Nevada Revised Statutes
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 48.077 (2026)
Contents of lawfully intercepted communications
✓ laws through the 2025 session (checked Sept. 2026)
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
NRSleg.state.nv.us (official)
Justiaon Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
NRS 48.077 Contents of lawfully intercepted communications. Except as limited by this section, in addition
to the matters made admissible by NRS
179.465, the contents of any communication lawfully intercepted under the
laws of the United States or of another jurisdiction before, on or after July
1, 1981, if the interception took place within that jurisdiction, and any
evidence derived from such a communication, are admissible in any action or
proceeding in a court or before an administrative body of this State,
including, without limitation, the Nevada Gaming Commission and the Nevada
Gaming Control Board. Matter otherwise privileged under this title does not
lose its privileged character by reason of any interception.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 163)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2008–2017 · leading case: McLellan v. State, 182 P.3d 106 (Nev. 2008).
McLellan v. State, 182 P.3d 106 (Nev. 2008). “7 Admission of lawfully intercepted communications in judicial or administrative proceedings is governed by NRS 48.077. NRS 48.077 allows the admission of “the contents of any communication lawfully intercepted under the laws of the United States or of another jurisdiction…”
Maldonado (Elita) v. State, No. 68034 (Nev. Feb. 28, 2017). “See NRS 48.077 (stating that "the contents of any communication lawfully intercepted under the laws of .”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.