Nevada Revised Statutes
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 286.117 (2026)
Limitations on review and copying of certain records; waiver
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NRS 286.117 Limitations on review and copying of certain records; waiver. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 286.118, all records and files
maintained for a member, retired employee or beneficiary may be reviewed and
copied only by the System, the member, the member’s public employer or spouse,
or the retired employee or the retired employee’s spouse, or pursuant to a
court order, or by a beneficiary after the death of the employee on whose
account benefits are received. Any member, retired employee or beneficiary may
submit a written waiver to the System authorizing the representative of the
member, retired employee or beneficiary to review or copy all such records.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1573; A 2019, 1174)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 2013–2020 · leading case: Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys. v. Reno Newspapers, Inc., 313 P.3d 221 (Nev. 2013).
Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys. v. Reno Newspapers, Inc., 313 P.3d 221 (Nev. 2013). “110(3), which states that the files of individual retired employees are not public records, and NRS 286.117, which requires a personal waiver from the member to review and copy such records.”
Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys. of Nev. v. Nev. Policy Rsch. Inst., Inc., 429 P.3d 280 (Nev. 2018). “Because individual files of government retirees are confidential, PERS argues, so too should custom reports that are generated exclusively from these files.”
Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys. of Nevada Vs. Nevada Policy Rsch. Inst., Inc., 2018 NV 81 (Nev. 2018). “110(3) and NRS 286.117. According to PERS, these statutes would be rendered meaningless if the information contained in government retirees' files could be subject to disclosure.”
State, Dep't of Emp't, Training & Rehab. Vs. Sierra Nat'l Corp., 2020 NV 11 (Nev. 2020). “110(3) and NRS 286.117 and concluding the requested information was not confidential by law and that the interest in nondisclosure did not outweigh the public's interest); Reno Newspapers, Inc.”
Pub. Employees' Ret. Sys. of Nevada Vs. Nevada Policy Rsch. Inst., Inc., 2018 NV 81 (Nev. 2018). “110(3) and NRS 286.117. According to PERS, these statutes would be rendered meaningless if the information contained in government retirees' files could be subject to disclosure.”
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