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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.291 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 41.291 to 41.299, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 41.293 and 41.294 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 731; A 2019, 2090)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.295 - Verified petition.

1. Any parent of an unemancipated minor desiring to have the name of the minor changed may file a verified petition with the clerk of the district court of the district in which the minor resides.
2. The petition shall be addressed to the court and shall state:
(a) The minor’s present name;
(b) The name which the minor will bear in the future;
(c) The reason for desiring the name change;
(d) The consent of the minor, if over the age of 14 years;
(e) The verified consent, if any, of the other parent;
(f) The name and address of the other parent, if known; and
(g) Whether the minor has been convicted of a felony.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 732)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.296 - When notice to nonpetitioning parent is required.

1. Unless the verified consent of the other parent is stated in the petition, and except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, upon the filing of the petition, the petitioning parent shall make out and procure a notice that must:
(a) State the fact of the filing of the petition, its object, the minor’s present name and the name which the minor will bear in the future; and
(b) Be personally served with a copy of the petition upon the other parent.
2. If the petitioning parent submits proof satisfactory to the court that notice cannot be personally served on the other parent, the court may order the petitioning parent to:
(a) Publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for 3 successive weeks; and
(b) Serve notice and a copy of the petition by registered or certified mail to the other parent at his or her last known address.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 732)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.297 - Order of court; hearing on objections; disposition of order.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the court shall make an order changing the name of the minor as prayed for in the petition upon being satisfied by the statements in the petition or other evidence that good reason exists, if:
(a) The verified consent of the other parent is stated in the petition; or
(b) No written objection is filed with the clerk within 10 days after the other parent is personally served or the last day of publication of notice as ordered in NRS 41.296, upon proof of the filing of the petition and evidence of service.
2. If, within the period described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1, an objection is filed, the court shall appoint a day for hearing the proofs, respectively, of the petitioning parent and the objection, upon reasonable notice. Upon that day, the court shall hear the proofs, and grant or refuse the prayer of the petitioning parent, according to whether the proofs show satisfactory reasons for making the change.
3. Upon the making of an order either granting or denying the prayer of the petitioning parent, the order must be recorded as a judgment of the court. If the petition is granted, the name of the minor must thereupon be as stated in the order and the clerk shall transmit a certified copy of the order to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 732)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.298 - Petitions filed under other provisions of law.

In addition to a petition to change the name of an unemancipated minor filed pursuant to this chapter, such a petition may be filed in any action brought under the provisions of chapter 122A, 125, 125C, 126, 128 or 129 of NRS. For any petition filed, the notice and service requirements of the chapter under which the applicable action was brought must be met.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 733)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.299 - Provisions do not apply to unemancipated minor in legal custody of agency which provides child welfare services.

1. The provisions of NRS 41.291 to 41.299, inclusive, do not apply to an unemancipated minor who is in the legal custody of an agency which provides child welfare services.
2. As used in this section, "agency which provides child welfare services" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.030.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2089)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.2991 - "Agency which provides child welfare services" defined.

As used in NRS 41.2991 to 41.2999, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, "agency which provides child welfare services" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.030.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2087)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.2993 - Verified petition.

1. An attorney representing an unemancipated minor in the legal custody of an agency which provides child welfare services who desires to have the name of the minor changed may file a verified petition with the clerk of the district court of the district in which the minor resides.
2. The petition must be addressed to the court and must state:
(a) The unemancipated minor’s present name;
(b) The name which the unemancipated minor will bear in the future;
(c) The reason for desiring the name change;
(d) The consent of the unemancipated minor, if over the age of 14 years;
(e) The verified consent, if any, of one or both parents of the unemancipated minor;
(f) The name and address of each parent of the unemancipated minor, if known; and
(g) Whether the unemancipated minor has been convicted of a felony.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2087)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.2999 - Petitions filed under other provisions of law.

