Court Rules

Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County Sealing & Redaction Procedures

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Procedures for filing sealed or redacted documents, including required motions and formats.

CRITICAL

Jury questionnaires must remain confidential and may be released only to specified persons, with prior trial-court authorization required for release to anyone else.

the Jury Commissioner shall release jury questionnaires only to attorneys, their agents or employees, or parties acting in pro per. The jury questionnaires shall be kept confidential and no information contained therein shall be released to any other person without prior authorization of the trial court.

CRITICAL

A person possessing a confidential electronic record must not release its information to another person except as provided by law.

No person in posse'ssion of a confidential electronic record shall release the information to any other person unless provided by law.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Personal health information filed in the court record must be filed confidentially, with access limited to the identified recipients and use limited to competency determination and related treatment planning.

if filed into the court record, shall be filed as confidential, limiting access to those identified in subsection 1, above, to ensure the PHI remains protected and is used for the limited purpose of the current competency determination and related treatment planning;

CRITICAL

Released jury questionnaire copies must remain confidential, and their information may not be disclosed without prior trial-court authorization.

2. The copies of jury questionnaires released shall be kept confidential. No information contained in the jury questionnaires shall be released or disseminated to any other person or entity without prior authorization of the trial court;

CRITICALCivil cases

Foster parents and substitute care givers must keep all information released to them under the order fully confidential.

Foster parents and substitute care givers shall keep fully confidential all information released to them pursuant to this order.

CRITICAL

Jury questionnaires are confidential and may be released only to the specified recipients; disclosure to anyone else requires prior trial-court authorization.

It is the order of the Chief Judge of the Second Judicial District Court that the Jury Commissioner shall release jury questionnaires only to attorneys, their agents or employees, or parties acting in pro per. The jury questionnaires shall be kept confidential and no information contained therein shall be released to any other person without prior authorization of the trial court.

CRITICAL

Electronic records have the same confidentiality as paper records, and the filing system must restrict access to confidential information as provided by law.

The confidentiality of electronic records is the same as for paper records. A court's elect:ronic filing system must permit access to confidential information only' to the extent provided by law.

WARNING

Non-court personnel who received jury questionnaire copies must return them to the trial department’s Court Clerk before jury deliberations begin.

3. All non-court personnel who received copies of the jury questionnaires shall return the copies to the Court Clerk of the trial department prior to commencement of jury deliberations; and,

WARNING

For information not otherwise confidential by law, rule, or order, users may submit documents electronically under temporary seal while awaiting court approval of a motion to seal.

For information not made confidential by statute, court rule, or court order, users' may electronically s.ubmit documents under temporary seal pending court approval.of the user's motion to seal.

WARNING

The Jury Commissioner may release jury questionnaire copies only to the listed court personnel, attorneys, their agents or employees, and self-represented litigants.

1. In preparation for trials, the Jury Commissioner of the Second Judicial District Court shall release copies of jury questionnaires to appropriate court personnel, attorneys, their agents or employees, and/or self-represented litigants only;

WARNING

The Jury Commissioner must destroy all jury questionnaire copies at the conclusion of trial.

4. The Jury Commissioner shall destroy all copies at the conclusion of trial.

Common questions about Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County sealing & redaction procedures

How does Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County handle sealed or redacted filings?

Jury questionnaires must remain confidential and may be released only to specified persons, with prior trial-court authorization required for release to anyone else.

View ruleOfficial source Source: page 1, section ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2016-08

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