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Nevada Nursing Home Camera Laws: Henry's Law Explained
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Nevada's Henry's Law gives a patient in a covered long-term care facility the right to install a monitoring camera in their room under NRS 449A.170 through 449A.192, with mandatory facility approval, a roommate consent-and-waiver process, a posted-notice requirement, and the strongest tampering penalties of any state in this comparison.
Information last verified on 2026-08-31.
This page covers Nevada's Henry's Law: the request-and-waiver process, who pays, the posted-notice duty, the penalties for interference, and the 2025 expansion to additional facility types. For Nevada's general recording-consent law, see Nevada Recording Laws. See the Nursing Home Camera Laws by State hub for how every state approaches this issue, and the existing 50-state statute comparison table for a side-by-side look at every enacted law.
Does Nevada Law Allow Cameras in Nursing Home Rooms?
Yes, in a "covered facility." Nevada's Henry's Law, originally Assembly Bill 202 (2023) and codified at NRS 449A.170 through 449A.192, lets a patient or their representative request installation of an "electronic communication device" in the patient's room.
NRS 449A.171 defines a covered facility as a facility for intermediate care, a facility for skilled nursing, a home for individual residential care, a unit for the provision of long-term care in a hospital, a residential facility for groups, or a unit in a senior living community for the provision of assisted living services, including a senior living community that provides only assisted living services.
A representative can act for a patient, including a roommate who is also a patient, if they are a court-appointed guardian with specific authority over the decision or hold a health care power of attorney under NRS 162A.700 through 162A.870 that specifically delegates it.
The Waiver-and-Release Request Process
Nevada's model works differently from most peer states. Under NRS 449A.182, the patient or representative submits a request, either on a facility-prescribed form or a written request meeting the statute's content requirements. The request must state the device's type, function and expected use, list contact information for anyone besides the patient authorized to view or listen to the footage, and include an agreement to waive the patient's own privacy right and release the facility from liability connected to the device's use.
If there is a roommate, the request must also include the roommate's or the roommate's representative's written consent, plus the roommate's own privacy waiver and liability release. The covered facility "shall approve" any request that meets these requirements, meaning approval is mandatory, not discretionary, once the paperwork is complete.
If the roommate refuses, the facility must make reasonable attempts to accommodate the patient, which can include moving either the patient or the roommate to different living quarters, with the consent of whichever person is moved. Consent can be withdrawn at any time in writing, by the patient, the representative, or a consenting roommate or the roommate's representative, and the facility must remove the device within 24 hours of a written revocation.
Who Pays and What the Device Must Do
The patient or representative is solely responsible for choosing the device and for its purchase, installation, maintenance and removal costs, except electricity, an obligation that continues even after the patient is discharged. The device must be capable of being disabled or turned off, and, if it captures video, must, to the greatest extent practicable, be installed either with a fixed viewpoint of the living quarters or in a manner that avoids capturing images of activities such as bathing, dressing and toileting.
Who May View the Footage, and the Retaliation Ban
Under NRS 449A.186, a person other than the requesting patient or representative may not intentionally obstruct, tamper with or destroy the device or its recordings, or view or listen to its output, unless they are a representative of a law enforcement agency conducting an investigation, a representative of the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Human Services or the Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division of the Nevada Health Authority conducting an investigation, the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, or an attorney representing the patient or roommate and acting within the scope of that representation. The patient or representative may separately authorize anyone else in writing.
Those same people may also temporarily disable or turn the device off, and NRS 449A.186(4) requires whoever does so to make sure its functions are turned back on before leaving the patient's living quarters.
The same section bars a covered facility from denying admission to, discharging, or otherwise discriminating or retaliating against a patient because of a decision to request installation and use of the device.
Penalties: The Strongest in This Comparison
NRS 449A.188 sets civil penalties well above what most peer states impose. An individual who violates the tampering or unauthorized-viewing ban faces a civil penalty up to $5,000 for a first offense, and up to $10,000 per violation plus a misdemeanor charge for a second or subsequent offense. A covered facility, or any person or entity operating one, that violates the tampering ban or the retaliation ban faces a civil penalty up to $10,000 for a first offense, and up to $20,000 per violation plus a misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense, on top of any separate disciplinary action Nevada's health-facility licensing law allows. The Attorney General or a district attorney may recover these penalties in a civil action.
