2015 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 598 - Deceptive Trade Practices
NRS 598.098 - Disclosure of information by Commissioner or Director; regulations. [Effective July 1, 2015.]

1. NRS 598.0903 to 598.0999, inclusive, do not prohibit the Commissioner or Director from disclosing to the Attorney General, any district attorney or any law enforcement officer the fact that a crime has been committed by any person, if this fact has become known as a result of any investigation conducted pursuant to the provisions of NRS 598.0903 to 598.0999, inclusive.

2. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2 of NRS 598.0979 and except as otherwise provided in this section, the Commissioner or Director may not make public the name of any person alleged to have committed a deceptive trade practice. This subsection does not:

(a) Prevent the Commissioner or Director from issuing public statements describing or warning of any course of conduct which constitutes a deceptive trade practice.

(b) Apply to a person who is subject to an order issued pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 598.0971.

3. Upon request, the Commissioner may:

(a) Disclose the number of written complaints received by the Commissioner during the current and immediately preceding 3 fiscal years. A disclosure made pursuant to this paragraph must include the disposition of the complaint disclosed.

(b) Make public any order to cease and desist issued pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 598.0971.

↪ This § 4. The Commissioner may adopt regulations authorizing the disclosure of information concerning any complaint or number of complaints received by the Commissioner or Director relating to a person who has been convicted of violating a provision of NRS 598.0903 to 598.0999, inclusive.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1486; A 1983, 884; 1985, 1481; 1995, 2175; 2005, 1429; R temp. 2009, 2732; R temp. 2011, 2652; R temp. 2013, 1054, expires by limitation on June 30, 2015)