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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.515 - Limitations on liability; exceptions; "trespasser" defined.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an owner of any estate or interest in any premises, or a lessee or an occupant of any premises, owes no duty of care to a trespasser and is not liable to a trespasser for physical harm caused by the failure to exercise reasonable care to put the premises in a condition that is reasonably safe for the entry or use by a trespasser or to carry on activities on the premises so as not to endanger a trespasser.
2. An owner, lessee or occupant of premises may be subject to liability for harm to a trespasser if:
(a) The owner, lessee or occupant willfully or wantonly causes harm to the trespasser;
(b) The owner, lessee or occupant fails to exercise reasonable care to prevent harm to the trespasser after discovering the trespasser’s presence in a place of danger on the premises; or
(c) The trespasser is a child who is injured by an artificial condition on the premises and:
(1) The place where the condition exists is one on which the owner, lessee or occupant knows or has reason to know that a child is likely to trespass;
(2) The condition is one that the owner, lessee or occupant knows or has reason to know and that the owner, lessee or occupant realizes or should realize involves an unreasonable risk of death or serious bodily harm to a trespassing child;
(3) The trespassing child, because of his or her youth, does not discover the condition or realize the risk involved in the condition or coming within the area made dangerous by it;
(4) The utility to the owner, lessee or occupant of maintaining the condition and the burden of eliminating the danger are slight as compared with the risk to the trespassing child; and
(5) The owner, lessee or occupant fails to exercise reasonable care to eliminate the danger or to otherwise protect the trespassing child from harm.
3. This section does not affect any immunity from or defenses to civil liability established by specific statute or available at common law to which an owner, lessee or occupant may be entitled.
4. As used in this section, "trespasser" means any person who enters or remains upon any premises owned, leased or occupied by another person without the express or implied consent of the owner, lessee or occupant of the premises.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1526)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.517 - Limitations on liability; exception; "public art" defined.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who creates, sponsors, owns or produces public art, or who owns, leases or occupies any estate or interest in any premises where such art is displayed, is not liable for the death or injury of a person or for damage to property caused or sustained by a person who:
(a) Defaces or destroys, or attempts to deface or destroy, public art;
(b) Uses the public art in an unintended manner; or
(c) Fails to heed posted warnings or instructions concerning the public art if such warnings are posted to warn the public against any foreseeable conditions or any misuse of the public art that may pose an unreasonable risk of death or serious bodily injury.
2. This section does not eliminate a person’s duty to remedy or mitigate a condition that has actually caused two or more instances of serious bodily injury.
3. As used in this section, "public art":
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b), means a work of art which:
(1) Is an original painting in oil, mineral, water colors, vitreous enamel, pastel or other medium, an original mosaic, drawing or sketch, an original sculpture of stone, clay, textiles, fiber, wood, metal, plastic, glass or a similar material, an original work of mixed media or a lithograph;
(2) Was purchased in an arm’s length transaction for $25,000 or more, or has an appraised value of $25,000 or more;
(3) Is displayed in a building or indoor or outdoor premises generally open to the public, whether publicly or privately owned; and
(4) Is made available to be viewed by the public without charge; and
(b) Does not include:
(1) Performance art;
(2) Literary works;
(3) Property used in the performing arts, including, without limitation, scenery or props for a stage production;
(4) A product of filmmaking or photography, including, without limitation, motion pictures; or
(5) Property that was created for a functional use other than, or in addition to, its aesthetic qualities, including, without limitation, a classic or custom-built automobile or boat, a sign that advertises a business, and custom or antique furniture, lamps, chandeliers, jewelry, mirrors, doors or windows.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1527)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.540 - Action may be brought against person causing pollution, impairment or destruction of air, water or other natural resources.

1. Any person who is a resident of this state may commence an action in any district court of this state where any violation is alleged to have occurred, to enforce compliance with any statute, regulation or ordinance for the protection of the air, water and other natural resources from pollution, impairment or destruction, if such person has first given 30 days’ written notice of the person’s intention to file suit.
2. Such action shall be brought against the person, firm, company, corporation, association, county, city or town causing such pollution, impairment or destruction. The State or political subdivision thereof responsible for enforcing such statute, regulation or ordinance shall be named as a necessary party to the action.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 861)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.550 - Security for and apportionment of costs.

