Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 218H - Lobbying
NRS 218H.400 - Duty to file; form; contents; itemization of expenditures; audits and investigations.


1. Each registrant shall file with the Director:
(a) Within 30 days after the close of a regular or special session, a final report signed under penalty of perjury concerning the registrant’s lobbying activities; and
(b) Between the 1st and 10th day of the month after each month that the Legislature is in a regular or special session, a report concerning the registrant’s lobbying activities during the previous month, whether or not any expenditures were made.
2. Each report must:
(a) Be on a form prescribed by the Director; and
(b) Include the total of all expenditures, if any, made by the registrant on behalf of a Legislator or an organization whose primary purpose is to provide support for Legislators of a particular political party and House, including expenditures made by others on behalf of the registrant if the expenditures were made with the registrant’s express or implied consent or were ratified by the registrant.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, the report:
(a) Must identify each Legislator and each organization whose primary purpose is to provide support for Legislators of a particular political party and House on whose behalf expenditures were made;
(b) Must be itemized with respect to each such Legislator and organization; and
(c) Does not have to include any expenditure made on behalf of a person other than a Legislator or an organization whose primary purpose is to provide support for Legislators of a particular political party and House, unless the expenditure is made for the benefit of a Legislator or such an organization.
4. If expenditures made by or on behalf of a registrant during the previous month exceed $50, the report must include a compilation of expenditures, itemized in the manner required by the regulations of the Legislative Commission.
5. The Legislative Commission may authorize an audit or investigation by the Legislative Auditor that is proper and necessary to verify compliance with the provisions of this section. If the Legislative Commission authorizes such an audit or investigation:
(a) A lobbyist shall make available to the Legislative Auditor all books, accounts, claims, reports, vouchers and other records requested by the Legislative Auditor in connection with any such audit or investigation.
(b) The Legislative Auditor shall confine requests for such records to those which specifically relate to the lobbyist’s compliance with the reporting requirements of this section.
6. A report filed pursuant to this section must not itemize with respect to each Legislator an expenditure if the expenditure is the cost of a party, meal, function or other social event to which every Legislator was invited.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1172; A 1977, 1529; 1979, 1322; 1987, 831; 1989, 1974; 1991, 2325; 1993, 2588; 1997, 3072; 1999, 930; 2011, 3252; 2015, 1715)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 218H - Lobbying

NRS 218H.010 - Short title.

NRS 218H.020 - Legislative findings and declarations.

NRS 218H.030 - Definitions.

NRS 218H.033 - "Client" defined.

NRS 218H.035 - "Domestic partner" defined.

NRS 218H.036 - "Domestic partnership" defined.

NRS 218H.045 - "Educational or informational meeting, event or trip" defined.

NRS 218H.050 - "Expenditure" defined.

NRS 218H.060 - "Gift" defined.

NRS 218H.065 - "Immediate family" defined.

NRS 218H.070 - "Legislative action" defined.

NRS 218H.080 - "Lobbyist" defined.

NRS 218H.090 - "Member of the Legislative Branch" defined.

NRS 218H.092 - "Member of the Legislator’s household" defined.

NRS 218H.100 - "Person" defined.

NRS 218H.110 - "Registrant" defined.

NRS 218H.180 - Certain persons deemed to be lobbyists for purposes of continuing applicability; period of continuing applicability; exceptions.

NRS 218H.200 - Registration statement required during session; filing with Director; exceptions.

NRS 218H.210 - Contents of registration statement.

NRS 218H.220 - Supplementary registration statement required upon change in registration information; exceptions.

NRS 218H.230 - Notice required upon termination of session activities; continuing requirements after filing notice.

NRS 218H.300 - Issuance by Director; different color for each classification; requirement to wear in Legislative Building.

NRS 218H.400 - Duty to file; form; contents; itemization of expenditures; audits and investigations.

NRS 218H.410 - Fee for late filing; waivers and exemptions.

NRS 218H.500 - Regulations; fees; classification of lobbyists; forms; accounting and reporting methods; filing system; public inspection; retention of records; list of registrants.

NRS 218H.505 - Administration and interpretation of chapter; coordination with Secretary of State regarding Nevada Financial Disclosure Act.

NRS 218H.510 - Inspection of registration statements and reports of lobbying activities; notice of noncompliance.

NRS 218H.520 - Publication of reports regarding lobbying activities; release of name of noncomplying lobbyist; sanctions for noncompliance.

NRS 218H.530 - Investigations of irregularities and noncompliance; grounds and procedure for suspension or revocation of registration; hearing and appeal; continuing requirements and renewal of registration after suspension or revocation.

NRS 218H.540 - Injunctive relief.

NRS 218H.900 - Unlawful for lobbyist to misrepresent Legislator’s authorization to request professional services from Legislative Counsel Bureau.

NRS 218H.930 - Unlawful acts involving lobbyists and lobbying.

NRS 218H.950 - Unlawful for former Legislator to act as lobbyist under certain circumstances; exceptions.

NRS 218H.960 - Criminal penalties.