258.072 - Accident reports and related materials: Provision upon receipt of reasonable fee; exceptions.

258.072  Accident reports and related materials: Provision upon receipt of reasonable fee; exceptions.  A constable shall, within 7 days after receipt of a written request of a person who claims to have sustained damages as a result of an accident, or the person’s legal representative or insurer, and upon receipt of a reasonable fee to cover the cost of reproduction, provide the person, the person’s legal representative or insurer, as applicable, with a copy of the accident report and all statements by witnesses and photographs in the possession or under the control of the constable’s office that concern the accident, unless:

      1.  The materials are privileged or confidential pursuant to a specific statute; or

      2.  The accident involved:

      (a) The death or substantial bodily harm of a person;

      (b) Failure to stop at the scene of an accident; or

      (c) The commission of a felony.

      (Added to NRS by 1987, 1052; A 2005, 702)