2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 493 - General Provisions › NRS 493.115 - Unmanned aerial vehicles: Operation by public agency; requirements; prohibited uses; information acquired in violation of section inadmissible and may not be used to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause. [Effective through December 31, 2024.] Unmanned aerial vehicles: Operation by public agency; requirements; prohibited uses; information acquired in violation of section inadmissible and may not be used to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause. [Effective January 1, 2025.]

1. A public agency:
(a) May operate an unmanned aerial vehicle only if:
(1) Before the operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the public agency registers the unmanned aerial vehicle with the Department pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 493.118.
(2) The public agency operates the unmanned aerial vehicle in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 493.118.
(b) Must not operate an unmanned aerial vehicle for the purposes of assisting a law enforcement agency with law enforcement or conducting a criminal prosecution.
2. Any photograph, image, recording or other information that is acquired by a public agency through the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle in violation of this section, and any evidence that is derived therefrom:
(a) Is not admissible in, and must not be disclosed in, a judicial, administrative or other adjudicatory proceeding; and
(b) May not be used to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause as the basis for investigating or prosecuting a crime or offense.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1776)
1. A public agency:
(a) May operate an unmanned aerial vehicle only if:
(1) Before the operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the public agency registers the unmanned aerial vehicle with the Department pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 493.118.
(2) The public agency operates the unmanned aerial vehicle in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 493.118.
(b) Must not operate an unmanned aerial vehicle for the purposes of assisting a law enforcement agency with law enforcement or conducting a criminal prosecution.
2. Any photograph, image, recording or other information that is acquired by a public agency through the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle in violation of this section, and any evidence that is derived therefrom:
(a) Is not admissible in, and must not be disclosed in, a judicial, administrative or other adjudicatory proceeding; and
(b) May not be used to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause as the basis for investigating or prosecuting a crime or offense.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a public agency shall not operate, purchase or acquire any unmanned aerial vehicle or other equipment or service relating to the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle in violation of the regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 493.118. A public agency may operate or use an unmanned aerial vehicle or other equipment or service relating to the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle that was purchased or acquired before the effective date of the regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 493.118.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1776; A 2023, 2735, effective January 1, 2025)