239.0113 - Burden of proof where confidentiality of public book or record is at issue.

239.0113  Burden of proof where confidentiality of public book or record is at issue.  Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, if:

1.  The confidentiality of a public book or record, or a part thereof, is at issue in a judicial or administrative proceeding; and

2.  The governmental entity that has legal custody or control of the public book or record asserts that the public book or record, or a part thereof, is confidential,

Ê the governmental entity has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the public book or record, or a part thereof, is confidential.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 2062)