Nevada Code § 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
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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.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, a public agency shall not operate, purchase or acquire any unmanned
aerial vehicle or other equipment or service relating to the operation of an
unmanned aerial vehicle in violation of the regulations adopted by the
Department pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS
493.118 . A public agency may operate or use an unmanned aerial vehicle or
other equipment or service relating to the operation of an unmanned aerial
vehicle that was purchased or acquired before the effective date of the
regulations adopted by the Department pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 493.118 .

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