Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 612 - Unemployment Compensation
CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS
Section 612.100 - Types of claims

1. An initial claim is a certification of unemployment and notice of intent to claim benefits, if unemployment continues. This claim is the first claim filed in a series of claims. Initial claims are of three types:

2. A new claim is an application for a determination of eligibility and benefits, benefit amount and duration of benefits which certifies to the beginning date of a first period of unemployment in a benefit year or the continuance of a period of unemployment into a new benefit year.

3. An additional claim is a claim filed during the benefit year when a break of 1 week or more has occurred in the series of claims with intervening employment.

4. A reopened claim is a claim filed during the benefit year when a break of 1 week or more has occurred in the series of claims for some reason other than employment.

5. A certification to a week of unemployment for which benefits are claimed is a continued claim.