Certain persons and entities authorized to request personal information maintained by county recorder to be kept confidential.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 247.540
in effect1. The following persons may request that the personal information described in subsection 1, 2 or 3 of NRS 247.520 that is contained in the records of a county recorder be kept confidential:
(a) Any justice or judge in this State.
(b) Any senior justice or senior judge in this State.
(c) Any court-appointed master or judicial officer in this State.
(d) Any judicial personnel of an Indian tribe.
(e) Any clerk of a court, court administrator or court executive officer in this State.
(f) Any county or city clerk or registrar of voters charged with the powers and duties relating to elections and any deputy appointed by such county or city clerk or registrar of voters in the elections division of the county or city.
(g) Any public officer.
(h) Any peace officer or retired peace officer.
(i) Any firefighter or retired firefighter.
(j) Any prosecutor.
(k) Any state or county public defender.
(l) Any person employed by the Office of the Attorney General who prosecutes or defends actions on behalf of the State of Nevada or any agency in the Executive Department of the State Government.
(m) Any person, including, without limitation, a social worker, employed by this State or a political subdivision of this State who as part of his or her normal job responsibilities:
(1) Interacts with the public; and
(2) Performs tasks related to child welfare services or child protective services or tasks that expose the person to comparable dangers.
(n) Any county manager in this State.
(o) Any inspector, officer or investigator employed by this State or a political subdivision of this State designated by his or her employer:
(1) Who possesses specialized training in code enforcement;
(2) Who, as part of his or her normal job responsibilities, interacts with the public; and
(3) Whose primary duties are the performance of tasks related to code enforcement.
(p) Any civilian employee who provides support services to a law enforcement agency.
(q) Any provider of health care who practices in reproductive health.
(r) Any employee of or volunteer for a health care facility that provides services related to reproductive health.
(s) Any provider of gender-affirming care.
(t) The spouse, domestic partner or minor child of a person described in paragraphs (a) to (s), inclusive.
(u) The surviving spouse, domestic partner or minor child of a person described in paragraphs (a) to (s), inclusive, who was killed in the performance of his or her duties.
(v) Any person for whom a fictitious address has been issued pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471 , inclusive.
2. Any nonprofit entity in this State that maintains a confidential location for the purpose of providing shelter to victims of domestic violence may request that the personal information described in subsection 4 of NRS 247.520 that is contained in the records of a county recorder be kept confidential.
3. As used in this section:
(a) Child protective services has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.042 .
(b) Child welfare services has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.044 .
(c) Code enforcement means the enforcement of laws, ordinances or codes regulating public nuisances or the public health, safety and welfare.
(d) Firefighter means a person who is an employee of a fire-fighting agency and whose principal duties are to control, extinguish, prevent and suppress fires.
(e) Fire-fighting agency means a public fire department, fire protection district or other agency of this State or a political subdivision of this State, the primary functions of which are to control, extinguish, prevent and suppress fires.
(f) Gender-affirming care has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 603A.435 .
(g) Health care facility means any facility licensed pursuant to chapter 449 of NRS.
(h) Indian tribe has the meaning ascribed to it in 25 U.S.C. § 3602(3).
(i) Judicial personnel has the meaning ascribed to it in 25 U.S.C. § 3602(4).
(j) Law enforcement agency has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 289.010 .
(k) Peace officer means:
(1) Any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360 , inclusive; and
(2) Any person:
(I) Who resides in this State;
(II) Whose primary duties are to enforce the law; and
(III) Who is employed by a law enforcement agency of the Federal Government, including, without limitation, a ranger for the National Park Service and an agent employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, United States Department of Homeland Security or United States Department of the Treasury.
(l) Prosecutor has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 241A.030 .
(m) Provider of health care means a person who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized by the laws of this State to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession.
(n) Public officer means a person elected or appointed to a position which:
(1) Is established by the Constitution or a statute of this State, or by a charter or ordinance of a political subdivision of this State; and
(2) Involves the continuous exercise, as part of the regular and permanent administration of the government, of a public power, trust or duty.
(o) Reproductive health means all health care matters relating to pregnancy, including, without limitation, prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, birth control, vasectomy, tubal ligation, abortion, abortion care, management of a miscarriage and infertility care.
(p) Social worker means any person licensed under chapter 641B of NRS.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-247.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026