In addition to a petition to change the name of an unemancipated minor in the legal custody of an agency which provides child welfare services which is filed pursuant to this chapter, such a petition may be filed in any action brought under the provisions of chapter 122A, 125, 125C, 126, 128, 129 or 432B of NRS. For any petition filed, the notice and service requirements of the chapter under which the applicable action was brought must be met.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2089)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.300 - Insane persons; presumption of legal capacity on discharge.

After a person’s insanity has been judicially determined, such person can make no conveyance or other contract, or delegate any power or waive any right until the person’s restoration to presumed legal capacity, or until the person has been judicially declared to be sane. A certificate from the superintendent or resident physician of the insane asylum to which such person may have been committed showing that such person had been discharged therefrom shall establish the presumption of legal capacity in such person from the time of such discharge.
[1:23:1941; 1931 NCL § 3536]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.310 - Adjudication of sanity.

The district courts of the several counties shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the question as to whether or not a person, previously adjudicated to be insane, shall be adjudicated to be sane.
[2:23:1941; 1931 NCL § 3536.01]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.320 - Petition seeking restoration of status as sane; notice.

Any person, on behalf of an alleged insane person, may file a petition in the district court seeking an order restoring the alleged insane person to the status of a sane person. Upon the filing of the petition for that purpose, the clerk shall give such notice of the filing of the same as the court may order.
[3:23:1941; 1931 NCL § 3536.02]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.325 - Notice of adjudication of sanity to be given to Administrative Officer and Medical Director of Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services.

After any proceeding in which a person, previously adjudicated to be insane, is adjudicated to be sane, the clerk of the district court shall immediately notify the Administrative Officer and the Medical Director of Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services of the adjudication.
(Added to NRS by 1959, 851; A 1973, 92, 1218; 1985, 231; 2001, 1116)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.330 - Conduct of proceedings by county officers; no fees to be charged.

All proceedings under NRS 41.300 to 41.330, inclusive, shall be conducted by the appropriate county officials, including the district attorney, without cost or expense of any kind to the petitioner or alleged insane person.
[3 1/2:23:1941; added 1945, 105; 1943 NCL § 3536.03 1/2]—(NRS A 1959, 851)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.331 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 41.331 to 41.338, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 41.332 to 41.335, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 553; 2001, 27)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.332 - "Actual malice" defined.

"Actual malice" is that state of mind arising from hatred or ill will toward the plaintiff and does not include that state of mind occasioned by a good faith belief in the truth of the publication or broadcast.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 553)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.333 - "Exemplary damages" defined.

"Exemplary damages" are damages which may, in the discretion of the court or jury, be recovered in addition to general and special damages for the sake of example and by way of punishing a defendant who has made a publication or broadcast with actual malice.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 553)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.335 - "Special damages" defined.

"Special damages" are only those damages which a plaintiff alleges and proves that the plaintiff has suffered in respect to the plaintiff’s property, business, trade, profession or occupation, including such amounts of money as the plaintiff alleges and proves that the plaintiff has expended as a result of the alleged libel or slander.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 553)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.336 - Special damages; notice and demand for correction.

1. In any action for damages for the publication of a libel in a newspaper, or of a slander by radio or television broadcast, the plaintiff may recover no more than special damages unless a correction is demanded by the plaintiff and not published or broadcast.
2. A demand for correction shall be in writing and shall be served upon the newspaper or broadcaster at its place of business. Such demand shall specify the statements claimed to be libelous or slanderous and shall demand a correction.
3. Such demand for correction must be served within 90 days after the plaintiff has knowledge of the publication or broadcast of the statements claimed to be libelous or slanderous.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 553; A 1975, 1521)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.337 - General, special and exemplary damages.

If a correction is demanded as provided in NRS 41.336 and is not published or broadcast within 20 days in substantially as conspicuous a manner in the newspaper or by the broadcaster as the statements claimed to be libelous or slanderous, the plaintiff may plead and prove such demand and failure to correct and may recover general and special damages. In addition, the plaintiff may recover exemplary damages if the plaintiff can prove that the defendant published or broadcast the statement with actual malice. Actual malice shall not be presumed or inferred from the publication or broadcast.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 553)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.338 - Correction before demand.