Posted Notice, Staff Duties, and the Law Enforcement Exception
NRS 449A.190 requires a covered facility to post a notice in a conspicuous place at the entrance to the living quarters of a patient which contain an electronic communication device, stating that such a device is in use in those living quarters. The same section bars an employee of the facility from refusing to enter those living quarters, or failing to perform any of the employee's duties, on the grounds that a device is in use.
Nevada's Aging and Disability Services Division carries the same requirement in its administrative policy manual, adding operational detail a facility can be held to: the notice must be printed in a large, legible font meeting accessibility standards for signage, posted at eye level, and maintained in good condition or replaced if it is damaged or removed.
Two limits sit at the end of the act. NRS 449A.192(1) lets the State Board of Health adopt regulations necessary to carry out NRS 449A.170 to 449A.192. NRS 449A.192(2) provides that none of those sections apply where an electronic communication device is installed by a law enforcement agency and used solely for a legitimate law enforcement purpose, so a police-installed camera sits outside the request, consent, notice and penalty framework entirely.
Nothing in NRS 449A.170 to 449A.192 addresses whether footage is admissible in court. The act creates the right to record, the duty to post notice and penalties for interference, and leaves evidentiary questions to Nevada's general rules of evidence.
The 2025 Expansion: Assembly Bill 368
Assembly Bill 368 (2025) extended the same framework beyond skilled nursing, and it did so inside the existing citation range rather than by building a separate regime. The 2025 Legislature added the "covered facility" definition at NRS 449A.171, along with supporting definitions at NRS 449A.1715 for a facility for intermediate care, NRS 449A.175 for a home for individual residential care, and NRS 449A.179 for a senior living community. It then amended NRS 449A.170, 449A.180, 449A.182, 449A.184, 449A.186, 449A.188, 449A.190 and 449A.192 so that "covered facility" is the operative term throughout the act.
The practical effect is that the request-and-waiver mechanic, the roommate consent and withdrawal rules, the cost allocation, the retaliation ban, the posted-notice duty and the penalty schedule all now reach the newly covered facility types on identical terms, rather than under a separate consent regime.
Supported living arrangements for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are not on the NRS 449A.171 list. Nevada's Aging and Disability Services Division addresses them separately in its own administrative policy, which applies parallel device, consent, notice and anti-retaliation requirements to provider-operated supported living arrangements under NRS 435 as well as to covered facilities under NRS 449A. That policy took effect December 8, 2025.
Using Camera Footage as Evidence of Abuse or Neglect
Camera footage that appears to document abuse or neglect can support a report to the Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division, the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, or a civil claim against a facility. Footage alone is rarely dispositive; it is typically reviewed together with the resident's medical and care records, staffing history and the facility's compliance record.
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Audio Recording and Nevada's General Consent Law
Nevada's general recording-consent law is a hybrid: an in-person conversation, the kind a bedside camera would normally pick up, needs only one party's consent under NRS 200.650. It is telephone calls that need every participant's consent, under NRS 200.620 as the Nevada Supreme Court construed it in Lane v. Allstate Ins. Co., 114 Nev. 1176 (1998). Recording a call without all-party consent is a category D felony under NRS 200.690(1)(a). That distinction cuts in a family's favor for an in-room camera: a device that captures an in-person conversation involving the patient is covered by the one-party rule, not the stricter all-party one. See Nevada Recording Laws for the state's general framework, which applies to any recording made outside Henry's Law's own request-and-waiver process.
Getting Help
The State Long-Term Care Ombudsman is authorized under Henry's Law to view or listen to device footage as part of investigating a complaint, and is a practical first stop for a family navigating a request, a facility's refusal, or a suspected abuse or neglect situation.
Related Resources
- Nursing Home Camera Laws by State is the hub page for this cluster, covering every state's regime at a glance.
- The 50-State Nursing Home Camera Law Comparison covers the full 18-state comparison and how Nevada's waiver-and-release model compares to its peers.
- Nevada Recording Laws covers the state's general consent framework for recordings made outside Henry's Law.
- Nevada Power of Attorney Laws covers how a representative gets authority to request monitoring on a patient's behalf.
- Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect covers how an abuse or neglect claim works once evidence, including camera footage, is in hand.
- Surveillance Camera Laws by State covers the general legal framework for security cameras outside a nursing home setting.
