Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 241 - Meetings of State and Local Agencies
NRS 241.037 - Action by Attorney General or person denied right conferred by chapter; limitation on actions.


1. The Attorney General may sue in any court of competent jurisdiction to have an action taken by a public body declared void or for an injunction against any public body or person to require compliance with or prevent violations of the provisions of this chapter. The injunction:
(a) May be issued without proof of actual damage or other irreparable harm sustained by any person.
(b) Does not relieve any person from criminal prosecution for the same violation.
2. Any person denied a right conferred by this chapter may sue in the district court of the district in which the public body ordinarily holds its meetings or in which the plaintiff resides. A suit may seek to have an action taken by the public body declared void, to require compliance with or prevent violations of this chapter or to determine the applicability of this chapter to discussions or decisions of the public body. The court may order payment of reasonable attorney’s fees and court costs to a successful plaintiff in a suit brought under this subsection.
3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 241.0365:
(a) Any suit brought against a public body pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 to require compliance with the provisions of this chapter must be commenced within 120 days after the action objected to was taken by that public body in violation of this chapter.
(b) Any such suit brought to have an action declared void must be commenced within 60 days after the action objected to was taken.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1012; A 1985, 147; 2013, 734)

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.