The court may order the petitioner to post a surety bond or cash in an amount not to exceed $500 to pay any cost or judgment which might be rendered adverse to the petitioner in any action brought under the provisions of NRS 41.540 to 41.570, inclusive. Costs may be apportioned to the parties if the interests of justice require.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 861)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.560 - Relief which may be granted.

The court may grant temporary or permanent equitable relief, or may enter such order as may be necessary to enforce compliance with any statute, regulation or ordinance for the protection of the air, water and other natural resources from pollution, impairment or destruction.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 861)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.580 - Action by owner of property; treble damages.

If property has been taken from its owner by larceny, robbery, burglary, embezzlement, theft or any other offense that is a crime against property and another person buys, receives, possesses or withholds the property under circumstances that make such conduct a violation of subsection 1 of NRS 205.275, the owner of the property may bring a civil action against the person who bought, received, possessed or withheld the property and may recover treble the amount of any damage the owner has suffered, together with the owner’s costs in the action and a reasonable attorney’s fee.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1050; A 1997, 346)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.590 - Lender not liable for defects in property acquired with borrowed money.

A lender who makes a loan of money, the proceeds of which are used or may be used by the borrower to finance the design, manufacture, construction, repair, modification or improvement of real or personal property, shall not be held liable to the borrower or to third persons for any loss or damage occasioned by any defect in the real or personal property so designed, manufactured, constructed, repaired, modified or improved or for any loss or damage resulting from the failure of the borrower to use due care in the design, manufacture, construction, repair, modification or improvement of such real or personal property, unless the loss or damage is the result of some other action or activity of the lender than the loan transaction.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1189)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.600 - Actions by victims of fraud.

1. An action may be brought by any person who is a victim of consumer fraud.
2. As used in this section, "consumer fraud" means:
(a) An unlawful act as defined in NRS 119.330;
(b) An unlawful act as defined in NRS 205.2747;
(c) An act prohibited by NRS 482.36655 to 482.36667, inclusive;
(d) An act prohibited by NRS 482.351;
(e) A deceptive trade practice as defined in NRS 598.0915 to 598.0925, inclusive; or
(f) A violation of NRS 417.133 or 417.135.
3. If the claimant is the prevailing party, the court shall award the claimant:
(a) Any damages that the claimant has sustained;
(b) Any equitable relief that the court deems appropriate; and
(c) The claimant’s costs in the action and reasonable attorney’s fees.
4. Any action brought pursuant to this section is not an action upon any contract underlying the original transaction.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1177; A 1985, 2261; 1989, 649; 1997, 2216; 2001, 490; 2005, 1425; 2007, 743; 2011, 268; 2013, 1029; 2017, 1537, 4356; 2021, 955, 1355, 1454)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.610 - Actions against seller or manufacturer of unapproved drug for misrepresentation of its therapeutic effect.

The purchaser of a substance which has not been approved as a drug by the Food and Drug Administration but which has been licensed for manufacture in this state has a cause of action against the seller or manufacturer for any misrepresentation of its therapeutic effect made directly to the purchaser or by publication.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1645; A 1983, 111)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.620 - Liability for issuance on nonexistent account or drawing on insufficient money; liability for use of invalid credit or debit card.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 604A.5031, 604A.5061, 604A.5086 and 604A.5094, any person who:
(a) Makes, utters, draws or delivers a check or draft for the payment of money drawn upon any financial institution or other person, when that person has no account with the drawee of the instrument or has insufficient money, property or credit with the drawee to pay; or
(b) Uses a credit card or debit card to obtain money, goods, property, services or anything of value, when that person knows or should have known the credit card or debit card is no longer valid,
and who fails to pay the amount in cash to the payee, issuer or other creditor within 30 days after a demand therefor in writing is mailed to the person by certified mail, is liable to the payee, issuer or other creditor for the amount of the check, draft or extension of credit, and damages equal to three times the amount of the check, draft or extension of credit, but not less than $100 nor more than $500.
2. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Credit card" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.630;
(b) "Debit card" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.635; and
(c) "Issuer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.650.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1021; A 1987, 134, 1191; 1999, 50; 2005, 1710)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.630 - Limitations on liability.

