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NRS 49.185

General rule of privilege

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Ashokan v. State, Department of Insurance (1993)

Most recently applied in Diaz v. Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada (January 2000)

(Added to NRS by 1971, 784)

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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.

A client has a privilege to refuse to disclose, and to prevent any other person from disclosing, confidential communications:

1. Between the client or the client’s representative and the client’s accountant or the representative of the client’s accountant.

2. Between the client’s accountant and the accountant’s representative.

3. Made for the purpose of facilitating the rendition of professional accounting services to the client, by the client or the client’s accountant to an accountant representing another in a matter of common interest.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.