Yes, for the most part. Since a 2025 change in the law, Nevada divorce records are presumptively open to the public: NRS 121.110 makes the core file — the pleadings, the summons and proof of service, court orders, and the decree or judgment — open to inspection at the clerk’s office, while keeping certain sensitive items, like financial disclosure forms and custody evaluations, confidential. A court may seal other records only if it finds a compelling interest that outweighs the public’s interest in access.

What changed in 2025?

For decades, a spouse could keep most of a Nevada divorce file private almost automatically. Former NRS 125.110 — titled “What pleadings and papers open to public inspection; written request of party for sealing” — let a party have much of the file sealed on written request, and a companion statute, former NRS 125.080, required a court to close a divorce trial at either party’s demand. In 2024, the Nevada Supreme Court held in Falconi v. Eighth Judicial District Court that the mandatory-closure statute was unconstitutional because it allowed closed proceedings without any exercise of judicial discretion.

The 2025 Legislature responded with Senate Bill 432 (chapter 505, Statutes of Nevada 2025), which repealed both statutes and replaced them with a new set of general provisions for all family law cases — codified as NRS 121.100 and 121.110, effective October 1, 2025. Many websites still cite NRS 125.110 as if it were current law; it is not.

Which divorce records are open to the public?

NRS 121.110(1)(a) lists the records that “must be open to public inspection in the clerk’s office” in a family law proceeding:

  • The summons and proof of service;
  • The affidavit for publication, if the spouse was served by publication;
  • The pleadings (the complaint, answer and similar filings);
  • Any decree or other order; and
  • Any judgment, including a default judgment.

Beyond that list, subsection 2 makes all other court records — including exhibits and transcripts of testimony — “presumptively open to public inspection,” unless they fall in a confidential category or a court seals them.

Which records are confidential automatically?

NRS 121.110(1)(b) carves out records that are not open to public inspection unless a court orders otherwise for good cause:

  • Financial disclosure forms;
  • Documents, records or evidence filed under seal;
  • Documents sealed by the court;
  • Confidential exhibits;
  • Child custody evaluations;
  • Medical records, including psychiatric or psychological evaluations; and
  • Any document whose copying or distribution is barred by law, regulation or court rule.

Separately, NRS 125.130(3) requires the court granting a divorce to place both parties’ Social Security numbers in the case records but maintain them “in a confidential manner.” So while the decree itself is public, this kind of identifying data is not.

How does sealing a divorce record work now?

Under NRS 121.110(3), a court — on its own motion or at a party’s request — may seal or redact a presumptively open record only if it determines “that the sealing or redaction is justified by a compelling interest that outweighs the public interest in access to the court record.” The statute names one interest that automatically qualifies: protecting the personal identifying information of a party or a child involved in the case is “deemed to be a compelling interest.”

Sealing is not necessarily permanent. Subsection 4 lets the court unseal a record on the written stipulation of all parties, or on its own or a party’s motion for good cause, after weighing factors that include confidentiality laws and the risk of harassment, embarrassment or harm to a party or child.

One point of frequent confusion: Nevada’s general civil sealing rules — the Rules Governing Sealing and Redacting Court Records (SRCR) — state in SRCR 1 that they do not apply to domestic relations matters under the family law chapters of NRS. Divorce records are governed by the NRS 121 framework, not the SRCR.

Are divorce hearings themselves open?

Generally, yes. NRS 121.100 declares family law proceedings “presumptively open.” A court may close a hearing, or part of one, only if closure “is necessary to serve a compelling interest,” after weighing statutory factors such as the best interests of any child involved and the risk of harassment or harm — and the court must make written findings. If a portion of a hearing is closed, the transcript or recording of that closed portion is confidential and available only to the parties, their counsel and necessary staff or experts.

What about getting a copy of a divorce decree or “divorce certificate”?

The court file, including the decree, is kept by the district court clerk in the county where the divorce was granted. Nevada’s Office of Vital Records states that all marriage and divorce records “are held at the county level” — the state office does not issue certified divorce decrees, though it can search state indexes to identify which county holds a record. Anyone seeking a certified copy of a decree deals with the county, not a state vital-records office. That is different from some other states, which issue a separate state-level “divorce certificate.”

Because the decree and judgment are public records under NRS 121.110, the terms of a Nevada divorce — including its property and support provisions — are generally visible to anyone who requests the file, unless a court has sealed specific documents under the standards above. Anyone weighing what will become public can find the mechanics of the process in how to file for divorce in Nevada.