Nevada Revised Statutes
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 49.285 (2026)
Public officer as witness
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NRS 49.285 Public officer as witness. A
public officer shall not be examined as a witness as to communications made to
the public officer in official confidence, when the public interests would
suffer by the disclosure.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 786)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2000–2000 · leading case: DR Partners v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 6 P.3d 465 (Nev. 2000).
DR Partners v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 6 P.3d 465 (Nev. 2000). “The County claimed that the redacted information was subject *620 to claims of confidentiality on three grounds: first, the records were subject to a “deliberative process” privilege; second the disclosures were protected under an “official information” privilege, see NRS…”
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