NRS 493.115
Unmanned aerial vehicles: Operation by public agency

  • requirements
  • prohibited uses
  • information acquired in violation of section inadmissible and may not be used to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause.

1.

A public agency:

(a)

May operate an unmanned aerial vehicle only if:

(1)

Before the operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the public agency registers the unmanned aerial vehicle with the Department pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 493.118.

(2)

The public agency operates the unmanned aerial vehicle in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 493.118.

(b)

Must not operate an unmanned aerial vehicle for the purposes of assisting a law enforcement agency with law enforcement or conducting a criminal prosecution.

2.

Any photograph, image, recording or other information that is acquired by a public agency through the operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle in violation of this section, and any evidence that is derived therefrom:

(a)

Is not admissible in, and must not be disclosed in, a judicial, administrative or other adjudicatory proceeding; and

(b)

May not be used to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause as the basis for investigating or prosecuting a crime or offense.

Source: Section 493.115 — Unmanned aerial vehicles: Operation by public agency; requirements; prohibited uses; information acquired in violation of section inadmissible and may not be used to establish reasonable suspicion or probable cause., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-493.­html#NRS493Sec115 (accessed May 26, 2025).

May 26, 2025

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