A correction published or broadcast in substantially as conspicuous a manner by the newspaper or broadcaster as the statements claimed to be libelous or slanderous, prior to the receipt of a demand therefor, shall have the same effect as though the correction had been published or broadcast as required in NRS 41.336.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 553)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.340 - Liability of owners or operators of broadcasting stations for defamation published by another; exercise of due care.

The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator, shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement or matter published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound radio broadcast by one other than such owner, licensee or operator, or agent or employee thereof, if it shall be alleged and proved by such owner, licensee or operator, or agent or employee thereof, that such owner, licensee or operator, or such agent or employee, has exercised due care to prevent the publication or utterance of such statement or matter in such broadcast.
[1:230:1951]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.350 - Liability of owner or operator originating broadcast.

If any defamatory statement or matter is published or uttered in or as a part of a broadcast over the facilities of a network of visual or sound radio broadcasting stations, the owner, licensee or operator of any such station, or network of stations, and the agents or employees thereof other than the owner, licensee or operator of the station, or network of stations, originating such broadcast, and the agents or employees thereof, shall in no event be liable for any damages for any such defamatory statement or matter.
[2:230:1951]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.360 - Liability when broadcast cannot be censored.

In no event, however, shall any owner, licensee or operator of such station or network of stations, or the agents or employees thereof, be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement or matter published or uttered by one other than such owner, licensee or operator, or agent or employee thereof, in or as a part of a visual or sound radio broadcast by or on behalf of any candidate for public office, which broadcast cannot be censored by reason of the provisions of federal statute or regulation of the Federal Communications Commission.
[3:230:1951]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.365 - Action for damages.

1. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2, a person who has suffered injury as the proximate result of perjury or subornation of perjury committed by another may bring an action for the recovery of his or her actual damages and any punitive damages which the facts may warrant.
2. There is no cause of action under subsection 1 unless the defendant has been convicted of the perjury or subornation of perjury which caused the injury.
3. As used in this section, "injury" includes deprivation of liberty as well as other harm to the person or property of the plaintiff.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 831)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.370 - Public policy against causes of action for breach of promise, alienation of affections and criminal conversation.

The remedies provided by law for the enforcement of actions based upon alleged alienation of affections and breach of contract to marry before March 5, 1943, and for alleged criminal conversation before July 1, 1979, having been subjected to grave abuses, caused extreme annoyance, embarrassment, humiliation and pecuniary damage to many persons wholly innocent and free of any wrongdoing, who were merely the victims of circumstances, and having been exercised by unscrupulous persons for their unjust enrichment, and having furnished vehicles for the commission or attempted commission of crime and in many cases having resulted in the perpetration of frauds, it is hereby declared as the public policy of the State that the best interests of the people of this state will be served by the abolition thereof. Consequently, in the public interest, the necessity for the enactment of NRS 41.370 to 41.420, inclusive, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
[1:53:1943; 1943 NCL § 4071]—(NRS A 1979, 1171)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.380 - Causes of action abolished.

All civil causes of action for breach of promise to marry, alienation of affections, and criminal conversation, are hereby abolished; but this section does not abolish any cause of action for criminal conversation which accrued before July 1, 1979.
[2:53:1943; 1943 NCL § 4071.01]—(NRS A 1979, 1172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.390 - Time for commencing accrued causes of action for criminal conversation.

1. All causes of action for criminal conversation which have accrued before July 1, 1979, must be commenced within 60 days after July 1, 1979.
2. All such actions not so commenced are thereafter forever barred.
[3:53:1943; 1943 NCL § 4071.02]—(NRS A 1979, 1172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.400 - Act or contract gives no right of action.

