Nevada record-clearing statutes
These are the Nevada statutes that govern sealing. Each entry links to the official text.
- The presumption that the records should be sealed when the petitioner meets every statutory requirement; not after a dishonorable discharge from probation — NRS 179.2445 Rebuttable presumption that records should be sealed; exception
- NRS 179.245 Sealing records after conviction: Persons eligible; petition; notice; hearing; order; waiver of fees for certain victims of sex trafficking
- NRS 179.255 Sealing of records after dismissal, decline of prosecution or acquittal: Petition; notice; hearing; exceptions; order; inspection of records
- One petition in district court for records in more than one court; the district court may seal the justice and municipal court records too — NRS 179.2595 Sealing more than one record; procedure
- A rehearing not sooner than 2 years after a denial; an appeal — NRS 179.265 Rehearing after denial of petition: Time for; appeal
- A decriminalized offense sealed on a written request to the court, at no fee; not a traffic offense — NRS 179.271 Sealing of records after decriminalization of offense: Written request; notice; hearing; no fee; exception
- An unconditional pardon seals the records on its own; a pardon petition to the court, at no fee — NRS 179.273 Sealing of records after unconditional pardon: Automatic sealing; petition; no fee
- NRS 179.275 Order sealing records: Distribution to Central Repository and persons named in order; compliance
- NRS 179.285 Order sealing records: Effect; proceedings deemed never to have occurred; restoration of civil rights
- NRS 179.295 Reopening of sealed records
- NRS 179.301 Inspection of certain sealed records by certain persons and agencies
- NRS 179A.160 Removal of certain records where disposition of case favorable to accused
- NRS 453.3365 Sealing of record of person convicted of possession of controlled substance not for purpose of sale; conditions