# Nevada — How long an insurer has to acknowledge, decide and pay a claim, by state: statutory and regulatory claim-handling deadlines

For Nevada, obligation is reply to communication; deadline is within 20 working days; day type is working days; clock starts from is receipt of any other pertinent communication from a claimant if the communication reasonably suggests that a response is expected; citation is NAC 686A.665, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **State:** Nevada _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Obligation:** reply to communication _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Deadline:** within 20 working days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Day type:** working days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Clock starts from:** receipt of any other pertinent communication from a claimant if the communication reasonably suggests that a response is expected _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Citation:** NAC 686A.665
- **Instrument:** regulation _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> An appropriate reply must be made within 20 working days after receipt of any other pertinent communication from a claimant if the communication reasonably suggests that a response is expected.

## Source

- https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nac/nac-686a.html

Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2026-12-09.
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