1. A public agency:
(a) May operate an unmanned aerial vehicle only if:
(1) Before the operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the public agency registers the unmanned aerial vehicle with the Department pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 493.118.
(2) The public agency operates the unmanned aerial vehicle in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 493.118.
(b) Must not operate an unmanned aerial vehicle for the purposes of assisting a law enforcement agency with law enforcement or conducting a criminal prosecution.
2. Any photograph, image, recording or other information that is acquired by a public agency through the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle in violation of this section, and any evidence that is derived therefrom:
(a) Is not admissible in, and must not be disclosed in, a judicial, administrative or other adjudicatory proceeding; and
(b) May not be used to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause as the basis for investigating or prosecuting a crime or offense.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1776)