Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.400 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.400
Undertaking on recommitment
Status: in_force

When bail is taken upon the recommitment of the defendant, the undertaking shall be in substantially the following form:

UNDERTAKING

An order having been made on the _________ day of the month of _______ of the year _______, by the court (naming it), that A. B. be admitted to bail in the sum of $ __________, in an action pending in that court against A. B., in behalf of the State of Nevada, upon a (presentment, indictment, information, or appeal, as the case may be), we, C. D. and E. F., of (stating their place of residence), hereby undertake that the above-named A. B. shall appear in that or any other court in which A. B.’s appearance may be lawfully required, upon that (presentment, indictment, information, or appeal, as the case may be), and shall at all times render himself or herself amenable to its orders and processes, and appear for judgment, and surrender himself or herself in execution thereof; or, if A. B. fail to perform any of these conditions, that we will pay to the State of Nevada the sum of $ __________ (inserting the sum in which the defendant is admitted to bail).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.1169 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.1169
Revised Statutes Title in property; transfer
Status: in_force

1. All right, title and interest in property subject to forfeiture vests in the plaintiff: (a) In the case of property used or intended for use to facilitate the commission or attempted commission of any felony, when the property is so used or intended for such use. (b) In the case of property otherwise subject to forfeiture, when the event giving rise to the forfeiture occurs. (c) In the case of proceeds, when they become proceeds.

2. Any transfer of property which occurs after title to the property has become vested in the plaintiff, and before the termination of the proceeding for forfeiture, is void as against the plaintiff, unless the person to whom the transfer is made is a good faith purchaser for value. If such a transfer is made, the purchaser must, in the proceeding for forfeiture, establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the purchaser has: (a) An interest of record in the property; (b) Given fair value for the interest; and (c) Acquired the interest without notice of the proceeding or the facts giving rise to the proceeding. If the purchaser acquires the interest after the seizure of the property by the plaintiff, it is conclusively presumed that the interest has been acquired with notice of the proceeding.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176A.047 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176A / Section 176A.047
“Intellectual disability” defined
Status: in_force

“Intellectual disability” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 433.099 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.045 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 171 / Section 171.045
Offenses concerning animals ranging in two or more counties
Status: in_force

When a public offense concerns any neat cattle, horse, mule or other animal running at large upon any range which extends into more than one county of this state, such offense may be prosecuted in either of the counties, and, upon the trial of any such offense, proof that such animal is the property of the owner, or person occupying the range, and was at the time the offense was committed running at large upon the range, shall be prima facie evidence that the offense was committed within the jurisdiction of the court.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 175.251 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 175 / Section 175.251
Conspiracy: Allegation and proof of overt act; evidence of overt acts not alleged
Status: in_force

Upon a trial for conspiracy, in a case where an overt act shall be necessary to constitute the offense, the defendant shall not be convicted unless one or more overt acts shall be expressly alleged in the indictment or information, nor unless one of the acts alleged shall have been proved; but other overt acts not alleged may be given in evidence.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.155 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.155
Court may order return of property to owner
Status: in_force

If the property stolen or embezzled has not been delivered to the owner, the court before which a conviction is had for stealing or embezzling it may, on proof of title, order it to be restored to the owner.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.574 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178 / Section 178.574
Order of immunity bar to prosecution; exception
Status: in_force

Such order of immunity shall forever be a bar to prosecution against the witness for any offense shown in whole or in part by such testimony or other evidence except for perjury committed in the giving of such testimony.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.0647 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.0647
Circumstances under which fine, administrative assessment or fee owed by defendant who commits minor traffic offense is deemed uncollectible
Status: in_force

Any delinquent fine, administrative assessment or fee owed by a defendant pursuant to NRS 176.064 who commits a minor traffic offense as defined in NRS 176.0643 is deemed to be uncollectible if after 10 years it remains impossible or impracticable to collect the delinquent amount.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 170.100 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 170 / Section 170.100
Effect of giving or refusing to give security
Status: in_force

1. If the bond required by NRS 170.090 is given, the person complained of shall be discharged.

2. If the person complained of does not give it, the magistrate must commit the person to prison until the person gives such bond, specifying in the warrant the requirement to give security, the amount thereof, and the omission to pay the same; but in no event shall the person complained of be confined in prison for a period of longer than 6 months for a failure or omission to give such bond.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 175.481 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 175 / Section 175.481
Return
Status: in_force

The verdict shall be unanimous. It shall be returned by the jury to the judge in open court.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.016 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.016
Court may order certain homeless defendants to complete program; waiver or reduction of fines, administrative assessments and fees
Status: in_force

1. A justice court, municipal court or district court, as applicable, that has jurisdiction over an eligible defendant who is charged with or convicted of an eligible offense may order the eligible defendant to complete a program of treatment.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a court that orders an eligible defendant to complete a program of treatment pursuant to this section may waive or reduce any fine, administrative assessment or fee that would otherwise be imposed upon the eligible defendant for commission of the eligible offense pursuant to specific statute.

3. As used in this section: (a) “ Eligible defendant ” means a homeless person who is charged with or convicted of an eligible offense. (b) “ Eligible offense ” means a violation of any local ordinance prohibiting public urination or defecation or possession of an open container of an alcoholic beverage, or the same or similar conduct, or a violation of the following statutory provisions, or any local ordinance prohibiting the same or similar conduct, that is punishable as a misdemeanor: (1) NRS 202.450 . (2) NRS 205.860 . (3) NRS 206.010 . (4) NRS 206.140 . (5) NRS 206.310 . (6) NRS 207.200 . (c) “ Homeless person ” means a person: (1) Who lacks a fixed, regular and adequate residence; (2) With a primary residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including, without limitation, a car, a park, an abandoned building, a bus or train station, an airport or a camping ground; or (3) Living in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements, including, without limitation, transitional housing, hotels or motels paid for by any federal, state or local governmental program or any charitable organization. For the purpose of this paragraph, a person shall be deemed to be a homeless person if the person provides sufficient proof to the court that the person meets the criteria set forth in subparagraph (1), (2) or (3) or the person has recently used public services for homeless persons or if a public or private agency or entity that provides services to homeless persons provides sufficient proof to the court that the person is a homeless person. (d) “ Program of treatment ” means a preprosecution diversion program, specialty court program or other program designed to assist homeless persons that is established pursuant to NRS 174.032 , 176A.230 , 176A.250 , 176A.280 , 433A.335 or another specific statute or by court rule or court order.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.118 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 171 / Section 171.118
Execution of warrant and service of summons: Territorial limits
Status: in_force

The warrant may be executed or the summons may be served at any place within the jurisdiction of the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179D.450 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179D / Section 179D.450
Registration after conviction; duties and procedure; offender or sex offender informed of duty to register; effect of failure to inform; duties and procedure upon receipt of notification from another jurisdiction or Federal Bureau of Investigation
Status: in_force

1. If the Central Repository receives notice from a court pursuant to NRS 176.0926 that an offender has been convicted of a crime against a child, pursuant to NRS 176.0927 that a sex offender has been convicted of a sexual offense or pursuant to NRS 62F.310 that a juvenile has been adjudicated delinquent for an offense for which the juvenile is subject to registration and community notification pursuant to NRS 62F.205 to 62F.360 , inclusive, and 179D.010 to 179D.550 , inclusive, the Central Repository shall: (a) If a record of registration has not previously been established for the offender or sex offender, notify the local law enforcement agency so that a record of registration may be established; or (b) If a record of registration has previously been established for the offender or sex offender, update the record of registration for the offender or sex offender and notify the appropriate local law enforcement agencies.

2. If the offender or sex offender named in the notice is granted probation or otherwise will not be incarcerated or confined, the Central Repository shall: (a) Immediately provide notification concerning the offender or sex offender to the appropriate local law enforcement agencies and, if the offender or sex offender resides in a jurisdiction which is outside of this State, to the appropriate law enforcement agency in that jurisdiction; and (b) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 62F.320 , immediately provide community notification concerning the offender or sex offender pursuant to the provisions of NRS 179D.475 .

3. If an offender or sex offender is incarcerated or confined and has previously been convicted of a crime against a child as described in NRS 179D.0357 or a sexual offense as described in NRS 179D.097 , before the offender or sex offender is released: (a) The Department of Corrections or a local law enforcement agency in whose facility the offender or sex offender is incarcerated or confined shall: (1) Inform the offender or sex offender of the requirements for registration, including, but not limited to: (I) The duty to register initially with the appropriate law enforcement agency in the jurisdiction in which the offender or sex offender was convicted if the offender or sex offender is not a resident of that jurisdiction pursuant to NRS 179D.445 ; (II) The duty to register in this State during any period in which the offender or sex offender is a resident of this State or a nonresident who is a student or worker within this State and the time within which the offender or sex offender is required to register pursuant to NRS 179D.460 ; (III) The duty to register in any other jurisdiction during any period in which the offender or sex offender is a resident of the other jurisdiction or a nonresident who is a student or worker within the other jurisdiction; (IV) If the offender or sex offender moves from this State to another jurisdiction, the duty to register with the appropriate law enforcement agency in the other jurisdiction; (V) The duty to notify the local law enforcement agency for the jurisdiction in which the offender or sex offender now resides, in person, and the jurisdiction in which the offender or sex offender formerly resided, in person or in writing, if the offender or sex offender changes the address at which the offender or sex offender resides, including if the offender or sex offender moves from this State to another jurisdiction, or changes the primary address at which the offender or sex offender is a student or worker; and (VI) The duty to notify immediately the appropriate local law enforcement agency if the offender or sex offender is, expects to be or becomes enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education or changes the date of commencement or termination of the offender or sex offender's enrollment at an institution of higher education or if the offender or sex offender is, expects to be or becomes a worker at an institution of higher education or changes the date of commencement or termination of the offender or sex offender's work at an institution of higher education; and (2) Require the offender or sex offender to read and sign a form stating that the requirements for registration have been explained and that the offender or sex offender understands the requirements for registration, and to forward the form to the Central Repository. (b) The Central Repository shall: (1) Update the record of registration for the offender or sex offender; (2) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 62F.320 , provide community notification concerning the offender or sex offender pursuant to the provisions of NRS 179D.475 ; and (3) Provide notification concerning the offender or sex offender to the appropriate local law enforcement agencies and, if the offender or sex offender will reside upon release in a jurisdiction which is outside of this State, to the appropriate law enforcement agency in that jurisdiction.

4. The failure to provide an offender or sex offender with the information or confirmation form required by paragraph (a) of subsection 3 does not affect the duty of the offender or sex offender to register and to comply with all other provisions for registration.

5. If the Central Repository receives notice from another jurisdiction or the Federal Bureau of Investigation that an offender or sex offender is now residing or is a student or worker within this State, the Central Repository shall: (a) Immediately provide notification concerning the offender or sex offender to the appropriate local law enforcement agencies; (b) Establish a record of registration for the offender or sex offender; and (c) Immediately provide community notification concerning the offender or sex offender pursuant to the provisions of NRS 179D.475 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.1156 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.1156
Scope
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 179.1211 to 179.1235 , inclusive, and 207.350 to 207.520 , inclusive, the provisions of NRS 179.1156 to 179.121 , inclusive, govern the seizure, forfeiture and disposition of all property and proceeds subject to forfeiture.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 172.145 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 172 / Section 172.145
Defendant entitled to submit statement regarding preliminary hearing which grand jury must receive; grand jury required to hear and district attorney required to submit known evidence which will explain away charge; invitations and issuance of process for witnesses
Status: in_force

1. The grand jury is not bound to hear evidence for the defendant, except that the defendant is entitled to submit a statement which the grand jury must receive providing whether a preliminary hearing was held concerning the matter and, if so, that the evidence presented at the preliminary hearing was considered insufficient to warrant holding the defendant for trial. It is their duty, however, to weigh all evidence submitted to them, and when they have reason to believe that other evidence within their reach will explain away the charge, they shall order that evidence to be produced, and for that purpose may require the district attorney to issue process for the witnesses.

2. If the district attorney is aware of any evidence which will explain away the charge, the district attorney shall submit it to the grand jury.

3. The grand jury may invite any person, without process, to appear before the grand jury to testify.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.087 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.087
Imposition of community service in lieu of fine, administrative assessment, fee or imprisonment or as condition of probation
Status: in_force

1. Except where the imposition of a specific criminal penalty is mandatory, a court may order a convicted person to perform supervised community service: (a) In lieu of all or a part of any fine, administrative assessment, fee or imprisonment that may be imposed for the commission of a misdemeanor; or (b) As a condition of probation granted for another offense.

2. The community service must be performed for and under the supervising authority of a county, city, town or other political subdivision or agency of the State of Nevada or a charitable organization that renders service to the community or its residents.

3. The court may require the convicted person to deposit with the court a reasonable sum of money to pay for the cost of policies of insurance against liability for personal injury and damage to property or for industrial insurance, or both, during those periods in which the person performs the community service, unless, in the case of industrial insurance, it is provided by the authority for which the person performs the community service.

4. The following conditions apply to any such community service imposed by the court: (a) The court must fix the period of community service that is imposed as punishment or a condition of probation and distribute the period over weekends or over other appropriate times that will allow the convicted person to continue employment and to care for the person's family. The period of community service fixed by the court must not exceed, for a: (1) Misdemeanor, 200 hours; (2) Gross misdemeanor, 600 hours; or (3) Felony, 1,000 hours. (b) A supervising authority listed in subsection 2 must agree to accept the convicted person for community service before the court may require the convicted person to perform community service for that supervising authority. The supervising authority must be located in or be the town or city of the convicted person's residence or, if that placement is not possible, one located within the jurisdiction of the court or, if that placement is not possible, the authority may be located outside the jurisdiction of the court. (c) Community service that a court requires pursuant to this section must be supervised by an official of the supervising authority or by a person designated by the authority. (d) The court may require the supervising authority to report periodically to the court or to a probation officer the convicted person's performance in carrying out the punishment or condition of probation.

5. For each hour of community service that is performed by a person pursuant to this section, the court must provide a credit of not less than the amount of the state minimum wage toward the payment of any fine that was imposed against the person for the commission of the offense for which the person was ordered to perform community service.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.0915 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.0915
Fee for obtaining biological specimen and for analysis; inclusion in sentence; creation of county fund; use of money in fund
Status: in_force

1. If a biological specimen is obtained from a person pursuant to NRS 176.09123 or 176.0913 , and the person is convicted of the offense for which the biological specimen was obtained, the court, in addition to any other penalty, shall order the person, to the extent of the person's financial ability, to pay the sum of $150 as a fee for obtaining the specimen and for conducting the genetic marker analysis. The fee: (a) Must be stated separately in the judgment of the court or on the docket of the court; (b) Must be collected from the person before or at the same time that any fine imposed by the court is collected from the person; and (c) Must not be deducted from any fine imposed by the court.

2. All money that is collected pursuant to subsection 1 must be paid by the clerk of the court to the county treasurer on or before the fifth day of each month for the preceding month.

3. The board of county commissioners of each county shall by ordinance create in the county treasury a fund to be designated as the fund for genetic marker analysis. The county treasurer shall deposit money that is collected pursuant to subsection 2 in the fund for genetic marker analysis. The money must be accounted for separately within the fund.

4. Each month, the county treasurer shall use the money deposited in the fund for genetic marker analysis to pay for the actual amount charged to the county for obtaining a biological specimen from a person pursuant to NRS 176.09123 or 176.0913 .

5. The board of county commissioners of each county may apply for and accept grants, gifts, donations, bequests or devises which the board of county commissioners shall deposit with the county treasurer for credit to the fund for genetic marker analysis.

6. If money remains in the fund after the county treasurer makes the payments required by subsection 4, the county treasurer shall pay the remaining money each month to the forensic laboratory that is designated by the county pursuant to NRS 176.0917 to conduct or oversee genetic marker analysis for the county. A forensic laboratory that receives money pursuant to this subsection shall use the money to cover any expense related to genetic marker analysis.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179A.075 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179A / Section 179A.075
Creation; duties of agencies of criminal justice and certain other agencies; duties and powers of Records, Communications and Compliance Division of Department and Central Repository
Status: in_force

1. The Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History is hereby created within the Records, Communications and Compliance Division of the Department.

2. Each agency of criminal justice and any other agency dealing with crime shall: (a) Collect and maintain records, reports and compilations of statistical data required by the Department; and (b) Submit the information collected to the Central Repository: (1) In the manner approved by the Director of the Department; and (2) In accordance with the policies, procedures and definitions of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

3. Each agency of criminal justice shall submit the information relating to records of criminal history that it creates, issues or collects, and any information in its possession relating to the DNA profile of a person from whom a biological specimen is obtained pursuant to NRS 176.09123 or 176.0913 , to the Division. The information must be submitted to the Division: (a) Through an electronic network; (b) On a medium of magnetic storage; or (c) In the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department, within 60 days after the date of the disposition of the case. If an agency has submitted a record regarding the arrest of a person who is later determined by the agency not to be the person who committed the particular crime, the agency shall, immediately upon making that determination, so notify the Division. The Division shall delete all references in the Central Repository relating to that particular arrest.