1. A sports official who officiates a sporting event at any level of competition in this State is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any unintended act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by the sports official in the execution of the officiating duties of the sports official within the facility in which the sporting event takes place.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Inspector" means an inspector of the Nevada Athletic Commission.
(b) "Sporting event" means any contest, game or other event involving the athletic or physical skills of amateur or professional athletes.
(c) "Sports official" means any person who serves as a referee, umpire, linesman, timekeeper, inspector, judge or in a similar capacity, whether paid or unpaid.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 677; A 2005, 176)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.635 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 41.635 to 41.670, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 41.637 and 41.640 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1364; A 1997, 2593)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.637 - "Good faith communication in furtherance of the right to petition or the right to free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern" defined.

"Good faith communication in furtherance of the right to petition or the right to free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern" means any:
1. Communication that is aimed at procuring any governmental or electoral action, result or outcome;
2. Communication of information or a complaint to a Legislator, officer or employee of the Federal Government, this state or a political subdivision of this state, regarding a matter reasonably of concern to the respective governmental entity;
3. Written or oral statement made in direct connection with an issue under consideration by a legislative, executive or judicial body, or any other official proceeding authorized by law; or
4. Communication made in direct connection with an issue of public interest in a place open to the public or in a public forum,
which is truthful or is made without knowledge of its falsehood.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1364; A 1997, 2593; 2013, 623)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.650 - Limitation of liability.

A person who engages in a good faith communication in furtherance of the right to petition or the right to free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern is immune from any civil action for claims based upon the communication.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2848; A 1997, 1365, 2593; 2013, 623)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.665 - Legislative findings and declaration regarding plaintiff’s burden of proof under NRS 41.660.

The Legislature finds and declares that:
1. NRS 41.660 provides certain protections to a person against whom an action is brought, if the action is based upon a good faith communication in furtherance of the right to petition or the right to free speech in direct connection with an issue of public concern.
2. When a plaintiff must demonstrate a probability of success of prevailing on a claim pursuant to NRS 41.660, the Legislature intends that in determining whether the plaintiff "has demonstrated with prima facie evidence a probability of prevailing on the claim" the plaintiff must meet the same burden of proof that a plaintiff has been required to meet pursuant to California’s anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation law as of June 8, 2015.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2455)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.670 - Award of reasonable costs, attorney’s fees and monetary relief under certain circumstances; separate action for damages; sanctions for frivolous or vexatious special motion to dismiss; interlocutory appeal.

1. If the court grants a special motion to dismiss filed pursuant to NRS 41.660:
(a) The court shall award reasonable costs and attorney’s fees to the person against whom the action was brought, except that the court shall award reasonable costs and attorney’s fees to this State or to the appropriate political subdivision of this State if the Attorney General, the chief legal officer or attorney of the political subdivision or special counsel provided the defense for the person pursuant to NRS 41.660.
(b) The court may award, in addition to reasonable costs and attorney’s fees awarded pursuant to paragraph (a), an amount of up to $10,000 to the person against whom the action was brought.
(c) The person against whom the action is brought may bring a separate action to recover:
(1) Compensatory damages;
(2) Punitive damages; and
(3) Attorney’s fees and costs of bringing the separate action.
2. If the court denies a special motion to dismiss filed pursuant to NRS 41.660 and finds that the motion was frivolous or vexatious, the court shall award to the prevailing party reasonable costs and attorney’s fees incurred in responding to the motion.
3. In addition to reasonable costs and attorney’s fees awarded pursuant to subsection 2, the court may award:
(a) An amount of up to $10,000; and
(b) Any such additional relief as the court deems proper to punish and deter the filing of frivolous or vexatious motions.
4. If the court denies the special motion to dismiss filed pursuant to NRS 41.660, an interlocutory appeal lies to the Supreme Court.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2848; A 1997, 1366, 2593; 2013, 624)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.690 - Cause of action for damages resulting from criminal violation if perpetrator was motivated by certain characteristics of victim.

