Nevada Code § 82.181

Maintenance of records at principal office or with custodian of records; inspection and copying of records; penalties; denial of request for inspection of records; defense to action for penalties or damages; authority of court to compel production of records
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1. A corporation shall keep a copy of the
following records at its principal office or with its custodian of records
whose name and street address are available at the corporations registered
office:
(a) A copy, certified by the Secretary of State,
of its articles and all amendments thereto;
(b) A copy, certified by an officer of the
corporation, of its bylaws and all amendments thereto; and
(c) If the corporation has members, a members
ledger or a duplicate members ledger, revised annually, containing only the
names, alphabetically arranged, of all persons who are members of the
corporation, showing their places of residence, if known, and the class of
membership held by each.
2. A corporation must maintain the records
required by subsection 1 in written form or in another form capable of
conversion into written form within a reasonable time.
3. A director or any person who has been a
member of record of a corporation for at least 6 months, or at least 5 percent
of the members of the corporation, upon at least 5 days written demand, is
entitled to inspect in person or by agent or attorney, during usual business
hours, the members ledger or duplicate ledger and to make copies therefrom.
Every corporation that neglects or refuses to keep the members ledger or
duplicate copy thereof open for inspection, as required by this subsection,
shall forfeit to the State the sum of $25 for every day of such neglect or
refusal.
4. If the records required by subsection 1
are not made available for inspection at a location within this State pursuant
to a proper demand pursuant to subsection 3, the director or other person
demanding the inspection may serve a demand upon the corporations registered
agent that the records to be inspected be sent to the demanding director or
other person or the agent or attorney thereof. Upon such a demand, the
corporation shall send copies of the requested records required by subsection
1, either in paper or electronic form, to the director, other person, agent or
attorney entitled to inspect the requested records within 10 business days
after service of the demand upon the registered agent.
5. An inspection authorized by subsection
3 or 4 may be denied to a member or other person upon the refusal of the member
or other person to furnish to the corporation an affidavit that the inspection
is not desired for any purpose not relating to his or her interest as a member,
including, but not limited to, those purposes set forth in subsection 6.
6. It is a defense to any action to
enforce the provisions of this section or for charges, penalties or damages
under this section that the person suing has used or intends to use the list
for any of the following purposes:
(a) To solicit money or property from the members
unless the money or property will be used solely to solicit the votes of
members;
(b) For any commercial purpose or purpose in
competition with the corporation;
(c) To sell to any person; or
(d) For any other purpose not related to his or
her interest as a member.
7. This section does not impair the power
or jurisdiction of any court to compel the production for examination of the
books of a corporation in any proper case.
8. In every instance where an attorney or
other agent of the director or member seeks the right of inspection, the demand
must be accompanied by a power of attorney signed by the director or member
authorizing the attorney or other agent to inspect on behalf of the director or
member.
9. The right to copy records under
subsection 3 includes, if reasonable, the right to make copies by photographic,
xerographic or other means.
10. The corporation may impose a reasonable
charge, covering costs of labor, materials and copies of any records provided
to the member or director.

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