4. Each state and local law enforcement agency shall submit Uniform Crime Reports to the Central Repository: (a) In the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department; (b) In accordance with the policies, procedures and definitions of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and (c) Within the time prescribed by the Director of the Department.

5. The Division shall, in the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department: (a) Collect, maintain and arrange all information submitted to it relating to: (1) Records of criminal history; and (2) The DNA profile of a person from whom a biological specimen is obtained pursuant to NRS 176.09123 or 176.0913 . (b) When practicable, use a record of the personal identifying information of a subject as the basis for any records maintained regarding him or her. (c) Upon request, provide, in paper or electronic form, the information that is contained in the Central Repository to the Committee on Domestic Violence appointed pursuant to NRS 228.470 when, pursuant to NRS 228.495 , the Committee is reviewing the death of the victim of a crime that constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018 .

6. The Division may: (a) Disseminate any information which is contained in the Central Repository to any other agency of criminal justice; (b) Enter into cooperative agreements with repositories of the United States and other states to facilitate exchanges of information that may be disseminated pursuant to paragraph (a); and (c) Request of and receive from the Federal Bureau of Investigation information on the background and personal history of any person whose record of fingerprints or other biometric identifier the Central Repository submits to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and: (1) Who has applied to any agency of the State of Nevada or any political subdivision thereof for a license which it has the power to grant or deny; (2) With whom any agency of the State of Nevada or any political subdivision thereof intends to enter into a relationship of employment or a contract for personal services; (3) Who has applied to any agency of the State of Nevada or any political subdivision thereof to attend an academy for training peace officers approved by the Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission; (4) For whom such information is required or authorized to be obtained pursuant to NRS 62B.270 , 62G.223 , 62G.353 , 424.031 , 432A.170 , 432B.198 , 433B.183 , 449.123 and 449.4329 ; or (5) About whom any agency of the State of Nevada or any political subdivision thereof is authorized by law to have accurate personal information for the protection of the agency or the persons within its jurisdiction.

7. To request and receive information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerning a person pursuant to subsection 6, the Central Repository must receive: (a) The person's complete set of fingerprints for the purposes of: (1) Booking the person into a city or county jail or detention facility; (2) Employment; (3) Contractual services; or (4) Services related to occupational licensing; (b) One or more of the person's fingerprints for the purposes of mobile identification by an agency of criminal justice; or (c) Any other biometric identifier of the person as it may require for the purposes of: (1) Arrest; or (2) Criminal investigation, from the agency of criminal justice or agency of the State of Nevada or any political subdivision thereof and submit the received data to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report.

8. The Central Repository shall: (a) Collect and maintain records, reports and compilations of statistical data submitted by any agency pursuant to subsection 2. (b) Tabulate and analyze all records, reports and compilations of statistical data received pursuant to this section. (c) Disseminate to federal agencies engaged in the collection of statistical data relating to crime information which is contained in the Central Repository. (d) Investigate the criminal history of any person who: (1) Has applied to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for the issuance or renewal of a license; (2) Has applied to a county school district, charter school or private school for employment or to serve as a volunteer; or (3) Is employed by or volunteers for a county school district, charter school or private school, and immediately notify the superintendent of each county school district, the governing body of each charter school and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or the administrator of each private school, as appropriate, if the investigation of the Central Repository indicates that the person has been convicted of a violation of NRS 200.508 , 201.230 , 453.3385 , 453.3387 or 453.339 , or convicted of a felony or any offense involving moral turpitude. (e) Upon discovery, immediately notify the superintendent of each county school district, the governing body of each charter school or the administrator of each private school, as appropriate, by providing the superintendent, governing body or administrator with a list of all persons: (1) Investigated pursuant to paragraph (d); or (2) Employed by or volunteering for a county school district, charter school or private school whose fingerprints were sent previously to the Central Repository for investigation, who the Central Repository's records indicate have been convicted of a violation of NRS 200.508 , 201.230 , 453.3385 , 453.3387 or 453.339 , or convicted of a felony or any offense involving moral turpitude since the Central Repository's initial investigation. The superintendent of each county school district, the governing body of a charter school or the administrator of each private school, as applicable, shall determine whether further investigation or action by the district, charter school or private school, as applicable, is appropriate. (f) Investigate the criminal history of each person who submits one or more fingerprints or other biometric identifier or has such data submitted pursuant to NRS 62B.270 , 62G.223 , 62G.353 , 424.031 , 432A.170 , 432B.198 , 433B.183 , 449.122 , 449.123 or 449.4329 . (g) Provide an electronic means to access on the Central Repository's Internet website statistical data relating to crime. (h) Provide an electronic means to access on the Central Repository's Internet website statistical data about domestic violence in this State. (i) Identify and review the collection and processing of statistical data relating to criminal justice by any agency identified in subsection 2 and make recommendations for any necessary changes in the manner of collecting and processing statistical data by any such agency. (j) Adopt regulations governing biometric identifiers and the information and data derived from biometric identifiers, including, without limitation: (1) Their collection, use, safeguarding, handling, retention, storage, dissemination and destruction; and (2) The methods by which a person may request the removal of his or her biometric identifiers from the Central Repository and any other agency where his or her biometric identifiers have been stored.

9. The Central Repository may: (a) In the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department, disseminate compilations of statistical data and publish statistical reports relating to crime. (b) Charge a reasonable fee for any publication or special report it distributes relating to data collected pursuant to this section. The Central Repository may not collect such a fee from an agency of criminal justice or any other agency dealing with crime which is required to submit information pursuant to subsection 2. All money collected pursuant to this paragraph must be used to pay for the cost of operating the Central Repository or for any other purpose authorized by the Legislature, and any balance of the money remaining at the end of a fiscal year reverts to the State General Fund. (c) In the manner prescribed by the Director of the Department, use electronic means to receive and disseminate information contained in the Central Repository that it is authorized to disseminate pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

10. As used in this section: (a) “ Mobile identification ” means the collection, storage, transmission, reception, search, access or processing of a biometric identifier using a handheld device. (b) “ Personal identifying information ” means any information designed, commonly used or capable of being used, alone or in conjunction with any other information, to identify a person, including, without limitation: (1) The name, driver's license number, social security number, date of birth and photograph or computer-generated image of a person; and (2) A biometric identifier of a person. (c) “ Private school ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 394.103 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 169.151 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 169 / Section 169.151
“Prohibited offense” defined
Status: in_force

1. “ Prohibited offense ” means: (a) A violation of a temporary order for protection; (b) A violation of NRS 200.575 ; (c) A crime of violence; (d) A violation of NRS 483.490 ; or (e) A violation of NRS 483.560 .

2. As used in this section, “ temporary order for protection ” means an order for protection which may be issued by a court without affording the adverse party notice and an opportunity to be heard.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.159 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.159
Delivery of report of presentence or general investigation to Director of Department of Corrections
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when a court imposes a sentence of imprisonment in the state prison or revokes a program of probation and orders a sentence of imprisonment to the state prison to be executed, the court shall cause a copy of the report of the presentence investigation to be delivered to the Director of the Department of Corrections, if such a report was made. The report must be delivered not later than when the judgment of imprisonment is delivered pursuant to NRS 176.335 . Delivery of the report may, at the court's discretion, also be accomplished by electronic transmission or by affording the Department of Corrections the required electronic access necessary to retrieve the report.

2. If a presentence investigation and report were not required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3 of NRS 176.135 or pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 176.151 , the court shall cause a copy of the previous report of the presentence investigation or a copy of the report of the general investigation, as appropriate, to be delivered to the Director of the Department of Corrections in the manner provided pursuant to subsection 1.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.430 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.430
“Intercept” defined
Status: in_force

“ Intercept ” means the aural acquisition of the contents of any wire, electronic or oral communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical or other device or of any sending or receiving equipment.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.3981 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178 / Section 178.3981
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 178.3981 to 178.4715 , inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 178.3982 to 178.399 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.592 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178 / Section 178.592
Calendar of criminal actions: Preparation by clerk
Status: in_force

1. The clerk must prepare a calendar of all criminal actions pending in the court, enumerating them according to the date of filing of the indictment, information or complaint, specifying opposite the title of each action whether such action is for a felony or misdemeanor, and whether the defendant is in custody or on bail.

2. Preference shall be given to criminal proceedings as far as practicable.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.0922 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.0922
“Central Repository” defined
Status: in_force

“Central Repository” means the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.335 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.335
Duty of sheriff on receiving copies of judgment of imprisonment; Director of Department of Corrections to receive prisoner from sheriff; when term of imprisonment begins
Status: in_force

1. If a judgment is for imprisonment in the state prison, the sheriff of the county shall, on receipt of the triplicate certified paper or electronic copies of the judgment of conviction, immediately notify the Director of the Department of Corrections and the Director shall, without delay, send some authorized person to the county where the prisoner is held for commitment to receive the prisoner.

2. When such an authorized person presents to the sheriff holding the prisoner an order for the delivery of the prisoner, the sheriff shall deliver to the authorized person two of the certified copies of the judgment of conviction and take from the person a receipt for the prisoner, and the sheriff shall make return upon the certified copy of the judgment of conviction, showing the sheriff's proceedings thereunder, and both that copy with the return affixed thereto and the receipt from the authorized person must be filed with the county clerk.

3. The term of imprisonment designated in the judgment of conviction must begin on the date of sentence of the prisoner by the court.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 169.025 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 169 / Section 169.025
Scope
Status: in_force

1. This title governs the procedure in the courts of the State of Nevada and before magistrates in all criminal proceedings.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 62C.330 , this title does not apply to proceedings against children conducted pursuant to title 5 of NRS.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.3986 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178 / Section 178.3986
“Person with mental illness” defined
Status: in_force

“ Person with mental illness ” means a person who has a mental disorder.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 175.036 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 175 / Section 175.036
Challenges for cause for individual jurors: Grounds; trial of challenge
Status: in_force

1. Either side may challenge an individual juror for disqualification or for any cause or favor which would prevent the juror from adjudicating the facts fairly.

2. Challenges for cause shall be tried by the court. The juror challenged and any other person may be examined as a witness on the trial of the challenge.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.063 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.063
Administrative assessment, fine or fee for felony or gross misdemeanor: Court must advise defendant regarding lien
Status: in_force

If a district court imposes a fine, administrative assessment or fee upon a defendant who pleads guilty or guilty but mentally ill or is found guilty or guilty but mentally ill of a felony or gross misdemeanor, the district court judge shall advise the defendant at the time of sentencing that:

1. The judgment constitutes a lien, pursuant to NRS 176.275 ; and

2. If the defendant does not satisfy the lien, collection efforts may be undertaken against the defendant pursuant to the laws of this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179A.800 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179A / Section 179A.800
Enactment; text
Status: in_force

The National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact is hereby ratified, enacted into law and entered into with all jurisdictions legally joining in the Compact, in substantially the form set forth in this section:

Article I. Definitions As used in this Compact, the following definitions apply: (1) “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States. (2) “Compact officer” means: (a) With respect to the Federal Government, an official so designated by the Director of the FBI; and (b) With respect to a party state, the chief administrator of the state's criminal history record repository or a designee of the chief administrator who is a regular full-time employee of the repository. (3) “Council” means the Compact Council established under Article VI. (4) “Criminal history record repository” means the state agency designated by the governor or other appropriate executive official or the legislature of a state to perform centralized recordkeeping functions for criminal history records and services in the state. (5) (a) “Criminal history records” means information collected by criminal justice agencies on individuals consisting of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, or other formal criminal charges and any disposition arising therefrom, including acquittal, sentencing, correctional supervision, or release. (b) The term does not include identification information such as fingerprint records if the information does not indicate involvement of the individual with the criminal justice system. (6) “Criminal justice” includes activities relating to the detection, apprehension, detention, pretrial release, posttrial release, prosecution, adjudication, correctional supervision, or rehabilitation of accused persons or criminal offenders. The administration of criminal justice includes criminal identification activities and the collection, storage, and dissemination of criminal history records. (7) (a) “Criminal justice agency” means: (i) Courts; and (ii) A governmental agency or any subunit of an agency that performs the administration of criminal justice pursuant to a statute or executive order and allocates a substantial part of its annual budget to the administration of criminal justice. (b) The term includes federal and state inspector general offices. (8) “Criminal justice services” means services provided by the FBI to criminal justice agencies in response to a request for information about a particular individual or as an update to information previously provided for criminal justice purposes. (9) “Direct access” means access to the national identification index by computer terminal or other automated means not requiring the assistance of or intervention by any other party or agency. (10) “Executive order” means an order of the President of the United States or the chief executive officer of a state that has the force of law and that is promulgated in accordance with applicable law. (11) “FBI” means the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (12) (a) “III System” means the Interstate Identification Index System, which is the cooperative federal-state system for the exchange of criminal history records. (b) The term includes the national identification index, the national fingerprint file, and to the extent of their participation in the system, the criminal history record repositories of the states and the FBI. (13) “National fingerprint file” means a database of fingerprints or of other uniquely personal identifying information that relates to an arrested or charged individual and that is maintained by the FBI to provide positive identification of record subjects indexed in the III System. (14) “National identification index” means an index maintained by the FBI consisting of names, identifying numbers, and other descriptive information relating to record subjects about whom there are criminal history records in the III System. (15) “National indexes” means the national identification index and the national fingerprint file. (16) “Noncriminal justice purposes” means uses of criminal history records for purposes authorized by federal or state law other than purposes relating to criminal justice activities, including employment suitability, licensing determinations, immigration and naturalization matters, and national security clearances. (17) “Nonparty state” means a state that has not ratified this Compact. (18) “Party state” means a state that has ratified this Compact. (19) “Positive identification” means a determination, based upon a comparison of fingerprints or other equally reliable biometric identification techniques, that the subject of a record search is the same person as the subject of a criminal history record or records indexed in the III System. Identifications based solely upon a comparison of subjects' names or other nonunique identification characteristics or numbers, or combinations thereof, does not constitute positive identification. (20) “Sealed record information” means: (a) With respect to adults, that portion of a record that is: (i) Not available for criminal justice uses; (ii) Not supported by fingerprints or other accepted means of positive identification; or (iii) Subject to restrictions on dissemination for noncriminal justice purposes pursuant to a court order related to a particular subject or pursuant to a federal or state statute that requires action on a sealing petition filed by a particular record subject; and (b) With respect to juveniles, whatever each state determines is a sealed record under its own law and procedure. (21) “State” means any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Article II. Purposes The purposes of this Compact are to: (1) Provide a legal framework for the establishment of a cooperative federal-state system for the interstate and federal-state exchange of criminal history records for noncriminal justice uses; (2) Require the FBI to permit use of the national identification index and the national fingerprint file by each party state and to provide, in a timely fashion, federal and state criminal history records to requesting states, in accordance with the terms of this Compact and with rules, procedures, and standards established by the Council under Article VI; (3) Require party states to provide information and records for the national identification index and the national fingerprint file and to provide criminal history records, in a timely fashion, to criminal history record repositories of other states and the Federal Government for noncriminal justice purposes, in accordance with the terms of this Compact and with rules, procedures, and standards established by the Council under Article VI; (4) Provide for the establishment of a Council to monitor III System operations and to prescribe system rules and procedures for the effective and proper operation of the III System for noncriminal justice purposes; and (5) Require the FBI and each party state to adhere to III System standards concerning record dissemination and use, response times, system security, data quality, and other duly established standards, including those that enhance the accuracy and privacy of such records.

Article III. Responsibilities of Compact Parties (1) The Director of the FBI shall: (a) Appoint an FBI Compact officer who shall: (i) Administer this Compact within the Department of Justice and among federal agencies and other agencies and organizations that submit search requests to the FBI pursuant to Article V(3); (ii) Ensure that Compact provisions and rules, procedures, and standards prescribed by the Council under Article VI are complied with by the Department of Justice and the federal agencies and other agencies and organizations referred to in subsection (1)(a)(i) of this Article III; and (iii) Regulate the use of records received by means of the III System from party states when such records are supplied by the FBI directly to other federal agencies; (b) Provide to federal agencies and to state criminal history record repositories criminal history records maintained in its database for the noncriminal justice purposes described in Article IV, including: (i) Information from nonparty states; and (ii) Information from party states that is available from the FBI through the III System, but is not available from the party state through the III System; (c) Provide a telecommunications network and maintain centralized facilities for the exchange of criminal history records for both criminal justice purposes and the noncriminal justice purposes described in Article IV and ensure that the exchange of the records for criminal justice purposes has priority over exchange for noncriminal justice purposes; and (d) Modify or enter into user agreements with nonparty state criminal history record repositories to require them to establish record request procedures conforming to those prescribed in Article V. (2) Each party state shall: (a) Appoint a Compact officer who shall: (i) Administer this Compact within that state; (ii) Ensure that Compact provisions and rules, procedures, and standards established by the Council under Article VI are complied with in the state; and (iii) Regulate the in-state use of records received by means of the III System from the FBI or from other party states; (b) Establish and maintain a criminal history record repository, which shall provide: (i) Information and records for the national identification index and the national fingerprint file; and (ii) The state's III System-indexed criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes described in Article IV; (c) Participate in the national fingerprint file; and (d) Provide and maintain telecommunications links and related equipment necessary to support the criminal justice services set forth in this Compact. (3) In carrying out their responsibilities under this Compact, the FBI and each party state shall comply with III System rules, procedures, and standards duly established by the Council concerning record dissemination and use, response times, data quality, system security, accuracy, privacy protection, and other aspects of III System operation. (4) (a) Use of the III System for noncriminal justice purposes authorized in this Compact must be managed so as not to diminish the level of services provided in support of criminal justice purposes. (b) Administration of Compact provisions may not reduce the level of service available to authorized noncriminal justice users on the effective date of this Compact.

