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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 51.175 (2026)

Absence of public record or entry

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NRS 51.175  Absence of public record or entry.  To prove:

      1.  The absence of a record, report, statement or data compilation, in any form; or

      2.  The nonoccurrence or nonexistence of a matter of which a record, report, statement or data compilation, in any form, was regularly made and preserved by a public officer, agency or official,

Ê evidence in the form of a certificate of the custodian or other person authorized to make the certification, or testimony, that diligent search failed to disclose the record, report, statement, data compilation or entry is not inadmissible under the hearsay rule.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 795)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2005–2020 · leading case: Flores v. State, 120 P.3d 1170 (Nev. 2005).
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Flores v. State, 120 P.3d 1170 (Nev. 2005). “165 (required reports); NRS 51.175 (absence of public record or entry); NRS 51.”
Sims (Tashami) Vs. State, 474 P.3d 835 (Nev. 2020). · cites it 3× “Sims also challenges a letter admitted into evidence purporting to show that he did not have a concealed carry permit, arguing that it did not comply with NRS 51.175 (addressing how to prove the absence of a public record through a certificate or testimony of the custodian of…”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 51.175(2): 1 case
Sims (Tashami) Vs. State, 474 P.3d 835 (Nev. 2020). “Sims also challenges a letter admitted into evidence purporting to show that he did not have a concealed carry permit, arguing that it did not comply with NRS 51.175 (addressing how to prove the absence of a public record through a certificate or testimony of the custodian of…”
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