Nevada § 483.655 - Law enforcement personnel required to search Registry after certain motor vehicle crashes; notification of emergency contact person; procedure for notification upon death of registrant

to carry out the amendatory provisions of Laws 2015, c. 119, and all required notifications

of that fact have been promulgated by the Department. > 1. A law enforcement officer or a duly authorized employee of a law enforcement agency

must, as soon as practicable, search the Next-of-Kin Registry for an emergency contact

person of a driver or passenger in a motor vehicle if the driver or passenger: (a) Possesses a Nevada driver's license, identification card or driver authorization

card; (b) Has been involved in a motor vehicle crash which results in the death, serious

bodily injury or other incapacitation of the driver or passenger; and (c) Is incapable of communicating. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if the law enforcement officer or

the duly authorized employee of a law enforcement agency identifies an emergency contact

person of a driver or passenger through the Next-of-Kin Registry pursuant to this

section, the officer or employee must make a reasonable attempt to notify the emergency

contact person, as soon as practicable, of the hospital or other location at which

the driver or passenger may be located. 3. In the event of the death of a driver or passenger in a motor vehicle crash, the

law enforcement officer or the duly authorized employee of a law enforcement agency

shall coordinate the notification of the emergency contact person with the coroner

or medical examiner, as applicable. Such notification may only be made after the positive identification of the decedent. 4. A coroner or medical examiner or a duly authorized employee of a coroner or medical

examiner may access the Next-of-Kin Registry to search for the next-of-kin of a decedent

if the decedent possessed a Nevada driver's license, identification card or driver

authorization card at the time of his or her death.