Article IV. Authorized Record Disclosures (1) To the extent authorized by section 552a of Title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Privacy Act of 1974), the FBI shall provide on request criminal history records, excluding sealed record information, to state criminal history record repositories for noncriminal justice purposes allowed by federal statute, federal executive order, or a state statute which has been approved by the Attorney General and which authorizes national indexes checks. (2) The FBI, to the extent authorized by section 552a of Title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Privacy Act of 1974), and state criminal history record repositories shall provide criminal history records, excluding sealed record information, to criminal justice agencies and other governmental or nongovernmental agencies for noncriminal justice purposes allowed by federal statute, federal executive order, or a state statute that has been approved by the Attorney General, that explicitly authorizes national indexes checks. (3) Any record obtained under this Compact may be used only for the official purposes for which the record was requested. Each Compact officer shall establish procedures, consistent with this Compact and with rules, procedures, and standards established by the Council under Article VI, which procedures shall protect the accuracy and privacy of the records and shall: (a) Ensure that records obtained under this Compact are used only by authorized officials for authorized purposes; (b) Require that subsequent record checks are requested to obtain current information whenever a new need arises; and (c) Ensure that record entries that may not legally be used for a particular noncriminal justice purpose are deleted from the response and, if no information authorized for release remains, an appropriate “no record” response is communicated to the requesting official.

Article V. Record Request Procedures (1) Subject fingerprints or other approved forms of positive identification must be submitted with all requests for criminal history record checks for noncriminal justice purposes. (2) Each request for a criminal history record check utilizing the national indexes made under any approved state statute must be submitted through that state's criminal history record repository. A state criminal history record repository shall process an interstate request for noncriminal justice purposes through the national indexes only if the request is transmitted through another state criminal history record repository or the FBI. (3) Each request for criminal history record checks utilizing the national indexes made under federal authority must be submitted through the FBI or, if the state criminal history record repository consents to process fingerprint submissions, through the criminal history record repository in the state in which the request originated. Direct access to the national identification index by entities other than the FBI and state criminal history records repositories may not be permitted for noncriminal justice purposes. (4) A state criminal history record repository or the FBI: (a) May charge a fee, in accordance with applicable law, for handling a request involving fingerprint processing for noncriminal justice purposes; and (b) May not charge a fee for providing criminal history records in response to an electronic request for a record that does not involve a request to process fingerprints. (5) (a) If a state criminal history record repository cannot positively identify the subject of a record request made for noncriminal justice purposes, the request, together with fingerprints or other approved identifying information, must be forwarded to the FBI for a search of the national indexes. (b) If, with respect to a request forwarded by a state criminal history record repository under subsection (5)(a), the FBI positively identifies the subject as having a III System-indexed record or records: (i) The FBI shall so advise the state criminal history record repository; and (ii) The state criminal history record repository is entitled to obtain the additional criminal history record information from the FBI or other state criminal history record repositories.

Article VI. Establishment of Compact Council (1) (a) There is established a Council to be known as the Compact Council, which has the authority to promulgate rules and procedures governing the use of the III System for noncriminal justice purposes, not to conflict with FBI administration of the III System for criminal justice purposes. (b) The Council shall: (i) Continue in existence as long as this Compact remains in effect; (ii) Be located, for administrative purposes, within the FBI; and (iii) Be organized and hold its first meeting as soon as practicable after the effective date of this Compact. (2) The Council must be composed of 15 members, each of whom must be appointed by the Attorney General, as follows: (a) Nine members, each of whom shall serve a 2-year term, who must be selected from among the Compact officers of party states based on the recommendation of the Compact officers of all party states, except that in the absence of the requisite number of Compact officers available to serve, the chief administrators of the criminal history record repositories of nonparty states must be eligible to serve on an interim basis; (b) Two at-large members, nominated by the Director of the FBI, each of whom shall serve a 3-year term, of whom: (i) One must be a representative of the criminal justice agencies of the Federal Government and may not be an employee of the FBI; and (ii) One must be a representative of the noncriminal justice agencies of the Federal Government; (c) Two at-large members, nominated by the Chair of the Council once the Chair is elected pursuant to subsection (3) of this Article VI, each of whom shall serve a 3-year term, of whom: (i) One must be a representative of state or local criminal justice agencies; and (ii) One must be a representative of state or local noncriminal justice agencies; (d) One member who shall serve a 3-year term and who shall simultaneously be a member of the FBI's Advisory Policy Board on Criminal Justice Information Services, nominated by the membership of that Policy Board; and (e) One member, nominated by the Director of the FBI, who shall serve a 3-year term and who must be an employee of the FBI. (3) (a) From its membership, the Council shall elect a Chair and a Vice Chair of the Council. Both the Chair and Vice Chair of the Council: (i) Must be a Compact officer, unless there is no Compact officer on the Council who is willing to serve, in which case the Chair may be an at-large member; and (ii) Shall serve 2-year terms and may be reelected to only one additional 2-year term. (b) The Vice Chair of the Council shall serve as the Chair of the Council in the absence of the Chair. (4) (a) The Council shall meet at least once each year at the call of the Chair. Each meeting of the Council must be open to the public. The Council shall provide prior public notice in the Federal Register of each meeting of the Council, including the matters to be addressed at the meeting. (b) A majority of the Council or any committee of the Council shall constitute a quorum of the Council or of a committee, respectively, for the conduct of business. A lesser number may meet to hold hearings, take testimony, or conduct any business not requiring a vote. (5) The Council shall make available for public inspection and copying at the Council office within the FBI and shall publish in the Federal Register any rules, procedures, or standards established by the Council. (6) The Council may request from the FBI reports, studies, statistics, or other information or materials that the Council determines to be necessary to enable the Council to perform its duties under this Compact. The FBI, to the extent authorized by law, may provide assistance or information upon a request. (7) The Chair may establish committees as necessary to carry out this Compact and may prescribe their membership, responsibilities, and duration.

Article VII. Ratification of Compact This Compact takes effect upon being entered into by two or more states as between those states and the Federal Government. When additional states subsequently enter into this Compact, it becomes effective among those states and the Federal Government and each party state that has previously ratified it. When ratified, this Compact has the full force and effect of law within the ratifying jurisdictions. The form of ratification must be in accordance with the laws of the executing state.

Article VIII. Miscellaneous Provisions (1) Administration of this Compact may not interfere with the management and control of the Director of the FBI over the FBI's collection and dissemination of criminal history records and the advisory function of the FBI's Advisory Policy Board chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) for all purposes other than noncriminal justice. (2) Nothing in this Compact requires the FBI to obligate or expend funds beyond those appropriated to the FBI. (3) Nothing in this Compact diminishes or lessens the obligations, responsibilities, and authorities of any state, whether a party state or a nonparty state, or of any criminal history record repository or other subdivision or component thereof, under the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1973 ( Public Law 92-544 ), or regulations and guidelines promulgated thereunder, including the rules and procedures promulgated by the Council under Article VI(1), regarding the use and dissemination of criminal history records and information.

Article IX. Renunciation (1) This Compact shall bind each party state until renounced by the party state. (2) Any renunciation of this Compact by a party state must: (a) Be effected in the same manner by which the party state ratified this Compact; and (b) Become effective 180 days after written notice of renunciation is provided by the party state to each other party state and to the Federal Government.

The provisions of this Compact are severable. If any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state or to the Constitution of the United States or if the applicability of any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Compact to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability of the remainder of the Compact to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is not affected by the severability. If a portion of this Compact is held contrary to the constitution of any party state, all other portions of this Compact remain in full force and effect as to the remaining party states and in full force and effect as to the party state affected, as to all other provisions.

Article XI. Adjudication of Disputes (1) The Council: (a) Has initial authority to make determinations with respect to any dispute regarding: (i) Interpretation of this Compact; (ii) Any rule or standard established by the Council pursuant to Article VI; and (iii) Any dispute or controversy between any parties to this Compact; and (b) Shall hold a hearing concerning any dispute described in subsection (1)(a) at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Council and only render a decision based upon a majority vote of the members of the Council. The decision must be published pursuant to the requirements of Article VI(5). (2) The FBI shall exercise immediate and necessary action to preserve the integrity of the III System, to maintain system policy and standards, to protect the accuracy and privacy of records, and to prevent abuses until the Council holds a hearing on the matters. (3) The FBI or a party state may appeal any decision of the Council to the Attorney General and after that appeal may file suit in the appropriate District Court of the United States that has original jurisdiction of all cases or controversies arising under this Compact. Any suit arising under this Compact and initiated in a state court must be removed to the appropriate District Court of the United States in the manner provided by section 1446 of Title 28, United States Code , or other statutory authority.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 174.235 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 174 / Section 174.235
Disclosure by prosecuting attorney of evidence relating to prosecution; limitations
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 174.233 to 174.295 , inclusive, at the request of a defendant, the prosecuting attorney shall permit the defendant to inspect and to copy or photograph any: (a) Written or recorded statements or confessions made by the defendant, or any written or recorded statements made by a witness the prosecuting attorney intends to call during the case in chief of the State, or copies thereof, within the possession, custody or control of the State, the existence of which is known, or by the exercise of due diligence may become known, to the prosecuting attorney; (b) Results or reports of physical or mental examinations, scientific tests or scientific experiments made in connection with the particular case, or copies thereof, within the possession, custody or control of the State, the existence of which is known, or by the exercise of due diligence may become known, to the prosecuting attorney; and (c) Books, papers, documents, tangible objects, or copies thereof, which the prosecuting attorney intends to introduce during the case in chief of the State and which are within the possession, custody or control of the State, the existence of which is known, or by the exercise of due diligence may become known, to the prosecuting attorney.

2. The defendant is not entitled, pursuant to the provisions of this section, to the discovery or inspection of: (a) An internal report, document or memorandum that is prepared by or on behalf of the prosecuting attorney in connection with the investigation or prosecution of the case. (b) A statement, report, book, paper, document, tangible object or any other type of item or information that is privileged or protected from disclosure or inspection pursuant to the Constitution or laws of this state or the Constitution of the United States.

3. The provisions of this section are not intended to affect any obligation placed upon the prosecuting attorney by the Constitution of this state or the Constitution of the United States to disclose exculpatory evidence to the defendant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.1233 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 171 / Section 171.1233
Recording of law enforcement activity
Status: in_force

1. A person who is not under arrest or in the custody of a peace officer may record a law enforcement activity and maintain custody and control of that recording and any property or instruments used by the person to record a law enforcement activity. A person who is under arrest or in the custody of a peace officer does not, by that status alone, forfeit the right to have any such recordings, property or instruments maintained and returned to him or her. This subsection must not be construed to authorize a person to engage in actions that interfere with or obstruct a law enforcement activity or otherwise violate any other law in an effort to record a law enforcement activity.

2. A peace officer shall not act to interfere with a person's recording of a law enforcement activity, including, without limitation, by: (a) Intentionally preventing or attempting to prevent the person from recording a law enforcement activity; (b) Threatening the person for recording a law enforcement activity; (c) Commanding that the person cease recording a law enforcement activity when the person was nevertheless authorized by law to record the law enforcement activity; (d) Stopping, seizing or searching the person because he or she recorded a law enforcement activity; or (e) Unlawfully seizing property or instruments used by the person to record a law enforcement activity, unlawfully destroying or seizing any recorded image of a law enforcement activity or copying such a recording of a law enforcement activity without the consent of the person who recorded it or obtaining approval from an appropriate court.

3. As used in this section: (a) “ Law enforcement activity ” means any activity by a peace officer acting under the color of law. (b) “ Peace officer ” means any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360 , inclusive. (c) “ Record ” means to capture or attempt to capture any moving or still image, sound or impression through the use of any recording device, camera or any other device capable of capturing audio or moving or still images, or by means of written notes or observations. The term includes, without limitation, the capturing of or the attempt to capture any moving or still image, sound or impression through the use of any such device for the purpose of broadcasting an event or occurrence in real time.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.211 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.211
Extension of time of commitment; adjournment
Status: in_force

If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the Governor by the expiration of the time specified in the warrant or bond, a judge or magistrate may discharge or may recommit the accused for a further period not to exceed 60 days, or a judge or magistrate judge may again take bail for the accused’s appearance and surrender, as provided in NRS 179.209 , but within a period not to exceed 60 days after the date of such new bond.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 169.215 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 169 / Section 169.215
Interpretation
Status: in_force

1. Writing includes printing and typewriting.

2. Every mode of oral statement, under oath or affirmation, is embraced by the term “testify,” and every written one in the term “depose.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 173.195 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 173 / Section 173.195
Execution of warrant and service of summons
Status: in_force

The warrant shall be executed or the summons served as provided in NRS 171.114 , 171.118 and 171.122 . A summons to a corporation shall be served as provided in NRS 171.122 . The officer executing the warrant shall bring the arrested person promptly before the court or, for the purpose of admission to bail, before a magistrate.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 173.185 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 173 / Section 173.185
Form of summons
Status: in_force

The summons shall be in the same form as the warrant except that it shall summon the defendant to appear before the court at a stated time and place.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.135 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.135
Presentence investigation and report: When required; time for completing; training
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 176.151 , the Division shall make a presentence investigation and report to the court on each defendant who pleads guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere to, or is found guilty or guilty but mentally ill of, a felony.

2. If a defendant is convicted of a felony that is a sexual offense, the presentence investigation and report: (a) Must be made before the imposition of sentence or the granting of probation; and (b) If the sexual offense is an offense for which the suspension of sentence or the granting of probation is permitted, must include a psychosexual evaluation of the defendant.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, if a defendant is convicted of a felony other than a sexual offense, the presentence investigation and report must be made before the imposition of sentence or the granting of probation unless: (a) A sentence is fixed by a jury; or (b) Such an investigation and report on the defendant has been made by the Division within the 5 years immediately preceding the date initially set for sentencing on the most recent offense.

4. Upon request of the court, the Division shall make presentence investigations and reports on defendants who plead guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere to, or are found guilty or guilty but mentally ill of, gross misdemeanors.

5. If a defendant is convicted of a felony other than a sexual offense or of a gross misdemeanor and the conviction is of an offense for which the suspension of sentence or the granting of probation is permitted, the Division shall, before the imposition of sentence or the granting of probation, make a presentence investigation and report to the court that includes a psychosexual evaluation of the defendant if the defendant and the prosecuting attorney submit to the court a joint request for a presentence investigation and report that includes a psychosexual evaluation of the defendant. The provisions of this subsection apply only to a conviction where the original charge in the complaint, information or indictment was for a sexual offense, as defined in NRS 176.133 or 179D.097 .

6. Each court in which a report of a presentence investigation can be made must ensure that each judge of the court receives training concerning the manner in which to use the information included in a report of a presentence investigation for the purpose of imposing a sentence. Such training must include, without limitation, education concerning behavioral health needs and intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.355 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.355
Commitment and bail after preliminary examination
Status: in_force

Commitment and bail may be in substantially the following form:

COMMITMENT AND BAIL

It appearing to me by the within depositions and statement (if any) that the offense therein named (or any other offense according to the fact, stating generally the nature thereof) has been committed, and that there is sufficient cause to believe the within-named A. B. guilty thereof, I order that A. B. be held to answer the same (and A. B. is hereby committed to the sheriff of the County of ________________________) or (and I have admitted A. B. to bail to answer by the undertaking hereto annexed) or (and that A. B. be admitted to bail in the sum of _____________ dollars, and is committed to the sheriff of the County of ________________________ until A. B. give such bail).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.495 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.495
Notice to parties to intercepted communications
Status: in_force

1. Within a reasonable time but not later than 90 days after the termination of the period of an order or any extension thereof, the judge who issued the order shall cause to be served on the chief of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety, persons named in the order and any other parties to intercepted communications, an inventory which must include notice of: (a) The fact of the entry and a copy of the order. (b) The fact that during the period wire, electronic or oral communications were or were not intercepted. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115 , the inventory filed pursuant to this section is confidential and must not be released for inspection unless subpoenaed by a court of competent jurisdiction.

2. The judge, upon receipt of a written request from any person who was a party to an intercepted communication or from the person's attorney, shall make available to the person or the person's counsel those portions of the intercepted communications which contain the person's conversation. On an ex parte showing of good cause to a district judge, the serving of the inventory required by this section may be postponed for such time as the judge may provide.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.5715 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178 / Section 178.5715
“Cooperation agreement” defined
Status: in_force

“ Cooperation agreement ” means a written agreement:

1. Between a person who is or was in jail or prison and the office of a prosecuting attorney wherein the person agrees to be an informant; and

2. Which includes, without limitation, a summary of: (a) The testimony to be provided by the informant; and (b) The benefit which has been or may be provided to the informant in exchange for the testimony described in paragraph (a).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.165 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.165
When plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere may be withdrawn
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this section, a motion to withdraw a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere may be made only before sentence is imposed or imposition of sentence is suspended. To correct manifest injustice, the court after sentence may set aside the judgment of conviction and permit the defendant to withdraw the plea.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.255 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.255
Sealing of records after dismissal, decline of prosecution or acquittal: Petition; notice; hearing; exceptions; order; inspection of records
Status: in_force

1. If a person has been arrested for alleged criminal conduct and the charges are dismissed, the prosecuting attorney having jurisdiction declined prosecution of the charges or such person is acquitted of the charges, the person may petition: (a) The court in which the charges were dismissed, at any time after the date the charges were dismissed; (b) The court having jurisdiction in which the charges were declined for prosecution: (1) Any time after the applicable statute of limitations has run; (2) Any time 8 years after the arrest; or (3) Pursuant to a stipulation between the parties; or (c) The court in which the acquittal was entered, at any time after the date of the acquittal, for the sealing of all records relating to the arrest and the proceedings leading to the dismissal, declination or acquittal.

2. If the conviction of a person is set aside pursuant to NRS 458A.240 , the person may petition the court that set aside the conviction, at any time after the conviction has been set aside, for the sealing of all records relating to the setting aside of the conviction.

3. A petition filed pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 must: (a) Be accompanied by the petitioner's current, verified records received from the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History; (b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), include the disposition of the proceedings for the records to be sealed; (c) If the petition references NRS 453.3365 , include a certificate of acknowledgment or the disposition of the proceedings for the records to be sealed from all agencies of criminal justice which maintain such records; (d) Include a list of any other public or private agency, company, official and other custodian of records that is reasonably known to the petitioner to have possession of records of the arrest and of the proceedings leading to the dismissal, declination or acquittal and to whom the order to seal records, if issued, will be directed; and (e) Include information that, to the best knowledge and belief of the petitioner, accurately and completely identifies the records to be sealed, including, without limitation, the: (1) Date of birth of the petitioner; (2) Specific charges that were dismissed or of which the petitioner was acquitted; and (3) Date of arrest relating to the specific charges that were dismissed or of which the petitioner was acquitted.

4. Upon receiving a petition pursuant to subsection 1, the court shall notify the law enforcement agency that arrested the petitioner for the crime and: (a) If the charges were dismissed, declined for prosecution or the acquittal was entered in a district court or justice court, the prosecuting attorney for the county; or (b) If the charges were dismissed, declined for prosecution or the acquittal was entered in a municipal court, the prosecuting attorney for the city. The prosecuting attorney and any person having relevant evidence may testify and present evidence at any hearing on the petition.

5. Upon receiving a petition pursuant to subsection 2, the court shall notify: (a) If the conviction was set aside in a district court or justice court, the prosecuting attorney for the county; or (b) If the conviction was set aside in a municipal court, the prosecuting attorney for the city. The prosecuting attorney and any person having relevant evidence may testify and present evidence at any hearing on the petition.

6. If the prosecuting agency that prosecuted or declined to prosecute the petitioner for the crime stipulates to the sealing of the records, the court shall apply the presumption set forth in NRS 179.2445 and seal the records. If the prosecuting agency does not stipulate to the sealing of the records or does not file a written objection within 30 days after receiving notification pursuant to subsection 4 or 5 and the court makes the findings set forth in subsection 7 or 8, as applicable, the court may order the sealing of the records in accordance with subsection 7 or 8, as applicable, without a hearing. If the court does not order the sealing of the records or the prosecuting agency files a written objection, a hearing on the petition must be conducted. At the hearing, unless an objecting party presents evidence sufficient to rebut the presumption set forth in NRS 179.2445 , the court shall apply the presumption and seal the records.

7. If the court finds: (a) That there has been an acquittal and there is no evidence that further action will be brought against the person, the court shall order sealed all records of the arrest and of the proceedings leading to the acquittal which are in the custody of any agency of criminal justice or any public or private company, agency, official or other custodian of records in the State of Nevada; or (b) That prosecution was declined or that the charges were dismissed and there is no evidence that further action will be brought against the person, the court may order sealed all records of the arrest and of the proceedings leading to the declination or dismissal which are in the custody of any agency of criminal justice or any public or private company, agency, official or other custodian of records in the State of Nevada.

8. If the court finds that the conviction of the petitioner was set aside pursuant to NRS 458A.240 , the court may order sealed all records relating to the setting aside of the conviction which are in the custody of any agency of criminal justice or any public or private company, agency, official or other custodian of records in the State of Nevada.

9. If the prosecuting attorney having jurisdiction previously declined prosecution of the charges and the records of the arrest have been sealed pursuant to subsection 7, the prosecuting attorney may subsequently file the charges at any time before the running of the statute of limitations for those charges. If such charges are filed with the court, the court shall order the inspection of the records without the prosecuting attorney having to petition the court pursuant to NRS 179.295 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 180.440 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 180 / Section 180.440
Duties of other designated Deputy Director
Status: in_force

One deputy director selected pursuant to NRS 180.420 must be responsible for reviewing the manner in which indigent defense services are provided throughout the State. To carry out this responsibility, the deputy director shall:

1. Obtain information from attorneys relating to caseloads, salaries paid to criminal defense attorneys and the manner in which indigent defense services are provided.

2. Conduct on-site visits of court proceedings throughout the State to determine the manner in which indigent defense services are provided, including, without limitation, whether: (a) Minimum standards for the provision of indigent defense services established by the Board on Indigent Defense Services are being followed; (b) Court rules regarding the provision of indigent defense services are being followed; (c) Indigent defendants are being asked to provide reimbursement for their representation or to take any other actions that violate the constitution, any law, a court rule or a regulation of the Board; and (d) Representation of indigent defendants is being provided in an effective manner.

3. Report to the other deputy director upon a determination that any person is providing indigent defense services in an ineffective or otherwise inappropriate manner.

4. Recommend entering into a corrective action plan with any board of county commissioners of a county which is not meeting the minimum standards for the provision of indigent defense services or is in any other manner deficient in the provision of such services.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 189.005 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 189 / Section 189.005
Applicability of other provisions of title
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, criminal proceedings in justice courts are governed by the provisions of this title.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.211 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.211
Eligibility; duration; terms and conditions; violation of term or condition; discharge and dismissal; sealing of records
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, upon a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere, but before a judgment of guilt, the court may, without entering a judgment of guilt and with the consent of the defendant, defer judgment on the case to a specified future date and set forth specific terms and conditions for the defendant. The duration of the deferral period must not exceed the applicable period set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 176A.500 or the extension of the period pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 176A.500 . The court may not defer judgment pursuant to this subsection if the defendant has entered into a plea agreement with a prosecuting attorney unless the plea agreement allows the deferral.

2. The terms and conditions set forth for the defendant during the deferral period may include, without limitation, the: (a) Payment of restitution; (b) Payment of court costs; (c) Payment of an assessment in lieu of any fine authorized by law for the offense; (d) Payment of any other assessment or cost authorized by law; (e) Completion of a term of community service; (f) Placement on probation pursuant to NRS 176A.500 and the ordering of any conditions which can be imposed for probation pursuant to NRS 176A.400 ; or (g) Completion of a specialty court program.

3. The court: (a) Upon the consent of the defendant: (1) Shall defer judgment for any defendant who has entered a plea of guilty, guilty but mentally ill or nolo contendere to a violation of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 453.336 ; or (2) May defer judgment for any defendant who is placed in a specialty court program. The court may extend any deferral period for not more than 12 months to allow for the completion of a specialty court program. (b) Shall not defer judgment for any defendant who has been convicted of a violent or sexual offense as defined in NRS 202.876 , a crime against a child as defined in NRS 179D.0357 , a violation of NRS 200.508 or a violation of NRS 574.100 that is punishable pursuant to subsection 6 of that section.

4. Upon violation of a term or condition: (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b): (1) The court may enter a judgment of conviction and proceed as provided in the section pursuant to which the defendant was charged. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (e) of subsection 2 of NRS 193.130 , the court may order the defendant to the custody of the Department of Corrections if the offense is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison. (b) If the defendant has been placed in the program for a first or second violation of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 453.336 , the court may allow the defendant to continue to participate in the program or terminate the participation of the defendant in the program. If the court terminates the participation of the defendant in the program, the court shall allow the defendant to withdraw his or her plea.

5. Upon completion of the terms and conditions of the deferred judgment, and upon a finding by the court that the terms and conditions have been met, the court shall discharge the defendant and dismiss the proceedings. Discharge and dismissal pursuant to this section is without adjudication of guilt and is not a conviction for purposes of employment, civil rights or any statute or regulation or license or questionnaire or for any other public or private purpose, but is a conviction for the purpose of additional penalties imposed for second or subsequent convictions or the setting of bail. Discharge and dismissal restores the defendant, in the contemplation of the law, to the status occupied before the arrest, indictment or information.

6. The court shall order sealed all documents, papers and exhibits in the defendant's record, minute book entries and entries on dockets, and other documents relating to the case in the custody of such other agencies and officers as are named in the court's order if the defendant fulfills the terms and conditions imposed by the court and the Division. The court shall order those records sealed without a hearing unless the Division or the prosecutor petitions the court, for good cause shown, not to seal the records and requests a hearing thereon.

7. If the court orders sealed the record of a defendant discharged pursuant to this section, the court shall send a copy of the order to each agency or officer named in the order. Each such agency or officer shall notify the court in writing of its compliance with the order.

8. As used in this section: (a) “ Court ” means a district court of the State of Nevada. (b) “ Specialty court program ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 176A.065 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 172.095 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 172 / Section 172.095
Charges to be given to grand jury by court; district attorney to inform grand jury of specific elements of public offense considered as basis of indictment
Status: in_force

1. The grand jury being impaneled and sworn, must be charged by the court. In doing so, the court shall: (a) Give the grand jurors such information as is required by law and any other information it deems proper regarding their duties and any charges for public offenses returned to the court or likely to come before the grand jury. (b) Inform the grand jurors of the provisions of NRS 172.245 and the penalties for its violation. (c) Give each regular and alternate grand juror a copy of the charges. (d) Inform the grand jurors that the failure of a person to exercise the right to testify as provided in NRS 172.241 must not be considered in their decision of whether or not to return an indictment.

2. Before seeking an indictment, or a series of similar indictments, the district attorney shall inform the grand jurors of the specific elements of any public offense which they may consider as the basis of the indictment or indictments.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 177.055 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 177 / Section 177.055
Automatic appeal in certain cases; mandatory review of death sentence by court of appeals or Supreme Court
Status: in_force

1. When upon a plea of not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity a judgment of death is entered, an appeal is deemed automatically taken by the defendant without any action by the defendant or the defendant's counsel, unless the defendant or the defendant's counsel affirmatively waives the appeal within 30 days after the rendition of the judgment.

2. Whether or not the defendant or the defendant's counsel affirmatively waives the appeal, the sentence must be reviewed on the record by the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution , which shall consider, in a single proceeding, if an appeal is taken: (a) Any errors enumerated by way of appeal; (b) If a court determined that the defendant is not intellectually disabled during a hearing held pursuant to NRS 174.098 , whether that determination was correct; (c) Whether the evidence supports the finding of an aggravating circumstance or circumstances; (d) Whether the sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice or any arbitrary factor; and (e) Whether the sentence of death is excessive, considering both the crime and the defendant.

3. The appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution , when reviewing a death sentence, may: (a) Affirm the sentence of death; (b) Set the sentence aside and remand the case for a new penalty hearing before a newly impaneled jury; or (c) Set aside the sentence of death and impose the sentence of imprisonment for life without possibility of parole.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.136 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 171 / Section 171.136
When arrest may be made
Status: in_force

1. If the offense charged is a felony or gross misdemeanor, the arrest may be made on any day, and at any time of day or night.

2. If it is a misdemeanor, the arrest cannot be made between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., except: (a) Upon the direction of a magistrate, endorsed upon the warrant; (b) When the offense is committed in the presence of the arresting officer; (c) When the person is found and the arrest is made in a public place or a place that is open to the public and: (1) There is a warrant of arrest against the person; and (2) The misdemeanor is discovered because there was probable cause for the arresting officer to stop, detain or arrest the person for another alleged violation or offense; (d) When the offense is committed in the presence of a private person and the person makes an arrest immediately after the offense is committed; (e) When the arrest is made in the manner provided in NRS 171.137 or 171.1375 ; (f) When the person is already in custody as a result of another lawful arrest; or (g) When the person voluntarily surrenders himself or herself in response to an outstanding warrant of arrest.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.380 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.380
Warrant upon finding of presentment, indictment or information
Status: in_force

A warrant upon the finding of a presentment, indictment or information may be in substantially the following form:

WARRANT

County of ________________________ The State of Nevada, to any sheriff, constable, marshal, police officer, or peace officer in this State: A presentment having been made or an indictment having been found (or information filed) on the __________ day of the month of _______ of the year _______, in the district court of the ________________________, County of _________________________, charging C. D. with the crime of (designating it generally), you are therefore commanded forthwith to arrest the above-named C. D. and bring C. D. before that court to answer the presentment, indictment or information; or if the court is not in session that you deliver C. D. into the custody of the sheriff of the County of ________________________ By order of the court. Given under my hand with the seal of the court affixed this __________ day of the month of _______ of the year ________.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.508 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178 / Section 178.508
Duties of court when defendant fails to appear; procedure for issuing order of forfeiture; when forfeiture becomes effective; grounds for extending date of forfeiture
Status: in_force

1. If the defendant fails to appear when the defendant's presence in court is lawfully required for the commission of a misdemeanor and the failure to appear is not excused or is lawfully required for the commission of a gross misdemeanor or felony, the court shall: (a) Enter upon its minutes that the defendant failed to appear; (b) Not later than 14 judicial days after the date on which the defendant failed to appear, order the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of the defendant; and (c) If the undertaking exceeds $50 or money deposited instead of bail bond exceeds $500, direct that each surety and the local agent of each surety, or the depositor if the depositor is not the defendant, be given notice that the defendant has failed to appear, by certified mail or electronic transmission, receipt of delivery requested, within 20 days after the date on which the defendant failed to appear. The court shall execute an affidavit of such mailing or electronic transmission to be kept as an official public record of the court and shall direct that a copy of the notice be transmitted to the prosecuting attorney at the same time that notice is given to each surety or the depositor.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS 178.509 , an order of forfeiture of any undertaking or money deposited instead of bail bond must be prepared by the clerk of the court and signed by the court. An order of forfeiture must include the date on which the forfeiture becomes effective. The undertaking or money deposited instead of bail bond is forfeited 180 days after the date on which the notice is mailed or electronically transmitted pursuant to subsection 1.

3. The court may extend the date of the forfeiture for any reasonable period set by the court if the surety or depositor submits to the court: (a) An application for an extension and the court determines that the surety or the depositor is making reasonable and ongoing efforts to bring the defendant before the court. (b) An application for an extension on the ground that the defendant is temporarily prevented from appearing before the court because the defendant: (1) Is ill; (2) Is insane; or (3) Is being detained by civil or military authorities, and the court, upon hearing the matter, determines that one or more of the grounds described in this paragraph exist and that the surety or depositor did not in any way cause or aid the absence of the defendant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 175.171 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 175 / Section 175.171
No special instructions to be given relating exclusively to defendant's testimony
Status: in_force

In the trial of all indictments, complaints and other proceedings against persons charged with the commission of crimes or offenses, the person so charged shall, at the person’s own request, but not otherwise, be deemed a competent witness, the credit to be given the person’s testimony being left solely to the jury, under the instructions of the court, but no special instruction shall be given relating exclusively to the testimony of the defendant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179A.080 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179A / Section 179A.080
Duties of Director of Department
Status: in_force

The Director of the Department is responsible for administering this chapter and may adopt regulations for that purpose. The Director shall:

1. Adopt regulations for the security of the Central Repository so that it is adequately protected from fire, theft, loss, destruction, other hazards and unauthorized access.

2. Adopt regulations and standards for personnel employed by agencies of criminal justice in positions of responsibility for maintenance and dissemination of information relating to records of criminal history and information disseminated pursuant to federal laws and regulations.

3. Provide for audits of informational systems by qualified public or private agencies, organizations or persons.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.417 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178 / Section 178.417
Certification of person who evaluates competency of defendant required
Status: in_force

1. A person may not provide a report or an evaluation concerning the competency of a defendant to stand trial or receive pronouncement of judgment pursuant to this section and NRS 178.400 to 178.460 , inclusive, unless the person is certified by the Division for that purpose.

2. The Division shall adopt regulations to establish: (a) Requirements for certification of a person who provides reports and evaluations concerning the competency of a defendant pursuant to this section and NRS 178.400 to 178.460 , inclusive; (b) Reasonable fees for issuing and renewing such certificates; and (c) Requirements for continuing education for the renewal of a certificate.

3. The fees so collected must be used only to: (a) Defray the cost of issuing and renewing certificates; and (b) Pay any other expenses incurred by the Division in carrying out its duties pursuant to this section.

4. The Division shall establish and administer examinations to determine the eligibility of any person who applies for certification. An applicant is entitled to certification upon satisfaction of the requirements of the Division. The Division may enter into a contract with another person, organization or agency to carry out or assist in carrying out the provisions of this subsection.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.315 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.315
Use of authorized forms
Status: in_force

1. Unless otherwise expressly required by this title, no particular form of words is required to be used in any pleading, warrant, order, motion or other paper incident to a criminal proceeding. Substantial compliance with any statutory requirement as to content, or in the absence of any such requirement, language which reasonably informs the defendant or other person to whom such paper is directed of its nature, is sufficient.

2. The use of one of the forms set out in NRS 179.320 to 179.400 , inclusive, modified as may be necessary to fit the case, is prima facie sufficient for their respective purposes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.183 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.183
Form of demand
Status: in_force

No demand for the extradition of a person charged with crime in another state shall be recognized by the Governor unless it is:

1. In writing alleging, except in cases arising under NRS 179.189 , that the accused was present in the demanding state at the time of the commission of the alleged crime, and that thereafter the accused fled from the state; and

2. Accompanied by a copy of an indictment found or by information supported by affidavit in the state having jurisdiction of the crime, or by a copy of an affidavit made before a magistrate there, together with a copy of any warrant which was issued thereupon; or

3. Accompanied by a copy of a judgment of conviction or of a sentence imposed in execution thereof, together with a statement by the executive authority of the demanding state that the person claimed has escaped from confinement or has broken the terms of the person’s bail, probation or parole.

The indictment, information or affidavit made before the magistrate must substantially charge the person demanded with having committed a crime under the law of that state; and the copy of indictment, information, affidavit, judgment of conviction or sentence must be authenticated by the executive authority making the demand.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178A.020 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178A / Section 178A.020
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 178A.025 to 178A.140 , inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.301 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.301
Inspection of certain sealed records by certain persons and agencies
Status: in_force

1. The Nevada Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission and their employees, agents and representatives may inquire into and inspect any records sealed pursuant to NRS 179.245 or 179.255 , if the event or conviction was related to gaming, to determine the suitability or qualifications of any person to hold a state gaming license, manufacturer's, seller's or distributor's license or registration as a gaming employee pursuant to chapter 463 of NRS. Events and convictions, if any, which are the subject of an order sealing records: (a) May form the basis for recommendation, denial or revocation of those licenses. (b) Must not form the basis for denial or rejection of a gaming work permit unless the event or conviction relates to the applicant's suitability or qualifications to hold the work permit.

2. The Division of Insurance of the Department of Business and Industry and its employees may inquire into and inspect any records sealed pursuant to NRS 179.245 or 179.255 , if the event or conviction was related to insurance, to determine the suitability or qualifications of any person to hold a license, certification or authorization issued in accordance with title 57 of NRS. Events and convictions, if any, which are the subject of an order sealing records may form the basis for recommendation, denial or revocation of those licenses, certifications and authorizations.

3. A prosecuting attorney may inquire into and inspect any records sealed pursuant to NRS 179.245 or 179.255 if: (a) The records relate to a violation or alleged violation of NRS 202.485 ; and (b) The person who is the subject of the records has been arrested or issued a citation for violating NRS 202.485 .

4. The Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History and its employees may inquire into and inspect any records sealed pursuant to NRS 179.245 or 179.255 that constitute information relating to sexual offenses, and may notify employers of the information in accordance with federal laws and regulations.

5. Records which have been sealed pursuant to NRS 179.245 or 179.255 and which are retained in the statewide registry established pursuant to NRS 179B.200 may be inspected pursuant to chapter 179B of NRS by an officer or employee of the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History or a law enforcement officer in the regular course of his or her duties.

6. The State Board of Pardons Commissioners and its agents and representatives may inquire into and inspect any records sealed pursuant to NRS 179.245 or 179.255 if the person who is the subject of the records has applied for a pardon from the Board.

7. As used in this section: (a) “ Information relating to sexual offenses ” means information contained in or concerning a record relating in any way to a sexual offense. (b) “ Sexual offense ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179A.073 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 175.111 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 175 / Section 175.111
Oath of jurors
Status: in_force

When the jury has been impaneled, the court shall administer the following oath:

Do you and each of you solemnly swear that you will well and truly try this case, now pending before this court, and a true verdict render according to the evidence given, so help you God.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179A.070 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179A / Section 179A.070
“Record of criminal history” defined
Status: in_force

1. “ Record of criminal history ” means information contained in records collected and maintained by agencies of criminal justice, the subject of which is a natural person, consisting of descriptions which identify the subject and notations of summons in a criminal action, warrants, arrests, citations for misdemeanors issued pursuant to NRS 171.1773 , citations issued for violations of NRS 484C.110 , 484C.120 , 484C.130 and 484C.430 , detentions, decisions of a prosecuting attorney or the Attorney General not to prosecute the subject, indictments, informations or other formal criminal charges and dispositions of charges, including, without limitation, dismissals, acquittals, convictions, sentences, information set forth in NRS 209.353 concerning an offender in prison, any postconviction relief, correctional supervision occurring in Nevada, information concerning the status of an offender on parole or probation, and information concerning a convicted person who has registered as such pursuant to chapter 179C of NRS . The term includes only information contained in a record, maintained in written or electronic form, of a formal transaction between a person and an agency of criminal justice in this State, including, without limitation, the fingerprints and other biometric identifiers of a person who is arrested and taken into custody and of a person who is placed on parole or probation and supervised by the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department.

2. “Record of criminal history” does not include: (a) Investigative or intelligence information, reports of crime or other information concerning specific persons collected in the course of the enforcement of criminal laws; (b) Information concerning juveniles; (c) Posters, announcements or lists intended to identify fugitives or wanted persons and aid in their apprehension; (d) Original records of entry maintained by agencies of criminal justice if the records are chronological and not cross-indexed; (e) Records of application for and issuance, suspension, revocation or renewal of occupational licenses, including, without limitation, permits to work in the gaming industry; (f) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, court indexes and records of public judicial proceedings, court decisions and opinions, and information disclosed during public judicial proceedings; (g) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, records of traffic violations constituting misdemeanors; (h) Records of traffic offenses maintained by the Department to regulate the issuance, suspension, revocation or renewal of drivers' or other operators' licenses; (i) Announcements of actions by the State Board of Pardons Commissioners and the State Board of Parole Commissioners, except information concerning the status of an offender on parole or probation; or (j) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 179A.325 , records which originated in an agency other than an agency of criminal justice in this State.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.1536 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 171 / Section 171.1536
Arrest of person with communications disability: Interpreter to be made available
Status: in_force

Upon the arrest of a person with a communications disability as defined in NRS 50.050 , and before any interrogation or the taking of a statement, the peace officer in actual charge of the station, headquarters or other facility to which the person with a communications disability has been brought shall make an interpreter available at public expense to that person in accordance with the provisions of NRS 50.050 to 50.053 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.1158 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.1158
“Claimant” defined
Status: in_force

“Claimant” means any person who claims to have:

1. Any right, title or interest of record in the property or proceeds subject to forfeiture;

2. Any community property interest in the property or proceeds; or

3. Had possession of the property or proceeds at the time of the seizure thereof by the plaintiff.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 180.060 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 180 / Section 180.060
Duties: Representation of indigent persons; contracts to render services
Status: in_force

1. The State Public Defender may, before being designated as counsel for that person pursuant to NRS 171.188 , interview an indigent person when the indigent person has been arrested and confined for a public offense or for questioning on suspicion of having committed a public offense.

2. The State Public Defender shall, when designated pursuant to NRS 62D.030 or 171.188 , represent without charge each indigent person for whom the State Public Defender is appointed.

3. When representing an indigent person, the State Public Defender shall: (a) Counsel and defend the indigent person at every stage of the proceedings, including, without limitation, during the initial appearance and proceedings relating to admission to bail or the revocation of probation or parole; and (b) Prosecute any appeals or other remedies before or after conviction that the State Public Defender considers to be in the interests of justice.

4. In cases of postconviction proceedings and appeals arising in counties in which the office of public defender has been created pursuant to the provisions of chapter 260 of NRS, where the matter is to be presented to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution , the State Public Defender shall prepare and present the case and the public defender of the county shall assist and cooperate with the State Public Defender.

5. The State Public Defender may contract with any county in which the office of public defender has been created to provide representation for indigent persons when the court, for cause, disqualifies the county public defender or when the county public defender is otherwise unable to provide representation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.09113 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.09113
“CODIS” defined
Status: in_force

“ CODIS ” means the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Combined DNA Index System that allows for the storage and exchange of DNA records submitted by federal, state and local forensic DNA laboratories. The term includes the National DNA Index System administered and operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176A.410 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176A / Section 176A.410
Required terms and conditions for sex offenders; powers and duties of court; exceptions
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, if a defendant is convicted of a sexual offense and the court grants probation or suspends the sentence, the court shall, in addition to any other condition ordered pursuant to NRS 176A.400 , order as a condition of probation or suspension of sentence that the defendant: (a) Submit to a search and seizure of the defendant’s person, residence or vehicle or any property under the defendant’s control, at any time of the day or night, without a warrant, by any parole and probation officer or any peace officer, for the purpose of determining whether the defendant has violated any condition of probation or suspension of sentence or committed any crime. (b) Reside at a location only if: (1) The residence has been approved by the parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant. (2) If the residence is a facility that houses more than three persons who have been released from prison, the facility is a facility for transitional living for released offenders that is licensed pursuant to chapter 449 of NRS . (3) The defendant keeps the parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant informed of the defendant’s current address. (c) Accept a position of employment or a position as a volunteer only if it has been approved by the parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant and keep the parole and probation officer informed of the location of the defendant’s position of employment or position as a volunteer. (d) Abide by any curfew imposed by the parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant. (e) Participate in and complete a program of professional counseling approved by the Division. (f) Submit to periodic tests, as requested by the parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant, to determine whether the defendant is using a controlled substance. (g) Submit to periodic polygraph examinations, as requested by the parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant. (h) Abstain from consuming, possessing or having under the defendant’s control any alcohol. (i) Not have contact or communicate with a victim of the sexual offense or a witness who testified against the defendant or solicit another person to engage in such contact or communication on behalf of the defendant, unless approved by the Chief Parole and Probation Officer or the Chief Parole and Probation Officer’s designee and a written agreement is entered into and signed in the manner set forth in subsection 5. (j) Not use aliases or fictitious names. (k) Not obtain a post office box unless the defendant receives permission from the parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant. (l) Not have contact with a person less than 18 years of age in a secluded environment unless another adult who has never been convicted of a sexual offense is present and permission has been obtained from the parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant in advance of each such contact. (m) Unless approved by the parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant and by a psychiatrist, psychologist or counselor treating the defendant, if any, not knowingly be within 500 feet of any place, or if the place is a structure, within 500 feet of the actual structure, that is designed primarily for use by or for children, including, without limitation, a public or private school, a school bus stop, a center or facility that provides day care services, a video arcade, an amusement park, a playground, a park, an athletic field or a facility for youth sports, or a motion picture theater. The provisions of this paragraph apply only to a defendant who is a Tier III offender. (n) Comply with any protocol concerning the use of prescription medication prescribed by a treating physician, including, without limitation, any protocol concerning the use of psychotropic medication. (o) Not possess any sexually explicit material that is deemed inappropriate by the parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant. (p) Not patronize a business which offers a sexually related form of entertainment and which is deemed inappropriate by the parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant. (q) Not possess any electronic device capable of accessing the Internet and not access the Internet through any such device or any other means, unless possession of such a device or such access is approved by the parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant. (r) Inform the parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant if the defendant expects to be or becomes enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education or changes the date of commencement or termination of the defendant’s enrollment at an institution of higher education. As used in this paragraph, “institution of higher education” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179D.045 .

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, if a defendant is convicted of an offense listed in subsection 6 of NRS 213.1255 against a child under the age of 14 years, the defendant is a Tier III offender and the court grants probation or suspends the sentence of the defendant, the court shall, in addition to any other condition ordered pursuant to subsection 1, order as a condition of probation or suspension of sentence that the defendant: (a) Reside at a location only if the residence is not located within 1,000 feet of any place, or if the place is a structure, within 1,000 feet of the actual structure, that is designed primarily for use by or for children, including, without limitation, a public or private school, a school bus stop, a center or facility that provides day care services, a video arcade, an amusement park, a playground, a park, an athletic field or a facility for youth sports, or a motion picture theater. (b) As deemed appropriate by the Chief Parole and Probation Officer, be placed under a system of active electronic monitoring that is capable of identifying the defendant’s location and producing, upon request, reports or records of the defendant’s presence near or within a crime scene or prohibited area or the defendant’s departure from a specified geographic location. (c) Pay any costs associated with the defendant’s participation under the system of active electronic monitoring, to the extent of the defendant’s ability to pay.

3. A defendant placed under the system of active electronic monitoring pursuant to subsection 2 shall: (a) Follow the instructions provided by the Division to maintain the electronic monitoring device in working order. (b) Report any incidental damage or defacement of the electronic monitoring device to the Division within 2 hours after the occurrence of the damage or defacement. (c) Abide by any other conditions set forth by the Division with regard to the defendant’s participation under the system of active electronic monitoring.

4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a person who intentionally removes or disables or attempts to remove or disable an electronic monitoring device placed on a defendant pursuant to this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. The provisions of this subsection do not prohibit a person authorized by the Division from performing maintenance or repairs to an electronic monitoring device.

5. A written agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (i) of subsection 1 must state that the contact or communication is in the best interest of the victim or witness, and specify the type of contact or communication authorized. The written agreement must be signed and agreed to by: (a) The victim or the witness; (b) The defendant; (c) The parole and probation officer assigned to the defendant; (d) The psychiatrist, psychologist or counselor treating the defendant, victim or witness, if any; (e) If the victim or witness is a child under 18 years of age, each parent, guardian or custodian of the child; and (f) The Chief Parole and Probation Officer or the Chief Parole and Probation Officer’s designee.

6. The court is not required to impose a condition of probation or suspension of sentence listed in subsections 1 and 2 if the court finds that extraordinary circumstances are present and the court enters those extraordinary circumstances in the record.

7. As used in this section, “sexual offense” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179D.097 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.509 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178 / Section 178.509
Exoneration of surety before date of forfeiture: Conditions; grounds
Status: in_force

1. If the defendant fails to appear when the defendant's presence in court is lawfully required, the court shall not exonerate the surety before the date of forfeiture prescribed in NRS 178.508 unless: (a) The defendant appears before the court and the court, upon hearing the matter, determines that the defendant has presented a satisfactory excuse or that the surety did not in any way cause or aid the absence of the defendant; or (b) The surety submits an application for exoneration on the ground that the defendant is unable to appear because the defendant: (1) Is dead; (2) Is ill; (3) Is insane; (4) Is being detained by civil or military authorities; or (5) Has been deported, and the court, upon hearing the matter, determines that one or more of the grounds described in this paragraph exist and that the surety did not in any way cause or aid the absence of the defendant.

2. If the requirements of subsection 1 are met, the court may exonerate the surety upon such terms as may be just.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.5698 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178 / Section 178.5698
Information concerning release of defendant and disposition of case provided upon request; court to inform and provide documentation to certain persons of their right to be informed of release of offender from prison in certain cases; when and whom warden must inform of release of offender from prison
Status: in_force

1. The prosecuting attorney, sheriff or chief of police shall, upon the request of a victim or witness, inform the victim or witness: (a) When the defendant is released from custody at any time before or during the trial, including, without limitation, when the defendant is released pending trial or subject to electronic supervision; (b) If the defendant is so released, the amount of bail required, if any; and (c) Of the final disposition of the criminal case in which the victim or witness was directly involved.

2. A request for information pursuant to subsection 1 must be made: (a) In writing; or (b) By telephone through an automated or computerized system of notification, if such a system is available.

3. If an offender is convicted of a sexual offense or an offense involving the use or threatened use of force or violence against the victim, the court shall provide: (a) To each witness, documentation that includes: (1) A form advising the witness of the right to be notified pursuant to subsection 5; (2) The form that the witness must use to request notification in writing; and (3) The form or procedure that the witness must use to provide a change of address after a request for notification has been submitted. (b) To each person listed in subsection 4, documentation that includes: (1) A form advising the person of the right to be notified pursuant to subsection 5 or 6 and NRS 176.015 , 176A.630 , 178.4715 , 209.392 , 209.3923 , 209.3925 , 209.429 , 209.521 , 213.010 , 213.040 , 213.095 and 213.131 or NRS 213.10915 ; (2) The forms that the person must use to request notification; and (3) The forms or procedures that the person must use to provide a change of address after a request for notification has been submitted.

4. The following persons are entitled to receive documentation pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3: (a) A person against whom the offense is committed. (b) A person who is injured as a direct result of the commission of the offense. (c) If a person listed in paragraph (a) or (b) is under the age of 18 years, each parent or guardian who is not the offender. (d) Each surviving spouse, parent and child of a person who is killed as a direct result of the commission of the offense. (e) A relative of a person listed in paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, if the relative requests in writing to be provided with the documentation.

