Nevada § 179C.170 - Registration information placed in separate file; inspection of information; information may be transmitted to certain agencies and persons

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§ 179C.170. Registration information placed in separate file; inspection of information; information may be transmitted to certain agencies and persons

1. The statements and fingerprints provided for in this chapter must at all times

be kept by the sheriff or chief of police in a file separate and apart from other

files and records maintained and kept by the sheriff or chief of police, and must

not be open to inspection by the public, or by any person other than a regular law

enforcement officer. 2. Copies of those statements and fingerprints may be transmitted to: (a) The sheriff of any county in this State; (b) The head of any organized police department of any municipality in this State; (c) The head of any department of the State of Nevada engaged in the enforcement of

any criminal law of this State; (d) The Nevada Gaming Commission and Nevada Gaming Control Board or any successor

thereto; (e) The head of any federal law enforcement agency; (f) Any sheriff or chief of police of a municipality; or (g) The head of any other law enforcement agency in any state or territory outside

of this State, if a request is made in writing by such sheriff or other head of a

law enforcement agency asking for the record of a certain person named therein, or

for the record of a person whose fingerprints reasonably correspond with fingerprints

submitted with the request, and stating that the record is deemed necessary for the

use of that law enforcement officer or agency in or concerning the investigation of

any crime, or any person who is accused of committing a crime, or any crime which

is reported to have been committed, and further stating that the record will be used

only for that purpose. 3. A sheriff or chief of police shall, upon the written request of a county clerk

or registrar of voters, furnish the county clerk or registrar of voters with a list

containing the name and current address of the residence of each person required to

register pursuant to this chapter.

Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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