SUMMARY--Allows district court access to certain records of juvenile court. (BDR 5-184)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to records of the juvenile court; allowing a district court to have access to certain records of the juvenile court without obtaining a court order; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 NRS 62.360 is hereby amended to read as follows:
62.360 1. The court shall make and keep records of all cases brought before it.
2. The records may be opened to inspection only by order of the court to persons having a legitimate interest therein except that a release without a court order may be made of any:
(a) Records of traffic violations which are being forwarded to the department of motor vehicles and public safety;
(b) Records which have not been sealed and are required by the division of parole and probation of the department of motor vehicles and public safety for preparation of presentence reports pursuant to NRS 176.135; [and]
(c) Information maintained in the standardized system established pursuant to NRS 62.420 [.] ; and
(d) Records which have not been sealed and are required by a district court for sentencing.
3. The clerk of the court shall prepare and cause to be printed forms for social and legal records and other papers as may be required.
4. Whenever the conduct of a juvenile with respect to whom the jurisdiction of the juvenile court has been invoked may be the basis of a civil action, any party to the civil action may petition the court for release of the child's name, and upon satisfactory showing to the court that the purpose in obtaining the information is for use in a civil action brought or to be brought in good faith, the court shall order the release of the child's name and authorize its use in the civil action.
Sec. 2 This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.