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CHAPTER 707 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
NRS 707.005 Definitions.
NRS 707.015 “Basic
network service” defined.
NRS 707.025 “Telecommunication
provider” and “telephone company” defined.
NRS 707.035 “Telecommunication
service” and “telephone service” defined.
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF TELEPHONE LINES
NRS 707.230 Authorization.
NRS 707.240 Certificate
required to be filed with and recorded by Secretary of State; contents; fees.
NRS 707.250 Construction,
operation and maintenance of lines over public and private lands.
NRS 707.270 Lines
governed by general laws; transmission of certain messages in order; penalty
and civil liability; State may send messages free of charge. [Repealed.]
NRS 707.280 Right-of-way
for line: Procedure for appraisal and compensation for private land; appeal.
NRS 707.290 Forfeiture
of rights, privileges and franchise for failure to maintain line; quo warranto.
[Repealed.]
TELEPHONE AND WIRELESS SERVICE
Rights and Responsibilities of Owners of Telephone Lines
NRS 707.300 Applicability
of NRS 707.230 to 707.280,
inclusive.
Rights and Responsibilities of Providers and Customers
NRS 707.340 Public
utility furnishing telephone service required to assist peace officers in
tracing certain callers; immunity for good faith reliance; limitations
concerning wiretapping.
NRS 707.355 Public
utility furnishing telephone service and other providers required to disconnect
telephone number pursuant to court order or order of Public Utilities
Commission of Nevada; such providers prohibited from forwarding calls or
providing recorded message with new number for disconnected telephone number.
NRS 707.370 Provider
of cellular or other portable service required to provide access at no charge
to telephone number to be used in emergency.
NRS 707.375 State
and local entities prohibited from regulating use of certain telephonic devices
by persons operating motor vehicles.
Lifeline, Tribal Link Up and Enhanced 911 Services
NRS 707.400 Definitions.
NRS 707.410 “Commission”
defined.
NRS 707.420 “Department”
defined.
NRS 707.430 “Eligible
customer” defined.
NRS 707.440 “Eligible
provider” defined.
NRS 707.450 “Lifeline”
defined.
NRS 707.460 “Tribal
link up” defined.
NRS 707.470 Department
to provide list of eligible customers to each eligible provider; contents of
list; update of list; regulations. [Repealed.]
NRS 707.480 Eligible
provider to notify eligible customers regarding default receipt of lifeline and
link up services; contents of notification; declination of services; billing
for services; duration of lifeline services. [Repealed.]
NRS 707.485 Eligible
provider or independent administrator authorized to access certain databases to
determine or verify status of eligible customers.
NRS 707.490 Reduction
in telephone rates provided by lifeline or tribal link up services: Methods for
determining; applicability; reimbursement.
NRS 707.500 Enhanced
911 service: Immunity from liability for certain entities providing service
through public safety answering point in certain circumstances.
Facilities for Personal Wireless Service
NRS 707.550 Definitions.
NRS 707.555 “Facility
for personal wireless service” defined.
NRS 707.560 “Land
use authority” defined.
NRS 707.565 “Personal
wireless service” defined.
NRS 707.570 “Telecommunications
tower” defined.
NRS 707.575 Procedures
and standards for review and approval of application to construct facility;
requirements following denial of application; limitations on power of land use
authority.
NRS 707.580 Assessment
of costs incurred to process application.
NRS 707.585 Written
decision required upon denial of application; contents of decision; filing of
decision and record with court upon bringing action against land use authority.
Call Location Information of Wireless Telecommunications
Devices
NRS 707.600 Definitions.
NRS 707.610 “Department”
defined.
NRS 707.620 “Provider
of wireless telecommunications” defined.
NRS 707.630 Provider
of wireless telecommunications required to provide call location information to
law enforcement in certain circumstances; immunity for good faith action.
NRS 707.640 Provider
of wireless telecommunications required to submit emergency contact information
to Department to facilitate requests from law enforcement for call location
information.
NRS 707.650 Regulations.
UNLAWFUL ACTS; PENALTIES
NRS 707.900 Penalty
for interception, interruption or delay of message sent over telephone line.
NRS 707.910 Penalty
for damaging or interfering with use of telephone line.
