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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.285 - Order sealing records: Effect; proceedings deemed never to have occurred; restoration of civil rights.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 179.301:
1. If the court orders a record sealed pursuant to NRS 34.970, 174.034, 176.211, 176A.245, 176A.265, 176A.295, 179.245, 179.247, 179.255, 179.259, 179.2595, 179.271, 201.354 or 453.3365:
(a) All proceedings recounted in the record are deemed never to have occurred, and the person to whom the order pertains may properly answer accordingly to any inquiry, including, without limitation, an inquiry relating to an application for employment, concerning the arrest, conviction, dismissal or acquittal and the events and proceedings relating to the arrest, conviction, dismissal or acquittal.
(b) The person is immediately restored to the following civil rights if the person’s civil rights previously have not been restored:
(1) The right to vote;
(2) The right to hold office; and
(3) The right to serve on a jury.
2. Upon the sealing of the person’s records, a person who is restored to his or her civil rights pursuant to subsection 1 must be given:
(a) An official document which demonstrates that the person has been restored to the civil rights set forth in paragraph (b) of subsection 1; and
(b) A written notice informing the person that he or she has not been restored to the right to bear arms, unless the person has received a pardon and the pardon does not restrict his or her right to bear arms.
3. A person who has had his or her records sealed in this State or any other state and whose official documentation of the restoration of civil rights is lost, damaged or destroyed may file a written request with a court of competent jurisdiction to restore his or her civil rights pursuant to this section. Upon verification that the person has had his or her records sealed, the court shall issue an order restoring the person to the civil rights to vote, to hold office and to serve on a jury. A person must not be required to pay a fee to receive such an order.
4. A person who has had his or her records sealed in this State or any other state may present official documentation that the person has been restored to his or her civil rights or a court order restoring civil rights as proof that the person has been restored to the right to vote, to hold office and to serve as a juror.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 956; A 1981, 1105; 1991, 304; 2001, 1169, 1694; 2001 Special Session, 262; 2003, 312, 316, 319, 2687; 2009, 108, 420; 2011, 22; 2017, 1485, 1655, 2418, 3015; 2019, 1460, 2981, 4409)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.295 - Reopening of sealed records.

1. The person who is the subject of the records that are sealed pursuant to NRS 34.970, 174.034, 176.211, 176A.245, 176A.265, 176A.295, 179.245, 179.247, 179.255, 179.259, 179.2595, 179.271, 201.354 or 453.3365 may petition the court that ordered the records sealed to permit inspection of the records by a person named in the petition, and the court may order such inspection. Except as otherwise provided in this section, subsection 9 of NRS 179.255 and NRS 179.259 and 179.301, the court may not order the inspection of the records under any other circumstances.
2. If a person has been arrested, the charges have been dismissed and the records of the arrest have been sealed, the court may order the inspection of the records by a prosecuting attorney upon a showing that as a result of newly discovered evidence, the person has been arrested for the same or a similar offense and that there is sufficient evidence reasonably to conclude that the person will stand trial for the offense.
3. The court may, upon the application of a prosecuting attorney or an attorney representing a defendant in a criminal action, order an inspection of such records for the purpose of obtaining information relating to persons who were involved in the incident recorded.
4. This section does not prohibit a court from considering a proceeding for which records have been sealed pursuant to NRS 174.034, 176.211, 176A.245, 176A.265, 176A.295, 179.245, 179.247, 179.255, 179.259, 179.2595, 179.271, 201.354 or 453.3365 in determining whether to grant a petition pursuant to NRS 176.211, 176A.245, 176A.265, 176A.295, 179.245, 179.255, 179.259, 179.2595 or 453.3365 for a conviction of another offense.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 956; A 1981, 1105; 1991, 304; 1997, 3160; 2001, 1169, 1694; 2001 Special Session, 262; 2003, 312, 316, 319; 2009, 108, 420; 2013, 1386; 2017, 1486, 1656, 2419, 3016; 2019, 1461, 2982, 4410)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.310 - Reward for apprehension of robber.