1. A person who has suffered injury as the proximate result of the willful violation of the provisions of NRS 200.030, 200.050, 200.280, 200.310, 200.366, 200.380, 200.400, 200.460, 200.463, 200.4631, 200.464, 200.465, 200.467, 200.468, 200.471, 200.481, 200.508, 200.5099, 200.571, 200.575, 202.448, 203.010, 203.020, 203.030, 203.060, 203.080, 203.090, 203.100, 203.110, 203.119, 205.010 to 205.025, inclusive, 205.060, 205.067, 205.075, 205.0832, 205.220, 205.226, 205.228, 205.240, 205.270, 205.2715, 205.274, 205.2741, 206.010, 206.040, 206.125, 206.140, 206.150, 206.200, 206.310, 206.330, 207.180, 207.190, 207.200, 207.210 or 392.915 by a perpetrator who was motivated by the injured person’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression may bring an action for the recovery of his or her actual damages and any punitive damages which the facts may warrant. If the person who has suffered injury prevails in an action brought pursuant to this subsection, the court shall award the person costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.
2. The liability imposed by this section is in addition to any other liability imposed by law.
3. As used in this section, "gender identity or expression" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 193.0148.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2706; A 2005, 89; 2007, 1269; 2013, 65, 1855; 2021, 1531)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.700 - Liability for damages caused by use of controlled substance; damages; attorney’s fees and costs.

1. A person who:
(a) Knowingly and unlawfully serves, sells or otherwise furnishes a controlled substance to another person; or
(b) Knowingly allows another person to use a controlled substance in an unlawful manner on premises or in a conveyance belonging to the person allowing the use or over which the person has control,
is liable in a civil action for any damages caused as a result of the person using the controlled substance.
2. A person who prevails in an action brought pursuant to subsection 1 may recover his or her actual damages, attorney’s fees and costs and any punitive damages that the facts may warrant.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 588)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.705 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 41.705 to 41.735, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 41.710 to 41.725, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1255)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.710 - "Advertisement" defined.

"Advertisement" means material that:
1. Advertises for commercial purposes the availability or the quality of real property, goods or services; or
2. Is otherwise designed or intended to solicit a person to purchase real property, goods or services.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.715 - "Electronic mail" defined.

"Electronic mail" means a message, a file or other information that is transmitted through a local, regional or global network, regardless of whether the message, file or other information is:
1. Viewed;
2. Stored for retrieval at a later time;
3. Printed onto paper or other similar material; or
4. Filtered or screened by a computer program that is designed or intended to filter or screen items of electronic mail.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.730 - Action for damages; exceptions; injunctive relief.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.735, if a person transmits or causes to be transmitted to a recipient an item of electronic mail that includes an advertisement, the person is liable to the recipient for civil damages unless:
(a) The person has a preexisting business or personal relationship with the recipient;
(b) The recipient has expressly consented to receive the item of electronic mail from the person; or
(c) The advertisement is readily identifiable as promotional, or contains a statement providing that it is an advertisement, and clearly and conspicuously provides:
(1) The legal name, complete street address and electronic mail address of the person transmitting the electronic mail;
(2) A notice that the recipient may decline to receive additional electronic mail that includes an advertisement from the person transmitting the electronic mail and the procedures for declining such electronic mail; and
(3) The abbreviation "ADV" or the word "advertisement" as the first word of the subject line of the electronic mail.
2. Unless a greater amount of damages is provided pursuant to subsection 3, if a person is liable to a recipient pursuant to subsection 1, the recipient may recover from the person:
(a) Actual damages or damages of $50 per item of electronic mail received, whichever is greater; and
(b) Attorney’s fees and costs.
3. If a person is liable to a recipient pursuant to subsection 1 and the person:
(a) Disguised the source of the advertisement;
(b) Used false or misleading information in the subject line of the electronic mail;
(c) Provided a false return address;
(d) Ignored requests made by the recipient to decline receiving additional electronic mail;
(e) Provided a false address for declining additional electronic mail from the person; or
(f) Obtained the electronic mail address of the recipient through a method that was not authorized by the recipient,
the recipient may recover actual damages or damages of $500 per item of electronic mail received, whichever is greater, and attorney’s fees and costs.
4. In addition to any other recovery that is allowed pursuant to subsection 2 or 3, the recipient may apply to the district court of the county in which the recipient resides for an order enjoining the person from transmitting to the recipient any other item of electronic mail that includes an advertisement.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1256; A 2003, 340)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.735 - Immunity for persons who provide users with access to network; applicability to items of electronic mail obtained voluntarily.