NRS 707.920 Civil
liability for violation of NRS 707.910.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
NRS 707.005 Definitions. As
used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and
terms defined in NRS 707.015, 707.025 and 707.035 have
the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 708)
NRS 707.015 “Basic network service” defined. “Basic
network service” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 704.006.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 709)
NRS 707.025 “Telecommunication provider” and “telephone company” defined. “Telecommunication provider” or “telephone
company” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS
704.027.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 709)
NRS 707.035 “Telecommunication service” and “telephone service” defined. “Telecommunication service” or “telephone
service” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS
704.028.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 709)
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF TELEPHONE LINES
NRS 707.230 Authorization. Any
person or persons, company, association or corporation, desiring to do so, may
construct and maintain, or, if already constructed, may maintain, or, if
partially constructed, may complete and maintain, within this state, a
telephone line or lines by complying with NRS 707.240.
[1:17:1866; B § 3490; BH § 915; C § 1045; RL § 4624;
NCL § 7666]—(NRS A 2013, 1952)
NRS 707.240 Certificate required to be filed with and recorded by Secretary
of State; contents; fees.
1. The person or persons, or the president
or the managing agent of the company, association or corporation mentioned in NRS 707.230, shall make, sign and acknowledge, before
some person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, a certificate
in writing setting forth:
(a) The name or names of the person or persons,
company, association or corporation (as the case may be) by whom the line is to
be operated.
(b) The names of the points or places
constituting the termini of the line within this state.
(c) A general description of the route of the
line.
2. The certificate shall be filed and
recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State, for which such person or
persons, company, association or corporation shall pay the Secretary of State,
for deposit in the General Fund, the sum of $5, and also 25 cents for each
folio contained in the certificate.
3. The record of the certificates shall
give constructive notice to all persons of the matter therein contained. The
work of constructing such line, if not already commenced or completed within 30
days after the filing of the certificate aforesaid, shall be continued, with
all reasonable dispatch, until completed.
[2:17:1866; B § 3491; BH § 916; C § 1046; RL § 4625;
NCL § 7667]—(NRS A 1959, 222)
NRS 707.250 Construction, operation and maintenance of lines over public and
private lands. The person or persons,
company, association or corporation named in the certificate (provided for in NRS 707.240), and their assigns may construct, or if
constructed, maintain, or if partially constructed, complete and maintain,
their telephone line described in their certificate, filed as provided in NRS 707.240, over and through any public or private
lands, and along or across any streets, alleys, roads, highways or streams
within this state, provided they do not obstruct the same.
[3:17:1866; B § 3492; BH § 917; C § 1047; RL § 4626;
NCL § 7668]—(NRS A 2013, 1952)
NRS 707.270 Lines governed by general laws; transmission of certain messages
in order; penalty and civil liability; State may send messages free of charge. Repealed.
(See chapter 368, Statutes of Nevada 2013, at page 1961.)
NRS 707.280 Right-of-way for line: Procedure for appraisal and compensation
for private land; appeal.
1. Any person or the person’s assigns, who
are constructing, or who have already constructed, or who may propose to
construct, a telephone line as provided in NRS 707.230
to 707.280, inclusive, have the right-of-way for
the line and so much land as may be necessary to construct and maintain the
line, and for this purpose may enter upon private lands along the line
described in the certificate for the purpose of examining and surveying them.
2. Where the lands cannot be obtained by
the consent of the owner or possessor thereof, so much of the land as may be
necessary for the construction of the line may be appropriated by the person or
the person’s assigns (as the case may be), after making compensation therefor,
as follows. The person or the person’s agent shall select one appraiser, and
the owner or possessor shall select one, and the two so selected shall select a
third. The three shall appraise the lands sought to be appropriated, after having
been first sworn, before a person authorized by law to administer oaths, to
make a true appraisement thereof, according to the best of their knowledge and
belief.
3. If the person or the person’s agent
tenders to the owner or possessor the appraised value of the lands, appraised
as provided in subsection 2, the person or agent may proceed in the
construction, or, if constructed, in the use of the line over the land so
appraised, and may maintain the line over and upon the land, and at all times
enter upon the land and pass over all adjoining lands for the purpose of
constructing, maintaining and repairing the telephone line, notwithstanding the
tender may be refused. The tender must always be kept good by the person or the
person’s agent.
4. An appeal may be taken by either party,
from the finding of the appraisers, to the district court of the county within
which the land so appraised is situated at any time within 3 months after the
appraisement.
[6:17:1866; B § 3495; BH § 920; C § 1050; RL § 4629;
NCL § 7671]—(NRS A 1985, 1223; 2013, 1953)
NRS 707.290 Forfeiture of rights, privileges and franchise for failure to
maintain line; quo warranto. Repealed. (See chapter 368,
Statutes of Nevada 2013, at page 1961.)
TELEPHONE AND WIRELESS SERVICE
Rights and Responsibilities of Owners of Telephone Lines
NRS 707.300 Applicability of NRS 707.230 to 707.280,
inclusive. All persons or
corporations owning and operating telephone lines in this state are entitled to
all the rights and privileges and are subject to all the restrictions and
responsibilities provided in NRS 707.230 to 707.280, inclusive.
[1:23:1897; A 1905, 151; RL § 4631; NCL § 7680]—(NRS
A 1999, 809;
2013, 1953)
Rights and Responsibilities of Providers and Customers
NRS 707.340 Public utility furnishing telephone service required to assist
peace officers in tracing certain callers; immunity for good faith reliance;
limitations concerning wiretapping.
1. Every public utility furnishing
telephone service in this state shall provide any lawful assistance requested
by a sheriff or the sheriff’s deputy, or chief of police or police officer, in
tracing a person who uses:
(a) The 911 emergency telephone number or other
emergency telephone service.
(b) Obscene language, representations or
suggestions in addressing a person by telephone, or addresses to the person any
threat to inflict injury to the person or property of the person addressed,
when the request is made in writing to the public utility.
2. Good faith reliance by the public
utility on such a request constitutes a complete defense to any civil or
criminal suit against the public utility on account of assistance rendered by
the utility in responding to the request.
3. The provisions of subsection 1 do not
permit wiretapping, which may be engaged in only pursuant to the provisions of NRS 179.410 to 179.515, inclusive, and 704.195.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 856; A 1973, 1750; 1989, 658; 1991, 59)
NRS 707.355 Public utility furnishing telephone service and other providers
required to disconnect telephone number pursuant to court order or order of
Public Utilities Commission of Nevada; such providers prohibited from
forwarding calls or providing recorded message with new number for disconnected
telephone number.
1. Each provider of telephone service in
this State shall, when notified that:
(a) A court has ordered the disconnection of a
telephone number pursuant to NRS 706.2855;
or
(b) The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada has
ordered the disconnection of a telephone number pursuant to NRS 703.175, after receiving a request to
disconnect the telephone number from the State Contractors’ Board pursuant to NRS 624.720, the Board of Massage
Therapists pursuant to NRS 640C.930
or the Nevada Transportation Authority pursuant to NRS 706.758,
Ê take such
action as is necessary to carry out the order of the court or the Public
Utilities Commission of Nevada.
2. A provider of telephone service shall
not:
(a) Forward or offer to forward the telephone
calls of a telephone number disconnected from service pursuant to the
provisions of this section; or
(b) Provide or offer to provide a recorded
message that includes the new telephone number for a business whose telephone
number was disconnected from service pursuant to the provisions of this
section.
3. As used in this section, “provider of
telephone service” includes, but is not limited to:
(a) A public utility furnishing telephone
service.
(b) A provider of cellular or other service to a
telephone that is installed in a vehicle or is otherwise portable.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1544; A 1999, 2858; 2009, 2585)
NRS 707.370 Provider of cellular or other portable service required to
provide access at no charge to telephone number to be used in emergency. A person authorized by the Federal
Communications Commission to provide cellular or other service to a telephone installed
in a vehicle or otherwise portable shall provide access at no charge for each
customer to a telephone number to be used in an emergency if the supplier
operates within the boundaries of a system to provide such a number.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 873)
NRS 707.375 State and local entities prohibited from regulating use of
certain telephonic devices by persons operating motor vehicles.
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484B.165, an agency, board,
commission or political subdivision of this State, including, without
limitation, any agency, board, commission or governing body of a local
government, shall not regulate the use of a telephonic device by a person who
is operating a motor vehicle.
2. As used in subsection 1, “telephonic
device” means a cellular phone, satellite phone, portable phone or any other
similar electronic device that is handheld and designed or used to communicate
with another person.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1251; A 2011, 3649)
Lifeline, Tribal Link Up and Enhanced 911 Services
NRS 707.400 Definitions. As
used in NRS 707.400 to 707.500,
inclusive, the words and terms defined in NRS 707.410
to 707.460, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed
to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 738; A 2013, 1809)
NRS 707.410 “Commission” defined. “Commission”
means the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 739)
NRS 707.420 “Department” defined. “Department”
means the Department of Health and Human Services.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 739)
NRS 707.430 “Eligible customer” defined. “Eligible
customer” means a customer who is eligible to receive lifeline or tribal link
up services.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 739; A 2013, 204)
NRS 707.440 “Eligible provider” defined. “Eligible
provider” means a telecommunication provider that has been designated as an
eligible telecommunications carrier by the Commission to receive universal
service support pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 214, as that section existed on January
1, 1999.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 739; A 2007, 709)
NRS 707.450 “Lifeline” defined. “Lifeline”
has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. § 54.401(a), as that section
existed on April 2, 2012.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 739; A 2013, 204)
NRS 707.460 “Tribal link up” defined. “Tribal
link up” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 C.F.R. § 54.413, as that section
existed on April 1, 2012.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 739; A 2013, 204)
NRS 707.470 Department to provide list of eligible customers to each
eligible provider; contents of list; update of list; regulations. Repealed. (See chapter 347, Statutes of Nevada
2013, at page 1809.)
NRS 707.480 Eligible provider to notify eligible customers regarding default
receipt of lifeline and link up services; contents of notification; declination
of services; billing for services; duration of lifeline services. Repealed.
(See chapters 55 and 347, Statutes of Nevada 2013, at pp. 204 and 1809.)
NRS 707.485 Eligible provider or independent administrator authorized to
access certain databases to determine or verify status of eligible customers.
1. Until an independent administrator is
selected pursuant to NRS 704.040, an
eligible provider may access any database, if one exists, that is created and
maintained by the Department for the exclusive purpose of determining or
verifying the status of an eligible customer. Such access by an eligible
provider is subject to the rules and regulations of the Department and is
prohibited:
(a) For any purpose other than the purpose
described in this subsection; and
(b) After an independent administrator is
selected pursuant to NRS 704.040 and
the independent administrator is able to inform eligible providers of the
status of their customers’ eligibility to receive lifeline service.
2. An independent administrator selected
pursuant to NRS 704.040 may access any
database described in subsection 1 and, to the extent authorized by state and
federal law, access any other database, if one exists, that is created and maintained
by any other state agency for the exclusive purpose of determining or verifying
the status of an eligible customer.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1809)
NRS 707.490 Reduction in telephone rates provided by lifeline or tribal link
up services: Methods for determining; applicability; reimbursement.
1. The reduction in the telephone rates
provided by lifeline or tribal link up services must be based on the methods
for determining reductions which are adopted by the Commission by regulation.
The Commission may provide different methods for determining reductions to
allow for differences between eligible providers. The methods may include,
without limitation:
(a) Basing the reduction on the tariff filed by
the eligible provider with the Commission; or
(b) Establishing a formula pursuant to which the
amount of the reduction may be determined.
2. The reduction in such telephone rates
applies only to:
(a) Basic network service or the voice telephony
service included in any bundled service offering that includes voice telephony
service and any other services specified in 47 C.F.R. § 54.401(b), as that
section existed on April 2, 2012.
(b) Residential service connection charges for
such service.
3. If the amount of the reduction in rates
provided by an eligible provider to an eligible customer for lifeline services
is greater than the amount which the eligible provider receives as universal
service support pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 254, the eligible provider is entitled
to reimbursement from the fund to maintain the availability of telephone
service established by the Commission pursuant to NRS 704.040 for the difference between the
amount of the reduction and the amount received as universal service support
pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 254.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 740; A 2007, 709; 2013, 204)
NRS 707.500 Enhanced 911 service: Immunity from liability for certain
entities providing service through public safety answering point in certain
circumstances.
1. A telephone company, person providing
wireless or commercial mobile radio service, public safety answering point, or
manufacturer supplying equipment to a telephone company or public safety
answering point, or any agent thereof, is not liable to any person who uses an
enhanced 911 service for:
(a) The release of the telephone number and
street address of the telephone used to place the 911 telephone call, including
telephone numbers which are not published, if the release was made in good
faith;
(b) The failure of any equipment or procedure in
connection with the provision of an enhanced 911 service; or
(c) Any act, or the omission of any act,
committed in good faith,
Ê while
providing, or while in training to provide, services through a public safety
answering point.
