1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6 of NRS 719.290 and NRS 719.345 and 719.360 , each governmental agency of this state shall determine whether, and the extent to which, it will send and accept electronic records and electronic signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use and rely upon electronic records and electronic signatures. 2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 719.345 , to the extent that a governmental agency uses electronic records and electronic signatures under subsection 1, the governmental agency, giving due consideration to security, may specify: (a) The manner and format in which the electronic records must be created, generated, sent, communicated, received and stored and the systems established for those purposes; (b) If electronic records must be signed by electronic means, the type of electronic signature required, the manner and format in which the electronic signature must be affixed to the electronic record, and the identity of, or criteria that must be met by, any third party used by a person filing a document to facilitate the process; (c) Processes and procedures as appropriate to ensure adequate preservation, disposition, integrity, security, confidentiality and auditability of electronic records; and (d) Any other required attributes for electronic records which are specified for corresponding nonelectronic records or reasonably necessary under the circumstances. 3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6 of NRS 719.290 and NRS 719.345 and 719.360 , the provisions of this chapter do not require a governmental agency of this state to use or permit the use of electronic records or electronic signatures.
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