Nevada legislation · 83rd Legislature (2025)
Nevada AB201: Revises provisions relating to the sealing of certain records. (BDR 3-843)
Status: Signed into law, June 3, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to evictions; requiring the automatic sealing of certain eviction case court files under certain circumstances; revising the circumstances under which a court is authorized to seal certain eviction case court files; requiring the automatic sealing of certain case court files related to unjustified lockouts under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law provides for the automatic sealing of certain eviction case court files relating to an action for summary eviction…
From the enrolled text, May 22, 2025:
AN ACT relating to evictions; requiring the automatic sealing of certain eviction case court files under certain circumstances; revising the circumstances under which a court is authorized to seal certain eviction case court files; requiring the automatic sealing of certain case court files related to unjustified lockouts under certain circumstances; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law provides for the automatic sealing of certain eviction case court files relating to an action for summary eviction. (NRS 40.2545) Section 1 of this bill expands the circumstances under which an eviction case court file related to an action for summary eviction is sealed automatically by providing for the automatic sealing of any such file: (1) upon motion of the tenant, if the landlord does not file a timely response opposing the motion; or (2) if an appeal taken by a party to the action is resolved in certain ways. Existing law authorizes a court to seal an eviction case court file under certain circumstances, including, without limitation, upon motion by the tenant, if the court finds that sealing the eviction case court file is in the interests of justice and those interests are not outweighed by the public's interest in knowing about the contents of the eviction case court file. (NRS 40.2545) Section 1 provides that the …