Nevada Revised Statutes 49.115 – Exceptions
There is no privilege under NRS 49.095 or 49.105:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 49.115
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- Testate: To die leaving a will.
1. If the services of the lawyer were sought or obtained to enable or aid anyone to commit or plan to commit what the client knew or reasonably should have known to be a crime or fraud.
2. As to a communication relevant to an issue between parties who claim through the same deceased client, regardless of whether the claims are by testate or intestate succession or by inter vivos transaction.
3. As to a communication relevant to an issue of breach of duty by the lawyer to his or her client or by the client to his or her lawyer.
4. As to a communication relevant to an issue concerning an attested document to which the lawyer is an attesting witness.
5. As to a communication relevant to a matter of common interest between two or more clients if the communication was made by any of them to a lawyer retained or consulted in common, when offered in an action between any of the clients.