704.197 - Public utility to provide name and address of person listed in records of utility upon request of public administrator or deputy; immunity for disclosure made in good faith.

704.197  Public utility to provide name and address of person listed in records of utility upon request of public administrator or deputy; immunity for disclosure made in good faith.

      1.  A public administrator or deputy designated by the public administrator may submit a written request to a public utility for the name and address of a person listed in the records of the public utility if the information is necessary to assist the public administrator in carrying out the public administrator’s duties pursuant to chapter 253 of NRS.

      2.  Upon receipt of a written request pursuant to subsection 1, a public utility shall disclose the name and address of the person listed in the records of customers of the public utility to the public administrator or a deputy designated by the public administrator.

      3.  A disclosure made in good faith pursuant to subsection 1 does not give rise to any action for damages for the disclosure of the name and address of a customer by a public utility.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 921)