Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 62H.140 (2026)

Automatic sealing of records when child reaches 18 years of age; exceptions

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NRS 62H.140  Automatic sealing of records when child reaches 18 years of age; exceptions.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 62H.130 and 62H.150, when a child reaches 18 years of age, all records relating to the child must be sealed automatically within 60 days after the date the child reaches 18 years of age.

      2.  A record relating to a delinquent or unlawful act, criminal charge or act of a child in need of supervision pursuant to NRS 62B.320 for which a child is subject to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court or other agency when the child reaches 18 years of age, including, without limitation, a record relating to a pending delinquent or criminal charge, must be sealed automatically within 60 days after the termination of the jurisdiction of the juvenile court or other agency.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 1091; A 2015, 2571; 2021, 3426)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2015–2024 · leading case: Burnside (timothy) Vs. State (death penalty/direct), 2015 NV 40 (Nev. 2015).
Burnside (timothy) Vs. State (death penalty/direct), 2015 NV 40 (Nev. 2015). · cites it 2× “Second, there is an exception to the general rule that "when a child reaches 21 years of age, all records relating to the child must be sealed automatically," NRS 62H.140, which may have prevented the automatic sealing of some, if not all, of Burnside's juvenile records before…”
In re I.S., 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 18 (Nev. 2024). “However, after the juvenile's record is sealed, see NRS 62H.140 (addressing the sealing of juvenile records, which generally occurs when the juvenile reaches age 18), a juvenile delinquency adjudication no longer carries a presumption of collateral consequences.”
Burnside (timothy) Vs. State (death penalty/direct), 2015 NV 40 (Nev. 2015). “Second, there is an exception to the general rule that "when a child reaches 21 years of age, all records relating to the child must be sealed automatically," NRS 62H.140 which may have prevented the automatic sealing of some, if not all, of Burnside's juvenile records before he…”
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