1. The Governor shall offer a standing reward of $250 for the arrest of:
(a) Each person engaged in the robbery of, or in the attempt to rob, any person upon, or having in charge in whole or in part, any railroad train or other conveyance engaged at the time in conveying passengers, or any private conveyance within this State.
(b) Each person engaged in the robbery of, or in the attempt to rob, any person upon any highway in this State.
2. The reward must be paid to the person or persons making the arrest immediately upon the conviction of the person so arrested, but no reward may be paid except after such a conviction.
3. The reward must be paid from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account upon approval by the State Board of Examiners.
4. The provisions of this section do not apply to any sheriff, constable, marshal or police officer who makes an arrest in the performance of the duties of his or her office in the county where the officer resides or in which the official duties are required to be performed.
[1:53:1877; A 1885, 35; BH § 1918; C § 1927; RL § 3905; NCL § 6720]—(NRS A 1963, 1111; 1991, 1754)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.315 - Use of authorized forms.

1. Unless otherwise expressly required by this title, no particular form of words is required to be used in any pleading, warrant, order, motion or other paper incident to a criminal proceeding. Substantial compliance with any statutory requirement as to content, or in the absence of any such requirement, language which reasonably informs the defendant or other person to whom such paper is directed of its nature, is sufficient.
2. The use of one of the forms set out in NRS 179.320 to 179.400, inclusive, modified as may be necessary to fit the case, is prima facie sufficient for their respective purposes.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1461)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.320 - Warrant of arrest.

A warrant of arrest may be in substantially the following form:
Warrant of Arrest
County of ............................... The State of Nevada, to any sheriff, constable, marshal, police officer, or peace officer in this State: A complaint, upon oath, has been this day laid before me by A. B. that the crime of (designate it) has been committed, and accusing C. D. thereof; you are therefore commanded forthwith to arrest the above-named C. D. and bring him or her before me at (naming the place), or, in case of my absence or inability to act, before the nearest or most accessible magistrate in this county.
Dated at ............................., this ....... day of the month of ............ of the year .......
.......................................................................................
(Signature and official title of magistrate)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1461; A 2001, 39)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.325 - Summons.

A summons may be in substantially the following form:
Summons
State of Nevada }
}ss.
County of...................................... }
The State of Nevada to the (naming defendant or corporation):
You are hereby summoned to appear before me at (naming the place) on (specifying the day and hour), to answer a charge made against you upon the complaint of A. B. for (designating the offense generally).
Dated at .............................., this ....... day of the month of ........... of the year .......
.......................................................................................
(Signature and official title of magistrate)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1462; A 2001, 39)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.330 - Search warrant.

A search warrant may be in substantially the following form:
Search Warrant
State of Nevada }
}ss.
County of...................................... }
The State of Nevada, to any peace officer in the County of ................. Proof by affidavit having been made before me by (naming every person whose affidavit has been taken) that (stating the grounds or probable cause for issuance).
You are hereby commanded to search (naming the person or describing with reasonable particularity the place to be searched) for the following property (describing it with reasonable particularity), making the search (in the daytime or at any time, as determined by the magistrate) and if any such property is found there to seize it, prepare a written inventory of the property seized and bring the property before me (or another designated magistrate).
Dated at .............................., this ....... day of the month of ........... of the year .......
.......................................................................................
(Signature and official title of magistrate)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1462; A 2001, 40)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.335 - Motion for return of seized property and suppression of evidence.

A motion for the return of seized property and the suppression of evidence may be in substantially the following form:
Motion for the Return of Seized Property
and the Suppression of Evidence
Defendant (naming defendant) hereby moves this court to direct that certain property of which the defendant is the owner, a schedule of which is annexed hereto, and which on (stating date and time), at (describing the place), was unlawfully seized and taken from the defendant by a peace officer of the State of Nevada (name and designation of peace officer, or, if so, state "whose true name is unknown to the petitioner"), be returned and that it be suppressed as evidence against the defendant in any criminal proceeding.
The petitioner further states that the property was seized against his or her will and without a search warrant (or other reason why the warrant is defective or illegal).
.......................................................................................
(Attorney for Petitioner)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1462)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.340 - Bail: After arrest and before preliminary examination.