Last updated: 2026-08-31.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Henry's Law in Nevada?
Henry's Law, originally Assembly Bill 202 (2023) and codified at NRS 449A.170 through 449A.192, gives a patient in a Nevada covered facility the right to request installation of an electronic communication device in their room. The facility must approve a request that meets the statute's conditions. Since the 2025 amendments, a covered facility includes a facility for skilled nursing, a facility for intermediate care, a home for individual residential care, a long-term care unit in a hospital, a residential facility for groups, and an assisted living unit in a senior living community.
Does Nevada's camera law cover assisted living facilities?
Yes. The original 2023 law reached facilities for skilled nursing. Assembly Bill 368 (2025) added the covered-facility definition at NRS 449A.171, which reaches a unit in a senior living community for the provision of assisted living services, or a senior living community that provides only assisted living services, along with facilities for intermediate care, homes for individual residential care, long-term care units in hospitals and residential facilities for groups. The 2025 Legislature amended NRS 449A.170 through 449A.192 so that covered facility is the operative term throughout the act.
Does a Nevada facility have to post a sign when a camera is in a resident's room?
Yes. NRS 449A.190 requires a covered facility to post a notice in a conspicuous place at the entrance to living quarters containing an electronic communication device, stating that such a device is in use there. The same section bars an employee from refusing to enter those living quarters or failing to perform any duty because a device is in use. Nevada's Aging and Disability Services Division adds in its policy manual that the notice must use a large, legible, accessibility-compliant font, hang at eye level, and be maintained or replaced if damaged.
What does a family have to agree to before installing a camera under Henry's Law?
The request must include the device's type and expected use, contact information for anyone besides the patient authorized to view or listen to footage, and an agreement to waive the patient's own privacy right and release the facility from liability. If there is a roommate, the roommate or their representative must give written consent and their own privacy waiver and liability release.
What are the penalties for tampering with a Nevada nursing home camera?
An individual who intentionally tampers with the device or views or listens to its output without authorization faces a civil penalty up to $5,000 for a first offense, rising to $10,000 per violation plus a misdemeanor for a repeat offense. A covered facility that violates the tampering or retaliation prohibitions faces up to $10,000 for a first offense, rising to $20,000 per violation plus a misdemeanor.
Can a Nevada nursing home refuse to admit a patient because their family wants a camera?
No. NRS 449A.186 bars a covered facility from denying admission to, discharging, discriminating against or retaliating against a patient because of a decision to request installation and use of an electronic communication device.
Who can view a Nevada nursing home's camera footage?
By default, only the requesting patient or representative. NRS 449A.186 lists specific exceptions: a representative of a law enforcement agency conducting an investigation, a representative of the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Human Services or the Health Care Purchasing and Compliance Division of the Nevada Health Authority conducting an investigation, the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, and an attorney representing the patient or roommate. The patient or representative may separately authorize anyone else in writing.
Updates
Corrected the description of Nevada's video camera placement rule: NRS 449A.184 requires a fixed viewpoint or placement that avoids capturing bathing, dressing and toileting, to the greatest extent practicable, as alternatives rather than both.
Corrected the description of Lane v. Allstate Ins. Co. to the telephone-call holding the Nevada Supreme Court actually reached, and attributed the felony penalty to the statute rather than the case.
Corrected the statutory range to NRS 449A.170 through 449A.192, updated the page to the 2025 amendments extending Henry's Law from skilled nursing to all covered facilities, fixed the list of officials allowed to view footage, and added the posted-notice requirement, staff duties and law enforcement exception the page had previously said did not exist.
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The Law Behind This Article
This article rests on the statutory provisions below, held in our own legal record and retrieved from the official source. Tap a section to read the operative text.
Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 449A: CARE AND RIGHTS OF PATIENTS
§ 449A.182Request for installation and use: Contents; form; approval; facility to attempt to accommodate patient if roommate refuses consent; withdrawal.In forcecited in 2 of our articles
1. A patient in a covered facility or the representative of the patient may request the installation and use of an electronic communication device in the living quarters of the patient by submitting to the covered facility: (a) A completed form prescribed by the facility pursuant to subsection 3; or (b) If the facility has not prescribed a form pursuant to subsection 3, a written request that meets the requirements of subsection 2. 2. A request submitted pursuant to subsection 1 must include or be accompanied by: (a) Information regarding the type, function and expected use of the electronic communication device which will be installed and used; (b) The name and contact information for any person other than the patient or his or her representative who is authorized to view or listen to the images or sounds which are displayed, broadcast or recorded by the electronic communication device pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 449A.186; (c) An agreement by the patient or the representative of the patient to, except as otherwise provided by NRS 449A.186: (1) Waive the patient’s right to privacy in connection with use of the electronic communication device;…
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-08-31 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
Also relied on in: Nursing Home Camera Laws by State (2026): Granny Cam Rights
§ 449A.186Prohibitions; exceptions.In force
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person other than the patient or the representative of the patient who has requested the installation and use of an electronic communication device pursuant to NRS 449A.182 shall not intentionally: (a) Obstruct, tamper with or destroy the electronic communication device or any recording made by the electronic communication device; or (b) View or listen to any images or sounds which are displayed, broadcast or recorded by the electronic communication device.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-29 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
§ 449A.188Penalties.In force
1. A natural person who violates subsection 1 of NRS 449A.186: (a) For a first offense, is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000. (b) For a second and any subsequent offense: (1) Is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation; and (2) Is guilty of a misdemeanor. 2. In addition to any disciplinary action imposed pursuant to chapter 449 of NRS, a covered facility or any person, partnership, association or corporation establishing, conducting, managing or operating a covered facility who violates subsection 1 or 5 of NRS 449A.186: (a) For a first offense, is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000. (b) For a second and any subsequent offense: (1) Is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $20,000 for each violation; and (2) Is guilty of a misdemeanor. 3. The Attorney General or any district attorney may recover any civil penalty assessed pursuant to this section in a civil action brought in the name of the State of Nevada in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-29 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
§ 449A.184Responsibilities of patient; requirements for device.In force
1. If a covered facility approves a request to install and use an electronic communication device in the living quarters of a patient pursuant to NRS 449A.182, the patient or the representative of the patient is solely responsible for: (a) Choosing the electronic communication device, subject to the limitations prescribed by subsection 3; (b) The cost of the electronic communication device; (c) The cost of installing, maintaining and removing the electronic communication device, if applicable, other than the cost of electricity used to power the electronic communication device; and (d) The cost of any repairs required due to the installation or removal of the device. 2. A patient who is discharged from a covered facility or the representative of such a patient remains solely responsible for the costs described in subsection 1, including, without limitation, such costs that are incurred after the discharge of the patient.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-29 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
§ 449A.180Requirements for representative of patient.In forcecited in 2 of our articles
A person may serve as the representative of a patient in a covered facility, including, without limitation, a patient who is the roommate of a patient who wishes to submit or has submitted a request pursuant to NRS 449A.182, for the purposes of NRS 449A.170 to 449A.192, inclusive, if the person: 1. Is the guardian of the patient whom he or she is representing and: (a) The power to make decisions on behalf of the patient pursuant to NRS 449A.170 to 449A.192, inclusive, is specifically authorized under the existing guardianship; or (b) The guardian has separately petitioned for and been granted such power by the court that has jurisdiction over the guardianship; or 2. Has been given power of attorney to make decisions concerning health care for the patient pursuant to NRS 162A.700 to 162A.870, inclusive, and the power to make decisions on behalf of the patient pursuant to NRS 449A.170 to 449A.192, inclusive, is specifically delegated to the person in the power of attorney.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-29 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
Also relied on in: Nursing Home Camera Laws by State
§ 449A.171“Covered facility” defined.In force
“Covered facility” means: 1. A facility for intermediate care; 2. A facility for skilled nursing; 3. A home for individual residential care; 4. A unit for the provision of long-term care in a hospital; 5. A residential facility for groups; or 6. A unit in a senior living community for the provision of assisted living services or a senior living community that provides only assisted living services.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-29 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
§ 449A.190Facility to post notice where device is in use; employee prohibited from refusing to perform duties because of device.In force
1. A covered facility shall post a notice in a conspicuous place at the entrance to the living quarters of a patient which contains an electronic communication device stating that such a device is in use in that living quarters. 2. An employee of a covered facility shall not refuse to enter the living quarters of a patient which contains an electronic communication device installed pursuant to NRS 449A.182 or fail to perform any of the duties of the employee on the grounds that such a device is in use.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-29 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
§ 449A.192Regulations; inapplicability where device installed by law enforcement agency.In force
1. The State Board of Health may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of NRS 449A.170 to 449A.192, inclusive. 2. The provisions of NRS 449A.170 to 449A.192, inclusive, do not apply if an electronic communication device is installed by a law enforcement agency and used solely for a legitimate law enforcement purpose.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-29 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
§ 449A.170Definitions.In force
As used in NRS 449A.170 to 449A.192, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 449A.171 to 449A.179, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-29 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
§ 449A.1715“Facility for intermediate care” defined.In force
“Facility for intermediate care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0038.
