Frequently Asked Questions

Pursuant to NRS 213.005, a victim is a person, including a government entity, (a) against whom a crime has been committed; (b) a person who has been injured or killed as a direct result of the commission of a crime; or a relative of a person described in (a) or (b). A “relative” of a person includes: a victim’s spouse, parent, grandparent, stepparent, natural born child, stepchild, adopted child, grandchild, brother, sister, half brother, half sister or a parent of the victim’s spouse.

Upon sentence of an offender to a term in prison, the victim must fill out a victim notification request form available from the agency which prosecuted the offender and submit it according to document instructions. A victim has the right to be notified by NDOC only if they submit and maintain a valid physical mailing address with NDOC, pursuant to NRS 209.521.

Supplemental notifications may be available through the automated notification system NV S.A.V.E. Victims are encouraged to register for notifications provided by NDOC and for NV S.A.V.E. to receive all available notifications.

See the Victim Notification section for more information.

Offender information which can be provided includes sentence dates, releases to the community including discharge, parole release and transfer to residential confinement. Additionally, information includes escape, re-capture and transfer to a different facility location.

The NDOC Victim Services Unit cannot provide information about the offender's criminal history, internal disciplinary history, programming, location of parole supervision, medical or financial information.

A parole or discharge release from NDOC custody releases the offender from all supervision by the NDOC and no information can be provided by NDOC in these instances.