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Why Nevada Court Records are Available to the Public?
In 1906, the Nevada State Legislature passed a law named the Nevada Open Records Act. This law was enabled with the last changes in 2003 and aims to ensure disclosure of court records and other public records to the public.
What Court Records Access Means To You?
The law is similar to the Nevada Open Meeting Law legislates the methods by which public meetings are conducted. The Nevada Open Records Act first enacted any public record to be delivered but specifying the purpose of the request. Later through the years, the law comes to release any public records of all government activities and people’s conduct at all levels of the state of Nevada.
Accountability to the Public
When the legislature enacted Nevada Open Records Act, it expressively declared that access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business is a fundamental and necessary right of every person in this state, Chapter 239 Public Records. In Nevada, access to the government and court records, in particular, has been deemed a fundamental interest in citizenship and has emphasized that maxim disclosure of the conduct of governmental operations [is] to be promoted by the act. By promoting prompt public access to government records, the Nevada Open Records Act is intended to safeguard the accountability of government to the public.
How the Idaho Court Process Functions?
Most cases in Nevada courts begin in one of the 16 superior or trial courts located in each of the state’s 16 counties.
The next level of judicial authority resides with the Court of Appeals. Most cases before the Court of Appeals involves the review of a superior court decision being contested by a party involved in the case.
The Supreme Court serves as the highest court in the state and has the discretion to review decisions of the Court of Appeals in order to settle important questions of law and to resolve conflicts among the Court of Appeals.
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