An undertaking for bail after arrest and before preliminary examination may be in substantially the following form:
Undertaking
A warrant having been issued on the ........ day of the month of ............ of the year ......., by ........................, a justice of the peace of ........................ County, for the arrest of ........................ (stating name of the accused), upon a charge of ........................ (stating briefly the nature of the offense), upon which the accused has been arrested and duly ordered admitted to bail in the sum of .................. dollars and ordered to appear before the magistrate who issued the warrant, we, ......................., of ........................, and ........................ (stating their names and place of residence), hereby undertake that the above-named ........................ shall appear and answer the charge above mentioned, at ............. o’clock ...m., on the ....... day of the month of ........... of the year ......., before ........................, the magistrate issuing the warrant, at the magistrate’s office in ....................., ..................... County, State of Nevada, and that the above-named (insert name of accused) shall appear and answer the charge above mentioned in whatever court and before whatever magistrate it may be prosecuted, or before which the accused may be required to appear by law, and shall at all times render himself or herself amenable to the orders and process of the court and the requirements of the law, and if convicted shall appear for judgment and render himself or herself in execution thereof; or if the accused fails to perform any of these conditions, that we will pay to the State of Nevada the sum of ............. dollars (inserting the sum in which the defendant is admitted to bail).
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................
(Signatures of Sureties)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1463; A 2001, 40)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.345 - Endorsement on warrant of arrest for commitment for preliminary examination.

An endorsement on a warrant of arrest for commitment for preliminary examination may be in substantially the following form:
Endorsement
The within-named A. B., having been brought before me under this warrant, is committed for examination to the sheriff (or other appropriate peace officer) of the County of .............................
.......................................................................................
(Signature and official title of magistrate)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1463)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.350 - Discharge after preliminary examination.

A discharge after preliminary examination may be in substantially the following form:
Discharge
There being no sufficient cause to believe the within-named A. B. guilty of the offense within named, I order A.B. to be discharged.
.......................................................................................
(Signature and official title of magistrate)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1463)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.355 - Commitment and bail after preliminary examination.

Commitment and bail may be in substantially the following form:
Commitment and Bail
It appearing to me by the within depositions and statement (if any) that the offense therein named (or any other offense according to the fact, stating generally the nature thereof) has been committed, and that there is sufficient cause to believe the within-named A. B. guilty thereof, I order that A. B. be held to answer the same (and A. B. is hereby committed to the sheriff of the County of ........................) or (and I have admitted A. B. to bail to answer by the undertaking hereto annexed) or (and that A. B. be admitted to bail in the sum of ............. dollars, and is committed to the sheriff of the County of ........................ until A. B. give such bail).
...............................................................................................
(Signature and official title of magistrate)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1463)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.360 - Commitment where defendant held to answer after preliminary examination.

A commitment where defendant is held to answer after a preliminary examination may be in substantially the following form:
Commitment
County of ........................ (as the case may be).
The State of Nevada to the sheriff of the County of .............................: An order having been this day made by me that A. B. be held to answer upon a charge of (stating briefly the nature of the offense, and giving as near as may be the time when and the place where the same was committed), you are commanded to receive A. B. into your custody and detain A. B. until A. B. is legally discharged.
Dated this ........ day of the month of ............ of the year .......
.......................................................................................
(Signatures and official title of magistrate)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1464; A 2001, 41)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.365 - Bail after preliminary examination and before arraignment.

An undertaking for bail after preliminary examination and before arraignment may be in substantially the following form:
Undertaking
An order having been made on the ........ day of the month of ............ of the year ....... by A. B., a justice of the peace of ............................... County (or as the case may be), that C. D. be held to answer upon a charge of (stating briefly the nature of the offense), upon which C. D. has been duly admitted to bail in the sum of ............. dollars, we, E. F. and G. H. (stating their place of residence), hereby undertake that the above-named C. D. shall appear and answer the charge above mentioned, in whatever court it may be prosecuted, and shall at all times render himself or herself amenable to the orders and process of the court, and, if convicted, shall appear for judgment and render himself or herself in execution thereof, or, if C. D. fail to perform any of these conditions, that we will pay to the State of Nevada the sum of ............ dollars (inserting the sum in which the defendant is admitted to bail).
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................
(Signature of Sureties)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1464; A 2001, 41)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.370 - Indictment.

An indictment may be substantially in the following form:
Indictment
State of Nevada }
}ss.
County of........................................ }
The State of Nevada, plaintiff, against A. B., defendant (or John Doe, whose real name is unknown). Defendant A. B., above named, is accused by the grand jury of the County of ........................, of a felony (or of the crime of murder or other name of crime), committed as follows: The said A. B., on the ....... day of the month of ........... of the year ......., or thereabouts, at the County of .........................., State of Nevada, without authority of law and with malice aforethought, killed Richard Roe, by shooting with a pistol (or with a gun or other weapon, according to the facts).
.......................................................................................
District Attorney
or District Attorney, by Deputy.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1464; A 2001, 42)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.375 - Information.