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§ 449A.175“Home for individual residential care” defined.In force
“Home for individual residential care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0105.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-29 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
§ 449A.179“Senior living community” defined.In force
“Senior living community” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0179.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-29 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 200: CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
§ 200.650Unauthorized, surreptitious intrusion of privacy by listening device prohibited.In forcecited in 25 of our articles
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, and 704.195, a person shall not intrude upon the privacy of other persons by surreptitiously listening to, monitoring or recording, or attempting to listen to, monitor or record, by means of any mechanical, electronic or other listening device, any private conversation engaged in by the other persons, or disclose the existence, content, substance, purport, effect or meaning of any conversation so listened to, monitored or recorded, unless authorized to do so by one of the persons engaging in the conversation.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-08-26 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
Cited in 13 court opinions in our collectionLatest citing opinion in our collection: 2025
In the courts (editorial summary, independently checked):Nevada courts read NRS 200.650 to permit a recording authorized by a participant. Summers v. State (1986) upheld a body-wire recording because the informant taking part in the conversation authorized it. Abid v. Abid (2017) held the section carries no suppression rule, so a custody expert could consider recordings made in violation of it.
Opinions citing this section in our collection:
- Lane v. Allstate Insurance (Nevada Supreme Court 1998, 114 Nev. 1176)✓A former employee secretly taped hundreds of phone calls with company personnel; the court read NRS 200.650 as allowing in-person private conversations to be recorded when one participant authorizes it, and contrasted that in holding NRS 200.620 bars one-party taping of calls.
- Summers v. State (Nevada Supreme Court 1986, 102 Nev. 195)✓Police taped a transmitter to an informant, who recorded his conversation with Summers about the murder guns; the court held such a recording needs no court order so long as the authorization requirement of NRS 200.650 is met, and the informant had authorized it.
- ABID VS. ABID (CHILD CUSTODY) (Nevada Supreme Court 2017, 2017 NV 94)“…to this recording, the father's actions likely violated NRS 200.650, which prohibits the…”
Identified automatically from the court opinions citing this section — not a ranking of which case controls.
Also relied on in: Nevada Recording Laws (2026): All-Party for Calls, One-Party in Person, Nevada Windshield Mounting Laws (2026 Guide), Nevada Dashcam Laws: Legal Rules for Dashboard Cameras (2026)
§ 200.620Interception and attempted interception of wire communication prohibited; exceptions.In forcecited in 38 of our articles
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5 and NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, 209.419 and 704.195, it is unlawful for any person to intercept or attempt to intercept any wire communication unless: (a) The interception or attempted interception is made with the prior consent of one of the parties to the communication; and (b) An emergency situation exists and it is impractical to obtain a court order as required by NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, before the interception, in which event the interception is subject to the requirements of subsection 3. If the application for ratification is denied, any use or disclosure of the information so intercepted is unlawful, and the person who made the interception shall notify the sender and the receiver of the communication that: (1) The communication was intercepted; and (2) Upon application to the court, ratification of the interception was denied.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-08-28 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
Cited in 18 court opinions in our collectionLatest citing opinion in our collection: 2025
In the courts (editorial summary, independently checked):Nevada reads NRS 200.620 as an all-party consent rule for phone recording, with a territorial limit. Lane v. Allstate Insurance held a participant who taped his own calls without the other parties' consent violated it; DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC VS. BUCKLES held it does not reach calls recorded from outside Nevada.
Opinions citing this section in our collection:
- Lane v. Allstate Insurance (Nevada Supreme Court 1998, 114 Nev. 1176)✓A former employee secretly taped hundreds of his own phone calls with his ex-employer's staff to build his suit; the court held NRS 200.620 bars recording a call without every party's consent, so the tapes were excluded and the dismissal of his suit was reversed.
