Nevada Code § 432.140

Creation of card; limitations on possession and use of card; standards required for fingerprints
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1. A parent or guardian of a child may
request that the child be fingerprinted by any law enforcement agency of this
State. If the law enforcement agency agrees to perform the service and accepts
payment of the same fee charged to others for this service, if any, the law
enforcement agency shall fingerprint the child and give the fingerprint card to
the parent or guardian. A law enforcement agency which fingerprints a child
under this section shall not retain a fingerprint card or any other copy of the
childs fingerprints prepared pursuant to this section.
2. The fingerprint card must include in a
conspicuous place on the card a statement that the card may be used for
identification purposes only and may not be used in any juvenile or criminal
investigation or proceeding conducted against the child.
3. A fingerprint card prepared pursuant to
this section may be used by a law enforcement agency only to help identify a
child who is lost, kidnapped or killed. The card may not be used by anyone in
any investigation or proceeding conducted against the child under title 5 of
NRS or under the criminal laws of this State.
4. Any other person, firm or corporation
that fingerprints children for identification purposes shall take the
fingerprints in a manner which meets the standards set by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation as those standards exist on July 1, 1983.

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