An information may be in substantially the following form:
Information
State of Nevada }
}ss.
County of...................................... }
In the ....................... court. The State of Nevada against A. B., C. D. district attorney within and for the County of ........................ in the State aforesaid, in the name and by the authority of the State of Nevada, informs the court that A. B. on the ........ day of the month of ........... of the year ......., at the County of ........................, did (here state offense) against the peace and dignity of the State of Nevada.
...............................................................................................
C. D., District Attorney
or C. D., District Attorney, by H. M., Deputy.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1465; A 2001, 42)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.380 - Warrant upon finding of presentment, indictment or information.

A warrant upon the finding of a presentment, indictment or information may be in substantially the following form:
Warrant
County of ........................ The State of Nevada, to any sheriff, constable, marshal, police officer, or peace officer in this State: A presentment having been made or an indictment having been found (or information filed) on the ........ day of the month of ............ of the year ......., in the district court of the ........................, County of ........................., charging C. D. with the crime of (designating it generally), you are therefore commanded forthwith to arrest the above-named C. D. and bring C. D. before that court to answer the presentment, indictment or information; or if the court is not in session that you deliver C. D. into the custody of the sheriff of the County of ........................ By order of the court. Given under my hand with the seal of the court affixed this ........ day of the month of ............ of the year ....... .
.......................................................................................
(Seal) E. F., Clerk.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1465; A 2001, 43)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.385 - Bail after arrest on warrant following finding of presentment, indictment or information.

An undertaking for bail after arrest on a warrant following the finding of a presentment, indictment or information may be in substantially the following form:
Undertaking
A presentment having been made (or an indictment having been found or an information having been filed), on the ........ day of the month of ............ of the year ......., in the District Court of the ......................... Judicial District of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of ........................ (as the case may be), charging A. B. with the crime of (indicating it generally), and A. B. having been duly admitted to bail in the sum of ............. dollars, we, C. D. and E. F. (stating their place of residence), hereby undertake that the above-named A. B. shall appear and answer the indictment or information above mentioned in whatever court it may be prosecuted, and shall at all times render himself or herself amenable to the orders and processes of the court, and, if convicted, shall appear for judgment and render himself or herself in execution thereof; or, if A. B. fails to perform either of these conditions, that we will pay to the State of Nevada the sum of ............. dollars (inserting the sum in which the defendant is admitted to bail).
...................................................................................
...................................................................................
(Signature of Sureties)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1465; A 2001, 43)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.390 - Subpoena; subpoena duces tecum.

A subpoena or subpoena duces tecum may be in substantially the following form:
Subpoena
The State of Nevada to A. B.: You are commanded to appear before C. D., a justice of the peace of ................ township, in ................ County (or, the court of ................, as the case may be), at (naming the place), on (stating the day and hour), as a witness in a criminal action, prosecuted by the State of Nevada against E. F. Given under my hand this ........ day of the month of ............ of the year ....... . G. H., Justice of the Peace (seal) (or "By order of the court, L. M., Clerk (seal)" as the case may be). (If books, papers or documents are required, a direction to the following effect must be contained in the subpoena: "And you are required also to bring with you the following (describing intelligibly the books, papers or documents required).")
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1466; A 1987, 124; 2001, 44)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.395 - Bench warrant after conviction.

A bench warrant may be in substantially the following form:
Bench Warrant
State of Nevada }
}ss.
County of...................................... }
The State of Nevada, to any sheriff, constable, marshal, police officer or other peace officer in this state: A. B. having been on the ........ day of the month of ............ of the year ........ duly convicted in the .................... Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada and in and for the County of ...................., of the crime of (designating it generally); you are therefore commanded forthwith to arrest the above-named A. B. and bring A. B. before that court for judgment, or if the court has adjourned, that you deliver A. B. into the custody of the sheriff of the County of .................... Given, by order of the court, under my hand with the seal of the court affixed, this the ........ day of the month of ............ of the year ....... .
.......................................................................
(Seal) E. F., Clerk.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1466; A 2001, 44)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.400 - Undertaking on recommitment.