5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, if the offense was a felony and the offender is imprisoned, the warden of the prison shall, if the victim or witness so requests in writing and provides a current address, notify the victim or witness at that address when the offender is released from the prison.

6. If the offender was convicted of a violation of subsection 3 of NRS 200.366 or a violation of subsection 1, paragraph (a) of subsection 2 or subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 200.508 , the warden of the prison shall notify: (a) The immediate family of the victim if the immediate family provides their current address; (b) Any member of the victim's family related within the third degree of consanguinity, if the member of the victim's family so requests in writing and provides a current address; and (c) The victim, if the victim will be 18 years of age or older at the time of the release and has provided a current address, before the offender is released from prison.

7. The warden must not be held responsible for any injury proximately caused by the failure to give any notice required pursuant to this section if no address was provided to the warden or if the address provided is inaccurate or not current.

8. As used in this section: (a) “ Immediate family ” means any adult relative of the victim living in the victim's household. (b) “ Sexual offense ” means: (1) Sexual assault pursuant to NRS 200.366 ; (2) Statutory sexual seduction pursuant to NRS 200.368 ; (3) Battery with intent to commit sexual assault pursuant to NRS 200.400 ; (4) An offense involving pornography and a minor pursuant to NRS 200.710 to 200.730 , inclusive; (5) Fertility fraud pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 200.975 ; (6) Incest pursuant to NRS 201.180 ; (7) Open or gross lewdness pursuant to NRS 201.210 ; (8) Indecent or obscene exposure pursuant to NRS 201.220 ; (9) Lewdness with a child pursuant to NRS 201.230 ; (10) Sexual penetration of a dead human body pursuant to NRS 201.450 ; (11) Sexual conduct between certain employees of a school or volunteers at a school and a pupil pursuant to NRS 201.540 ; (12) Sexual conduct between certain employees of a college or university and a student pursuant to NRS 201.550 ; (13) Luring a child or a person with mental illness pursuant to NRS 201.560 , if punished as a felony; (14) An offense that, pursuant to a specific statute, is determined to be sexually motivated; or (15) An attempt to commit an offense listed in this paragraph.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.195 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.195
Authority of arresting officer
Status: in_force

Every such peace officer or other person empowered to make the arrest shall have the same authority, in arresting the accused, to command assistance therein as peace officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them, with like penalties against those who refuse their assistance.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.201 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.201
Confinement in jail or detention facility when necessary
Status: in_force

1. The officer or persons executing the Governor's warrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner may have been delivered may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail or detention facility of any county or city through which he or she may pass, and the keeper of the jail or detention facility shall receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or person having charge of the prisoner is ready to proceed on his or her route, such officer or person being chargeable with the expense of keeping.

2. The officer or agent of a demanding state to whom a prisoner may have been delivered following extradition proceedings in another state, or to whom a prisoner may have been delivered after waiving extradition in another state, and who is passing through this state with a prisoner for the purpose of immediately returning the prisoner to the demanding state may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail or detention facility of any county or city through which he or she may pass, and the keeper of the jail or detention facility shall receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or agent having charge of the prisoner is ready to proceed on his or her route, such officer or agent being chargeable with the expense of keeping. The officer or agent shall produce and show to the keeper of the jail or detention facility satisfactory written evidence of the fact that the officer or agent is actually transporting a prisoner to the demanding state after a requisition by the executive authority of the demanding state. The prisoner is not entitled to demand a new requisition while in this state.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.4873 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178 / Section 178.4873
Postconviction petitioner for habeas corpus: Release pending appeal
Status: in_force

If a district court denies a postconviction petition for habeas corpus challenging a judgment of conviction or sentence, the petitioner must not be released on the petitioner's own recognizance or admitted to bail pending any appeal. If the petition is granted and a stay of the order granting relief is not entered, the district court shall admit the petitioner to bail pending appeal if the respondent files a notice of appeal.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.455 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.455
Suspension of execution when defendant found insane; proceedings on recovery of sanity
Status: in_force

1. If it is found by the court that the convicted person is insane, the judge shall make and enter an order staying the execution of the judgment of death until the convicted person becomes sane, and shall therein order the Director of the Department of Corrections to confine such person in a safe place of confinement until the convicted person’s reason is restored.

2. The clerk of the court shall serve or cause to be served three certified copies of the order, one on the Director, one on the Governor, for the use of the State Board of Pardons Commissioners, and one on the clerk of the district court of the county in which the conviction was had.

3. If the convicted person thereafter becomes sane, notice of this fact shall be given by the Director to a judge of the court staying the execution of the judgment, and the judge, upon being satisfied that such person is then sane, shall enter an order vacating the order staying the execution of the judgment.

4. The clerk of the court shall immediately serve or cause to be served three certified copies of such vacating order as follows: One on the Director, one on the Governor, for the use of the State Board of Pardons Commissioners, and one on the clerk of the district court of the county in which the conviction was had, who shall give notice thereof to the district attorney of such county, whereupon proceedings shall be instituted in the last mentioned district court for the issuance of a new warrant of execution of the judgment of death in the manner provided in NRS 176.495 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.17785 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 171 / Section 171.17785
Effect of violation of written promise to appear; appearance by counsel in lieu of personal appearance authorized
Status: in_force

1. It is unlawful for a person to violate a written promise to appear given to a peace officer upon the issuance of a misdemeanor citation prepared manually or electronically, regardless of the disposition of the charge for which the citation was originally issued.

2. A person may comply with a written promise to appear in court by an appearance by counsel.

3. A warrant may issue upon a violation of a written promise to appear.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176A.510 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176A / Section 176A.510
Adoption of written system of graduated sanctions for technical violations of probation: Requirements; training; use; notice; failure to comply; exhaustion of sanctions
Status: in_force

1. The Division shall adopt a written system of graduated sanctions for parole and probation officers to use when responding to a technical violation of the conditions of probation. The system must: (a) Set forth a menu of presumptive sanctions for the most common violations, including, without limitation, failure to report, willful failure to pay fines and fees, failure to participate in a required program or service, failure to complete community service and failure to refrain from the use of alcohol or controlled substances. (b) Take into account factors such as responsivity factors impacting a person's ability to successfully complete any conditions of supervision, the severity of the current violation, the person's previous criminal record, the number and severity of any previous violations and the extent to which graduated sanctions were imposed for previous violations. (c) Include guidance on the use of confinement in a jail or detention facility and electronic monitoring pursuant to subsection 3.

2. The Division shall establish and maintain a program of initial and ongoing training for parole and probation officers regarding the system of graduated sanctions.

3. As part of the system of graduated sanctions, the Division may, in response to a technical violation of the conditions of probation: (a) Impose confinement in a jail or detention facility for a period of not more than 10 days. The total number of days of confinement imposed pursuant to this paragraph must not, in the aggregate, exceed 30 days. (b) Place the person under a system of active electronic monitoring for a period of not more than 60 days using an electronic device approved by the Division. The device may be capable of using the Global Positioning System, but must be minimally intrusive and limited in capability to recording or transmitting information concerning the location of the person, including, without limitation, the transmission of still visual images which do not concern the activities of the person, and producing, upon request, reports or records of the person's presence near or within a crime scene or prohibited area or his or her departure from a specified geographic location. A device which is capable of recording or transmitting: (1) Oral or wire communications or any auditory sound; or (2) Information concerning the activities of the person, must not be used.

4. Notwithstanding any rule or law to the contrary, a parole and probation officer shall use graduated sanctions established pursuant to this section when responding to a technical violation.

5. A parole and probation officer intending to impose a graduated sanction shall provide the supervised person with notice of the intended sanction. The notice must inform the person of any alleged violation and the date thereof and the graduated sanction to be imposed.

6. The failure of a supervised person to comply with a sanction may constitute a technical violation of the conditions of probation.

7. The Division may not seek revocation of probation for a technical violation of the conditions of probation until all graduated sanctions have been exhausted. If the Division determines that all graduated sanctions have been exhausted, the Division shall submit a report to the court or Board outlining the reasons for the recommendation of revocation and the steps taken by the Division to change the supervised person's behavior while in the community, including, without limitation, any graduated sanctions imposed before recommending revocation.

8. As used in this section: (a) “ Absconding ” means that a person is actively avoiding supervision by making his or her whereabouts unknown to the Division for a continuous period of 60 days or more. (b) “ Responsivity factors ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 213.107 . (c) “ Technical violation ” means any alleged violation of the conditions of probation that does not constitute absconding and is not: (1) The commission of a: (I) New felony or gross misdemeanor; (II) Battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 200.485 ; (III) Violation of NRS 484C.110 or 484C.120 ; (IV) Crime of violence as defined in NRS 200.408 that is punishable as a misdemeanor; (V) Harassment pursuant to NRS 200.571 or stalking or aggravated stalking pursuant to NRS 200.575 ; (VI) Violation of a temporary or extended order for protection against domestic violence issued pursuant to NRS 33.017 to 33.100 , inclusive, a restraining order or injunction that is in the nature of a temporary or extended order for protection against domestic violence issued in an action or proceeding brought pursuant to title 11 of NRS, a temporary or extended order for protection against stalking, aggravated stalking or harassment issued pursuant to NRS 200.591 or a temporary or extended order for protection against sexual assault pursuant to NRS 200.378 ; (VII) Violation of a stay away order involving a natural person who is the victim of the crime for which the supervised person is being supervised; or (VIII) Violation of a condition required pursuant to paragraph (i) or (l) of subsection 1 of NRS 176A.410 or 176A.413 ; or (2) Termination from a program which provides residential treatment, as ordered by a court, as a condition of supervision. The term does not include termination from a specialty court program.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179A.120 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179A / Section 179A.120
Disclosures to victims of crime
Status: in_force

1. Agencies of criminal justice may disclose to victims of a crime, members of their families or their guardians the identity of persons suspected of being responsible for the crime, including juveniles who have been certified to stand trial as adults, together with information, including dispositions, which may be of assistance to the victim in obtaining redress for an injury or loss in a civil action. This disclosure may be made regardless of whether charges have been filed, and even if a prosecuting attorney has declined to file charges or the charge has been dismissed.

2. Disclosure of investigative information pursuant to this section does not establish a duty to disclose any additional information concerning the same incident or make any disclosure of information obtained by an investigation, except as compelled by legal process.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178A.150 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178A / Section 178A.150
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:

1. Victims of sexual assault have a strong interest in the investigation and prosecution of their cases.

2. Law enforcement agencies have an obligation to victims of sexual assault to be responsive to the victims concerning the developments of forensic testing and the investigation of their cases.

3. The growth of the State DNA Database and CODIS makes it possible for many perpetrators of sexual assault to be identified after their first offense.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 172.065 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 172 / Section 172.065
Motion to dismiss presentment or indictment based on objections to grand jurors
Status: in_force

A motion to dismiss the presentment or indictment may be based on objections to the array or on the lack of legal qualification of an individual juror, if not previously determined upon challenge. A presentment or indictment shall not be dismissed on the ground that one or more members of the grand jury were not legally qualified if it appears from the record kept pursuant to NRS 172.075 that 12 or more jurors, after deducting the number not legally qualified, concurred in finding the presentment or indictment.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 175.491 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 175 / Section 175.491
Verdict where there are several defendants
Status: in_force

If there are two or more defendants, the jury at any time during its deliberations may return a verdict or verdicts with respect to a defendant or defendants as to whom it has agreed; if the jury cannot agree with respect to all, the defendant or defendants as to whom it does not agree may be tried again.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 177.125 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 177 / Section 177.125
Stay of probation
Status: in_force

An order placing the defendant on probation may be stayed if an appeal is taken.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.0136 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.0136
Subpoenas: Power to issue; compelling performance
Status: in_force

1. To carry out its powers and duties pursuant to NRS 176.0132 to 176.0139 , inclusive, the Sentencing Commission, or any member thereof acting on behalf of the Sentencing Commission with a concurrence of a majority of the members of the Sentencing Commission, may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, documents or other papers and testimony.

2. If any person fails to comply with a subpoena issued by the Sentencing Commission or any member thereof pursuant to this section within 20 days after the date of service of the subpoena, the Sentencing Commission may petition the district court for an order of the court compelling compliance with the subpoena.

3. Upon such a petition, the court shall enter an order directing the person subpoenaed to appear before the court at a time and place to be fixed by the court in its order, the time to be not more than 20 days after the date of service of the order, and show cause why the person has not complied with the subpoena. A certified copy of the order must be served upon the person subpoenaed.

4. If it appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly issued by the Sentencing Commission or a member thereof pursuant to this section, the court shall enter an order compelling compliance with the subpoena, and upon failure to obey the order the person shall be dealt with as for contempt of court.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.340 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.340
Bail: After arrest and before preliminary examination
Status: in_force

An undertaking for bail after arrest and before preliminary examination may be in substantially the following form:

UNDERTAKING

A warrant having been issued on the __________ day of the month of _______ of the year _______, by ________________________, a justice of the peace of ________________________ County, for the arrest of ________________________ (stating name of the accused), upon a charge of ________________________ (stating briefly the nature of the offense), upon which the accused has been arrested and duly ordered admitted to bail in the sum of __________________ dollars and ordered to appear before the magistrate who issued the warrant, we, _______________________, of ________________________, and ________________________ (stating their names and place of residence), hereby undertake that the above-named ________________________ shall appear and answer the charge above mentioned, at _____________ o'clock ___m., on the __________ day of the month of _______ of the year _______, before ________________________, the magistrate issuing the warrant, at the magistrate’s office in _____________________, _____________________ County, State of Nevada, and that the above-named (insert name of accused) shall appear and answer the charge above mentioned in whatever court and before whatever magistrate it may be prosecuted, or before which the accused may be required to appear by law, and shall at all times render himself or herself amenable to the orders and process of the court and the requirements of the law, and if convicted shall appear for judgment and render himself or herself in execution thereof; or if the accused fails to perform any of these conditions, that we will pay to the State of Nevada the sum of _____________ dollars (inserting the sum in which the defendant is admitted to bail).
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 172.269 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 172 / Section 172.269
Report of grand jury: Inclusion of recommendations to public officers or agencies; criticism must be constructive; positive statement of no indictable activity required, if applicable
Status: in_force

A grand jury may include in its report recommendations to a public officer or agency for actions which will reduce costs, increase efficiency or result in better service to the public. Any criticism made therein must be constructive and made in support of the recommendations. If such recommendations and criticism are included in a report and the report is not accompanied by a related indictment or presentment, the report must include a positive statement that no indictable criminal activity was found.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 175.351 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 175 / Section 175.351
Discharge of defendant when jury discharged for want of jurisdiction
Status: in_force

If the jury is discharged because the court has not jurisdiction of the offense charged, and it appears that it was committed out of the jurisdiction of this state, the defendant must be discharged, unless the court orders that the defendant be detained for a reasonable time, to be specified in the order, to enable the district attorney to communicate with the chief executive officer of the country, state, territory or district where the offense was committed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.39801 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178 / Section 178.39801
Collection of fee by certain entities
Status: in_force

1. If a district court orders a defendant to pay for expenses incurred by the county or State in providing the defendant with an attorney pursuant to NRS 178.3975 or makes an execution on the property of the defendant pursuant to NRS 178.398 , the district court entering the judgment shall forward to the county treasurer or other office assigned by the county to make collections the information necessary to collect the fee. The county treasurer or other office assigned by the county to make collections is responsible for such collection efforts and has the authority to collect the fee.

2. If the county treasurer or other office assigned by the county to make collections is unable to collect the fee after 60 days, the county treasurer may assign to the Office of the State Controller the responsibility for collection of the fee through a cooperative agreement pursuant to NRS 353.650 , so long as the Office of the State Controller is willing and able to make such collection efforts.

3. If the county treasurer and the Office of the State Controller enter into a cooperative agreement pursuant to NRS 353.650 , the county treasurer or other county office assigned by the county to make collections shall forward to the Office of the State Controller the necessary information. For purposes of this section, the information necessary to collect the fee shall be considered and limited to: (a) The name of the defendant; (b) The date of birth of the defendant; (c) The social security number of the defendant; (d) The last known address of the defendant; and (e) The nature and the amount of money owed by the defendant.

4. If the Office of the State Controller is successful in collecting the fee, the money collected must be returned to the originating county, minus the costs and fees actually incurred in collecting the fee.

5. Any money collected must be paid to the county or state public defender's office which bore the expense and which was not reimbursed by another governmental agency, pursuant to NRS 178.3975 .

6. Any record created pursuant to subsection 3 that contains personal identifying information shall not be considered a public record pursuant to NRS 239.010 and must be treated pursuant to NRS 239.0105 .

7. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the entity responsible for collecting the fee pursuant to this section, has the authority to compromise the amount to be collected for the purpose of satisfying the judgment.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.1239 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 171 / Section 171.1239
Electronic recording of custodial interrogations conducted in place of detention; adoption of policies by law enforcement agency
Status: in_force

1. Each law enforcement agency in this State shall adopt detailed, written policies regarding the electronic recording of custodial interrogations that are conducted in a place of detention.

