In enacting this chapter, the Legislature finds and declares that all public bodies exist to aid in the conduct of the people’s business. It is the intent of the law that their actions be taken openly and that their deliberations be conducted openly.
NRS 241.010
Legislative declaration and intent
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case McKay v. Board of Sup'rs of Carson City (1986)
Most recently applied in Witherow v. State Board of Parole Commissioners (September 2007)
(Added to NRS by 1960, 25; A 1977, 1099; 2013, 727; 2019, 3618)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.