When bail is taken upon the recommitment of the defendant, the undertaking shall be in substantially the following form:
Undertaking
An order having been made on the ........ day of the month of ............ of the year ......., by the court (naming it), that A. B. be admitted to bail in the sum of $.........., in an action pending in that court against A. B., in behalf of the State of Nevada, upon a (presentment, indictment, information, or appeal, as the case may be), we, C. D. and E. F., of (stating their place of residence), hereby undertake that the above-named A. B. shall appear in that or any other court in which A. B.’s appearance may be lawfully required, upon that (presentment, indictment, information, or appeal, as the case may be), and shall at all times render himself or herself amenable to its orders and processes, and appear for judgment, and surrender himself or herself in execution thereof; or, if A. B. fail to perform any of these conditions, that we will pay to the State of Nevada the sum of $.......... (inserting the sum in which the defendant is admitted to bail).
.......................................................................................
.......................................................................................
(Signature of Sureties)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1466; A 2001, 44)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.410 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, except where the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 179.415 to 179.455, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1742; A 1989, 658; 2015, 2488)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.415 - "Aggrieved person" defined.

"Aggrieved person" means a person who was a party to any intercepted wire, electronic or oral communication or a person against whom the interception was directed.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1742; A 2015, 2488)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.420 - "Contents" defined.

"Contents" when used with respect to any wire, electronic or oral communication includes any information concerning the identity of the parties to such communication or the existence, substance, purport or meaning of that communication.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1742; A 2015, 2488)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.421 - "Electronic communication" defined.

"Electronic communication" means a transfer of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, data or intelligence of any nature transferred in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectric or photo-optical system. The term does not include:
1. A wire or oral communication.
2. A communication made through a tone-only paging device.
3. A communication from a tracking device.
4. Electronic funds transfer information stored by a financial institution in a communication system used for the electronic storage and transfer of funds.
5. The incoming or outgoing electronic or other impulses that identify the originating number of an instrument or device from which or to which a wire or electronic communication was transmitted.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2485)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.425 - "Electronic, mechanical or other device" defined.

"Electronic, mechanical or other device" means any device or apparatus which can be used to intercept a wire, electronic or oral communication other than:
1. Any telephone instrument, equipment or facility, or any component thereof:
(a) Furnished to the subscriber or user by a provider of electronic communication service in the ordinary course of its business and being used by the subscriber or user in the ordinary course of its business;
(b) Furnished by the subscriber or user for connection to the facilities of an electronic communication service and being used by the subscriber or user in the ordinary course of its business; or
(c) Being used by a provider of electronic communication service in the ordinary course of its business, or by an investigative or law enforcement officer in the ordinary course of his or her duties.
2. A hearing aid or similar device being used to correct subnormal hearing to not better than normal.
3. A portable event recording device, as defined in NRS 289.830.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1742; A 2013, 1959; 2015, 573, 2488, 3665; 2017, 589)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.430 - "Intercept" defined.

"Intercept" means the aural acquisition of the contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical or other device or of any sending or receiving equipment.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1743; A 2015, 2488)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.435 - "Investigative or law enforcement officer" defined.

"Investigative or law enforcement officer" means any officer of the United States or this State or a political subdivision thereof who is empowered by the law of this state to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for felonies, and any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1743; A 2015, 2488)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.440 - "Oral communication" defined.

"Oral communication" means any verbal message uttered by a person exhibiting an expectation that such communication is not subject to interception, under circumstances justifying such expectation. The term does not include an electronic communication.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1743; A 2015, 2488)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.445 - "Person" defined.

"Person" means any official, employee or agent of the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof, and any individual, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust or corporation.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1743)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.453 - "User" defined.

"User" means a person or entity who:
1. Uses an electronic communication service; and
2. Is authorized by the provider of the electronic communication service to engage in such use.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2486)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.455 - "Wire communication" defined.

"Wire communication" means any aural transfer made in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the transmission of communications by the aid of wire, cable or other like connection between the point of origin and the point of reception, including the use of such connection in a switching station, furnished or operated by any person engaged in providing or operating such facilities for the transmission of intrastate, interstate or foreign communications.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1743; A 2015, 2489)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.458 - Provisions inapplicable to recording of certain telephone calls by public utility.

The provisions of NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, do not prohibit the recording of any telephone call by a public utility pursuant to NRS 704.195.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 658)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.460 - Circumstances in which interception of communications may be authorized; immunity.

