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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 432B.280 (2026)

Confidentiality of information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services; exceptions; penalty

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NRS 432B.280  Confidentiality of information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services; exceptions; penalty.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, 432B.165, 432B.175 and 439.597 and except as otherwise authorized or required pursuant to NRS 432B.290, information maintained by an agency which provides child welfare services, including, without limitation, reports and investigations made pursuant to this chapter, is confidential.

      2.  Any person, law enforcement agency or public agency, institution or facility who willfully releases or disseminates such information, except:

      (a) Pursuant to a criminal prosecution relating to the abuse or neglect of a child;

      (b) As otherwise authorized pursuant to NRS 432B.165 and 432B.175;

      (c) As otherwise authorized or required pursuant to NRS 432B.290;

      (d) As otherwise authorized or required pursuant to NRS 439.597; or

      (e) As otherwise required pursuant to NRS 432B.513,

Ê is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

      (Added to NRS by 1985, 1373; A 1999, 2032; 2001, 1701; 2007, 195, 1507, 1980, 2106; 2013, 525)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 2003–2026 · leading case: State, Div. of Child & Fam. Servs. v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court ex rel. Cnty. of Clark, 81 P.3d 512 (Nev. 2003).
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State, Div. of Child & Fam. Servs. v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court ex rel. Cnty. of Clark, 81 P.3d 512 (Nev. 2003). · cites it 2× “4 *659 DCFS contends that NRS 432B.280 5 and NAC 127.200 6 mandate the confidentiality of adoption records unless an exception for disclosure is allowed under NRS 432B.”
Ansara v. Maldonado (D. Nev. 2022). · cites it 4× “19 NRS § 432B.280 provides that subject to certain exceptions, “all information maintained 20 by a [sic] child welfare services—such as reports and investigations—are confidential.”
Doe v. State of Nevada, Ex. Rel., Dep't of Health & Hum. Servs. Div. of Child & Fam. Servs. (D. Nev. 2024). · cites it 3× “3 1g || Also, NRS 432B.280 provides that “information maintained by an agency which provides child 19 || welfare services, including, without limitation, reports and investigations made pursuant to this 20 chapter, is confidential.”
Langford v. Baker (D. Nev. 2023). · cites it 2× “025(1); NRS § 432B.280. 19 In addition, the need to protect medical privacy generally qualifies as a “compelling 20 reason” for sealing records in connection with a dispositive motion.”
Crockford v. Clark Cnty. Dep't of Fam. Servs. (D. Nev. 2025). · cites it 2× “23 4 I have reviewed the sealed response and exhibits in camera, and I conclude that, though 5 there are compelling reasons to seal portions of the County’s exhibit that contain child-welfare 6 reports and information concerning allegations of minor abuse before a juvenile…”
Crockford (D. Nev. 2025). · cites it 2× “37 ECF No 101 at 2–5; Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 432B.280, 432B.430. 1 Finally, Crockford argues that the County seeks sealing only as part of an attempt to 2 “withhold or obscure the very evidence that proves their constitutional violations.”
Clark Cnty. Dep't. of Fam. Serv. v. Dist. Ct. (sharp), 141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 10 (Nev. 2025). · cites it 2× “Included within that statute is subsection 2(e), which allows disclosure to "a court other than a juvenile court, for in camera inspection only, unless the court determines that public disclosure of the information is necessary for the deterrnination of an issue before it.”
Mchaney Vs. Dist. Ct. (Clark Cty. Dep'T Of Fam. Servs.) (Nev. 2020). “' Having reviewed the petition, answers, and supporting documentation, we conclude that our extraordinary intervention is not 'As real party in interest's proposed appendix, provisionally received in this court on June 18, 2020, contains confidential information filed under seal…”
Doe v. State of Nevada, Ex. Rel., Dep't of Health & Hum. Servs. Div. of Child & Fam. Servs. (D. Nev. 2024). “§ 432B.280]. 1g || The parties also acknowledge that all files or documents of any child who has been or is in DFS = 19 |! custody shall come within the provisions and protections of this Order.”
Fratello (D. Nev. 2025). “290(e) provides that a child welfare services agency may provide 10 information to a court “for in camera inspection only, unless the court determines that public 11 disclosure of the information is necessary for the determination of an issue before it.”
Our Nev. Judges, Inc. v. Dist. Ct. (the Doe 1 Trust) (civil), 142 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 16 (Nev. 2026). “090 (addressing confidentiality and sealing in termination of parental rights cases); NRS 432B.280 (addressing confidentiality in child protection cases); NRS 432B.”
State, Div. Child & Fam. Serv. v. Dist. Ct., 81 P.3d 512 (Nev. 2003). · cites it 2× “[4] DCFS contends that NRS 432B.280 [5] and NAC 127.200 [6] mandate the confidentiality of adoption records unless an exception for disclosure is allowed under NRS 432B.”
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Crockford v. Clark Cnty. Dep't of Fam. Servs. (D. Nev. 2025). “23 4 I have reviewed the sealed response and exhibits in camera, and I conclude that, though 5 there are compelling reasons to seal portions of the County’s exhibit that contain child-welfare 6 reports and information concerning allegations of minor abuse before a juvenile…”
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