1. If a person provides users with access to a network and, as part of that service, transmits items of electronic mail on behalf of those users, the person is immune from liability for civil damages pursuant to NRS 41.705 to 41.735, inclusive, unless the person transmits an item of electronic mail that includes an advertisement the person prepared or caused to be prepared.
2. The provisions of NRS 41.705 to 41.735, inclusive, do not apply to an item of electronic mail that is obtained by a recipient voluntarily. This subsection includes, but is not limited to, an item of electronic mail that is obtained by a recipient voluntarily from an electronic bulletin board.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.740 - Damages for which person who kills or injures pet of another person is liable; punitive and noneconomic damages may not be awarded; limitation on amount of damages; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if a natural person intentionally, willfully, recklessly or negligently injures or kills the pet of another natural person, the person is liable for the following:
(a) The cost of veterinary care incurred by the owner because of the injury or death of the pet.
(b) If the pet is injured, any reduction in the market value of the pet caused by the injury.
(c) If the pet is killed, the market value of the pet and reasonable burial expenses.
(d) Reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred by the owner in bringing an action pursuant to this section.
2. Punitive damages and noneconomic damages may not be awarded in an action brought under this section.
3. In an action brought under this section, the award of damages must not exceed $5,000 for each pet.
4. The provisions of this section do not authorize an award of damages pursuant to subsection 1 if:
(a) A nonprofit organization, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals established pursuant to NRS 574.010 or governmental entity, or an employee or agent thereof, injures or kills a pet while acting in furtherance of public health or animal welfare.
(b) The action is based on the killing of a dog that had been or was killing or causing damage to livestock.
(c) The person reasonably believed that:
(1) The pet presented a risk to the person’s safety or to the safety of another person; and
(2) The action was necessary to protect himself or herself or another person.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Livestock" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 569.0085.
(b) "Owner" means a natural person who owns, possesses, harbors, keeps or has control or custody of a pet.
(c) "Pet" means any domesticated dog or cat normally maintained in or near the household of its owner.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2471)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.745 - Liability of employer for intentional conduct of employee; limitations.

1. An employer is not liable for harm or injury caused by the intentional conduct of an employee if the conduct of the employee:
(a) Was a truly independent venture of the employee;
(b) Was not committed in the course of the very task assigned to the employee; and
(c) Was not reasonably foreseeable under the facts and circumstances of the case considering the nature and scope of his or her employment.
For the purposes of this subsection, conduct of an employee is reasonably foreseeable if a person of ordinary intelligence and prudence could have reasonably anticipated the conduct and the probability of injury.
2. Nothing in this section imposes strict liability on an employer for any unforeseeable intentional act of an employee.
3. For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Employee" means any person who is employed by an employer, including, without limitation, any present or former officer or employee, immune contractor, an employee of a university school for profoundly gifted pupils described in chapter 388C of NRS or a member of a board or commission or Legislator in this State.
(b) "Employer" means any public or private employer in this State, including, without limitation, the State of Nevada, a university school for profoundly gifted pupils described in chapter 388C of NRS, any agency of this State and any political subdivision of the State.
(c) "Immune contractor" has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection 3 of NRS 41.0307.
(d) "Officer" has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection 4 of NRS 41.0307.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1357; A 2005, 2430)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.750 - Limitations on liability of employer for damages arising from or relating to child care provided to children of employee.

