Application for certification as peace officer must include affidavit regarding qualification for service and certain previous employment actions; consequences for failure to include affidavit; duty of Commission to search certain Index or database regarding applicant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 289.557
in effect1. An application for certification as a peace officer must include an affidavit stating that the applicant:
(a) Is not disqualified from serving as a peace officer pursuant to NRS 289.555 ;
(b) Has not been discharged, disciplined or asked to resign from employment with a law enforcement agency in this State or any other state for conduct which would, under the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 289.510 , constitute grounds for denying certification or revoking the certificate of a peace officer; and
(c) Has not resigned from employment or otherwise separated from employment with a law enforcement agency in this State or any other state while an investigation concerning allegations of conduct which would, under the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 289.510 , constitute grounds for denying certification or revoking the certificate of a peace officer, was pending.
2. The Commission shall summarily deny any application for certification as a peace officer if the application does not include the affidavit required by subsection 1.
3. The Commission shall, for each applicant for certification as a peace officer, search the National Decertification Index of the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training, or an equivalent database maintained for the purpose of serving as a national registry of certificate or license revocation actions relating to peace officer misconduct, to ensure that the name of the applicant does not appear in any such index or database.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-289.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026