Nevada Police Reports: How to Get a Crash Report, Incident Report, or Bodycam Video

Nevada runs the opposite rule from most of the country. In many states, a police-filed crash report starts out confidential and opens up over time or to specific parties. In Nevada, the police-filed report is public from the start, while the driver's own filing to the Department of Motor Vehicles is the one the law keeps confidential.

That inversion shapes everything below: how to buy a Nevada crash report through CRASHDOCS.org, how a general incident report works in the absence of a single codified law enforcement exemption, and what Nevada's bodycam statute allows.

Information last verified on 2026-08-11. This article has not yet been reviewed by a licensed lawyer.

This guide is part of a broader look at police reports by state. For the filing side rather than requesting a copy, see how to file a police report.

Getting a Nevada Crash Report

Nevada Highway Patrol's official channel for crash reports is CRASHDOCS.org, a vendor-operated portal in the same commercial model as BuyCrash elsewhere in the country. NHP's own Crash Report Request page directs requesters there, stating that reports are accessible through CRASHDOCS.org, where a user can find their report instantly. A search on the portal requires the crash number, formatted as NHP followed by digits, the last name of an involved party, and the crash date.

A crash report costs $10.00. Photos cost an additional $5.00 and are available through NHP regional offices rather than the online portal. NHP's page states reports become available 7 to 14 days from the date of the crash. Fatal crash reports and all crash photos are not handled through CRASHDOCS.org at all; those require contacting the relevant NHP regional office directly, and Northern Command West asks for two weeks notice for contract requests submitted by email.

NHP's own page does not state an eligibility or requester-category restriction for ordering a basic crash report. That is consistent with Nevada's statutory design: police-filed crash reports under NRS 484E.110 are explicitly not privileged or confidential, the opposite default most other states use. The confidential side of Nevada's crash-report law runs the other direction, under NRS 484E.070, which keeps the driver or owner's own report to the Department for the confidential use of the department rather than public release.

Getting a Nevada Incident Report

Nevada's general public records statute, NRS 239.010, sets a default-open framework: unless declared confidential by law, public books and records must be open during office hours to inspection by any person. Unlike most states in this cluster, Nevada's Public Records Act does not contain a single codified law enforcement investigatory exemption comparable to a dedicated section listing what investigative material an agency may withhold. Instead, access to Nevada police investigative files is shaped by a common law balancing test built up through Nevada Supreme Court decisions, layered on top of the general open-records default in NRS 239.010.

For a big-city example, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's public records page could not be independently reached during this article's research. Reporting on LVMPD's practice describes a Public Records Unit that fulfills requests from citizens, insurers, and law firms under NRS Chapter 239, accepting written, in-person, or telephone requests with full payment of the estimated fee required upfront in cash, money order, or cashier's check, and an online portal for submission and status checks. Because LVMPD's own page could not be independently confirmed this pass, contact the department directly, or the relevant department in your own Nevada city, to confirm current fees and procedures.

Nevada Bodycam Footage

Nevada has a dedicated statewide bodycam statute, NRS 289.830, which uses the term portable event recording device. Under the statute, any record made by such a device is a public record, but with two built-in limits: it may be requested only on a per incident basis, and where the record contains confidential information that cannot otherwise be redacted, it may be available for inspection only at the location where the record is held rather than provided as a copy. That second limit is a real access-tiering fact worth knowing before requesting: Nevada bodycam footage that cannot be redacted down to its confidential parts may be viewable only in person rather than released as a downloadable copy.

Reporting on Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's practice confirms the per-incident limitation is enforced day to day, describing Nevada law as requiring requestors to limit requests to a specific incident. LVMPD's own bodycam-request contact number circulating in secondary sources could not be independently verified this pass; contact the department directly, or see Nevada bodycam laws and how to request bodycam footage for the general framework.

Related Resources

Police Reports by State covers the national picture. See also How to File a Police Report, How to Read a Police Report, Are Police Reports Public?, Nevada Bodycam Laws, Nevada Car Accident Laws, Nevada Public Records Laws, and Nevada Court Records.

Disclaimer

This article provides general information about how to request Nevada crash reports, incident reports, and bodycam footage. It is not legal advice. Fees and agency procedures change; verify current details with Nevada Highway Patrol, the relevant local department, or a licensed Nevada attorney before relying on anything here for a specific situation.

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Last updated: 2026-08-11. Fees and portals reflect their published status as of August 2026.