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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 49.055 (2026)

“Confidential” defined

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NRS 49.055  “Confidential” defined.  A communication is “confidential” if it is not intended to be disclosed to third persons other than those to whom disclosure is in furtherance of the rendition of professional legal services to the client or those reasonably necessary for the transmission of the communication.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 782)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1995–2025 · leading case: Molina v. State, 87 P.3d 533 (Nev. 2004).
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Molina v. State, 87 P.3d 533 (Nev. 2004). “While NRS 49.055 defines attorney-client communications as confidential and NRS 49.”
Wardleigh v. Second Jud. Dist. Court of the State of Nevada ex rel. Cnty. of Washoe, 891 P.2d 1180 (Nev. 1995). · cites it 2× “NRS 49.055 provides that “[a] communication is ‘confidential’ if it is not intended to be disclosed to third persons other than those to whom disclosure is in furtherance of the rendition of professional legal services to the client or those reasonably necessary for the…”
Manley v. State, 979 P.2d 703 (Nev. 1999). · cites it 2× “See NRS 49.055 (defining "confidential" communication); NRS 49.”
Todd v. State, 931 P.2d 721 (Nev. 1997). · cites it 2× “NRS 49.055. Todd had a privilege to prevent Bull from disclosing the confidential communication.”
Gibbs v. State, 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 13 (Nev. 2024). · cites it 3× “” NRS 49.055. Attorney-client privilege, like all evidentiary privileges, is “not designed or intended to assist the fact-finding process.”
Gibbs v. State, 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 13 (Nev. 2024). · cites it 3× “" NRS 49.055. Attorney-client privilege, like all evidentiary privileges, is "not designed or intended to assist the fact-finding process.”
Wardleigh v. 2nd Jud. Dist. Ct. of State, 891 P.2d 1180 (Nev. 1995). · cites it 2× “NRS 49.055 provides that "[a] communication is `confidential' if it is not intended to be disclosed to third persons other than those to whom disclosure is in furtherance of the rendition of professional legal services to the client or those reasonably necessary for the…”
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. Vs. Dist. Ct. (okada), 2017 NV 52 (Nev. 2017). · cites it 2× “" NRS 49.055. Protected communications can be from a lawyer to a client or from a client to a lawyer.”
Humphries v. Button (D. Nev. 2024). · cites it 2× “055, which states: “A communication is 19 ‘confidential’ if it is not intended to be disclosed to third persons other than those to whom disclosure 20 is in furtherance of the rendition of professional legal services to the client or those reasonably 21 necessary for the…”
Nguyen v. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co. (D. Nev. 2025). · cites it 2× “See Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 49.055 , 49.095, 49.385.”
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. Vs. Dist. Ct. (okada), 2017 NV 52 (Nev. 2017). “" NRS 49.055. Protected communications can be from a lawyer to a client or from a client to a lawyer.”
Wynn Resorts, Ltd. Vs. Dist. Ct. (okada), 2017 NV 52 (Nev. 2017). “" NRS 49.055. Protected communications can be from a lawyer to a client or from a client to a lawyer.”
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