automated collection…

NRS 603A.040 “Personal information” defined. 1. “Personal information” means a natural person’s first name or first initial and last name in combination with any one or more of the following data elements, when the name and data elements are not encrypted: (a) Social security num…

NRS 603A.100 Applicability; waiver of provisions prohibited. 1. The provisions of NRS 603A.010 to 603A.290, inclusive, do not apply to the maintenance or transmittal of information in accordance with NRS 439.581 to 439.597, inclusive, and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.…