Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 116A - Common-Interest Communities: Regulation of Community Managers and Other Personnel
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Administrative Proceedings
Section 116A.560 - Informality of proceedings; rules of evidence

1. In conducting any investigation, inquiry or hearing, the Commission and its members, each hearing panel and its members, and the employees of the Division are not bound by the technical rules of evidence, and any informality in a proceeding or in the manner of taking testimony does not invalidate any order, decision, rule or regulation made, approved or confirmed by the Commission or a hearing panel. The rules of evidence of courts of this State will be followed generally but may be relaxed at the discretion of the Commission or a hearing panel if deviation from the technical rules of evidence will aid in determining the facts.

2. Any evidence offered at a hearing must be material and relevant to the issues of the hearing.

3. The Commission or a hearing panel may exclude inadmissible, incompetent, repetitious or irrelevant evidence or order that presentation of that evidence be discontinued.

4. A party who objects to the introduction of evidence shall briefly state the grounds of the objection at the time the evidence is offered. The party who offers the evidence may present a rebuttal argument to the objection.

5. If an objection is made to the admissibility of evidence, the Commission or a hearing panel may: