Section 519.090 - Examination of books of assayer and purchaser upon affidavit of theft or other unlawful taking1. Whenever an affidavit shall be made by any person before any justice of the peace or district judge that any ore, free gold, gold dust, gold amalgam, gold nuggets, gold specimens, gold bullion, free silver, silver nuggets, silver bullion, lead, lead bullion, copper or copper bullion has been stolen or unlawfully taken from the person, or from any copartnership, association or corporation in which the person is interested or in which the person is an officer or agent, stating as near as may be the character, amount and value thereof, such person by himself, herself, or his or her attorneys, or both, upon presentation of such affidavit, or a copy thereof duly certified as such by the officer before whom the same is verified, shall have access to such book or books of any and every assayer, person, partnership, association or corporation required to keep the same by the provisions of NRS 519.080, and may freely and without hindrance or interference, read and examine all entries which may have been made therein during a period of 60 days next preceding the date of such affidavit.2. The examination provided for in this section may be made by the person making such affidavit, or the partnership, association or corporation in whose behalf the same is made, only if such person or partnership, association or corporation shall at the time thereof have a present ownership or interest in the assay office, mine, claim, premises, mill, smelter, concentrator, refinery or establishment from which such ores, free gold, gold dust, gold amalgam, gold specimens, gold bullion, silver, silver nuggets, silver bullion, lead, lead bullion, copper or copper bullion has been stolen or unlawfully taken or alleged to have been stolen or unlawfully taken.2:193:1907; RL § 2484; NCL § 41822:193:1907; RL § 2484; NCL § 4182