1. The Attorney General or the district attorney of any county may apply to a Supreme Court justice or to a district judge in the county where the interception is to take place for an order authorizing the interception of wire, electronic or oral communications, and the judge may, in accordance with NRS 179.470 to 179.515, inclusive, grant an order authorizing the interception of wire, electronic or oral communications by investigative or law enforcement officers having responsibility for the investigation of the offense as to which the application is made, when the interception may provide evidence of the commission of murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, bribery, escape of an offender in the custody of the Department of Corrections, destruction of public property by explosives, a sexual offense against a child, sex trafficking, a violation of NRS 200.463, 200.464 or 200.465, trafficking in persons in violation of NRS 200.467 or 200.468, a violation of NRS 201.553, the commission of any offense which is made a felony by the provisions of chapter 453 or 454 of NRS or a violation of NRS 463.160 or 465.086.
2. A provider of electronic communication service or a public utility, an officer, employee or agent thereof or another person associated with the provider of electronic communication service or public utility who, pursuant to an order issued pursuant to subsection 1, provides information or otherwise assists an investigative or law enforcement officer in the interception of a wire, electronic or oral communication is immune from any liability relating to any interception made pursuant to the order.
3. As used in this section, "sexual offense against a child" includes any act upon a child constituting:
(a) Incest pursuant to NRS 201.180;
(b) Lewdness with a child pursuant to NRS 201.230;
(c) Sado-masochistic abuse pursuant to NRS 201.262;
(d) Sexual assault pursuant to NRS 200.366;
(e) Statutory sexual seduction pursuant to NRS 200.368;
(f) Open or gross lewdness pursuant to NRS 201.210; or
(g) Luring a child or a person with mental illness pursuant to NRS 201.560, if punished as a felony.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1743; A 1975, 1520; 1993, 99; 2001, 2794; 2003, 1387; 2011, 20; 2013, 2421; 2015, 2489; 2019, 826; 2023, 2469)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.463 - Circumstances in which interception, listening or recording of communications by peace officer or certain other persons not unlawful.

1. The interception, listening or recording of a wire, electronic or oral communication by a peace officer specifically designated by the Attorney General or the district attorney of any county, or a person acting under the direction or request of a peace officer, is not unlawful if the peace officer or person is intercepting the communication of a person who has:
(a) Barricaded himself or herself and is not exiting or surrendering at the lawful request of a peace officer, in circumstances in which there is imminent risk of harm to the life of another person as a result of the barricaded person’s actions or the actions of law enforcement in resolving the barricade situation;
(b) Created a hostage situation; or
(c) Threatened the imminent illegal use of an explosive.
2. For the purposes of subsection 1:
(a) A barricade occurs when a person:
(1) Refuses to come out from a covered or enclosed position after being provided an order to exit by a peace officer; or
(2) Is contained in an open area and the presence or approach of a peace officer precipitates an imminent risk of harm to the life of another person.
(b) A hostage situation occurs when a person holds another person against the other person’s will, regardless of whether the person holding the other person has made a demand.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2486)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.465 - Disclosure or use of intercepted communications.

1. Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, or 704.195 or 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510 to 2522, inclusive, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication, or evidence derived therefrom, may disclose the contents to another investigative or law enforcement officer or use the contents to the extent that the disclosure or use is appropriate to the proper performance of the official duties of the officer making or receiving the disclosure.
2. Any person who has received, by any means authorized by NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, or 704.195 or 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510 to 2522, inclusive, or by a statute of another state, any information concerning a wire, electronic or oral communication, or evidence derived therefrom intercepted in accordance with the provisions of NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, may disclose the contents of that communication or the derivative evidence while giving testimony under oath or affirmation in any criminal proceeding in any court or before any grand jury in this state, or in any court of the United States or of any state, or in any federal or state grand jury proceeding.
3. An otherwise privileged wire, electronic or oral communication intercepted in accordance with, or in violation of, the provisions of NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, or 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510 to 2522, inclusive, does not lose its privileged character.
4. When an investigative or law enforcement officer engaged in intercepting wire, electronic or oral communications as authorized by NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, intercepts wire, electronic or oral communications relating to offenses other than those specified in the order provided for in NRS 179.460, the contents of the communications and the evidence derived therefrom may be disclosed or used as provided in subsection 1. The direct evidence derived from the communications is inadmissible in a criminal proceeding, but any other evidence obtained as a result of knowledge obtained from the communications may be disclosed or used as provided in subsection 2 when authorized or approved by a justice of the Supreme Court or district judge who finds upon application made as soon as practicable that the contents of the communications were intercepted in accordance with the provisions of NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, or 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510 to 2522, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1743; A 1983, 117; 1989, 658; 2015, 2489)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.467 - Order requiring provider of electronic communication service to disclose contents of electronic or wire communication or records pertaining to customers; immunity.

