Who may claim privilege
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Wardleigh v. 2ND JUD. DIST. CT. OF STATE (1995)
Most recently applied in 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 13 - Gibbs v. State (March 2024)
(Added to NRS by 1971, 783)
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.
1. The privilege may be claimed by the client, the client’s guardian or conservator, the personal representative of a deceased client, or the successor, trustee or similar representative of a corporation, association or other organization, whether or not in existence.
2. The person who was the lawyer at the time of the communication may claim the privilege but only on behalf of the client. The person’s authority to do so is presumed in the absence of evidence to the contrary.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.