- State v. Reyes (Nevada Supreme Court 1991, 107 Nev. 191)✓Police had an interpreter listen on a station extension phone while an informant set up a drug buy; the court held that officers' use of regularly installed telephone equipment in the ordinary course of their duties is not an interception under NRS 200.620.
- ABID VS. ABID (CHILD CUSTODY) (Nevada Supreme Court 2017, 2017 NV 94)“…corded phone conversations in violation of NRS 200.620 to obtain evidence to support tort…”
Identified automatically from the court opinions citing this section — not a ranking of which case controls.
Also relied on in: Nevada Smart Glasses Recording Laws 2026, Nevada Audio Recording Laws: Split Consent Rules and Penalties (2026), Nevada Landlord-Tenant Recording Laws: Rights for Renters and Property Owners (2026)
§ 200.690Penalties.In forcecited in 18 of our articles
1. A person who willfully and knowingly violates NRS 200.620 to 200.650, inclusive: (a) Shall be punished for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130. (b) Is liable to a person whose wire or oral communication is intercepted without his or her consent for: (1) Actual damages or liquidated damages of $100 per day of violation but not less than $1,000, whichever is greater; (2) Punitive damages; and (3) His or her costs reasonably incurred in the action, including a reasonable attorney’s fee, Ê all of which may be recovered by civil action. 2. A good faith reliance by a public utility on a written request for interception by one party to a conversation is a complete defense to any civil or criminal action brought against the public utility on account of the interception.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-29 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
Cited in 5 court opinions in our collectionLatest citing opinion in our collection: 2023
Opinions citing this section in our collection:
- Lane v. Allstate Insurance (Nevada Supreme Court 1998, 114 Nev. 1176)“…shable as “a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.” NRS 200.690(l)(a). In addition, the violator is lia…”
- ABID VS. ABID (CHILD CUSTODY) (Nevada Supreme Court 2017, 2017 NV 94)“…regarding evidence and admissibility. See NRS 200.690(1) (enforcing NRS 200.650 exclusively…”
- DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC VS. BUCKLES (Nevada Supreme Court 2017, 2017 NV 64)“…ons without Buckles's consent.' 1 NRS 200.690(1)(b) provides a private right of actio…”
Identified automatically from the court opinions citing this section — not a ranking of which case controls.
Also relied on in: Nevada Medical Recording Laws: Patient Rights and Healthcare Privacy (2026), Nevada Phone Call Recording Laws: All-Party Consent Required (2026), Nevada School Recording Laws: Rules for Students, Parents, and Teachers (2026)
Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 162A: POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR FINANCIAL MATTERS AND DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE DECISIONS
§ 162A.700Applicability.In forcecited in 2 of our articles
NRS 162A.700 to 162A.870, inclusive, apply to any power of attorney containing the authority to make health care decisions.
Official text (excerpt) · last checked 2026-07-29 · Read the full text in our law library · Verify at leg.state.nv.us
Also relied on in: Nevada Power of Attorney Laws: Durable, Medical, and Financial POA (2026)
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Sources and References
- NRS 449A.182, Request for installation and use of electronic communication device(leg.state.nv.us).gov
- NRS 449A.184, Responsibilities of patient; requirements for device(leg.state.nv.us).gov
- NRS 449A.186, Prohibited acts; exceptions; retaliation prohibited(leg.state.nv.us).gov
- NRS 449A.188, Penalties for violations(leg.state.nv.us).gov
- NRS 200.650, one-party consent for recording an in-person conversation(leg.state.nv.us).gov
- NRS 200.620, all-party consent for intercepting a wire (telephone) communication(leg.state.nv.us).gov
- NRS 449A.170, Definitions; scope of NRS 449A.170 to 449A.192, inclusive(leg.state.nv.us)
- NRS 449A.171, “Covered facility” defined (added to NRS by 2025)(leg.state.nv.us)
- NRS 449A.190, Facility to post notice where device is in use; employee prohibited from refusing to perform duties because of device(leg.state.nv.us)
- NRS 449A.192, Regulations; inapplicability where device installed by law enforcement agency(leg.state.nv.us)
- Nevada Aging and Disability Services Division, Administrative Policy Manual #1400, Personal Use of Electronic Communication Devices (effective 12/08/2025)(adsd.nv.gov)