NRS 178A.270 – Office of the Attorney General to develop and make available document explaining rights; contents.
1. The Office of the Attorney General shall: (a) Develop a document that explains the rights of a survivor pursuant to the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights and other relevant law; and (b) Make the document available to medical providers, law enforcement officials and prosecutors. 2. The document must be in clear language that […]
NRS 178A.280 – Law enforcement agency to provide copies of reports to survivor; prosecutor to provide information to survivor; report by forensic laboratory; State to establish statewide program to track sexual assault forensic kits.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a law enforcement agency shall, upon written request by the survivor, furnish within 1 month, free, complete and unaltered copies of all reports of the law enforcement agency concerning the sexual assault, regardless of whether the report has been closed by the law enforcement agency. A law […]
NRS 178A.290 – Additional rights of survivor.
1. In addition to any other right provided by law, a survivor has the right: (a) In any civil or criminal case related to a sexual assault, to be reasonably protected from the defendant and persons acting on behalf of the defendant. (b) To be free from intimidation, harassment and abuse. (c) To be treated […]
NRS 178A.300 – Definitions.
As used in NRS 178A.300 to 178A.330, inclusive, “Advisory Committee” means the Advisory Committee on Rights of Survivors of Sexual Assault. (Added to NRS by 2019, 2846)
NRS 178A.310 – Creation; members and appointing authorities; terms; vacancies; Chair; meetings; quorum; voting; per diem; staff.
1. There is hereby created the Advisory Committee on Rights of Survivors of Sexual Assault. 2. The Advisory Committee consists of: (a) The Attorney General; (b) The Director of the Department of Corrections; (c) One member who is a law enforcement official working for a local law enforcement agency, appointed by the Nevada Sheriffs’ and […]
NRS 178A.320 – Duties; retention of experts; report.
1. The Advisory Committee shall study practices that are nationally recognized and make recommendations regarding: (a) Whether a need exists for additional sexual assault victims’ advocates for survivors and, if such a need exists, the Advisory Committee shall, in conjunction with centers of support for victims of sexual assault, organizations for advocates of survivors and […]
NRS 178A.330 – Grants, bequests, devises, donations or gifts; Special Account for the Support of the Advisory Committee.
1. The Attorney General may apply for and accept any available grants and may accept any bequests, devises, donations or gifts from any public or private source to carry out the provisions of NRS 178A.300 to 178A.330, inclusive. 2. Any money received pursuant to this section must be deposited in the Special Account for the […]
NRS 178A.220 – Right to prompt genetic marker analysis; transport of sexual assault forensic evidence kit; preservation, storage and retention of biological evidence; right to information regarding timeline of genetic marker analysis.
1. A survivor has the right to prompt genetic marker analysis of a sexual assault forensic evidence kit pursuant to NRS 200.3786. 2. A sexual assault forensic evidence kit must be transported to a forensic laboratory and analyzed pursuant to NRS 200.3786, unless the survivor requests in writing at any time before such analysis, for […]
NRS 178A.230 – Right to be informed of results of genetic marker analysis and DNA profile upon request.
Upon the request of a survivor, he or she has the right to be informed of: 1. The results of the genetic marker analysis of the sexual assault forensic evidence kit of the survivor; 2. Whether the analysis yielded a DNA profile; and 3. Whether the analysis yielded the DNA profile of the defendant or […]
NRS 178A.240 – Failure of law enforcement agency to comply with requirements relating to sexual assault forensic evidence kit does not alter authority of law enforcement agency or forensic laboratory to take actions relating to such evidence.
The failure of a law enforcement agency to take possession of a sexual assault forensic evidence kit pursuant to the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights, or the failure of the law enforcement agency to submit such evidence for genetic marker analysis within the timeline prescribed pursuant to the Bill of Rights, does not alter: […]