If an employer:
1. Pays money directly to an employee for use by the employee to pay all or a portion of the cost of child care and the employee selects the child care facility independent of and without any input from the employer;
2. Provides to an employee one or more vouchers for use by the employee to pay all or a portion of the cost of child care at a child care facility licensed and in good standing pursuant to chapter 432A of NRS;
3. Directs or refers an employee to a child care facility licensed and in good standing pursuant to chapter 432A of NRS; or
4. Negotiates a discount or other benefit for an employee at a child care facility licensed and in good standing pursuant to chapter 432A of NRS,
the employer is immune from civil liability for damages arising from or relating to the child care provided to the children of the employee if the damages are caused by an act or omission that constitutes simple negligence.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 3321)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.755 - Limitations on liability of employer who discloses information regarding employee to prospective employer of employee; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an employer who, at the request of an employee, discloses information regarding:
(a) The ability of the employee to perform the employee’s job;
(b) The diligence, skill or reliability with which the employee carried out the duties of the employee’s job; or
(c) An illegal or wrongful act committed by the employee,
to a prospective employer of that employee is immune from civil liability for such disclosure and its consequences.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an employer who discloses information regarding an employee to a public safety agency pursuant to NRS 239B.020 is immune from civil liability for such disclosure and its consequences.
3. An employer is not immune from civil liability for a disclosure made pursuant to subsection 1 or NRS 239B.020 or for the consequences of a disclosure made pursuant to subsection 1 or NRS 239B.020 if the employer:
(a) Acted with malice or ill will;
(b) Disclosed information that the employer believed was inaccurate;
(c) Disclosed information which the employer had no reasonable grounds for believing was accurate;
(d) Recklessly or intentionally disclosed inaccurate information;
(e) Deliberately disclosed misleading information; or
(f) Disclosed information in violation of a state or federal law or in violation of an agreement with the employee.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Employee" means a person who currently renders or previously rendered time and services to an employer.
(b) "Employer" includes an employee or agent of an employer who is authorized by the employer to disclose information regarding an employee.
(c) "Public safety agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 239B.020.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1235; A 1999, 1909; 2007, 1048)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.800 - Acts for which person is liable; remedies; no criminal liability for violation of section.

1. A person shall not intentionally obstruct:
(a) The ingress or egress to any public or private property from any other public or private place in such a manner as not to leave a free passageway for persons and vehicles lawfully seeking to enter or leave the property via the public or private place; or
(b) Any public or private roadway, including, without limitation, intersections, so as to prevent the safe passage of vehicles thereon or therethrough.
2. In addition to any other remedy, a person aggrieved by a violation of subsection 1 may bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against any person who commits the violation to seek any or all of the following relief:
(a) Declaratory and injunctive relief, including, without limitation, injunctive relief to enjoin any ongoing activity that violates any provision of subsection 1. For the purposes of injunctive relief, a person who brings an action pursuant to this subsection is entitled to a rebuttable presumption of irreparable harm.
(b) Actual damages.
(c) Reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
(d) Any other legal or equitable relief that the court deems appropriate.
3. A person who violates the provisions of this section is not subject to criminal liability.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2977)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.900 - Qualifications for bringing action for wrongful conviction; required proof; weight and admissibility of evidence; appointment of counsel; "innocence" defined.

1. A person who is not currently incarcerated for any offense may bring a civil action for his or her wrongful conviction against this State in a district court seeking damages or other relief provided by NRS 41.950.
2. The court shall award damages for wrongful conviction in accordance with NRS 41.950 if the person proves by a preponderance of the evidence that:
(a) He or she was convicted of a felony in this State and was subsequently imprisoned for the conviction;
(b) He or she did not commit the felony for which he or she was convicted and the person:
(1) Was not an accessory or accomplice to the acts that were the basis of the conviction;
(2) Did not commit the acts that were the basis of the conviction; and
(3) Did not aid, abet or act as an accomplice or accessory to a person who committed the acts that were the basis of the conviction;
(c) He or she was not convicted of an offense necessarily included in the offense charged;
(d) Any of the following occurred:
(1) The judgment of conviction was reversed or vacated and the charging document was dismissed;
(2) The basis for reversing or vacating the judgment of conviction was not legal error that was unrelated to his or her innocence, and if a court ordered a new trial, the person was found not guilty at the new trial or the person was not retried and the charging document was dismissed; or
(3) The person was pardoned by the State Board of Pardons Commissioners on the grounds that he or she was innocent; and
(e) The person did not commit perjury or fabricate evidence at the criminal proceeding that brought about his or her felony conviction and the person did not by his or her own conduct cause or bring about his or her felony conviction.
3. The court, in exercising its discretion as permitted by law regarding the weight and admissibility of evidence, may, in the interest of justice, give due consideration to:
(a) The difficulty of providing evidence caused by the passage of time;
(b) The death or unavailability of a witness;
(c) The destruction of evidence; or
(d) Any other factor not caused by the person or any other person acting on his or her behalf.
4. The court may appoint an attorney to aid a person in an action brought pursuant to this section.
5. For the purposes of subsection 2, the following do not constitute committing perjury, fabricating evidence or causing or bringing about the conviction of the person:
(a) A confession or an admission later found to be false; or
(b) If the judgment of conviction was reversed or vacated and the charging document dismissed, a guilty plea for a felony.
6. As used in this section, "innocence" means that a person did not engage in:
(a) The conduct for which he or she was convicted; and
(b) Any conduct constituting a lesser included or inchoate offense of the crime for which he or she was convicted.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4366)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.910 - Certificate of innocence: Entry; denial of entry and dismissal of action; sealing of records upon entry of certificate; confidentiality of records not sealed upon entry of certificate.