No act done within this state operates to give rise, either within or without this state, to any of the rights of action abolished by NRS 41.370 to 41.420, inclusive. No contract to marry made or entered into in this state operates to give rise, either within or without this state, to any cause or right of action for the breach thereof, and no contract to marry, made in any other state, gives rise to any cause of action within this state for the breach thereof.
[4:53:1943; 1943 NCL § 4071.03]—(NRS A 1979, 1172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.410 - Unlawful to file actions after July 1, 1979.

After July 1, 1979, it is unlawful for any person, either as litigant or attorney, to file, cause to be filed, threaten to file, or threaten to cause to be filed, in any court of this state, any pleading or paper setting forth or seeking to recover upon any cause of action abolished or barred by NRS 41.370 to 41.420, inclusive, whether such cause of action arose within or without this state.
[5:53:1943; 1943 NCL § 4071.04]—(NRS A 1979, 1172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.420 - Penalty.

Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of NRS 41.370 to 41.420, inclusive, upon conviction, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[6:53:1943; 1943 NCL § 4071.05]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.430 - Conditions for jurisdiction of State of Nevada.

1. Pursuant to the provisions of section 7, chapter 505, Public Law 280 of the 83d Congress, approved August 15, 1953, and being 67 Stat. 588, and sections 401 to 403, inclusive, of Title IV, Public Law 284 of the 90th Congress, approved April 11, 1968, and being 82 Stat. 78, et seq., the State of Nevada does hereby assume jurisdiction over public offenses committed by or against Indians in the areas of Indian country in Nevada, as well as jurisdiction over civil causes of action between Indians or to which Indians are parties which arise in the areas of Indian country in Nevada, subject only to the conditions of subsections 3 and 4 of this section.
2. Any tribal ordinance or custom adopted by an Indian tribe, band or community in the exercise of any authority possessed by it shall, if not inconsistent with any applicable civil law of this state, be given full force and effect in the determination of civil causes of action pursuant to this section.
3. This section applies to all areas of Indian country within this state wherein the Indian tribe occupying any such area has consented to the continuation of state jurisdiction over such area in the manner provided in sections 6 to 14, inclusive, of chapter 601, Statutes of Nevada 1973, or has consented to the assumption of state jurisdiction over such area in the manner provided by section 406 of Title IV of Public Law 284 of the 90th Congress, approved April 11, 1968, and being 82 Stat. 80.
4. This section does not apply to any area of Indian country within this state wherein the Indian tribe occupying any such area has failed or refused to consent to the continuation of state jurisdiction over such area in the manner provided in sections 6 to 14, inclusive, of chapter 601, Statutes of Nevada 1973; and the State of Nevada hereby recedes from and relinquishes jurisdiction over any such area.
[1:198:1955] + [2:198:1955] + [3:198:1955]—(NRS A 1973, 1051)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.440 - Imposition of liability.

Any liability imposed upon a spouse, son, daughter, parent, brother, sister or other immediate member of a family arising out of his or her driving and operating a motor vehicle with the permission, express or implied, of such owner is hereby imposed upon the owner of the motor vehicle, and such owner shall be jointly and severally liable with his or her spouse, son, daughter, parent, brother, sister or other immediate member of a family for any damages proximately resulting from such negligence or willful misconduct, and such negligent or willful misconduct shall be imputed to the owner of the motor vehicle for all purposes of civil damages.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 60; A 2009, 3104; 2011, 292; 2017, 777)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.450 - Operator to be made party defendant; recourse on recovery of judgment.

In any action against an owner on account of imputed negligence as imposed by NRS 41.440, the operator of the motor vehicle whose negligence is imputed to the owner shall be made a party defendant if service of process can be had upon the operator as provided by law. Upon recovery of judgment, recourse shall first be had against the property of the operator so served.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 61)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.460 - When debtor in possession or long-term lessee deemed owner of motor vehicle.

