Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 651.090 (2026)

Deprivation of, interference with and punishment for exercising rights and privileges: Civil actions; damages; equitable relief; costs and attorney’s fees

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NRS 651.090  Deprivation of, interference with and punishment for exercising rights and privileges: Civil actions; damages; equitable relief; costs and attorney’s fees.

      1.  Any person who:

      (a) Withholds, denies, deprives or attempts to withhold, deny or deprive any other person of any right or privilege secured by NRS 651.070, 651.075 or 651.077;

      (b) Intimidates, threatens, coerces or attempts to threaten, intimidate or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with any right or privilege secured by NRS 651.070, 651.075 or 651.077; or

      (c) Punishes or attempts to punish any other person for exercising or attempting to exercise any right or privilege secured by NRS 651.070, 651.075 or 651.077,

Ê is liable to the person whose rights pursuant to NRS 651.070, 651.075 or 651.077 are affected for actual damages, to be recovered by a civil action in a court in and for the county in which the infringement of civil rights occurred or in which the defendant resides.

      2.  In an action brought pursuant to this section, the court may:

      (a) Grant any equitable relief it considers appropriate, including temporary, preliminary or permanent injunctive relief, against the defendant.

      (b) Award costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to the prevailing party.

      (Added to NRS by 1965, 690; A 1977, 1609; 1991, 1029; 1997, 75; 2025, 686)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2023 · leading case: Clark v. McDonald's Corp., 213 F.R.D. 198 (D.N.J. 2003).
Clark v. McDonald's Corp., 213 F.R.D. 198 (D.N.J. 2003). “1998) (observing that “[[liability may not be found in a vacuum” and denying plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment as to liability for damages under Nev.Rev.Stat. § 651.090 where plaintiffs had “not show[n] that they were forced to seek accommodations elsewhere or even…”
Clark Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Buchanan, 924 P.2d 716 (Nev. 1996). · cites it 2× “075(1)(b) entitles Buchanan to be admitted to Vail Pittman with whatever helping dog she may be training.”
Long v. Coast Resorts, Inc., 32 F. Supp. 2d 1203 (D. Nev. 1999). · cites it 2× “The language of that statute refers to actions by “persons” and appears to be directed toward personal activities which deny or deprive disabled persons their rights, or seeks to threaten or intimidate or harass persons with disabilities, similar to what one would expect in…”
Olson v. State of Nevada, Dep't of Pub. Saf. (D. Nev. 2023). “070, which prohibits 2 discrimination in places of public accommodation and has a one-year limitations 3 period under NRS 651.090. (ECF No. 5 at 4.) Plaintiff responds only that “ADA or 4 RA complaints of Title II do not apply to statutes of limitation.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 651.090(2)(a) — 1 case
Clark Cnty. Sch. Dist. v. Buchanan, 924 P.2d 716 (Nev. 1996). “075(1)(b) entitles Buchanan to be admitted to Vail Pittman with whatever helping dog she may be training.”
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