1. If a court finds that a person is entitled to a judgment pursuant to NRS 41.900, the court shall enter a certificate of innocence finding that the person was innocent of the felony for which the person was wrongfully convicted.
2. If a court does not find that a person is entitled to a judgment pursuant to NRS 41.900, the action must be dismissed and the court shall not enter a certificate of innocence.
3. Upon an entry of a certificate of innocence pursuant to subsection 1, the court shall order sealed all records of the conviction, except such records maintained by the parties concerning a civil action for wrongful conviction brought pursuant to NRS 41.900, which are in the custody of any agency of criminal justice or any public or private agency, company, official or other custodian of records in the State of Nevada and shall order all such records of the person returned to the file of the court where the underlying criminal action was commenced from, including, without limitation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and all other agencies of criminal justice which maintain such records and which are reasonably known by either the person or the court to have possession of such records. Such records must be sealed regardless of whether the person has any prior criminal convictions in this State.
4. The records maintained by the parties concerning a civil action for wrongful conviction pursuant to subsection 3 must remain confidential.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4367; A 2021, 1375)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.920 - Waiver of sovereign immunity; exceptions; action not subject to other requirements or limitation on damages; law relating to absolute or qualified immunity of judicial officer, prosecutor or law enforcement officer applies to action.

1. The State of Nevada waives its immunity from liability in any action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900 and consents to have its liability determined in accordance with the same rules of law as are applied to civil actions against natural persons and corporations, except that:
(a) The State shall be exempt from the requirements of NRS 17.117; and
(b) A person who has obtained a certificate of innocence pursuant to NRS 41.910 shall not be entitled to prejudgment or postjudgment interest.
2. An action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900 is not subject to any requirement of an action brought pursuant to NRS 41.031, including, without limitation, the limitations on an award of damages described in NRS 41.035.
3. All provisions of existing law relating to the absolute or qualified immunity of any judicial officer, prosecutor or law enforcement officer, including all applicable provisions of federal and state law, apply to an action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4367; A 2021, 1376)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.930 - Captioning of pleadings; verified statement of facts must be served upon Attorney General; proceedings held before court without jury; appeal; doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel do not apply to action.

1. All pleadings filed pursuant to NRS 41.900 must be captioned, "In the matter of the wrongful conviction of [name of the person bringing the action]."
2. The initial complaint filed in an action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900 must be accompanied by a statement of facts verified by the person and served upon the Attorney General pursuant to the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure.
3. All proceedings held pursuant to NRS 41.900 must be tried before a court without a jury.
4. A judgment issued pursuant to NRS 41.900 may be appealed to an appellate court of competent jurisdiction.
5. The doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel do not apply to an action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4367)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.940 - Limitation on time for commencement of action.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person must bring an action pursuant to NRS 41.900 within 2 years after:
(a) A judgment of conviction of the person was reversed or vacated and the charging document was dismissed;
(b) If a court ordered a new trial, the person was found not guilty at the new trial or the person was not retried and the charging document was dismissed; or
(c) The person was pardoned by the State Board of Pardons Commissioners on the grounds that the person is innocent.
2. If any of the events described in subsection 1 occurred before October 1, 2019, an action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900 must be commenced not later than October 1, 2021.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4368)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.960 - Reduction of award because of previous action or settlement; notification of settlement or award; reimbursement; calculation of award not to include certain items.

