Nevada Code § 202.2548

Exceptions to requirement of background check
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The provisions of NRS 202.2547 do not apply to:
1. The sale or transfer of a firearm by or
to any law enforcement agency and, to the extent he or she is acting within the
course and scope of his or her employment and official duties, any peace
officer, security guard entitled to carry a firearm under NAC 648.345 , member of the armed
forces or federal official.
2. The sale or transfer of an antique
firearm.
3. The sale or transfer of a firearm
between immediate family members, which for the purposes of this section means
spouses and domestic partners and any of the following relations, whether by
whole or half blood, adoption, or step-relation: parents, children, siblings,
grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
4. The transfer of a firearm to an
executor, administrator, trustee or personal representative of an estate or a
trust that occurs by operation of law upon the death of the former owner of the
firearm.
5. A temporary transfer of a firearm to a
person who is not prohibited from buying or possessing firearms under state or
federal law if such transfer:
(a) Is necessary to prevent imminent death or
great bodily harm; and
(b) Lasts only as long as immediately necessary
to prevent such imminent death or great bodily harm.
6. A temporary transfer of a firearm if:
(a) The transferor has no reason to believe that
the transferee is prohibited from buying or possessing firearms under state or
federal law;
(b) The transferor has no reason to believe that
the transferee will use or intends to use the firearm in the commission of a
crime; and
(c) Such transfer occurs and the transferees
possession of the firearm following the transfer is exclusively:
(1) At an established shooting range
authorized by the governing body of the jurisdiction in which such range is
located;
(2) At a lawful organized competition
involving the use of a firearm;
(3) While participating in or practicing
for a performance by an organized group that uses firearms as a part of the
public performance;
(4) While hunting or trapping if the
hunting or trapping is legal in all places where the transferee possesses the
firearm and the transferee holds all licenses or permits required for such
hunting or trapping; or
(5) While in the presence of the
transferor.

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