NRS chapters cited by the auditor

Governs the registration, conduct, and reporting requirements of lobbyists representing clients before the Nevada Legislature. Every registered lobbyist must disclose their employer, compensation, and expenditures made on behalf of clients to or for the benefit of legislators or staff.

How the auditor uses this: Cited by adverse-interest, compensation-gap (E1), lobbyist-as-client-officer, and politician-paid detectors. The 218H quarterly disclosure is the official-record side that we cross-reference against actual money flow.

Detectors that cite this chapter: adverse_interest, compensation_gap, lobbyist_as_client_officer, politician_paid

Prohibits a public officer from voting on or advocating in any matter where the officer has a personal pecuniary or commitment-in-private-capacity interest. Requires the officer to disclose the interest and abstain from voting where the conflict is material.

How the auditor uses this: The primary statute we cite for recusal-failure findings. When a legislator votes on a bill despite a documented financial / lobbyist / officer relationship, this is the standard the conduct is measured against.

Detectors that cite this chapter: adverse_interest, recusal_failure, lobbyist_as_client_officer, politician_paid

The mechanism by which a public officer files written disclosures of personal interests with the Nevada Commission on Ethics. Required disclosures include sources of income, gifts, real-property holdings, and business relationships.

How the auditor uses this: Recusal-failure findings frequently target whether the legislator filed an appropriate 281A.460 disclosure documenting the conflict. The tip line and FOIA tracker (/foia/) often request these disclosure filings to verify.

Detectors that cite this chapter: recusal_failure

Requires every candidate, committee, and political party to disclose all contributions received and expenditures made from a campaign account. The core statute behind the cf_contributions and cf_expenditures public datasets.

How the auditor uses this: Cited by the largest set of detectors: politician-paid, donor-state-contractor, quid-pro-quo, access-ratio (D5), and many more. Every dollar that flows through NV politics passes through this disclosure regime.

Detectors that cite this chapter: politician_paid, donor_state_contractor, quid_pro_quo, access_ratio, cross_state_coordination

Requires every PAC, ballot-advocacy group, and political committee to register with the Nevada Secretary of State and designate a contact-of-record responsible for filings. The contact_name field on cf_groups is filed under this section.

How the auditor uses this: PAC operators detector. Aggregating cf_groups by contact_name reveals the small set of individuals running NV's PAC infrastructure — a structural fact that's only visible after cross-committee aggregation.

Detectors that cite this chapter: pac_operators

Sets the schedule and content requirements for periodic committee reports (contributions received, expenditures made, balance on hand). The cadence is quarterly during election years, semi-annually otherwise.

How the auditor uses this: Cited alongside 294A.220 in detectors that aggregate temporal flow.

Detectors that cite this chapter: pac_operators, cross_state_coordination, quid_pro_quo

Governs the formation, dissolution, officers, registered agents, and obligations of corporations registered in Nevada. The NVSOS corporate registry lives under this chapter — every cf_contributors-side corporation we surface on /clients/<slug>/ pages has its 78-mandated filings exposed.

How the auditor uses this: Lobbyist-as-client-officer, shared-officer, shared-agent, and shell-formation detectors all rely on Chapter 78 disclosure. NVSOS officer rosters and registered-agent assignments are filed under this regime.

Detectors that cite this chapter: lobbyist_as_client_officer, shared_officer, shared_agent, shell_formation

Nevada's transparency-in-government statute. Establishes the right of any person to inspect any public book or record kept by a state or local government, with limited statutory exceptions.

How the auditor uses this: Every public-records request drafted on /foia/ cites NRS 239. NRS 239.0107 is the appeal mechanism if an agency denies a request. The auditor flags are research leads; NRS 239 is the legal mechanism for converting a lead into source documents.

Governs the structure of the executive branch's central administrative departments. Procedural rather than substantive — cited where an auditor finding involves a department-level filing or hearing process.

How the auditor uses this: Cited procedurally in agency-targeted records requests.

Governs how state agencies purchase goods and services — bid requirements, vendor registration, contract awards, and disclosure thresholds. The checkbook.nv.gov public dataset is the disclosure side of NRS 333.

How the auditor uses this: Donor-state-contractor detector. Cross-references the cf_contributions donor side (NRS 294A) against the NRS 333 vendor-payment side to flag entities active on both sides.

Detectors that cite this chapter: donor_state_contractor

Local-government parallel to NRS 333. Governs city / county / special-district procurement. Cited alongside 333 when a flagged vendor's contracts span state-and-local levels.

How the auditor uses this: Donor-state-contractor (local-gov side).

Detectors that cite this chapter: donor_state_contractor

Governs the Nevada Public Employees' Retirement System — eligibility, service credit, retirement benefits, and the right of retirees to receive pension payments while working in non-PERS-covered roles.

How the auditor uses this: Revolving-door detector. We cross-match registered lobbyists against PERS retirees to surface former state employees who now lobby. This is fully legal under NRS 286 — the detector documents the structural transition rather than alleging wrongdoing.

Detectors that cite this chapter: revolving_door_pers

Requires every NV-registered corporation to maintain a registered agent with a Nevada street address for service of process. Used by commercial agents (CT Corporation, Corporation Service Company) and individual agents.

How the auditor uses this: Shared-agent detector. After excluding the largest commercial-agent hubs, remaining concentrations of N+ politically-active orgs sharing a single agent are surfaced as coordination signals.

Detectors that cite this chapter: shared_agent