Nevada Revised Statutes
NRS 217.462 Fictitious address for victim of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault or stalking: Eligibility; application to Division; penalty for providing false information.
1. An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a child, or a guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated person may apply to the Division to have a fictitious address designated by the Division serve as the address of the adult, child or incapacitated person.
2. An application for the issuance of a fictitious address must include:
(a) Specific evidence showing that the adult, child or incapacitated person has been a victim of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault or stalking before the filing of the application;
(b) The address that is requested to be kept confidential;
(c) A telephone number at which the Division may contact the applicant;
(d) A question asking whether the person wishes to:
(1) Register to vote; or
(2) Change the address of his or her current registration;
(e) A designation of the Division as agent for the adult, child or incapacitated person for the purposes of:
(1) Service of process; and
(2) Receipt of mail;
(f) The signature of the applicant;
(g) The date on which the applicant signed the application; and
(h) Any other information required by the Division.
3. It is unlawful for a person knowingly to attest falsely or provide incorrect information in the application. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. The Division shall approve an application if it is accompanied by specific evidence, such as a copy of an applicable record of conviction, a temporary restraining order or other protective order, that the adult, child or incapacitated person has been a victim of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault or stalking before the filing of the application.
5. The Division shall approve or disapprove an application for a fictitious address within 5 business days after the application is filed.
NRS 217.464 Fictitious address for victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or talking: Designation of fictitious address; forwarding of mail; treatment by governmental entity or provider of utility service; disclosure of confidential address by Division, governmental entity or provider of utility service; notification of school that pupil, parent or legal guardian is participant.
1. If the Division approves an application, the Division shall:
(a) Designate a fictitious address for the participant; and
(b) Forward mail that the Division receives for a participant to the participant.
2. Upon request of a participant, a governmental entity or provider of a utility service in this State to which the participant is required to provide an address shall allow the participant to use the fictitious address issued by the Division. A governmental entity or provider of a utility service who receives a request pursuant to this subsection shall not maintain a record of the confidential address of the participant, unless:
(a) The governmental entity or provider of a utility service is required to maintain the confidential address of the participant by federal, state or local law; or
(b) The provision of service by a provider of a utility service is impossible without maintaining the confidential address of the participant.
If a governmental entity or provider of a utility service maintains a record of the confidential address of a participant pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b), the governmental entity or provider of a utility service must maintain and use the confidential address of the participant only to the extent as required by federal, state or local law or as necessary to provide a utility service.
3. The Division, governmental entity or provider of a utility service to which a participant provides a fictitious address pursuant to this section shall not make any records containing the name, telephone number, confidential address, fictitious address or image of the participant available for inspection or copying, unless:
(a) The address is requested by a law enforcement agency, in which case the
Division shall make the address available to the law enforcement agency;
(b) The Division, governmental entity or provider of a utility service is
directed to do so by lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction, in which
case the Division, governmental entity or provider of a utility service shall
make the address available to the person identified in the order; or
(c) The Division, governmental entity or provider of a utility service is
required to do so by federal or state law.
4. If a pupil is attending or wishes to attend a public school that is located in a school district other than the school district in which the pupil resides as authorized by NRS 392.016, the Division shall, upon request of the public school that the pupil is attending or wishes to attend, inform the public school of whether the pupil is a participant and whether the parent or legal guardian with whom the pupil resides is a participant. The Division shall not provide any other information concerning the pupil or the parent or legal guardian of the pupil to the public school.
5. As used in this section, “governmental entity” means any:
(a) Institution, board, commission, bureau, council, department, division, authority or other unit of government of this State, including, without limitation, an agency of this State or of a political subdivision of this State; and
(b) Incorporated city, county, unincorporated town, township, school district or other public district or agency designed to perform local governmental functions.
NRS 217.466 Fictitious address for victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking: Form for participant to register to vote or change address of registration. If a participant indicates to the Division that the participant wishes to register to vote or change the address of his or her current registration, the Division shall furnish the participant with the form developed by the Secretary of State pursuant to the provisions of NRS 293.5002.
NRS 217.468 Fictitious address for victim of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault or stalking: Cancellation.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, the Division shall cancel the fictitious address of a participant 4 years after the date on which the Division approved the application.
2. The Division shall not cancel the fictitious address of a participant if, before the fictitious address of the participant is cancelled, the participant shows to the satisfaction of the Division that the participant remains in imminent danger of becoming a victim of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault or stalking.
3. The Division may cancel the fictitious address of a participant at any time if:
(a) The participant changes his or her confidential address from the one listed in the application and fails to notify the Division within 48 hours after the change of address;
(b) The Division determines that false or incorrect information was knowingly provided in the application; or
(c) The participant files a declaration of candidacy, as defined in NRS 293.0455.
NRS 217.471 Fictitious address for victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking: Adoption of procedures by Division. The Division shall adopt procedures to carry out the provisions of NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive.
NRS 217.471 Fictitious address for victim of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking: Adoption of procedures by Division. The Division shall adopt procedures to carry out the provisions of NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive.
Nevada Administrative Code
NAC 217.100 Fictitious address for victim of domestic violence: Completion of application; role of organization designated to assist in completion of application. ( NRS 217.471 )
1. A person who applies for the issuance of a fictitious address pursuant to NRS 217.462 must complete his application with the assistance of an organization whose primary purpose is to assist victims of domestic violence and who has been designated by the secretary of state to assist in the program for the issuance of fictitious addresses.
2. The organization must have agreed to:
(a) Assist the applicant in completing the application;
(b) Review the contents of the application;
(c) Advise the secretary of state, in writing, whether it believes specific evidence showing that the applicant has been a victim of domestic violence has been provided in the application; and
(d) Forward the application to the secretary of state for his approval or disapproval.
NAC 217.110 Fictitious address for victim of domestic violence: Service of process on participant. ( NRS 217.471 )
1. If the secretary of state accepts service of process for a participant, he will send the process and any associated documents to that participant:
(a) By certified mail; and
(b) Within 24 hours after he accepts the service of process.
2. As used in this section, “participant” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 217.400.
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