Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1
Section 493.115 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] 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 cause1. 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.Added to NRS by 2015, 1776Added by 2015, Ch. 327,§21, eff. 10/1/2015.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.