1. For the purpose of imposing liability pursuant to NRS 41.440 and for no other purpose, where a vehicle is subject to:
(a) A security interest, the debtor in possession shall be deemed to be the owner and the secured party out of possession shall not be deemed to be the owner.
(b) A long-term lease, the long-term lessee shall be deemed to be the owner and the long-term lessor shall not be deemed to be the owner.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Lease," "long-term lessee" and "long-term lessor" have the meanings ascribed to them in NRS 482.053.
(b) "Owner" has only the significance attributed to it by NRS 41.440.
(c) "Secured party" and "security interest" have the meanings ascribed to them by chapters 104 to 104C, inclusive, of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 61; A 1965, 916; 1967, 704)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.470 - Imposition of liability for minor’s willful misconduct.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 424.085, any act of willful misconduct of a minor which results in any injury or death to another person or injury to the private property of another or to public property is imputed to the parents or guardian having custody and control of the minor for all purposes of civil damages, and the parents or guardian having custody or control are jointly and severally liable with the minor for all damages resulting from the willful misconduct.
2. The joint and several liability of one or both parents or guardian having custody or control of a minor under this section must not exceed $10,000 for any such act of willful misconduct of the minor.
3. The liability imposed by this section is in addition to any other liability imposed by law.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 8; A 1967, 419; 1975, 652; 1979, 461; 1999, 897)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.472 - Imposition of liability for minor’s negligence or willful misconduct regarding firearm.

1. If a parent, guardian or other person legally responsible for a minor under the age of 18 years:
(a) Knows that the minor has previously been adjudicated delinquent or has been convicted of a criminal offense;
(b) Knows that the minor has a propensity to commit violent acts; or
(c) Knows or has reason to know that the minor intends to use the firearm for unlawful purposes,
and permits the minor to use or possess a firearm, any negligence or willful misconduct of the minor in connection with such use or possession is imputed to the person who permits such use or possession for all purposes of civil damages, and, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 41.470, that person is jointly and severally liable with the minor for any and all damages caused by such negligence or willful misconduct.
2. As used in this section, "firearm" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.253.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1149)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.480 - Imposition of liability; conditions and limitations on actions based on acts and omissions of officers or directors.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.519, a nonprofit corporation, association or organization formed under the laws of this State is not immune from liability for the injury or damage caused any person, firm or corporation as a result of the negligent or wrongful act of the nonprofit corporation, association or organization, or its agents, employees or servants acting within the scope of their agency or employment.
2. No action may be brought against an officer, trustee, director or other possessor of the corporate powers of a nonprofit association or trust formed under the laws of this State based on any act or omission arising from failure in his or her official capacity to exercise due care regarding the management or operation of the entity unless the act or omission involves intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 63; A 1987, 85; 1991, 1309; 2015, 1324)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.485 - Conditions and limitations on actions: Acts and omissions of volunteers of charitable organizations.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a volunteer of a charitable organization is immune from liability for civil damages as a result of an act or omission:
(a) Of an agent of the charitable organization; or
(b) Concerning services the volunteer performs for the charitable organization that are not supervisory in nature and are not part of any duties or responsibilities the volunteer may have as an officer, director or trustee of the charitable organization, unless the act is intentional, willful, wanton or malicious.
2. This section does not restrict the liability of a charitable organization for the acts or omissions of a volunteer performing services on its behalf.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Agent" means an officer, director, trustee or employee, whether or not compensated, or a volunteer;
(b) "Charitable organization" means a nonprofit corporation, association or organization, a recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders or a licensed medical facility or facility for the dependent, but does not include a fire department, law enforcement agency or auxiliary thereof;
(c) "Recovery house for persons recovering from alcohol or other substance use disorders" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 278.02374; and
(d) "Volunteer" means an officer, director, trustee or other person who performs services without compensation, other than reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses on behalf of or to benefit a charitable organization.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1066; A 2023, 1733)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.495 - Limitations on liability.

1. The board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of a charter school that allows or establishes a school-based health center is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by a person employed by or volunteering for or affiliated with a school-based health center or a sponsoring entity of the school-based health center.
2. As used in this section, "school-based health center" means a health center located on or in school grounds, property, buildings or any other school district facilities for the purpose of rendering care or services to any person.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2526)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.504 - Physicians, physician assistants, anesthesiologist assistants and registered nurses who give instruction or provide supervision to emergency medical attendant during emergency; emergency medical attendants, physician assistants, anesthesiologist assistants and nurses who obey instruction given by physician, physician assistant, anesthesiologist assistant or nurse during emergency.

1. Any physician, physician assistant, anesthesiologist assistant or registered nurse who in good faith gives instruction or provides supervision to an emergency medical attendant, physician assistant, anesthesiologist assistant or registered nurse, at the scene of an emergency or while transporting an ill or injured person from the scene of an emergency, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, in giving that instruction or providing that supervision.
2. An emergency medical attendant, physician assistant, anesthesiologist assistant, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse who obeys an instruction given by a physician, physician assistant, anesthesiologist assistant, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse and thereby renders emergency care, at the scene of an emergency or while transporting an ill or injured person from the scene of an emergency, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, in rendering that emergency care.
3. As used in this section, "emergency medical attendant" means a person who is:
(a) Licensed as an attendant or certified as an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic pursuant to chapter 450B of NRS; or
(b) Authorized to practice as an emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic in this State under the Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact ratified by NRS 450B.145.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 30; A 2013, 952; 2023, 1586, 2291)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.505 - Physicians, physician assistants, anesthesiologist assistants, nurses and dentists.

1. Any person licensed under the provisions of chapter 630, 632 or 633 of NRS and any person who holds an equivalent license issued by another state, who renders emergency care or assistance, including, without limitation, emergency obstetrical care or assistance, in an emergency, gratuitously and in good faith, is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission, not amounting to gross negligence, by that person in rendering the emergency care or assistance or as a result of any failure to act, not amounting to gross negligence, to provide or arrange for further medical treatment for the injured or ill person. This section does not excuse a physician, physician assistant, anesthesiologist assistant or nurse from liability for damages resulting from that person’s acts or omissions which occur in a licensed medical facility relative to any person with whom there is a preexisting relationship as a patient.
2. Any person licensed under the provisions of chapter 630, 632 or 633 of NRS and any person who holds an equivalent license issued by another state who:
(a) Is retired or otherwise does not practice on a full-time basis; and
(b) Gratuitously and in good faith, renders medical care within the scope of that person’s license to an indigent person,
is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by that person, not amounting to gross negligence or reckless, willful or wanton conduct, in rendering that care.
3. Any person licensed to practice medicine under the provisions of chapter 630 or 633 of NRS or licensed to practice dentistry under the provisions of chapter 631 of NRS who renders care or assistance to a patient for a governmental entity or a nonprofit organization is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by that person in rendering that care or assistance if the care or assistance is rendered gratuitously, in good faith and in a manner not amounting to gross negligence or reckless, willful or wanton conduct.
4. As used in this section, "gratuitously" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.500.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 610; A 1975, 37, 404, 405; 1985, 1754; 1987, 2217; 1989, 21; 1995, 2641; 1999, 937; 2002 Special Session, 5; 2005, 2517; 2007, 32, 3047; 2023, 1587)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.506 - Physicians, physician assistants and nurses who render certain emergency obstetrical care; licensed medical facilities in which certain emergency obstetrical care is rendered.

1. Any person licensed under the provisions of chapter 630, 632 or 633 of NRS and any person who holds an equivalent license issued by another state who renders emergency obstetrical care or assistance to a pregnant woman during labor or the delivery of the child is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by that person in rendering that care or assistance if:
(a) The care or assistance is rendered in good faith and in a manner not amounting to gross negligence or reckless, willful or wanton conduct;
(b) The person has not previously provided prenatal or obstetrical care to the woman; and
(c) The damages are reasonably related to or primarily caused by a lack of prenatal care received by the woman.
2. A licensed medical facility in which such care or assistance is rendered is not liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by the person in rendering that care or assistance if that person is not liable for any civil damages pursuant to subsection 1 and the actions of the medical facility relating to the rendering of that care or assistance do not amount to gross negligence or reckless, willful or wanton conduct.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 30)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.507 - Volunteer emergency medical dispatchers and volunteer medical directors of agencies which employ emergency medical dispatchers.

1. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, a volunteer emergency medical dispatcher is immune from civil liability for damages sustained as a result of any act or omission by the dispatcher in the use of a medical priority dispatch system, if:
(a) The dispatcher has, in good faith, followed the protocols of such a system to establish the priority of calls for medical help or to provide preliminary instructions to a person calling for such help;
(b) The protocols for the system have been approved by the medical director of the local emergency medical service; and
(c) The act or omission of the dispatcher does not amount to gross negligence or willful misconduct.
2. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, a volunteer medical director of a public or private agency, including a health facility, which employs an emergency medical dispatcher is immune from civil liability for damages sustained as a result of any act or omission by the agency if:
(a) The agency uses a medical priority dispatch system;
(b) The agency maintains a quality assurance program for that system; and
(c) The act or omission of the agency does not amount to gross negligence or willful misconduct.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Emergency medical dispatcher" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 450B.063.
(b) "Health facility" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 439A.015.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2117)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.5075 - Behavioral health specialists who perform mobile crisis intervention services by telephone or audio-video communication.

1. A behavioral health specialist performing mobile crisis intervention services by telephone or audio-video communication, whether for compensation or gratuitously, is immune from any civil liability in the performance of mobile crisis intervention services if:
(a) The acts or omissions of the person are in good faith; and
(b) The acts or omissions of the person do not constitute gross negligence or willful, wanton or intentional misconduct.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Audio-video communication" means communication by which a person is able to see, hear and communicate with another person in real time using electronic means.
(b) "Behavioral health specialist" means a psychiatrist who is licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, a psychologist, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse who is certified to practice as a behavioral health specialist, or a person who is licensed as a clinical social worker, clinical professional counselor or marriage and family therapist.
(c) "Mobile crisis intervention services" means services provided under the direction of a peace officer while engaging in an emergency response to assist a person who is experiencing a behavioral health crisis by:
(1) Stabilizing, de-escalating or resolving the crisis;
(2) Screening or assessing the person for safety; or
(3) Creating a safety plan.
(d) "Peace officer" means any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 897)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.508 - Civil action brought by public agency; award of costs and attorney’s fees.

1. A public agency may commence an action in the name of the agency to recover the expense of an emergency response by the public agency against any person who knowingly:
(a) Makes a false report to a public agency that a felony or misdemeanor has been committed or that an emergency exists; or
(b) Creates the false appearance that a felony or misdemeanor has been committed or that an emergency exists, and that false appearance causes a false report to be made to a public agency that a felony or misdemeanor has been committed or that an emergency exists.
2. A civil action may be brought pursuant to this section even if there has been no criminal conviction for the false report.
3. If a public agency prevails in an action brought pursuant to this section, the court may award the public agency the costs of the action and reasonable attorney’s fees.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Expense of an emergency response" includes, without limitation, the reasonable costs incurred by a public agency in making an appropriate response to or investigation of a false report, including, without limitation, the salary or wages of any person responding to or investigating a false report, the deemed wages of any volunteer of a public agency participating in the response or investigation, the costs for use or operation of any equipment and the costs for the use or expenditure of any resources, fuel or other materials.
(b) "Public agency" means an agency, bureau, board, commission, department or division of the State of Nevada or a political subdivision of the State of Nevada that provides police, fire-fighting, rescue or emergency medical services.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 2851)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.5085 - Civil action; recovery of compensatory damages or statutory damages, punitive damages, costs and attorney’s fees; conviction of crime not required; remedies not exclusive.

