State Law Summary
Nevada
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Primary Sources: Nevada Revised Statutes: Sealing records after conviction(accessed Aug. 2020)|
Secondary Sources: Nevada CCRC
Summary of the Law
CONVICTIONS
- Misdemeanors:
- Sealing for any other (non-gross) misdemeanor after 2 years from completion of sentence.
- Sealing for any gross misdemeanor (listed offenses) after 2 years from the date of release from actual custody or discharge from probation, whichever occurs later.
- Felonies:
- Sealing for category A felonies after 10 years from the date of release from actual custody or discharge from parole or probation, whichever occurs later;
- Sealing for category B, C or D felony after 5 years from the date of release from actual custody or discharge from parole or probation, whichever occurs later;
- Sealing for category E felony after 2 years from the date of release from actual custody or discharge from parole or probation, whichever occurs later;
- Sealing for a violation of NRS 484C.110 or 484C.120 other than a felony, or a battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018 other than a felony, after 7 years from the date of release from actual custody or from the date when the person is no longer under a suspended sentence, whichever occurs later.
- Not eligible: Crimes against children, DUI, sex offenses and additional crimes listed under NRS 179.245 (Defined in 5.)
- Lifetime or other Limits: Not eligible if any pending case for misdemeanor or felony expungement
- Treatment of Multiple Convictions from the Same Incident: If an individual has multiple convictions in different counties, he may file a single “petition in district court for the sealing of all such records.” § 179.2595(1).
- LFO payment required for sentence completion: n/a
- Other Unmodeled Criteria or details:
- Decriminalized offenses
NON-CONVICTIONS: NRS 179.255
- Sealing for acquittal any date after the date of acquittal.
- Sealing for dismissal any date after the date of dismissal. Sealing for declination for prosecution after after the SoL has run for 10 years, whichever earlier.
- Sealing of set asides any date after the conviction has been set-aside.
- Not eligible:
- Sealing for successful reentry program completion after 3 years
- Deferred Sentencing and sealing for drug offenses