239.011 - Application to court for order allowing inspection or copying of public book or record in legal custody or control of governmental entity for less than 30 years. - Nevada Statutes

239.011  Application to court for order allowing inspection or copying of public book or record in legal custody or control of governmental entity for less than 30 years.  If a request for inspection or copying of a public book or record open to inspection and copying is denied, the requester may apply to the district court in the county in which the book or record is located for an order permitting the requester to inspect or copy it. The court shall give this matter priority over other civil matters to which priority is not given by other statutes. If the requester prevails, the requester is entitled to recover his or her costs and reasonable attorney’s fees in the proceeding from the governmental entity whose officer has custody of the book or record.

      (Added to NRS by 1993, 1230; A 1997, 2386)