Crash reports and related materials: Provision upon receipt of reasonable fee; exceptions.

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A police department or other law enforcement agency of a town shall, within 7 days after receipt of a written request of a person who claims to have sustained damages as a result of a crash, or the person’s legal representative or insurer, and upon receipt of a reasonable fee to cover the cost of reproduction, provide the person, the person’s legal representative or insurer, as applicable, with a copy of the crash report and all statements by witnesses and photographs in the possession or under the control of the department or agency that concern the crash, unless:

1. The materials are privileged or confidential pursuant to a specific statute; or

2. The crash involved:

(a) The death or substantial bodily harm of a person;

(b) Failure to stop at the scene of a crash; or

(c) The commission of a felony.

(Added to NRS by 1987, 1052; A 2005, 702; 2015, 1661)


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