Nevada's court system refused an automated read, and its state site answers no name search for cases; the state lookups that do answer are the corrections search, which takes a percent sign as a wildcard, and the registry, which can be searched by distance from an address but by statute leaves out Tier 1 offenders with adult victims. Vital records are sold through VitalChek at fixed prices, and the criminal history repository takes manual requests.
The order to use: the inmate search with a wildcard, the registry for status, the Board of Medical Examiners for physicians, SilverFlume for companies, then the county recorder and assessor for property and the district court clerk for cases, all listed on the Nevada county pages at SearchSystems, with the vital statistics office for certificates.
- In custody: the NDOC Inmate Search, by offender ID or by first and last name with percent sign wildcards.
- Registered offenders: the Nevada Public Sex Offender Registry, by name, by distance from an address or by ZIP code.
- Courts: the Nevada Judiciary, which answered an automated read with a wall; the county court clerks hold the cases.
- Physicians, companies and voters: the Board of Medical Examiners licensee lookup, SilverFlume and the voter registration search.
- Certificates, money and criminal history: the Office of Vital Statistics, the State Treasurer's unclaimed property and the Records, Communications and Compliance Division.
Written by SearchSystems.net from Nevada's own systems: the Nevada Department of Corrections, the Nevada Department of Public Safety, the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners, the Division of Public and Behavioral Health Office of Vital Statistics, the Nevada Attorney General, the Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records, the Nevada State Police Records, Communications and Compliance Division, each read on October 13, 2026 by the SearchSystems editorial team.
The NDOC inmate search, with wildcards
The Nevada Department of Corrections' Inmate Search runs by offender ID or by demographics, a first name and a last name, and both name fields accept a percent sign as a wildcard, so a partial or uncertain spelling still matches. The page carries nothing beyond the form, so who is included, current custody only or past custody too, is set by the results.
The registry: by name, distance or ZIP code, minus one tier
The Department of Public Safety's Nevada Sex Offender Registry can be searched, after its conditions of use are acknowledged, by a specific offender's name, for a listing within a specified distance of an address, or for a listing within a Nevada ZIP code. Its limitation under NRS 179B.250 is the fact that matters most: the site posts only Tier 1 offenders with child victims, all Tier 2 and Tier 3 offenders and certain juvenile offenders under NRS 62F, and it provides no information on Tier 1 offenders with adult victims. The department has made no determination that anyone listed is currently dangerous; the data comes from the State Criminal History Repository, which cannot always confirm its accuracy, and positive identification cannot be guaranteed without a fingerprint comparison. NRS 179B.270 forbids using the information for insurance, loans, credit, employment, education, scholarships, housing or any business establishment's benefits or services, NRS 179B.280 through 179B.290 attach civil and criminal penalties to misuse, and the state calls the contents proprietary information of the repository, prosecuting any cataloging or distribution for business purposes. The registry office is at 333 W. Nye Lane, Suite 100, Carson City, 775-684-6262, sorhelp@dps.state.nv.us.
The Nevada courts, behind a wall
The Nevada Judiciary's site at nvcourts.gov answered SearchSystems' automated read with a wall on October 13, 2026, so no statewide case search is described here. Case records are kept by the county court clerks, and the Nevada county pages at SearchSystems list each clerk's official site.
The Board of Medical Examiners, SilverFlume and the voter search
The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners links its licensee lookup, disciplinary actions and public filings from its home page, which also warns licensees of scammers impersonating board personnel or law enforcement to extort money or steal personal information; the lookup itself runs on the board's Thentia portal, where the fields are set. The Secretary of State's business entity search, SilverFlume, and the office's voter registration search each answered without text, so their fields are on the pages; the State Library's page about the business search refused the read.
Vital statistics at fixed prices
The Division of Public and Behavioral Health's Office of Vital Statistics handles birth, death, marriage and divorce records, and its page says the fastest way to obtain a certificate is VitalChek, available around the clock: birth certificates cost 45.00 USD, death certificates 42.00 to 45.00 USD depending on the county of origin, and expedited delivery adds 20.00 USD. Records cannot be amended or corrected online. Office locations, forms, statutes and frequently asked questions are on the office's site.
Unclaimed property, the Confidential Address Program and the records act
The State Treasurer's unclaimed property home page redirected to an error when read; the office describes Nevada Unclaimed Property as the custodian of abandoned property belonging to current or former Nevada residents, working with holders and claimants to return it, and its division is at 555 E Washington Ave., Suite 5200, Las Vegas, (800) 521-0019 within Nevada, (702) 486-4140, UnclaimedHelp@NevadaTreasurer.gov. The Attorney General's Confidential Address Program page explains that the program, which gives victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and stalking a fictitious address and confidential mail forwarding so they cannot be located through public records, was transferred under Senate Bill 25 to the Department of Child and Family Services, at PO Box 2743, Carson City, NV 89702, 775-684-5707, nvcap@dcfs.nv.gov.
Nevada's Public Records Act is NRS Chapter 239, with its administrative code at NAC 239, and the State Library, Archives and Public Records collects the statute, the code, a 2014 regulation on availability and inspection and the Act's manual for executive branch agencies; the Attorney General's own public records page redirected to the office's home page when read.
Criminal history: manual requests at RCCD
The Nevada State Police Records, Communications and Compliance Division states its mission as complete, timely and accurate criminal justice information balanced against individuals' privacy, and lists among its most requested items the sex offender registry and a manual request for Nevada criminal history, which must be used for requests sent from out of state, along with fingerprint fees updated October 1, 2026 and uniform crime statistics. The division does not keep traffic accident reports or citations, which come from the investigating agency. Who may request another person's Nevada criminal history, and at what fee, is set on the request form.
Nevada: wildcards, tiers and $45 certificates
In Nevada the inmate search and the registry are the state's name lookups, with the registry's distance search showing who is posted around any address and its tier rule explaining who is not. Physicians and companies follow from the medical board and SilverFlume, certificates from VitalChek at the state's fixed prices. The cases and the deeds are county records, listed on the Nevada county pages at SearchSystems.
Paid people search reports on Nevadans draw on these records, and the registry forbids cataloging its data for business; the county clerk and recorder are where a report is checked.
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