1. A person may bring a civil action for damages against any person who, without reasonable cause and because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression of another person, knowingly causes a peace officer to arrive at a location to contact that other person with the intent to:
(a) Infringe on the constitutional rights of the person under the Nevada Constitution or the United States Constitution;
(b) Cause the person to feel harassed, humiliated or embarrassed;
(c) Cause the person to be expelled from a place where he or she is lawfully located; or
(d) Damage the reputation or economic interests of the person.
2. Upon prevailing in a civil action brought pursuant to this section, the person bringing the civil action may recover:
(a) The greater of:
(1) Compensatory damages, including, without limitation, damages for emotional distress; or
(2) Statutory damages of $1,000 for each act that gives rise to liability pursuant to this section;
(b) Any punitive damages that the facts may warrant; and
(c) Costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in bringing the action.
3. A civil action may be brought against a person pursuant to this section regardless of whether the person has been convicted of any crime based upon the same facts and circumstances giving rise to liability pursuant to this section.
4. The remedy under this section is not exclusive and does not abrogate any other remedy available under the laws of this State.
5. As used in this section, "peace officer" means any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 342)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.509 - Action brought by natural parent; recovery; liability not exclusive.

1. A natural parent of an adopted child who has entered into an agreement that provides for postadoptive contact pursuant to NRS 127.187 may bring a civil action against a person if:
(a) The person knowingly provided false information in response to a question asked by a court pursuant to NRS 127.188; and
(b) The provision of false information caused the court not to incorporate the agreement that provides for postadoptive contact in the order or decree of adoption pursuant to NRS 127.188.
2. If a person is liable to a natural parent of an adopted child pursuant to subsection 1, the natural parent may recover his or her actual damages, costs, reasonable attorney’s fees and any punitive damages that the facts may warrant.
3. The liability imposed by this section is in addition to any other liability imposed by law.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1682)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 41 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Persons › NRS 41.510 - Limitation of liability; exceptions for malicious acts if consideration is given or other duty exists.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an owner of any estate or interest in any premises, or a lessee or an occupant of any premises, owes no duty to keep the premises safe for entry or use by others for participating in any recreational activity, or to give warning of any hazardous condition, activity or use of any structure on the premises to persons entering for those purposes.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if an owner, lessee or occupant of premises gives permission to another person to participate in recreational activities upon those premises:
(a) The owner, lessee or occupant does not thereby extend any assurance that the premises are safe for that purpose or assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury to person or property caused by any act of persons to whom the permission is granted.
(b) That person does not thereby acquire any property rights in or rights of easement to the premises.
3. This section does not:
(a) Limit the liability which would otherwise exist for:
(1) Willful or malicious failure to guard, or to warn against, a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity.
(2) Injury suffered in any case where permission to participate in recreational activities was granted for a consideration other than the consideration, if any, paid to the landowner by the State or any subdivision thereof. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the price paid for a game tag sold pursuant to NRS 502.145 by an owner, lessee or manager of the premises shall not be deemed consideration given for permission to hunt on the premises.
(3) Injury caused by acts of persons to whom permission to participate in recreational activities was granted, to other persons as to whom the person granting permission, or the owner, lessee or occupant of the premises, owed a duty to keep the premises safe or to warn of danger.
(b) Create a duty of care or ground of liability for injury to person or property.
4. As used in this section, "recreational activity" includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Hunting, fishing or trapping;
(b) Camping, hiking or picnicking;
(c) Sightseeing or viewing or enjoying archaeological, scenic, natural or scientific sites;
(d) Hang gliding or paragliding;
(e) Spelunking;
(f) Collecting rocks;
(g) Participation in winter sports, including cross-country skiing, snowshoeing or riding a snowmobile, or water sports;
(h) Riding animals, riding in vehicles or riding a road, mountain or electric bicycle;
(i) Studying nature;
(j) Gleaning;
(k) Recreational gardening; and
(l) Crossing over to public land or land dedicated for public use.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 799; A 1971, 192; 1973, 898; 1981, 157; 1991, 185, 2156; 1993, 1191; 1995, 54, 790; 2007, 631; 2021, 1744)