2. As used in this section:
(a) “Enhanced 911 service” means a service
consisting of telephone network features and public safety answering points
provided for persons using the public telephone system to reach the appropriate
public service answering point by dialing the digits 9-1-1, by using selective
routing, if required, based on the location from which the call originated, and
providing at the public safety answering point automatic number identification
and automatic location identification.
(b) “Public safety answering point” means a
facility, operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, that is responsible for
receiving 911 telephone calls and directly dispatching emergency response
services, or transferring or relaying 911 telephone calls to other public
safety agencies. A public safety answering point is the first point of
reception by a public safety agency of 911 telephone calls and serves the
jurisdiction in which it is located and other participating jurisdictions.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 740)
Facilities for Personal Wireless Service
NRS 707.550 Definitions. As
used in NRS 707.550 to 707.585,
inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined
in NRS 707.555 to 707.570,
inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1860)
NRS 707.555 “Facility for personal wireless service” defined. “Facility for personal wireless service”
includes any building, structure, antenna and other equipment used to provide
personal wireless service. The term includes a telecommunications tower.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1860)
NRS 707.560 “Land use authority” defined. “Land
use authority” means an agency, bureau, board, commission, department,
division, officer or employee of the State or of a local government authorized
by law to take action on an application to construct a facility for personal
wire service.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1860)
NRS 707.565 “Personal wireless service” defined. “Personal
wireless service” has the meaning ascribed to it in 47 U.S.C. § 332(c)(7)(C),
as that provision existed on July 1, 2003.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1860)
NRS 707.570 “Telecommunications tower” defined. “Telecommunications
tower” means any freestanding tower, monopole or similar structure used to
provide personal wireless services.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1860)
NRS 707.575 Procedures and standards for review and approval of application
to construct facility; requirements following denial of application;
limitations on power of land use authority.
1. Notwithstanding any specific statute or
ordinance to the contrary, a land use authority with jurisdiction over an
application to construct a facility for personal wireless service shall:
(a) Establish procedures and standards for the
review and approval of such an application, including, without limitation,
procedures for:
(1) Review and approval of such an
application by administrative staff pursuant to this section; and
(2) Consideration of such an application
by the land use authority if the administrative staff denies the application;
and
(b) Authorize administrative staff to review and
approve such an application pursuant to this section.
2. The administrative staff authorized to
review and approve an application to construct a facility for personal wireless
service may approve such an application if:
(a) The applicant complies with the procedures
established by the land use authority pursuant to this section;
(b) The facility for personal wireless service
meets the standards established by the land use authority pursuant to this
section;
(c) The applicant is a provider of wireless
telecommunications that is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to
provide wireless telecommunications services over a designated radio frequency
and authorized to do business in this state; and
(d) The facility for personal wireless service is
to be:
(1) Architecturally integrated with its
surroundings so that it appears to be an architectural feature of a building or
other structure and its nature as a facility for personal wireless service is
not readily apparent;
(2) Collocated with a facility for
personal wireless service approved, or capable of being approved, by the land
use authority, if the facility for personal wireless service that is the
subject of the application is architecturally integrated as described in
subparagraph (1) at least to the extent that the facility for personal wireless
service with which it is to be collocated is architecturally integrated;
(3) Constructed on an existing building or
structure owned by a public utility or on property owned by the State or by a
local government; or
(4) If constructed on an existing building
or structure not owned by a public utility, architecturally compatible with the
building or structure.
3. If the administrative staff authorized
pursuant to this section to review and approve an application to construct a
facility for personal wireless service denies such an application, the
administrative staff shall provide to the applicant and the land use authority
a written explanation that identifies each procedure and standard that the
applicant, application or facility for personal wireless service failed to
meet.
4. The land use authority shall not:
(a) Consider the environmental effects of radio
frequency emissions from a facility for personal wireless service if the
facility complies with the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission
concerning such emissions.
(b) If the application to construct a facility
for personal wireless services requests the use of a public right-of-way, deny
the application based on the use of the public right-of-way if the proposed
use:
(1) Meets all applicable state and local
requirements for use of a public right-of-way, including, without limitation,
any requirements established by the land use authority; and
(2) Does not endanger the public health or
safety.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1860)
NRS 707.580 Assessment of costs incurred to process application. A land use authority, in connection with an
application to construct a facility for personal wireless service, may assess
the applicant for the actual costs incurred by the land use authority to
process the application.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1861)
NRS 707.585 Written decision required upon denial of application; contents
of decision; filing of decision and record with court upon bringing action
against land use authority.
