Furnishing statistical data; limitation on preparation or issuance of certain documents; charging fees to homeless persons, imprisoned persons and certain persons released from prison prohibited; remittance of fees required for issuing copies; notification concerning missing documents.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 440.175
in effect1. Upon request, the State Registrar may furnish statistical data to any federal, state, local or other public or private agency, upon such terms or conditions as may be prescribed by the Board.
2. No person may prepare or issue any document which purports to be an original, certified copy, certified abstract or official copy of:
(a) A certificate of birth, death or fetal death, except as authorized in this chapter or by the Board.
(b) A certificate of marriage, except a county clerk, county recorder or a person so required pursuant to NRS 122.120 .
(c) A decree of divorce or annulment of marriage, except a county clerk or the judge of a court of record.
3. A person or governmental organization which issues certified or official copies pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 shall:
(a) Not charge a fee for issuing a certified or official copy of a certificate of birth to:
(1) A homeless person who submits on a form prescribed by the State Registrar a statement signed under penalty of perjury that the person is homeless. The issuing person or governmental organization shall not require such a statement to be notarized.
(2) A person who submits documentation from the Department of Corrections verifying that the person is imprisoned or was released from prison within the immediately preceding 90 days.
(b) Remit to the State Registrar fees collected which are charged in an amount established by the State Registrar by regulation:
(1) For each registration of a birth or death in its district.
(2) For each copy issued of a certificate of birth in its district, other than a copy issued pursuant to paragraph (a).
(3) For each copy issued of a certificate of death in its district.
4. A person or governmental organization which issues certified or official copies pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 shall, upon determining that required documents are missing from an application for a certified or official copy of a certificate of birth, notify the applicant of the deficiency. Such notice must include, without limitation, notice of the additional documents that the applicant must submit. If the applicant is a homeless person who submits on a form prescribed by the State Registrar a statement signed under penalty of perjury that the person is homeless, the person or governmental organization shall allow the applicant at least 30 days after the date of the notice to submit the missing documents. The issuing person or governmental organization shall not require the signed statement to be notarized.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-440.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026