2. Any policies adopted by a law enforcement agency pursuant to this section must be made available: (a) To all law enforcement officers employed by the law enforcement agency; and (b) For public inspection during normal business hours.

3. Any policies adopted by a law enforcement agency pursuant to this section must include, without limitation: (a) A requirement that, except as otherwise provided in any policy adopted pursuant to paragraph (c), an electronic recording must be made of an entire custodial interrogation which is conducted in a place of detention if the person being interrogated is suspected of committing homicide as described in NRS 200.010 to 200.260 , inclusive, or sexual assault as defined in NRS 200.366 . (b) A requirement that, except as otherwise provided in any policy adopted pursuant to paragraph (c), if a person being interrogated chooses to make or sign a written statement during the course of a custodial interrogation concerning a homicide as described in NRS 200.010 to 200.260 , inclusive, or sexual assault as defined in NRS 200.366 , the making and signing of the statement must be electronically recorded. (c) The circumstances in which all or a portion of a custodial interrogation is not required to be electronically recorded, including, without limitation, when: (1) An equipment malfunction prevents the electronic recording of the custodial interrogation in its entirety and replacement equipment is not immediately available. (2) The law enforcement officer conducting the custodial interrogation fails, in good faith, to record the interrogation because: (I) He or she inadvertently fails to operate the recording equipment properly; or (II) The recording equipment malfunctions or stops recording without the law enforcement officer's knowledge. (3) More than one custodial interrogation is being conducted simultaneously, thereby exceeding the available electronic recording capacity of the recording equipment. (4) The person who is being or will be interrogated: (I) Affirmatively asserts his or her desire to speak with law enforcement officers without being recorded; (II) Makes a statement spontaneously and not in response to a question asked during the custodial interrogation; (III) Makes a statement during routine questioning during the process of his or her arrest; or (IV) Makes a statement at a time when the law enforcement officer conducting the interrogation is, in good faith, unaware of the person's involvement in a homicide as described in NRS 200.010 to 200.060 , inclusive, a sexual assault as defined in NRS 200.366 or an offense for which a custodial interrogation is otherwise required to be electronically recorded in accordance with the policies adopted pursuant to this section. (5) At the time of the custodial interrogation, the law enforcement officer conducting the interrogation is, in good faith, unaware that the type of offense involved is a homicide as described in NRS 200.010 to 200.060 , inclusive, a sexual assault as defined in NRS 200.366 or an offense for which a custodial interrogation is otherwise required to be electronically recorded in accordance with the policies adopted pursuant to this section. (6) Exigent circumstances make recording impractical. (d) Requirements pertaining to the retention and storage of electronic recordings made pursuant to this section. (e) The circumstances in which all or a portion of an electronic recording is not required to be retained, including, without limitation, when the electronic recording is damaged or destroyed, without bad faith on the part of any person or entity in control of the electronic recording.

4. Each law enforcement agency in this State shall collaborate with the district attorney of the county in which the law enforcement agency is located regarding the contents of the policies required to be adopted pursuant to this section.

5. As used in this section: (a) “ Custodial interrogation ” means any interrogation of a person who is required to be advised of his or her rights pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966) . (b) “ Electronic recording ” means an audio or audiovisual recording. (c) “ Interrogation ” means questioning which is initiated by a law enforcement officer or any words or actions on the part of a law enforcement officer, other than those which are ordinarily attendant to arrest and custody, that the officer should know are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response from the person who is being questioned. (d) “ Law enforcement agency ” means: (1) The sheriff's office of a county; (2) A metropolitan police department; or (3) A police department of an incorporated city. (e) “ Place of detention ” means a fixed location under the control of a law enforcement agency of this State where persons are questioned about alleged crimes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.0611 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.0611
Additional administrative assessment for misdemeanor: Authorization; collection; distribution; limitations on use
Status: in_force

1. A county or a city, upon recommendation of the appropriate court, may, by ordinance, authorize the justices or judges of the justice or municipal courts within its jurisdiction to impose, in addition to the administrative assessments imposed pursuant to NRS 176.059 , 176.0613 and 176.0623 , an administrative assessment for the provision of court facilities.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, in any jurisdiction in which an administrative assessment for the provision of court facilities has been authorized, when a defendant pleads guilty or guilty but mentally ill or is found guilty or guilty but mentally ill of a misdemeanor, including the violation of any municipal ordinance, the justice or judge shall include in the sentence the sum of $10 as an administrative assessment for the provision of court facilities and render a judgment against the defendant for the assessment. If the justice or judge sentences the defendant to perform community service in lieu of a fine, the justice or judge shall include in the sentence the administrative assessment required pursuant to this subsection.

3. The provisions of subsection 2 do not apply to: (a) An ordinance regulating metered parking; or (b) An ordinance that is specifically designated as imposing a civil penalty or liability pursuant to NRS 244.3575 or 268.019 .

4. The money collected for an administrative assessment for the provision of court facilities must not be deducted from the fine imposed by the justice or judge but must be taxed against the defendant in addition to the fine. The money collected for such an administrative assessment must be stated separately on the court's docket and must be included in the amount posted for bail. If bail is forfeited, the administrative assessment included in the amount posted for bail pursuant to this subsection must be disbursed in the manner set forth in subsection 6 or 7. If the defendant is found not guilty or the charges are dismissed, the money deposited with the court must be returned to the defendant. If the justice or judge cancels a fine because the fine has been determined to be uncollectible, any balance of the fine and the administrative assessment remaining unpaid shall be deemed to be uncollectible and the defendant is not required to pay it. If a fine is determined to be uncollectible, the defendant is not entitled to a refund of the fine or administrative assessment the defendant has paid and the justice or judge shall not recalculate the administrative assessment.

5. If the justice or judge permits the fine and administrative assessment for the provision of court facilities to be paid in installments, the payments must be applied in the following order: (a) To pay the unpaid balance of an administrative assessment imposed pursuant to NRS 176.059 ; (b) To pay the unpaid balance of an administrative assessment for the provision of court facilities pursuant to this section; (c) To pay the unpaid balance of an administrative assessment for the provision of specialty court programs pursuant to NRS 176.0613 ; (d) To pay the unpaid balance of an administrative assessment for obtaining a biological specimen and conducting a genetic marker analysis pursuant to NRS 176.0623 ; and (e) To pay the fine.

6. The money collected for administrative assessments for the provision of court facilities in municipal courts must be paid by the clerk of the court to the city treasurer on or before the fifth day of each month for the preceding month. The city treasurer shall deposit the money received in a special revenue fund. The city may use the money in the special revenue fund only to: (a) Acquire land on which to construct additional facilities for the municipal courts or a regional justice center that includes the municipal courts. (b) Construct or acquire additional facilities for the municipal courts or a regional justice center that includes the municipal courts. (c) Renovate or remodel existing facilities for the municipal courts. (d) Acquire furniture, fixtures and equipment necessitated by the construction or acquisition of additional facilities or the renovation of an existing facility for the municipal courts or a regional justice center that includes the municipal courts. This paragraph does not authorize the expenditure of money from the fund for furniture, fixtures or equipment for judicial chambers. (e) Acquire advanced technology for use in the additional or renovated facilities. (f) Pay debt service on any bonds issued pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 350.020 for the acquisition of land or facilities or the construction or renovation of facilities for the municipal courts or a regional justice center that includes the municipal courts. Any money remaining in the special revenue fund after 5 fiscal years must be deposited in the municipal general fund for the continued maintenance of court facilities if it has not been committed for expenditure pursuant to a plan for the construction or acquisition of court facilities or improvements to court facilities. The city treasurer shall provide, upon request by a municipal court, monthly reports of the revenue credited to and expenditures made from the special revenue fund.

7. The money collected for administrative assessments for the provision of court facilities in justice courts must be paid by the clerk of the court to the county treasurer on or before the fifth day of each month for the preceding month. The county treasurer shall deposit the money received to a special revenue fund. The county may use the money in the special revenue fund only to: (a) Acquire land on which to construct additional facilities for the justice courts or a regional justice center that includes the justice courts. (b) Construct or acquire additional facilities for the justice courts or a regional justice center that includes the justice courts. (c) Renovate or remodel existing facilities for the justice courts. (d) Acquire furniture, fixtures and equipment necessitated by the construction or acquisition of additional facilities or the renovation of an existing facility for the justice courts or a regional justice center that includes the justice courts. This paragraph does not authorize the expenditure of money from the fund for furniture, fixtures or equipment for judicial chambers. (e) Acquire advanced technology for use in the additional or renovated facilities. (f) Pay debt service on any bonds issued pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 350.020 for the acquisition of land or facilities or the construction or renovation of facilities for the justice courts or a regional justice center that includes the justice courts. Any money remaining in the special revenue fund after 5 fiscal years must be deposited in the county general fund for the continued maintenance of court facilities if it has not been committed for expenditure pursuant to a plan for the construction or acquisition of court facilities or improvements to court facilities. The county treasurer shall provide, upon request by a justice court, monthly reports of the revenue credited to and expenditures made from the special revenue fund.

8. If money collected pursuant to this section is to be used to acquire land on which to construct a regional justice center, to construct a regional justice center or to pay debt service on bonds issued for these purposes, the county and the participating cities shall, by interlocal agreement, determine such issues as the size of the regional justice center, the manner in which the center will be used and the apportionment of fiscal responsibility for the center.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.440 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178 / Section 178.440
Clerk to certify costs to county or city
Status: in_force

The clerk of the court before which an examination has been conducted shall certify the costs to the board of county commissioners or governing body of the city, as appropriate.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 173.049 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 173 / Section 173.049
Court clerk may accept information filed electronically; procedure; service
Status: in_force

1. A court clerk may accept an information filed pursuant to this chapter that is filed electronically. An information that is filed electronically must contain an image of the signature of the prosecuting attorney.

2. If a court clerk accepts an information that is filed electronically pursuant to subsection 1, the court clerk shall acknowledge receipt of the information by an electronic time stamp and shall electronically return the information with the electronic time stamp to the prosecuting attorney. An information that is filed and time-stamped electronically pursuant to this section may be converted into a printed document and served upon a defendant in the same manner as an information that is not filed electronically.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.1152 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.1152
Identification of name, personal information and funds associated with prepaid or stored value card; contract to assist
Status: in_force

1. If a peace officer: (a) Has detained a person pursuant to NRS 171.123 , has arrested a person pursuant to any statutory provision authorizing or requiring the arrest of a person or is investigating a crime for which a suspect: (1) Has not been identified; or (2) Has been identified but was not reasonably believed by the peace officer to possess or control a prepaid or stored value card before the peace officer lawfully obtained possession of a prepaid or stored value card; (b) Has lawfully obtained possession of a prepaid or stored value card; and (c) Has probable cause to believe that the prepaid or stored value card represents the proceeds of a crime or has been used, is being used or is intended for use in the commission of a crime, the peace officer may use an electronic device, a necessary electronic communications network or any other reasonable means to determine the name, personal information and amount of funds associated with the prepaid or stored value card.

2. The Attorney General, the Attorney General’s designee or any state or local law enforcement agency in this State may enter into a contract with any person to assist in carrying out the provisions of this section.

3. Before entering into a contract pursuant to subsection 2, the Attorney General, the Attorney General’s designee or a state or local law enforcement agency shall consider the following factors: (a) The functional benefits to all law enforcement agencies in this State of maintaining either a single database or a series of interlinked databases relating to possible criminal use of prepaid or stored value cards. (b) The overall costs of establishing and maintaining such a database or databases. (c) Any other factors that the Attorney General, the Attorney General’s designee or the state or local law enforcement agency believe to be relevant.

4. Any contract entered into pursuant to this section: (a) May be a sole source contract, not subject to the rules and requirements of open competitive bidding, if the period of the contract does not exceed 5 years; and (b) Must indemnify and hold harmless any person who enters into a contract pursuant to this section, and any officers, employees or agents of that person, for claims for actions taken at the direction of a law enforcement agency in this State and within the scope of the contract.

5. As used in this section: (a) “ Prepaid or stored value card ” means any instrument or device used to access funds or monetary value represented in digital electronic format, whether or not specially encrypted, and stored or capable of storage on electronic media in such a way as to be retrievable and transferable electronically. (b) “Proceeds” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179.1161 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 175.301 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 175 / Section 175.301
Testimony of person upon or with whom abortion was allegedly committed
Status: in_force

Upon a trial for procuring or attempting to procure an abortion, or aiding or assisting therein, the defendant must not be convicted upon the testimony of the person upon or with whom the offense has allegedly been committed, unless:

1. The testimony of that person is corroborated by other evidence; or

2. The person giving the testimony is, and was at the time the crime is alleged to have taken place, a police officer or deputy sheriff who was performing his or her duties as such.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.515 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.515
Court may grant new trial or vacate judgment in certain circumstances
Status: in_force

1. The court may grant a new trial to a defendant if required as a matter of law or on the ground of newly discovered evidence.

2. If trial was by the court without a jury, the court may vacate the judgment if entered, take additional testimony and direct the entry of a new judgment.

3. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 176.09187 , a motion for a new trial based on the ground of newly discovered evidence may be made only within 2 years after the verdict or finding of guilt.

4. A motion for a new trial based on any other grounds must be made within 7 days after the verdict or finding of guilt or within such further time as the court may fix during the 7-day period.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179C.220 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179C / Section 179C.220
Penalty
Status: in_force

Any person violating the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.1255 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 171 / Section 171.1255
Arrest by officer or agent of Bureau of Indian Affairs or police officer employed by Indian tribe
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an officer or agent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs or a person employed as a police officer by an Indian tribe may make an arrest in obedience to a warrant delivered to him or her, or may, without a warrant, arrest a person: (a) For a public offense committed or attempted in the officer or agent's presence. (b) When a person arrested has committed a felony or gross misdemeanor, although not in the officer or agent's presence. (c) When a felony or gross misdemeanor has in fact been committed, and the officer or agent has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it. (d) On a charge made, upon a reasonable cause, of the commission of a felony or gross misdemeanor by the person arrested. (e) When a warrant has in fact been issued in this State for the arrest of a named or described person for a public offense, and the officer or agent has reasonable cause to believe that the person arrested is the person so named or described. (f) When the peace officer has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a battery upon that person's spouse and the peace officer finds evidence of bodily harm to the spouse.

2. Such an officer or agent may make an arrest pursuant to subsection 1 only: (a) Within the boundaries of an Indian reservation or Indian colony for an offense committed on that reservation or colony; or (b) Outside the boundaries of an Indian reservation or Indian colony if the officer or agent is: (1) Acting under an agreement pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 289.152 ; or (2) In fresh pursuit of a person who is reasonably believed by the officer or agent to have committed a felony within the boundaries of the reservation or colony or has committed, or attempted to commit, any criminal offense within those boundaries in the presence of the officer or agent. For the purposes of this subsection, “fresh pursuit” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 171.156 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 174.335 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 174 / Section 174.335
Subpoena for production of documentary evidence and of objects
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 172.139 , a subpoena may also command the person to whom it is directed to produce the books, papers, documents or other objects designated therein.

2. The court on motion made promptly may quash or modify the subpoena if compliance would be unreasonable or oppressive.

3. The court may direct that books, papers, documents or objects designated in the subpoena be produced before the court at a time before the trial or before the time when they are to be offered in evidence and may, upon their production, permit the books, papers, documents or objects or portions thereof to be inspected by the parties and their attorneys.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.345 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.345
Endorsement on warrant of arrest for commitment for preliminary examination
Status: in_force

An endorsement on a warrant of arrest for commitment for preliminary examination may be in substantially the following form:

ENDORSEMENT

The within-named A. B., having been brought before me under this warrant, is committed for examination to the sheriff (or other appropriate peace officer) of the County of _____________________________
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.535 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.535
Receipt for property taken from person arrested for public offense
Status: in_force

When money or other property is taken from a defendant arrested upon a charge of a public offense, the officer taking it shall at the time give duplicate receipts therefor, specifying particularly the amount of money and the kind of property taken, one of which receipts the officer shall deliver to the defendant, and the other of which the officer shall forthwith file with the clerk of the court to which the deposition and statements must be sent.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.095 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.095
Return of papers to clerk
Status: in_force

The magistrate who has issued a search warrant shall attach to the warrant the duplicate original warrant, if any, and a copy of the return, inventory and all other papers in connection therewith and shall file them with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction where the property was seized.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.486 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.486
Authority to enter stay of execution
Status: in_force

A district court having proper jurisdiction, the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, if it has proper jurisdiction, may stay the execution of a sentence of death when a postconviction petition for habeas corpus challenging a judgment of conviction or sentence has been filed only after appropriate notice has been given to the appropriate respondent in the case.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 169.179 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 169 / Section 169.179
“Repeat offense” defined
Status: in_force

“ Repeat offense ” means an offense for which the person has previously been arrested, convicted or issued a citation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.295 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.295
Costs when criminal action removed before trial; clerk to certify costs to auditor
Status: in_force

1. In every case where a criminal action may have been or shall be removed before trial, the costs accruing upon such removal and trial shall be a charge against the county in which the cause of the indictment or information occurred.

