Nevada Code § 706.251

Report of crash: Requirements; preservation; confidentiality
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1. Every person operating a vehicle used
by any motor carrier under the jurisdiction of the Authority shall forthwith
report each crash occurring on the public highway, wherein the vehicle may have
injured the person or property of some person other than the person or property
carried by the vehicle, to the sheriff or other peace officer of the county
where the crash occurred. If the crash immediately or proximately causes death,
the person in charge of the vehicle, or any officer investigating the crash,
shall furnish to the Authority such detailed report thereof as required by the
Authority.
2. All crash reports required in this
section must be filed in the office of the Authority and there preserved. A
crash report made as required by this chapter, or any report of the Authority
made pursuant to any crash investigation made by it, is not open to public
inspection and must not be disclosed to any person, except upon order of the
Authority. The reports must not be admitted as evidence or used for any purpose
in any action for damages growing out of any matter mentioned in the crash
report or report of any such investigation.

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