Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 51.355 (2026)

Statement of personal or family history

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NRS 51.355 Statement of personal or family history.

1. A statement concerning the declarant’s own birth, marriage, divorce, legitimacy, relationship by blood or marriage, ancestry or other similar fact of personal or family history is not inadmissible under the hearsay rule if the declarant is unavailable as a witness, even though declarant had no means of acquiring personal knowledge of the matter stated.

2. A statement concerning the matters enumerated in subsection 1, and death also, of another person is not inadmissible under the hearsay rule if the declarant:

(a) Was related to the other by blood or marriage or was so intimately associated with the other’s family as to be likely to have accurate information concerning the matter declared; and

(b) Is unavailable as a witness.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 798)

Statement of Child Describing Sexual Conduct or Physical Abuse

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1976–2005 · leading case: Flores v. State, 120 P.3d 1170 (Nev. 2005).

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Flores v. State, 120 P.3d 1170 (Nev. 2005). “115 (statements made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment); NRS 51.125 (recorded recollection); NRS 51.”

Johnstone v. State, 548 P.2d 1362 (Nev. 1976). · cites it 2× “Hearsay is inadmissible as evidence except as provided in NRS Chapter 51, NRS Title 14 and the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure.”

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