1. A land use authority that denies the
approval of an application to construct a facility for personal wireless
service shall issue a written decision. The decision must:
(a) Set forth with specificity each ground on
which the authority denied the approval of the application; and
(b) Describe the documents relied upon by the
land use authority in making its decision.
2. A person who brings an action against a
land use authority pursuant to NRS
278.0233 shall file a copy of the decision and record with the court.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1861)
Call Location Information of Wireless Telecommunications
Devices
NRS 707.600 Definitions. As
used in NRS 707.600 to 707.650,
inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined
in NRS 707.610 and 707.620
have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 306)
NRS 707.610 “Department” defined. “Department”
means the Department of Public Safety.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 306)
NRS 707.620 “Provider of wireless telecommunications” defined. “Provider of wireless telecommunications”
means a person that is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to
provide wireless telecommunications services over a designated radio frequency
and is authorized to do business in or submits to the jurisdiction of this
State. The term includes a reseller of wireless telecommunications services.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 306)
NRS 707.630 Provider of wireless telecommunications required to provide call
location information to law enforcement in certain circumstances; immunity for
good faith action.
1. Upon the request of a law enforcement
agency, a provider of wireless telecommunications shall provide call location
information concerning the telecommunications device of a user to assist the
law enforcement agency in responding to a call for emergency services or in an
emergency situation that involves the immediate risk of death or serious
physical harm. The provider of wireless telecommunications shall provide the
most accurate call location information readily available, given any technical
or other limitations that may affect the accuracy of the call location information
in the relevant area.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, nothing in this section prohibits a provider of wireless
telecommunications from establishing any protocols which enable the provider to
disclose call location information voluntarily in an emergency situation that
involves the immediate risk of death or serious physical harm.
3. No cause of action may be brought
against any provider of wireless telecommunications, its officers, employees or
agents for providing call location information while acting in good faith and
in accordance with the provisions of NRS 707.600 to
707.650, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 306)
NRS 707.640 Provider of wireless telecommunications required to submit
emergency contact information to Department to facilitate requests from law
enforcement for call location information.
1. Any provider of wireless
telecommunications shall submit its emergency contact information to the
Department to facilitate requests from law enforcement agencies for call
location information in accordance with NRS 707.630.
Such emergency contact information must be submitted:
(a) Annually; and
(b) As soon as practicable following any change
in emergency contact information.
2. The Department shall maintain a
database which contains all emergency contact information received pursuant to
subsection 1 and shall make such information available to a law enforcement
agency immediately upon request.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 306)
NRS 707.650 Regulations. The
Department may adopt such regulations as are necessary to carry out the
provisions of NRS 707.600 to 707.650,
inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 307)
UNLAWFUL ACTS; PENALTIES
NRS 707.900 Penalty for interception, interruption or delay of message sent
over telephone line. Every person
who shall intercept, read or in any manner interrupt or delay the sending of a
message over any telephone line shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[Part 1911 C&P § 487; RL § 6752; NCL §
10434]—(NRS A 1967, 666)
NRS 707.910 Penalty for damaging or interfering with use of telephone line. Any person who:
1. By the attachment of a ground wire, or
by any other contrivance, willfully destroys the insulation of a telephone
line, or interrupts the transmission of the electric current through the line;
2. Willfully interferes with the use of
any telephone line, or obstructs or postpones the transmission of any message
over the line; or
3. Procures or advises any such injury,
interference or obstruction,
Ê is guilty of
a public offense, as prescribed in NRS
193.155, proportionate to the value of any property damaged, altered,
removed or destroyed and in no event less than a misdemeanor.
[8:86:1864; B § 3504; BH § 929; C § 1059; RL § 4610;
NCL § 7652]—(NRS A 1967, 665; 1979, 1495; 1999, 809; 2013, 1953)
NRS 707.920 Civil liability for violation of NRS 707.910. Any person found to be in violation of the
provisions of NRS 707.910 is, in addition to the
penalties therein prescribed, liable to the person damaged in a civil suit for
all damages occasioned thereby.
[9:86:1864; B § 3505; BH § 930; C § 1060; RL § 4611;
NCL § 7653]—(NRS A 1999, 809)