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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 127.140 (2026)

Confidentiality of hearings, files and records

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NRS 127.140  Confidentiality of hearings, files and records.  Repealed. (See chapter 239, Statutes of Nevada 2025, at page 1567.)

 

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2024 · leading case: Birth Mother v. Adoptive Parents, 59 P.3d 1233 (Nev. 2002).
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Birth Mother v. Adoptive Parents, 59 P.3d 1233 (Nev. 2002). · cites it 2× “37244, which challenges the adoption decree. See Matter of Adoption of Minor Child, 118 Nev.”
Birth Mother v. Adoptive Parents, 60 P.3d 485 (Nev. 2002). “Consistent with the confidentiality provisions set forth in NRS 127.140, we have altered the caption and used non-identifying references to the birth mother, adoptive parents, and adopted child.”
Falconi v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 543 P.3d 92 (Nev. 2024). “By concluding—without any appropriate consideration of different types of proceedings—that family law proceedings are both traditionally open and logically should be publicly accessible, the analysis renders presumptively unconstitutional NRS 127.140(1) (making adoption…”
In Re: Petition of Ballard (Nev. 2015). “As to the district court order denying appellant's petition to inspect the court records of the adoptions, NRS 127.140(2) provides that "[t]he files and records of the court in adoption proceedings are not open to inspection by any person" unless certain statutorily provided…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 127.140(1) — 1 case
Falconi v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 543 P.3d 92 (Nev. 2024). “By concluding—without any appropriate consideration of different types of proceedings—that family law proceedings are both traditionally open and logically should be publicly accessible, the analysis renders presumptively unconstitutional NRS 127.140(1) (making adoption…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 127.140(2) — 1 case
In Re: Petition of Ballard (Nev. 2015). “As to the district court order denying appellant's petition to inspect the court records of the adoptions, NRS 127.140(2) provides that "[t]he files and records of the court in adoption proceedings are not open to inspection by any person" unless certain statutorily provided…”
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