Overview Description

Records relating to a conviction for which a person receives a pardon will be sealed if the person submits proof of the pardon to the court. Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 179.273.

Ineligible Category or Citation

No statutory language regarding ineligible offenses.

Procedure General

If a person receives a pardon from the State Board of Pardons Commissioners, the person may submit a written petition, accompanied by proof of the pardon, to any court in which the person was convicted for the sealing of all records of criminal history in its possession and in the possession of any agency of criminal justice relating to the charges for which the person received the pardon. Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 179.273.

Fees

Effect

All proceedings are deemed never to have occurred and the person may answer accordingly to any inquiry, with exceptions listed in section 179.301. Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.285.

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