NRS 239B.030 prohibits a person from including and a governmental agency from requiring a person to include a social security number on any document that is recorded on or after January 1, 2007, unless it is required pursuant to a specific state or federal law, for the administration of a public program or for an application for a federal or state grant.

Additionally, governmental agencies may only disclose a social security number as required:

1. To carry out a specific state or federal law; or
2. For the administration of a public program or an application for a federal or state grant.

The following steps will be taken by the Recorder's Office to comply with this mandate:

• Provide notification of this statute to the public and persons with whom we conduct business.
• Implement automated redaction software, which will identify and mask the social security number in our public records, for documents recorded January 1, 2007, and thereafter.
• Require written requests to include name of requestor, document number, federal or state statute, and name of state or federal program or grant application for the viewing and/or purchase of un-redacted copies of documents recorded on or after January 1, 2007, to affirm that the request meets the requirements of NRS 239B.030(2).

NOTE: Documents recorded prior to January 1, 2007 will be redacted by January 1, 2017. Currently, the Recorder's Office is not taking requests to redact SSN from documents recorded prior to January 1, 2007.
To view this statute in its entirety, go to:

http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-239B.html#NRS239Bsec030.