1. The Nevada Supreme Court and the district courts of this State may issue orders requiring a provider of electronic communication service to disclose the contents of a wire or electronic communication or a record or other information pertaining to a subscriber to, or customer of, such service upon the application of a district attorney or the Attorney General, or their deputies, supported by an affidavit of a peace officer under the circumstances and upon the conditions prescribed by 18 U.S.C. § 2703.
2. A provider of electronic communication service, an officer, employee or agent thereof or another person associated with the provider of electronic communication service who, pursuant to an order issued by a district court pursuant to subsection 1, discloses the contents of a wire or electronic communication or a record or other information pertaining to a subscriber to, or customer of, the electronic communication service is immune from any liability relating to any disclosure made pursuant to the order.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2486)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.475 - Order authorizing interception of communications: Contents; duration; extension.

1. Each order authorizing the interception of any wire, electronic or oral communication must specify:
(a) The identity of the person, if known, whose communications are to be intercepted.
(b) The nature and location of the place where or communication facilities to which authority to intercept is granted, the facilities to be used and the means by which such interceptions will be made.
(c) A particular description of the type of communication sought to be intercepted, and a statement of the particular offense to which it relates.
(d) The identity of the agency authorized to intercept the communications, and of the person authorizing the application.
(e) The period of time during which such interception is authorized, including a statement as to whether or not the interception will automatically terminate when the described communication has been first obtained.
2. An order authorizing the interception of a wire, electronic or oral communication shall, upon request of the applicant, direct that a provider of electronic communication service, landlord, custodian or other person shall furnish the applicant forthwith all information, facilities, and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the interception unobtrusively and with a minimum of interference with the services that such provider of electronic communication service, landlord, custodian, or person is according the person whose communications are to be intercepted. Any provider of electronic communication service, landlord, custodian or other person furnishing such facilities or technical assistance must be compensated therefor by the applicant at the prevailing rates.
3. No order entered under this section may authorize the interception of any wire, electronic or oral communication for any period longer than is necessary to achieve the objective of the authorization, and in no event longer than 30 days. Extensions of an order may be granted, but only upon application for an extension made in accordance with the procedures provided in NRS 179.470. The period of extension must be no longer than the authorizing judge deems necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was granted and in no event for longer than 30 days. Every order and extension thereof must contain a provision that the authorization to intercept must be executed as soon as practicable, must be conducted in such a way as to minimize the interception of communications not otherwise subject to interception under this statute, and will terminate upon attainment of the authorized objective, or in any event in 30 days.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1745; A 2015, 2491)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.480 - Progress reports to judge.

Whenever an order authorizing interception is entered pursuant to NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, the order may require reports to be made to the judge who issued the order showing what progress has been made toward achievement of the authorized objective and the need for continued interception. Such reports shall be made at such intervals as the judge may require.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1746)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.485 - Recording.

The contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication intercepted by any means authorized by NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, must, if possible, be recorded on tape or wire or other comparable device. The recording of the contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication under this section must be done in such a way as will protect the recording from editing or other alterations. Immediately upon the expiration of the period of the order, or extensions thereof, such recordings must be made available to the judge issuing such order and sealed under the judge’s directions. Custody of the recordings must be placed with whomever the judge directs. They must not be destroyed except upon an order of the judge issuing such order and in any event must be kept for 10 years. Duplicate recordings may be made for use or disclosure pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 of NRS 179.465 for investigations. The presence of the seal provided for by this section, or a satisfactory explanation for the absence thereof, is a prerequisite for the use or disclosure of the contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication or evidence derived therefrom under subsection 2 of NRS 179.465.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1746; A 2015, 2492)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms › NRS 179.490 - Sealing of applications and orders; disclosure.

1. Applications made and orders granted under this statute shall be sealed by the judge. Custody of the applications and orders shall be placed with whomever the judge orders. Such applications and orders shall be disclosed only upon a showing of good cause before a judge of a court of competent jurisdiction and shall not be destroyed except on order of the judge who issued or denied the order, and in any event shall be kept for 10 years.
2. Any violation of the provisions of this section may be punished as contempt of court.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1747)