Nevada § 52.247 - Admissibility of rerecorded, copied or reproduced records; certain records of governmental agency deemed public records

§ 52.247. Admissibility of rerecorded, copied or reproduced records; certain records of governmental agency deemed public records

1. Unless held in a fiduciary or custodial capacity or unless specifically prohibited

by a federal or state statute or regulation, by a local ordinance or by an order or

judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, if any business or governmental agency

has, in the regular course of its business: (a) Produced, kept or maintained any document, memorandum, writing, entry, print or

other record of any act, transaction, occurrence or event relating to the conduct

of its business; and (b) Caused any of those records to be rerecorded, copied or reproduced by any photographic,

photostatic or other process which ensures an accurate reproduction or creates a reliable

medium for reproducing the original of any of those records, the business or governmental agency may, in the regular course of its business, destroy

any of those records. 2. Any rerecorded, copied or reproduced record specified in subsection 1 is admissible

to the same extent as an original, regardless of whether the original is available

for inspection or has been lost or destroyed, if the rerecorded, copied or reproduced

record is sufficiently authenticated. 3. An enlargement or facsimile of a rerecorded, copied or reproduced record specified

in subsection 2 is admissible to the same extent as an original if: (a) The record has not been lost or destroyed; and (b) It is available for inspection by the court. The introduction of an enlargement or facsimile of a record pursuant to the provisions

of this subsection does not prohibit the admission of the original of that record. 4. If a governmental agency destroys any of its records and causes those records to

be recorded, copied or reproduced pursuant to subsection 1: (a) The recorded, copied or reproduced record shall be deemed a public record for

the purposes of chapter 239 of NRS ; and (b) The governmental agency shall render such assistance as is necessary to allow

any member of the public access to the recorded, copied or reproduced record if the

record is not otherwise declared by law to be confidential. 5. As used in this section, “business” means any proprietorship, including any member

of a profession licensed pursuant to title 54 of NRS, corporation, partnership, association,

trust, unincorporated organization or other enterprise doing business in this State.