2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 294A - Campaign Practices
NRS 294A.3495 - Disclosures required on certain communications that include official contact information of governmental entity.
1. If a communication is published in support of or in opposition to a candidate and the communication includes the official name and address or other official contact information of a governmental entity, the communication must disclose in a clear and conspicuous manner the following information:
(a) If the communication includes the official name and address or other official contact information of a governmental entity of the State of Nevada, the communication must disclose:
This communication is not endorsed by and is not an official publication of the State of Nevada.
(b) If the communication includes the official name and address or other official contact information of a governmental entity of any political subdivision of the State of Nevada, the communication must disclose:
This communication is not endorsed by and is not an official publication of (insert the official name of the political subdivision).
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Governmental entity" means the State of Nevada, any political subdivision of the State of Nevada or any agency, institution, board, commission, bureau, council, department, division, office, authority or other unit of government of the State of Nevada or any political subdivision of the State of Nevada.
(b) "Official name and address or other official contact information of a governmental entity" means the legal or commonly recognized name of a governmental entity and:
(1) The street address of any building, office or other place where the governmental entity is open for the transaction of official business; or
(2) Any other official contact information for contacting the governmental entity for the transaction of official business, including, without limitation, a telephone number, facsimile number, electronic mail address or address of the Internet website of the governmental entity.
(c) "Publish" means the act of:
(1) Printing, posting, broadcasting, mailing or otherwise disseminating; or
(2) Causing to be printed, posted, broadcasted, mailed or otherwise disseminated.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 609)
