Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 51 - Hearsay
NRS 51.345 - Statement against interest.


1. A statement which at the time of its making:
(a) Was so far contrary to the pecuniary or proprietary interest of the declarant;
(b) So far tended to subject the declarant to civil or criminal liability;
(c) So far tended to render invalid a claim by the declarant against another; or
(d) So far tended to make the declarant an object of hatred, ridicule or social disapproval,
that a reasonable person in the position of the declarant would not have made the statement unless the declarant believed it to be true is not inadmissible under the hearsay rule if the declarant is unavailable as a witness. A statement tending to expose the declarant to criminal liability and offered to exculpate the accused in a criminal case is not admissible unless corroborating circumstances clearly indicate the trustworthiness of the statement.
2. This section does not make admissible a statement or confession offered against the accused made by a codefendant or other person implicating both himself or herself and the accused.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 797; A 1979, 44; 1997, 1592)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 51 - Hearsay

NRS 51.015 - Definitions.

NRS 51.025 - "Declarant" defined.

NRS 51.035 - "Hearsay" defined.

NRS 51.045 - "Statement" defined.

NRS 51.055 - "Unavailable as a witness" defined.

NRS 51.065 - General rule.

NRS 51.067 - Hearsay within hearsay.

NRS 51.069 - Credibility of declarant.

NRS 51.075 - General exception; other exceptions illustrative.

NRS 51.085 - Present sense impressions.

NRS 51.095 - Excited utterances.

NRS 51.105 - Then existing mental, emotional or physical condition.

NRS 51.115 - Statements for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment.

NRS 51.125 - Recorded recollection.

NRS 51.135 - Record of regularly conducted activity.

NRS 51.145 - Absence of entry in records of regularly conducted activity.

NRS 51.155 - Public records and reports.

NRS 51.165 - Required reports.

NRS 51.175 - Absence of public record or entry.

NRS 51.185 - Records of religious organizations.

NRS 51.195 - Marriage, baptismal and similar certificates.

NRS 51.205 - Family records.

NRS 51.215 - Records of documents affecting interest in property.

NRS 51.225 - Statement in document affecting interest in property.

NRS 51.235 - Statements in ancient documents.

NRS 51.245 - Market reports; commercial publications.

NRS 51.255 - Learned treatises.

NRS 51.265 - Reputation concerning personal or family history.

NRS 51.275 - Reputation concerning boundaries or general history.

NRS 51.285 - Reputation as to character.

NRS 51.295 - Judgment of previous conviction.

NRS 51.305 - Judgment as to boundaries or personal, family or general history.

NRS 51.315 - General exception; other exceptions illustrative.

NRS 51.325 - Former testimony.

NRS 51.335 - Statement under belief of impending death.

NRS 51.345 - Statement against interest.

NRS 51.355 - Statement of personal or family history.

NRS 51.385 - Admissibility; notice of unavailability or inability of child to testify.