Jurisdiction of Commissioner; Commissioner required to establish program to investigate unfair and deceptive trade practices
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 1997-1 v. Dar Forsyth
Most recently applied in Blue Cross of Cal. Inc. v. Insys Therapeutics Inc. (May 2019)
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1284; A 1995, 2698; 2023, 18)
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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner has exclusive jurisdiction in regulating the subject of trade practices in the business of insurance in this state.
2. The Commissioner shall establish a program within the Division to investigate any act or practice which constitutes an unfair or deceptive trade practice in violation of the provisions of NRS 686A.010 to 686A.310, inclusive.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.