1. "Reporting agency" means a person who, for fees, dues or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the business of assembling or evaluating information regarding the credit of or other information regarding consumers to furnish consumer reports to third parties, regardless of the means or facility of commerce used to prepare or furnish the consumer reports.
2. The term does not include:
(a) A person solely for the reason that he or she conveys a decision regarding whether to guarantee a check in response to a request by a third party;
(b) A person who obtains or creates a consumer report and provides the report or information contained in it to a subsidiary or affiliate; or
(c) A person licensed pursuant to chapter 463 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2460)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 598C - Consumer Reporting
NRS 598C.020 - "Adverse action" defined.
NRS 598C.030 - "Commissioner" defined.
NRS 598C.040 - "Consumer" defined.
NRS 598C.050 - "Consumer credit" defined.
NRS 598C.060 - "Consumer report" defined.
NRS 598C.070 - "File" defined.
NRS 598C.080 - "Medical information" defined.
NRS 598C.090 - "Person" defined.
NRS 598C.100 - "Reporting agency" defined.
NRS 598C.105 - "Security freeze" defined.
NRS 598C.110 - Duties of reporting agency.
NRS 598C.130 - Disclosures to consumer regarding consumer report.
NRS 598C.140 - Furnishing consumer report for determination of whether to extend credit.
NRS 598C.180 - Commissioner of Consumer Affairs to administer chapter; duties of Attorney General.
NRS 598C.320 - Fees; exception to payment of fees for certain consumers.
NRS 598C.350 - Temporary release of consumer report upon request of consumer.
NRS 598C.360 - Removal of security freeze upon request of consumer.
NRS 598C.370 - Removal of security freeze by reporting agency; notice to consumer.
NRS 598C.380 - Release of consumer report by reporting agency to authorized persons.
NRS 598C.390 - Companies not required to place security freeze in file of consumer.