2. The clerk of the county to which such action is or may be removed shall certify the amount of the costs to the auditor of the county in which the indictment was found, or the information filed, which shall be examined, allowed and paid as other county charges.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179D.460 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179D / Section 179D.460
Registration with local law enforcement agency within 48 hours; duties of offender or sex offender and procedure; local law enforcement agency to inform offender or sex offender of duties after registration; duties of local law enforcement agency when notified of certain information about offender or sex offender who enrolls in or works at institution of higher education
Status: in_force

1. In addition to any other registration that is required pursuant to NRS 179D.450 , each offender or sex offender who, after July 1, 1956, is or has been convicted of a crime against a child or a sexual offense shall register with a local law enforcement agency pursuant to the provisions of this section.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if the offender or sex offender resides or is present for 48 hours or more within: (a) A county; or (b) An incorporated city that does not have a city police department, the offender or sex offender shall be deemed a resident offender or sex offender and shall register with the sheriff's office of the county or, if the county or the city is within the jurisdiction of a metropolitan police department, the metropolitan police department, not later than 48 hours after arriving or establishing a residence within the county or the city.

3. If the offender or sex offender resides or is present for 48 hours or more within an incorporated city that has a city police department, the offender or sex offender shall be deemed a resident offender or sex offender and shall register with the city police department not later than 48 hours after arriving or establishing a residence within the city.

4. If the offender or sex offender is a nonresident offender or sex offender who is a student or worker within this State, the offender or sex offender shall register with the appropriate sheriff's office, metropolitan police department or city police department in whose jurisdiction the offender or sex offender is a student or worker not later than 48 hours after becoming a student or worker within this State.

5. A resident or nonresident offender or sex offender shall immediately notify the appropriate local law enforcement agency if: (a) The offender or sex offender is, expects to be or becomes enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education or changes the date of commencement or termination of the offender or sex offender’s enrollment at an institution of higher education; or (b) The offender or sex offender is, expects to be or becomes a worker at an institution of higher education or changes the date of commencement or termination of the offender or sex offender’s work at an institution of higher education. The offender or sex offender shall provide the name, address and type of each such institution of higher education.

6. To register with a local law enforcement agency pursuant to this section, the offender or sex offender shall: (a) Appear personally at the office of the appropriate local law enforcement agency; (b) Provide all information that is requested by the local law enforcement agency, including, but not limited to, fingerprints and a photograph; and (c) Sign and date the record of registration or some other proof of registration of the local law enforcement agency in the presence of an officer of the local law enforcement agency.

7. When an offender or sex offender registers, the local law enforcement agency shall: (a) Inform the offender or sex offender of the duty to notify the local law enforcement agency if the offender or sex offender changes the address at which the offender or sex offender resides, including if the offender or sex offender moves from this State to another jurisdiction, or changes the primary address at which the offender or sex offender is a student or worker; and (b) Inform the offender or sex offender of the duty to register with the local law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction the sex offender relocates.

8. After the offender or sex offender registers with the local law enforcement agency, the local law enforcement agency shall forward to the Central Repository the information collected, including the fingerprints and a photograph of the offender or sex offender.

9. If the Central Repository has not previously established a record of registration for an offender or sex offender described in subsection 8, the Central Repository shall: (a) Establish a record of registration for the offender or sex offender; (b) Provide notification concerning the offender or sex offender to the appropriate local law enforcement agencies; and (c) Provide community notification concerning the offender or sex offender pursuant to the provisions of NRS 179D.475 .

10. When an offender or sex offender notifies a local law enforcement agency that: (a) The offender or sex offender is, expects to be or becomes enrolled as a student at an institution of higher education or changes the date of commencement or termination of the offender or sex offender’s enrollment at an institution of higher education; or (b) The offender or sex offender is, expects to be or becomes a worker at an institution of higher education or changes the date of commencement or termination of the offender or sex offender’s work at an institution of higher education, and provides the name, address and type of each such institution of higher education, the local law enforcement agency shall immediately provide that information to the Central Repository and to the appropriate campus police department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.485 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.485
Costs of investigations borne by State; manner of payment
Status: in_force

The costs and expenses of the investigations provided in NRS 176.415 to 176.475 , inclusive, must be borne by the State and paid in the following manner: The costs and expenses of an investigation must first be paid by county warrants drawn upon the order of the district judge. The county clerk shall then present a claim to the State Board of Examiners for the amount of such costs and expenses so ordered paid by the district judge. Upon approval of the claim by the State Board of Examiners, the State Controller shall draw a warrant for the payment thereof, and the State Treasurer shall pay the same from the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 174.435 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 174 / Section 174.435
Exemption from arrest and service of process
Status: in_force

1. If a person comes into this state in obedience to a summons directing the person to attend and testify in this state the person shall not while in this state pursuant to such summons be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before the person’s entrance into this state under the summons.

2. If a person passes through this state while going to another state in obedience to a summons to attend and testify in that state or while returning therefrom, the person shall not while so passing through this state be subject to arrest or the service of process, civil or criminal, in connection with matters which arose before the person’s entrance into this state under the summons.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.510 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.510
Appeal by State from order granting motion to suppress
Status: in_force

In addition to any other right to appeal the State may appeal from an order granting a motion to suppress made under NRS 179.505 if the Attorney General or district attorney certifies to the judge or other official granting such motion that the appeal is not taken for purposes of delay. Such appeal shall be taken within 30 days after the date the order of suppression was entered and shall be diligently prosecuted as in the case of other interlocutory appeals or under such rules as the Supreme Court may adopt.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176A.060 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176A / Section 176A.060
“Residential confinement” defined
Status: in_force

“Residential confinement” means the confinement of a person convicted of a crime to the person’s place of residence under the terms and conditions established by the sentencing court.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176A.660 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176A / Section 176A.660
Authority of court to order; requirements; enhanced supervision; use of electronic device; limitations
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if a person who has been placed on probation violates a condition of probation, the court may order the person to a term of residential confinement in lieu of causing the sentence imposed to be executed. In making this determination, the court shall consider the criminal record of the person and the seriousness of the crime committed.

2. In ordering the person to a term of residential confinement, the court shall: (a) Direct that the person be placed under the supervision of the Division and require: (1) The person to be confined to the person's residence during the time the person is away from any employment, community service or other activity authorized by the Division; and (2) Enhanced supervision of the person, including, without limitation, unannounced visits to the person's residence or other locations where the person is expected to be in order to determine whether the person is complying with the terms of confinement; or (b) If the person was placed on probation for a felony conviction, direct that the person be placed under the supervision of the Department of Corrections and require the person to be confined to a facility or institution of the Department for a period not to exceed 6 months. The Department may select the facility or institution in which to place the person.

3. An electronic device approved by the Division may be used to supervise a person ordered to a term of residential confinement. The device may be capable of using the Global Positioning System, but must be minimally intrusive and limited in capability to recording or transmitting information concerning the person's location, including, but not limited to, the transmission of still visual images which do not concern the person's activities, and producing, upon request, reports or records of the person's presence near or within a crime scene or prohibited area or his or her departure from a specified geographic location. A device which is capable of recording or transmitting: (a) Oral or wire communications or any auditory sound; or (b) Information concerning the person's activities, must not be used.

4. The court shall not order a person to a term of residential confinement unless the person agrees to the order.

5. A term of residential confinement may not be longer than the unexpired maximum term of a sentence imposed by the court.

6. As used in this section: (a) “Facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 209.065 . (b) “Institution” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 209.071 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.158 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 171 / Section 171.158
Arrests within this State by foreign officers; hearing before magistrate
Status: in_force

1. Any member of a duly organized state, county or municipal peace unit of another state of the United States who enters this State in fresh pursuit, and continues within this State in fresh pursuit, of a person in order to arrest the person on the ground that the person is believed to have committed a felony in the other state, shall have the same authority to arrest and hold such person in custody, as has any member of any duly organized state, county or municipal peace unit of this State, to arrest and hold in custody a person on the ground that the person is believed to have committed a felony in this State.

2. The officer of another state making an arrest within this State shall take the person arrested before a magistrate of the county in which the arrest was made, without unnecessary delay. The magistrate shall conduct a hearing for the purpose of determining the lawfulness of the arrest. If the magistrate determines that the arrest was lawful, the magistrate shall commit the person arrested to await for a reasonable time the issuance of an extradition warrant by the Governor of this State or admit the person to bail for such purpose. If the magistrate determines the arrest was unlawful the magistrate shall discharge the person arrested.

3. This section shall not be construed so as to make unlawful any arrest in this State which would otherwise be lawful.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.082 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 171 / Section 171.082
No limitation for sexual assault if identity of accused person is established by conducting genetic marker analysis of biological specimen and obtaining DNA profile
Status: in_force

1. If the identity of a person who is accused of committing a sexual assault is established by conducting a genetic marker analysis of a biological specimen and obtaining a DNA profile, the period of limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085 is removed and there is no limitation of the time within which a prosecution for the sexual assault must be commenced.

2. As used in this section: (a) “Biological specimen” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 176.09112 . (b) “DNA profile” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 176.09115 . (c) “Genetic marker analysis” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 176.09118 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.055 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.055
Officer may break door to serve warrant after admittance refused; breaking of door or window to liberate officer or person acting in aid of officer; use of reasonable and necessary force
Status: in_force

1. The officer may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house, or any part of the house, or anything therein, to execute the warrant, if, after notice of authority and purpose, the officer is refused admittance.

2. The officer may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house for the purpose of liberating a person who, having entered to aid in the execution of the officer’s warrant, is detained therein, or when necessary for the officer’s own liberation.

3. All reasonable and necessary force may be used to effect an entry into any building or property or part thereof to execute a search warrant. In the execution of the warrant, the person executing it may reasonably detain and search any person in the place at the time in order to protect himself or herself from attack or to prevent destruction, disposal or concealment of any instruments, articles or things particularly described in the warrant.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.453 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.453
“User” defined
Status: in_force

“ User ” means a person or entity who:

1. Uses an electronic communication service; and

2. Is authorized by the provider of the electronic communication service to engage in such use.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178.4875 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178 / Section 178.4875
Proceeding for forfeiture of bail pending review or appeal; proceeding for recommitment of defendant
Status: in_force

1. If the court admits a petitioner to bail pending review of the petition or pending appeal, any subsequent proceeding for forfeiture of the bail must take place in the proceeding on the petition.

2. Any subsequent proceeding for the recommitment of the defendant pursuant to NRS 178.532 may be initiated on behalf of the State in the proceeding on the petition or in the district court where the original conviction was had, if it was in a different court. If the proceeding occurs in the district court where the original conviction was had, that court must notify the court conducting the proceeding on the petition of any order for recommitment entered and subsequently enforced.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.1223 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 171 / Section 171.1223
Peace officer with limited jurisdiction must notify primary law enforcement agency of commission of certain felonies; transfer of investigation to primary law enforcement agency
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, in a county whose population is 100,000 or more, a peace officer with limited jurisdiction who witnesses a category A felony being committed or attempted in the officer's presence, or has reasonable cause for believing a person has committed or attempted to commit a category A felony in an area that is within the officer's jurisdiction, shall immediately notify the primary law enforcement agency in the city or county, as appropriate, where the offense or attempted offense was committed.

2. Upon arrival of an officer from the primary law enforcement agency notified pursuant to subsection 1, a peace officer with limited jurisdiction shall immediately transfer the investigation of the offense or attempted offense to the primary law enforcement agency.

3. The provisions of subsection 1 do not: (a) Apply to an offense or attempted offense that is a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor or felony other than a category A felony; (b) Apply to an officer of the Nevada Highway Patrol, a member of the police department of the Nevada System of Higher Education, an agent of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety or a ranger of the Division of State Parks of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; (c) Apply to a peace officer with limited jurisdiction if an interlocal agreement between the officer's employer and the primary law enforcement agency in the city or county in which a category A felony was committed or attempted authorizes the peace officer with limited jurisdiction to respond to and investigate the felony without immediately notifying the primary law enforcement agency; or (d) Prohibit a peace officer with limited jurisdiction from: (1) Contacting a primary law enforcement agency for assistance with an offense that is a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor or felony that is not a category A felony; or (2) Responding to a category A felony until the appropriate primary law enforcement agency arrives at the location where the felony was allegedly committed or attempted, including, without limitation, taking any appropriate action to provide assistance to a victim of the felony, to apprehend the person suspected of committing or attempting to commit the felony, to secure the location where the felony was allegedly committed or attempted and to protect the life and safety of the peace officer and any other person present at that location.

4. As used in this section: (a) “ Peace officer with limited jurisdiction ” means: (1) A school police officer who is appointed or employed pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 391.281 ; (2) An airport guard or police officer who is appointed pursuant to NRS 496.130 ; (3) A person employed to provide police services for an airport authority created by a special act of the Legislature; and (4) A marshal or park ranger who is part of a unit of specialized law enforcement established pursuant to NRS 280.125 . (b) “ Primary law enforcement agency ” means: (1) A police department of an incorporated city; (2) The sheriff's office of a county; or (3) If the county is within the jurisdiction of a metropolitan police department, the metropolitan police department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.0131 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.0131
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: reserved

The Legislature hereby finds, and declares to be the public policy of this State, that:

1. Sentencing and corrections policies should embody fairness, consistency, proportionality and opportunity.

2. The laws of this State should convey a clear and purposeful rationale regarding sentencing and corrections. The statutes governing criminal justice should articulate the purpose of sentencing, and related policies and practices should be logical, understandable and transparent to stakeholders and the public.

3. A continuum of sentencing and corrections options should be available, with imprisonment reserved for the most serious offenders and adequate community programs for diversion and supervision of other offenders.

4. Sentencing and corrections policies should be resource sensitive as those policies may impact costs, inmate populations and public safety. Criminal justice agencies should strive to effectively measure costs and benefits.

5. Criminal justice information should be a foundation for effective data driven sentencing and corrections policies.

6. Sentencing and corrections policies should reflect current circumstances and needs.

7. Strategies to reduce crime and victimization should involve prevention, treatment, health and labor and must endeavor to utilize all available federal, academic and private resources and expertise.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.0912 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.0912
Biological evidence secured in connection with investigation or prosecution; required preservation
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, upon the conviction of a defendant for a category A or B felony, an agency of criminal justice that has in its possession or custody any biological evidence secured in connection with the investigation or prosecution of the defendant shall preserve such evidence until the expiration of any sentence imposed on the defendant.

2. Biological evidence subject to the requirements of this section may be consumed for testing upon notice to the defendant.

3. An agency of criminal justice may establish procedures for: (a) Retaining probative samples of biological evidence subject to the requirements of this section; and (b) Disposing of bulk evidence that does not affect the suitability of such probative samples for testing.

4. The provisions of this section must not be construed to restrict or limit an agency of criminal justice from establishing procedures for the retention, preservation and disposal of biological evidence secured in connection with other criminal cases.

5. As used in this section, “ biological evidence ” means any semen, blood, saliva, hair, skin tissue or other identified biological material removed from physical evidence.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178A.090 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 178A / Section 178A.090
“Law enforcement official” defined
Status: in_force

1. “ Law enforcement official ” means: (a) Any person employed by a law enforcement agency; or (b) Any person employed by a public school, private school or institution of higher education whose primary duty is to enforce the law.

2. For purposes of this section: (a) “Institution of higher education” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179D.045 . (b) “ Private school ” means a nonprofit private elementary or secondary educational institution that is licensed in this State. (c) “Public school” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 388.127 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176A.360 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 176A / Section 176A.360
Arrest of probationer
Status: in_force

For the purpose of surrendering a probationer, a surety, at any time before it is finally discharged, and at any place within the State, may, by a written authority endorsed on a certified copy of the undertaking, cause the probationer to be arrested by a bail agent or bail enforcement agent who is licensed pursuant to chapter 697 of NRS.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 172.197 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 172 / Section 172.197
Procedure when person subpoenaed to appear before grand jury intends to assert constitutional privilege against self-incrimination
Status: in_force

1. If a person who has been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury informs the district attorney that the person intends to refuse to testify and to assert the person’s constitutional privilege against self-incrimination, the district attorney shall: (a) Move for an order of immunity pursuant to NRS 178.572 ; (b) Challenge the existence of a valid privilege by filing in any court of record a motion to compel the testimony of the person; or (c) Withdraw the subpoena.

2. All proceedings which are held on a motion filed pursuant to subsection 1 must be closed.

3. If the existence of the privilege is challenged, the court shall hear the evidence of both parties and determine whether or not a valid privilege exists and to which matters, if any, it extends.

4. The district attorney shall not call a person to testify before a grand jury regarding matters which have been so determined to be within the person’s constitutional privilege against self-incrimination.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179A.130 — NV Code / Title 14 / Chapter 179A / Section 179A.130
Log to be maintained of dissemination of information relating to records of criminal history
Status: in_force

Each agency of criminal justice which maintains and disseminates information relating to records of criminal history must maintain a log of each dissemination of that information other than a dissemination of the fact that the agency has no record relating to a certain person. The log must be maintained for at least 1 year after the information is disseminated, and must contain:

1. An entry showing to what agency or person the information relating to records of criminal history were provided;

2. The date on which the information was provided;

3. The person who is the subject of the information; and

4. A brief description of the information provided.