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NRS 51.175

Absence of public record or entry

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Flores v. State (2005)

Most recently applied in Sims (Tashami) Vs. State (October 2020)

(Added to NRS by 1971, 795)

To prove:

1. The absence of a record, report, statement or data compilation, in any form; or

2. The nonoccurrence or nonexistence of a matter of which a record, report, statement or data compilation, in any form, was regularly made and preserved by a public officer, agency or official,

Ê evidence in the form of a certificate of the custodian or other person authorized to make the certification, or testimony, that diligent search failed to disclose the record, report, statement, data compilation or entry is not inadmissible under the hearsay rule.

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