Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 51.155 (2026)

Public records and reports

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NRS 51.155 Public records and reports. Records, reports, statements or data compilations, in any form, of public officials or agencies are not inadmissible under the hearsay rule if they set forth:

1. The activities of the official or agency;

2. Matters observed pursuant to duty imposed by law; or

3. In civil cases and against the State in criminal cases, factual findings resulting from an investigation made pursuant to authority granted by law,

Ê unless the sources of information or the method or circumstances of the investigation indicate lack of trustworthiness.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 795)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases, 1976–2016 · leading case: Johnstone v. State, 548 P.2d 1362 (Nev. 1976).

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Johnstone v. State, 548 P.2d 1362 (Nev. 1976). · cites it 8× “Bauer, 163 Colo. 136 , 429 P.2d 279 (1967). Police reports are not admissible for the sole purpose of establishing the truth of the matter asserted by a third party informant.”

Derosa v. First Jud. Dist. Court, 985 P.2d 157 (Nev. 1999). · cites it 3× “See NRS 51.155. 5 Both hearsay exceptions are “firmly rooted.”

Flores v. State, 120 P.3d 1170 (Nev. 2005). “145 (absence of entry in records of regularly conducted activity); NRS 51.155 (public records and reports); NRS 51.”

Heglemeier v. State, 878 P.2d 294 (Nev. 1994). · cites it 3× “*817 The death certificate was admissible under NRS 51.155 3 and NRS 51.165. 4 Heglemeier contends that NRS 51.”

Griffith (Jason) v. State (Nev. 2016). · cites it 2× “NRS 51.155(3) provides that public records and reports "are not inadmissible under the hearsay rule if they set forth: .”

Rico-Rivas (Salvador) v. State (Nev. 2015). · cites it 2× “Rico-Rivas wrongly contends that the police report was admissible as a public record under NRS 51.155, as the police report did not contain "factual findings resulting from an investigation" and the circumstances of the police report indicate a lack of trustworthiness, given…”

Colvin (Michael) v. State (Nev. 2016). “Now on appeal Colvin asserts that the notes were admissible as a public record or report under NRS 51.155, as a record of regularly conducted activity under NRS 51.”

Colvin (Michael) v. State (Nev. 2016). “NRS 51.155, as a record of regularly conducted activity under NRS 51.”

Gray (Duane) v. State (Nev. 2014). “The district court refused to admit the email on the grounds of unreliability because the email "ha[d] gone through at least two different people before it was marked as an exhibit.”

— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 51.155(3) — 2 cases

Heglemeier v. State, 878 P.2d 294 (Nev. 1994). “*817 The death certificate was admissible under NRS 51.155 3 and NRS 51.165. 4 Heglemeier contends that NRS 51.”

Griffith (Jason) v. State (Nev. 2016). “NRS 51.155(3) provides that public records and reports "are not inadmissible under the hearsay rule if they set forth: .”

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