Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 241 - Meetings of State and Local Agencies
NRS 241.030 - Holding closed meeting to consider character, misconduct, competence or health of person, to prepare, revise, administer or grade examinations or to consider appeal of results of examination; waiver of closure of meeting by certain pers...


1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 241.031 and 241.033, a public body may hold a closed meeting to:
(a) Consider the character, alleged misconduct, professional competence, or physical or mental health of a person.
(b) Prepare, revise, administer or grade examinations that are conducted by or on behalf of the public body.
(c) Consider an appeal by a person of the results of an examination that was conducted by or on behalf of the public body, except that any action on the appeal must be taken in an open meeting and the identity of the appellant must remain confidential.
2. A person whose character, alleged misconduct, professional competence, or physical or mental health will be considered by a public body during a meeting may waive the closure of the meeting and request that the meeting or relevant portion thereof be open to the public. A request described in this subsection:
(a) May be made at any time before or during the meeting; and
(b) Must be honored by the public body unless the consideration of the character, alleged misconduct, professional competence, or physical or mental health of the requester involves the appearance before the public body of another person who does not desire that the meeting or relevant portion thereof be open to the public.
3. A public body may close a meeting pursuant to subsection 1 upon a motion which specifies:
(a) The nature of the business to be considered; and
(b) The statutory authority pursuant to which the public body is authorized to close the meeting.
4. This chapter does not:
(a) Prevent the removal of any person who willfully disrupts a meeting to the extent that its orderly conduct is made impractical.
(b) Prevent the exclusion of witnesses from a public or closed meeting during the examination of another witness.
(c) Require that any meeting be closed to the public.
(d) Permit a closed meeting for the discussion of the appointment of any person to public office or as a member of a public body.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 25; A 1977, 1100; 1983, 331; 1993, 2637; 2005, 977, 2244; 2011, 2384; 2013, 732)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 241 - Meetings of State and Local Agencies

NRS 241.010 - Legislative declaration and intent.

NRS 241.015 - Definitions.

NRS 241.016 - Application of chapter; exempt meetings and proceedings; specific exceptions; circumvention of chapter.

NRS 241.017 - Board of Regents to establish requirements for student governments.

NRS 241.020 - Meetings to be open and public; size of facilities; limitations on closure of meetings; notice of meetings; copy of materials; exceptions.

NRS 241.023 - Requirements for holding meeting by remote technology system.

NRS 241.025 - Designee of member of public body not allowed; exception.

NRS 241.028 - Holding closed meeting to engage in certain predecisional and deliberative discussions with federal agency.

NRS 241.030 - Holding closed meeting to consider character, misconduct, competence or health of person, to prepare, revise, administer or grade examinations or to consider appeal of results of examination; waiver of closure of meeting by certain pers...

NRS 241.031 - Meeting to consider character, misconduct or competence of elected member of public body or certain public officers.

NRS 241.033 - Meeting to consider character, misconduct, competence or health of person or to consider appeal of results of examination: Written notice to person required; exception; public body required to allow person whose character, misconduct, c...

NRS 241.034 - Meeting to consider administrative action against person or acquisition of real property by exercise of power of eminent domain: Written notice required; exception.

NRS 241.035 - Public meetings: Minutes; aural and visual reproduction; transcripts.

NRS 241.0353 - Certain statements and testimony are privileged.

NRS 241.0355 - Majority of all members of public body composed solely of elected officials required to take action by vote; abstention not affirmative vote; reduction of quorum.

NRS 241.0357 - Authority to delegate decisions regarding litigation.

NRS 241.036 - Action taken in violation of chapter void.

NRS 241.0365 - Action taken by public body to correct violation of chapter; timeliness of corrective action; effect.

NRS 241.037 - Action by Attorney General or person denied right conferred by chapter; limitation on actions.

NRS 241.039 - Complaints; enforcement by Attorney General; confidentiality of information compiled during investigation; subpoenas; penalty for failure or refusal to comply with subpoena; exception for public records; completion of investigation.

NRS 241.0395 - Inclusion of item acknowledging finding by Attorney General of violation by public body on next agenda of meeting of public body; effect of inclusion.

NRS 241.040 - Criminal and civil penalties; members attending meeting in violation of chapter not accomplices; reliance on legal advice.