1. If a person in an action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900 has previously won a monetary award against this State or against any other governmental entity in a civil action related to his or her wrongful conviction, the person is only entitled to receive any amount described in NRS 41.950, less the award obtained in the previous civil action.
2. If a person in an action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900 has entered into a settlement agreement with this State or with any other governmental entity related to his or her wrongful conviction, the person is only entitled to receive any amount described in NRS 41.950, less the amount of the settlement agreement.
3. A person who received compensation from this State in his or her action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900, whether through an award of damages or a settlement, and who subsequently receives a civil settlement or award relating to his or her wrongful conviction shall:
(a) Not later than 4 months after the date of the subsequent civil settlement or award, notify the State Board of Examiners of the subsequent civil settlement or award; and
(b) Not later than 6 months after the date of the subsequent civil settlement or award, reimburse this State for the compensation previously received, not to exceed the amount of the monetary compensation which the person receives in the subsequent civil settlement or award.
4. If a person who received compensation from this State in his or her action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900, whether through an award of damages or a settlement, and who subsequently receives a civil settlement or award relating to his or her wrongful conviction does not notify the State Board of Examiners or reimburse this State pursuant to subsection 3, a court may order the termination of any future payment awarded pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 41.950.
5. The calculation of an award of damages or a settlement amount pursuant to this section must not include items listed in subsection 2 of NRS 41.950, including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and the costs for bringing the action.
6. As used in this section, "governmental entity" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 363C.040.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4369; A 2021, 1377)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.970 - Submission of claim to State Board of Examiners; claim paid from Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account; payment not effective without prior approval of Board.

To recover damages or other monetary relief awarded by a court pursuant to NRS 41.950, less any adjustment pursuant to NRS 41.960, a person who was successful in his or her action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900 must submit a claim to the State Board of Examiners. The claim must be for payment of the damages or other monetary relief from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account, upon approval by the State Board of Examiners. Payment does not become effective without the prior approval of the State Board of Examiners.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4369; A 2021, 1378)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41A - Actions for Professional Negligence › NRS 41A.003 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 41A.007 to 41A.017, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 2006; A 1989, 419; 1991, 1609; 1995, 2344; 1999, 5; 2002 Special Session, 8; 2004 initiative petition, Ballot Question No. 3; A 2015, 2526)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41A - Actions for Professional Negligence › NRS 41A.015 - "Professional negligence" defined.

"Professional negligence" means the failure of a provider of health care, in rendering services, to use the reasonable care, skill or knowledge ordinarily used under similar circumstances by similarly trained and experienced providers of health care.
(Added to NRS by 2004 initiative petition, Ballot Question No. 3; A 2015, 2526)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41A - Actions for Professional Negligence › NRS 41A.017 - "Provider of health care" defined.

"Provider of health care" means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, physician assistant, anesthesiologist assistant, dentist, licensed nurse, dispensing optician, optometrist, registered physical therapist, podiatric physician, licensed psychologist, chiropractic physician, naprapath, doctor of Oriental medicine, holder of a license or a limited license issued under the provisions of chapter 653 of NRS, medical laboratory director or technician, licensed dietitian or a licensed hospital, clinic, surgery center, physicians’ professional corporation or group practice that employs any such person and its employees.
(Added to NRS by 2004 initiative petition, Ballot Question No. 3; A 2011, 1511; 2015, 2526; 2019, 2709; 2023, 1587, 1684)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41A - Actions for Professional Negligence › NRS 41A.035 - Limitation on amount of award for noneconomic damages; publication of amount of limitation by Nevada Supreme Court.

1. In an action for injury or death against a provider of health care based upon professional negligence, the injured plaintiff may recover noneconomic damages, but the amount of noneconomic damages awarded in such an action must not exceed $350,000, regardless of the number of plaintiffs, defendants or theories upon which liability may be based.
2. The maximum amount of noneconomic damages set forth in subsection 1 must be increased by $80,000 on January 1 of each year beginning on January 1, 2024, and ending on January 1, 2028, when the amount reaches $750,000.
3. Beginning on January 1, 2029, the maximum amount of noneconomic damages set forth in subsection 1, as adjusted by subsection 2, must be increased on January 1 of each year by 2.1 percent, rounded to the nearest dollar.
4. The Nevada Supreme Court shall, on or before January 1 of each year, publish on its Internet website the maximum amount of noneconomic damages that may be awarded in an action for injury or death against a provider of health care based upon professional negligence in each year for the following 20 years.
(Added to NRS by 2004 initiative petition, Ballot Question No. 3; A 2015, 2526; 2023, 3023)