1. On an annual basis, each law enforcement agency shall report the following information about each individual seizure and forfeiture completed by the law enforcement agency under state forfeiture law:
(a) Data on seizures and forfeitures, including, without limitation, the:
- (1) Date that currency, vehicles, houses or other types of property were seized;
- (2) Type of property seized, including, the year, make and model, as applicable;
- (3) Market value of the property seized; and
(4) Place of seizure, including whether the property was seized at:
- (I) A residence;
- (II) A place of business;
- (III) A traffic stop; or
- (IV) Any other location.
(b) Information relating to any judicial proceedings associated with the seizure, including, without limitation:
- (1) The type of crime associated with the seizure of the property;
- (2) The crimes, if any, for which the suspect was charged;
- (3) The court in which the case was filed and the case number;
(4) The outcome of the criminal proceeding, if any, including whether:
- (I) A charge was filed;
- (II) The charges were dropped;
- (III) The suspect was acquitted;
- (IV) There was a plea agreement;
- (V) The suspect was convicted by a jury;
- (VI) The case is pending; or
- (VII) Any other outcome not mentioned in sub-subparagraphs (I) to (VI), inclusive, occurred;
- (5) Whether the forfeiture action was completed as a criminal proceeding or a civil proceeding;
(6) Whether a person claimed interest in the property during the proceedings by filing:
- (I) A verified answer pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 179.1171;
- (II) An action to claim delivery pursuant to NRS 31.840 and subsection 2 of 179.1171; or
- (III) Any other claim to indicate interest in the property which was seized;
(7) The outcome of any judicial forfeiture proceeding, including whether:
- (I) The case was dismissed pursuant to subsection 8 of NRS 179.1173;
- (II) A default judgment was entered pursuant to Rule 55 of the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure; or
- (III) A court order was entered pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 179.1231;
- (8) Whether a stipulated agreement between the parties regarding the property was reached pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 179.1171, subsection 9 of NRS 179.1173 or any other provision of law;
(9) The disposition of the property following the forfeiture including whether property is:
- (I) Returned to the owner;
- (II) Partially returned to the owner;
- (III) Sold;
- (IV) Destroyed;
- (V) Retained by a law enforcement; or
- (VI) Pending disposition; and
- (10) The date of the disposition of the property.
(c) Data on the use of proceeds, including, without limitation, the:
- (1) Payment of all outstanding liens on the forfeited property;
- (2) Payment of reasonable expenses, except personnel costs, of the seizure, storage and maintenance of custody of any forfeited property; and
- (3) Distribution of proceeds pursuant to NRS 179.118, 179.1187, 179.1233 and 207.500.
- (d) Any other information required by the Office of the Attorney General.
- 2. The Office of the Attorney General shall develop standard forms, processes and deadlines for the entry of electronic data for the annual submission of the report required by subsection 1.
- 3. Each law enforcement agency shall file with the Office of the Attorney General the report required by subsection 1. A null report must be filed by a law enforcement agency that did not engage in a seizure or forfeiture during the reporting period. The Office of the Attorney General shall compile the submissions and issue an aggregate report of all forfeitures in this State, which includes a summary of the information provided by the law enforcement agencies.
4. On or before April 1 of each year, the Office of the Attorney General shall make available:
- (a) On its Internet website, the reports submitted by law enforcement agencies and the aggregate report.
- (b) Upon request, printed copies of the reports submitted by law enforcement agencies and the aggregate report.
- 5. The reports made available on the Internet website of the Office of the Attorney General pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 4 must be published in a format which is machine-readable. As used in this subsection, “machine-readable” means a format by which information or data can be easily processed by a computer without human intervention while ensuring no semantic meaning is lost.
- 6. The Office of the Attorney General shall include in the aggregate report information on any law enforcement agencies not in compliance with this section.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2500; A 2023, 836)