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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 51.255 (2026)

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NRS 51.255  Learned treatises.  To the extent called to the attention of an expert witness upon cross-examination or relied upon by the expert witness in direct examination, a statement contained in a published treatise, periodical or pamphlet on a subject of history, medicine or other science or art, is not inadmissible under the hearsay rule if such book is established as a reliable authority by the testimony or admission of the witness or by other expert testimony or by judicial notice.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 796)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1988–2005 · leading case: Prabhu v. Levine, 930 P.2d 103 (Nev. 1996).
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Prabhu v. Levine, 930 P.2d 103 (Nev. 1996). · cites it 3× “NRS 51.255 creates, under certain circumstances, an exception to the hearsay rule for medical writings: To the extent called to the attention of an expert witness upon cross-examination or relied upon by him in direct examination, a statement contained in a published treatise,…”
Majdic v. Cincinnati Mach. Co., 537 A.2d 334 (Pa. 1988). · cites it 2× “§ 60-460(cc) (1986); Minnesota Rules of Evidence 803(18); Montana Rules of Evidence 803(18); Nev.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 51.255 (1986); New Hampshire Rules of Evidence 803(18); New Mexico Rules of Evidence 11-803(R); N.”
Flores v. State, 120 P.3d 1170 (Nev. 2005). “195 (marriage, baptismal and similar certificates); NRS 51.”
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