Submission of fees and fingerprints with application for certificate, license or registration card; investigation of applicants background.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 645C.300
in effect1. Each application for a certificate, license or registration card must be accompanied by:
(a) The fee for the certificate, license or registration card;
(b) The fee to pay the costs of an investigation of the applicants background; and
(c) All information required to complete the application.
2. Each applicant must, as part of the application and at his or her own expense:
(a) Arrange to have a complete set of fingerprints taken by a law enforcement agency or other authorized entity acceptable to the Division; and
(b) Submit to the Division:
(1) A completed fingerprint card and written permission authorizing the Division to submit the applicants fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report on the applicants background and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Division deems necessary; or
(2) Written verification, on a form prescribed by the Division, stating that the fingerprints of the applicant were taken and directly forwarded electronically or by another means to the Central Repository and that the applicant has given written permission to the law enforcement agency or other authorized entity taking the fingerprints to submit the fingerprints to the Central Repository for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report on the applicants background and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Division deems necessary.
3. The Division may:
(a) Unless the applicants fingerprints are directly forwarded pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 2, submit those fingerprints to the Central Repository for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to such other law enforcement agencies as the Division deems necessary; and
(b) Request from each such agency any information regarding the applicants background as the Division deems necessary.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-645C.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026