Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 209.243 (2026)

Administrative claim by prisoner for loss of personal property, property damage, personal injuries or other claims; regulations

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NRS 209.243 Administrative claim by prisoner for loss of personal property, property damage, personal injuries or other claims; regulations.

1. A prisoner or former prisoner may file an administrative claim with the Department to recover compensation for the loss of his or her personal property, property damage, personal injuries or any other claim arising out of a tort alleged to have occurred during his or her incarceration as a result of an act or omission of the Department or any of its agents, former officers, employees or contractors. The claim must be filed within 6 months after the date of the alleged loss, damage or injury.

2. The Department shall evaluate each claim filed pursuant to subsection 1 and determine the amount due, if any. If the amount due is $500 or less, the Department, within the limits of legislative appropriations, shall approve the claim for payment and submit it to be paid as other claims against the State are paid. The Department shall submit all claims in which the amount due exceeds $500, with any recommendations it deems appropriate, to the State Board of Examiners. The State Board of Examiners, in acting upon the claim, shall consider any recommendations of the Department.

3. The Department shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 1210; A 1995, 1517)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 12 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 2004–2025 · leading case: Wisenbaker v. Farwell, 341 F. Supp. 2d 1160 (D. Nev. 2004).

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Wisenbaker v. Farwell, 341 F. Supp. 2d 1160 (D. Nev. 2004). · cites it 5× “However, this Court finds that Plaintiff was not required to comply with NRS 209.243 before filing his claim in federal court.”

Blackmon v. Crawford, 305 F. Supp. 2d 1174 (D. Nev. 2004). · cites it 3× “Therefore, we conclude that the Magistrate Judge correctly determined that Blackmon had ex *1178 hausted the claims in Count I by filing the administrative grievance, and Blackmon was not required to pursue his claim through NRS 209.243. Although Blackmon had exhausted his…”

State, Dep't of Corr. v. Dist. Ct. (caperonis) (civil), 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 54 (Nev. 2025). · cites it 19× “0822 and NRS 209.243 require that any person presently or formerly in the custody of petitioner Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) exhaust available administrative remedies before initiating a civil action against NDOC or its affiliates for loss, damage, or injury.”

Miller v. Daniels (D. Nev. 2025). · cites it 7× “22 24 Nev. Rev. Stat. § 209.243 (2). 23 25 Id. 26 Nev.”

Combs v. State of Nevada (D. Nev. 2022). · cites it 4× “47 at 11 (citing Nev. Rev. Stat. § 209.243 ). 22 36 Nev. Rev.”

DePetro v. Scally (D. Nev. 2024). · cites it 2× “) See also NRS § 209.243. 8 Defendants allege three procedural defects in DePetro’s November 2021 9 grievance: first, that the grievance was untimely; second, that DePetro raised multiple 10 issues in a single grievance; and third, that the December 25, 2021, incident cannot be…”

Hollett v. Winward (D. Nev. 2024). · cites it 2× “) See also NRS § 209.243. 5 This action arises from Hollett’s allegations that a cellmate of his “extorted, 6 || threatened, robbed, and physically abused” him and that Defendants failed to protect him 7 || from this abuse by giving them separate living arrangements.”

Bousley v. Alamillo (D. Nev. 2020). “Nevada 18 Revised Statutes § 209.243 provides a means for prisoners to file an administrative claim “to 19 recover compensation for the loss of his or her personal property, property damage, personal 20 injuries or any other claim arising out of a tort alleged to have occurred…”

Brooks v. Williams (D. Nev. 2023). “054(A) 15 provides that personal injury grievances and “civil rights claims” must be filed 16 within six months in accordance with NRS 209.243. (ECF No. 35-4 at 8). NRS 17 209.”

Peck v. State of Nevada, ex rel (D. Nev. 2024). “However, Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) § 209.243 likewise gives 20 prisoners a six-month window to file administrative claims after “the alleged loss, damage, or 21 injury.”

Bacon v. Warden (Nev. 2014). “The challenged order also fails to address appellant's assertion that the removal of interest from his accounts constituted a continuing violation and whether that argument renders any of the various administrative claim forms included in the record timely and properly…”

Bacon v. State (Nev. 2014). “In particular, respondents asserted that appellant had filed a number of grievances, with regard to this and other issues, but had never filed an administrative claim form, as required by NRS 209.243(1) (providing that a claim form must be filed within six months of the alleged…”

— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 209.243(1) — 4 cases

Blackmon v. Crawford, 305 F. Supp. 2d 1174 (D. Nev. 2004). “Therefore, we conclude that the Magistrate Judge correctly determined that Blackmon had ex *1178 hausted the claims in Count I by filing the administrative grievance, and Blackmon was not required to pursue his claim through NRS 209.243. Although Blackmon had exhausted his…”

State, Dep't of Corr. v. Dist. Ct. (caperonis) (civil), 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 54 (Nev. 2025). “0822 and NRS 209.243 require that any person presently or formerly in the custody of petitioner Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC) exhaust available administrative remedies before initiating a civil action against NDOC or its affiliates for loss, damage, or injury.”

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