Certificate of innocence: Entry of certificate; denial of entry of certificate and dismissal of action; sealing of records upon entry of certificate; confidentiality of records not sealed upon entry of certificate; prohibition against construction of certain findings regarding entry of certificate and provision of award.

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 41.910

in effect

1. If a court finds that a person is entitled to a judgment pursuant to NRS 41.900 , the court shall enter a certificate of innocence finding that the person was innocent of the felony for which the person was wrongfully convicted. 2. If a court does not find that a person is entitled to a judgment pursuant to NRS 41.900 , the action must be dismissed and the court shall not enter a certificate of innocence. 3. Upon an entry of a certificate of innocence pursuant to subsection 1, the court shall order sealed all records of the conviction, except such records maintained by the parties concerning a civil action for wrongful conviction brought pursuant to NRS 41.900 , which are in the custody of any agency of criminal justice or any public or private agency, company, official or other custodian of records in the State of Nevada and shall order all such records of the person returned to the file of the court where the underlying criminal action was commenced from, including, without limitation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and all other agencies of criminal justice which maintain such records and which are reasonably known by either the person or the court to have possession of such records. Such records must be sealed regardless of whether the person has any prior criminal convictions in this State. 4. The records maintained by the parties concerning a civil action for wrongful conviction pursuant to subsection 3 must remain confidential. 5. The entry of a certificate of innocence pursuant to subsection 1 and the provision of an award pursuant to NRS 41.950 shall not be construed to be a finding that: (a) A person involved in the investigation, prosecution or conviction of the underlying offense committed any wrongdoing; or (b) There was not probable cause to arrest or file a complaint against the person subject to the certificate of innocence.

Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-041.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026