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Nevada Sex Offender Registry: How to Check

Check the Nevada sex-offender registry before you buy: the official search, run by Nevada Department of Public Safety, Records, Communications and Compliance Di

Published 2026-11-03 · Sources cited inline

Before you offer on a home in Nevada, run its address through the official registry: the Nevada Sex Offender Registry / Community Notification Website, run by Nevada Department of Public Safety, Records, Communications and Compliance Division. It is free, it takes two minutes, and it is the check listing sites never do for you.

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1. Open the official Nevada registry. 2. Search by the home's street address (a radius or map search works best). 3. Note the counts within a quarter mile, a half mile, and a mile — distance bands tell you more than a single pin. 4. Repeat the search the week you close. Registries update as people move and register new addresses.

Can you get an exact count in Nevada?

Partly — Nevada's official search can produce a count, but only through the route below (a subset, a radius detour, a CAPTCHA or a display cap), so getting the number takes an extra step.

How it works: Geographical Search by address or ZIP code with 1/2/3-mile distance exists, but the whole search sits behind a CAPTCHA + conditions gate, and the public site lists Tier II/III plus only some Tier I registrants — ZIP counts are gated subset counts.

Worth knowing: Live fetch returned the site's WAF 'Request Rejected' page for automated traffic; NRS 179B.250 and agency descriptions confirm the CAPTCHA-gated ZIP/radius search.

Method checked against the NSOPW state directory on 2026-11-04.

How to read what comes back

Treat the addresses as reported addresses: the system depends on registrants reporting moves and on agencies processing them, so the map is a strong signal, not a guarantee. Judge the pattern around the address — how many, how close, typical for the area or an outlier — and remember the registry lists only people required to register; it is not a crime map.

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How CurbFacts uses this data

A CurbFacts report summarizes the same public registry data as ZIP-level counts for the address — never offender names or photos. The full Nevada records guide and the Nevada disclosure guide cover the rest of the record file.

Frequently asked questions

Can I get an exact registrant count for a Nevada address?

Partly. Geographical Search by address or ZIP code with 1/2/3-mile distance exists, but the whole search sits behind a CAPTCHA + conditions gate, and the public site lists Tier II/III plus only some Tier I registrants — ZIP counts are gated subset counts.

Who runs the Nevada registry?

The Nevada Department of Public Safety, Records, Communications and Compliance Division — the official search is the Nevada Sex Offender Registry / Community Notification Website. It is free; if a site asks you to pay for registry results, you are on a data broker.

Does a CurbFacts report show offender names or photos?

No. Reports show the count of registrants in the home's ZIP from state registry data, and link you to the official registry if you want the underlying public record.

Sources: rccd.nv.gov · appealdesk.com · nevadarealestategroup.com

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