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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. A prospective adoptive parent who is subject to an investigation by the agency which provides child welfare services or a child-placing agency must submit as part of the investigation a complete set of his or her fingerprints and written permission authorizing the agency which provides child welfare services or child-placing agency to forward those fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
2. The agency which provides child welfare services or child-placing agency may exchange with the Central Repository or the Federal Bureau of Investigation any information respecting the fingerprints submitted.
3. When a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation is received by the Central Repository, it shall immediately forward a copy of the report to the agency which provides child welfare services or child-placing agency that submitted the fingerprints.
4. Any fees for fingerprinting and submission to the Central Repository and the Federal Bureau of Investigation must be paid by the prospective adoptive parent, except that:
(a) In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the Division may adopt regulations providing for the payment of those fees by the Division; or
(b) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the board of county commissioners may provide by ordinance for the payment of those fees by the agency which provides child welfare services.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 11. Domestic Relations § 127.281. Search for criminal record of prospective adoptive parent - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-11-domestic-relations/nv-rev-st-127-281/
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