NRS 52.015

Authentication or identification required

Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Archanian v. State (2006)

Most recently applied in 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 61 - TALLEY (OMAR) v. STATE (December 2025)

(Added to NRS by 1971, 798)

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1. The requirement of authentication or identification as a condition precedent to admissibility is satisfied by evidence or other showing sufficient to support a finding that the matter in question is what its proponent claims.

2. The provisions of NRS 52.025 to 52.105, inclusive, are illustrative and not restrictive examples of authentication or identification which conform to the requirements of this section.

3. Every authentication or identification is rebuttable by evidence or other showing sufficient to support a contrary finding.

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