Nevada · Public Records Act

The Nevada Public Records Act, with redact-don't-deny built in

AccessPoint manages Public Records Act requests under NRS ch. 239 — the 5-business-day response standard, the NRS 239.010(1) confidentiality statutes and Donrey balancing test, and district-court enforcement with mandatory fees and penalties — pre-configured for Nevada and running inside your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

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Nevada at a glance

Response standard
The governmental entity must act by the end of the 5th business day after the request (NRS ch. 239)
Enforcement
No administrative appeal — petition the district court; mandatory attorney fees and civil penalties of $1,000 to $10,000
Exemptions
No exemption list — confidentiality only from statutes listed at NRS 239.010(1), or the Donrey balancing test; burden is on the entity; redact, don't deny
Charges
Copies at actual direct cost only; no charge for staff time
Oversight
Nevada district courts; mandatory attorney fees for a prevailing requester
Languages
English

Built for Nevada

One platform for the whole access-and-privacy mandate, pre-configured for this regime and running in your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

Public Records Act request lifecycle

Intake to release under the Nevada Public Records Act (NRS ch. 239) — the 5-business-day response standard and production — all on Microsoft 365.

No exemption list — the Donrey test

Nevada has no catalogue of exemptions. Confidentiality exists only where another statute says so (NRS 239.010(1)) or where the Donrey balancing test tips against disclosure — and the burden of proving that sits with the entity, not the requester.

The 5-business-day clock

Act by the end of the 5th business day after the request — computed and reminded for you.

Redact, don't deny

Apply Nevada's redact-don't-deny rule line by line on a colour-coded, audit-trailed redaction record — releasing every non-confidential part of a record rather than withholding it whole.

Actual-direct-cost charges

Charge copies at actual direct cost only, with no charge for staff time — computed and itemised on request.

In your own tenant

Every request and record stays inside your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant — no third-party cloud, no cross-border transfers, and no per-user fees.

Redact, don't deny

Nevada has no exemption list — and the entity must prove confidentiality, then redact rather than deny.

Nevada's Public Records Act doesn't hand governmental entities a catalogue of exemptions to work from. A record is confidential only if another statute listed at NRS 239.010(1) says so, or if the Donrey balancing test weighs against disclosure — and it's the entity's burden to prove that, not the requester's to disprove it. Even then, the entity can't simply deny the whole record: Nevada's redact-don't-deny rule requires releasing every non-confidential part. AccessPoint documents the statutory basis or balancing analysis behind every withholding and applies redaction rather than blanket denial by default.

Burden is on the entity The governmental entity must justify confidentiality — the requester doesn't have to disprove it.
Redact, don't deny Non-confidential portions of a record are released even when part of it is withheld.
Mandatory fees, real penalties A prevailing requester recovers attorney fees, and the entity risks a $1,000–$10,000 civil penalty.

Configured out of the box

Installing the us-nv-pra jurisdiction pack seeds your tenant with everything this regime needs — a starting point you can adjust, not a lock-in.

Pack content last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Related guide: FOI Workflow Quick Check
  • The Nevada Public Records Act (NRS ch. 239) as the legal-authority and citation spine
  • The Nevada state-holiday calendar and the 5-business-day response due-date rule
  • The NRS 239.010(1) cross-referenced confidentiality statutes and the Donrey balancing-test documentation, in place of an exemption list
  • The redact-don't-deny workflow, releasing every non-confidential portion of a record by default
  • Actual-direct-cost fee calculation, with no charge for staff time
  • The burden-of-proof documentation that places the confidentiality case on the entity, not the requester
  • The district-court enforcement workflow, including mandatory attorney-fee and civil-penalty documentation
  • Public Records Act correspondence templates with statutory wording
A jurisdiction pack's detail panel in AccessPoint settings, showing the pack description, version, what's new, and the checklist of items it imports: legal authorities, calendars, request statuses, request types, extension reasons, requestor categories and consultation types Click to enlarge
What a pack looks like in Settings (the Ontario municipal pack shown): the description, the version and what changed in it, and every item it imports with its statutory basis. Anything you have customized is never overwritten on update.

Nevada Questions

When must a Nevada governmental entity respond to a records request?
The entity must act by the end of the 5th business day after the request — either producing the records or explaining why more time or a denial is needed. AccessPoint computes that deadline and flags any response running past it.

What makes Nevada different — no exemption list?
Yes. Nevada's Public Records Act lists no exemptions of its own. A record is confidential only if another statute listed at NRS 239.010(1) makes it so, or if the Donrey balancing test weighs against disclosure — and the entity carries the burden of proving that. Even then, the entity must redact and release the non-confidential parts rather than deny the whole record. AccessPoint documents that basis for every withholding.

What can a Nevada entity charge for records?
Only the actual direct cost of producing the copy — there's no charge for the staff time spent locating or reviewing the records. AccessPoint calculates the direct-cost charge and itemises it for the requester.

Where does data reside?
Entirely within your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant. Requests, documents, and audit history never leave your control — no third-party cloud, no vendor access, and no cross-border data transfers.

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Flat annual pricing, published in full. Every feature in every size — access requests, privacy impact assessments, breach response, complaints, video & audio redaction, and AI Assist. No per-user or per-module fees.

  • Under 500 employees$2,990/yr
  • 500–2,000 employees$7,990/yr
  • Over 2,000 employees$14,990/yr

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