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NV Rev Stat § 259.047 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.047 - Test of decedent for communicable diseases; report of results.

  1. The coroner may cause a decedent under the jurisdiction of the coroner to be tested for communicable diseases without obtaining a court order if:  (a) A law enforcement officer, emergency medical attendant or firefighter came in contact with the blood or bodily fluids of the decedent in the course of his or her official duties before the decedent came under the jurisdiction of the coroner;   (b) The coroner or an employee of the coroner comes in contact with the blood or bodily fluids of a decedent in the course of his or her official duties; or  (c) Any other person came in contact with the blood or bodily fluids of the decedent while rendering care or assistance in an emergency before the decedent came under the jurisdiction of the coroner.  2. The coroner shall report the results of any test conducted pursuant to subsection 1 to the local health officer.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 4163)
NV Rev Stat § 259.049 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.049 - Program to promote mental health of certain persons; program to provide bereavement services to public.

A coroner may establish:  1. A program to promote the mental health of:  (a) The employees of the office of the coroner; and   (b) Any person impacted as a result of providing services in his or her professional capacity in response to an incident involving mass casualties within the county.  2. A program that provides bereavement services to members of the public within the county.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 4163)
NV Rev Stat § 259.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.050 - Investigation into cause of death; postmortem examination; inquest.

  1. When a coroner or the coroner’s deputy is informed that a person has been killed, has committed suicide or has suddenly died under such circumstances as to afford reasonable ground to suspect that the death has been occasioned by unnatural means, the coroner shall make an appropriate investigation.  2. In all cases where it is apparent or can be reasonably inferred that the death may have been caused by a criminal act, the coroner or the coroner’s deputy shall notify the district attorney of the county where the inquiry is made, and the district attorney shall make an investigation with the assistance of the coroner. If the sheriff is not ex officio the coroner, the coroner shall also notify the sheriff, and the district attorney and sheriff shall make the investigation with the assistance of the coroner.  3. If it is apparent to or can be reasonably inferred by the coroner that a death may have been caused by drug use or poisoning, the coroner shall cause a postmortem examination to be performed on the decedent by a forensic pathologist unless the death occurred following a hospitalization stay of 24 hours or more.   4. A coroner may issue a subpoena for the production of any document, record or material that is directly related or believed to contain evidence related to an investigation by the coroner.   5. The holding of a coroner’s inquest is within the sound discretion of the district attorney or district judge of the county. An inquest need not be conducted in any case of death manifestly occasioned by natural cause, suicide, accident, motor vehicle crash or when it is publicly known that the death was caused by a person already in custody, but an inquest must be held unless the district attorney or a district judge certifies that no inquest is required.  6. If an inquest is to be held, the district attorney shall call upon a justice of the peace of the county to preside over it. The justice of the peace shall summon three persons qualified by law to serve as jurors, to appear before the justice of the peace forthwith at the place where the body is or such other place within the county as may be designated by him or her to inquire into the cause of death.  7. A single inquest may be held with respect to more than one death, where all the deaths were occasioned by a common cause.  [3:107:1909; A 1919, 60; 1949, 152; 1943 NCL § 11427] — (NRS A 1977, 666; 1979, 1369; 2015, 1660; 2019, 4165)
NV Rev Stat § 259.053 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.053 - Postmortem examination by forensic pathologist: Determination of cause of death; death certificate.

If a forensic pathologist performs a postmortem examination on a body under the jurisdiction of the coroner:  1. The forensic pathologist shall determine the cause of death of the decedent; and   2. The certifier of death shall record on the death certificate the exact cause of death as determined by the forensic pathologist.  (Added to NRS by 2019, 4163)
NV Rev Stat § 259.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.060 - Penalty for failure to attend as juror.

Every person summoned as a juror who fails to appear without having a reasonable excuse, shall forfeit a sum, not exceeding $100, to be recovered by the district attorney, in any court of competent jurisdiction, and paid by the person into the county treasury.  [4:107:1909; RL § 7545; NCL § 11428] — (NRS A 1979, 1369)
NV Rev Stat § 259.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.070 - Oath of juror.

When the jurors attend, they must be sworn by the justice of the peace to inquire who the person was, and when, where and by what means the person came to his or her death, and into the circumstances attending his or her death, and to render a true verdict thereon according to the evidence.  [5:107:1909; A 1919, 60; 1919 RL § 7546; NCL § 11429] — (NRS A 1979, 1369)
NV Rev Stat § 259.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.080 - Fees of jurors; expenses of transportation of jury.

  1. Jurors of coroners’ juries (with not more than three persons upon the jury) are entitled to receive for each day’s service $15, to be certified to the county clerk by the justice of the peace, and audited, allowed and paid as are other claims against the county.  2. When it is necessary for a coroner’s jury to travel a greater distance than 1 mile to view the remains, or to the place where the inquest is to be held, the necessary and actual expenses incurred for the transportation of the jury must be allowed, audited and paid as are other claims against the county, after having been duly certified by the justice of the peace.  [Part 2:69:1919; A 1933, 68, 152; 1937, 210; 1949, 10; 1951, 107; 1953, 134] — (NRS A 1963, 348; 1979, 1370; 1983, 1010)
NV Rev Stat § 259.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.090 - Inquest: Summoning and examination of witnesses; examination of decedent; adjournment.

  1. The justice of the peace may issue subpoenas for witnesses, returnable as the justice of the peace may direct, and served by such person as he or she may direct.  2. He or she must summon and examine as witnesses every person who, in his or her opinion or that of any of the jurors, has any knowledge of the facts, and he or she may summon a qualified surgeon or physician to inspect the body, or hold a postmortem examination thereon, or a chemist to make an analysis of the stomach or the tissues of the deceased and give a professional opinion as to the cause of the death.  3. The coroner may adjourn the inquest from time to time as may be necessary.  [6:107:1909; A 1949, 595; 1943 NCL § 11430] — (NRS A 1979, 1370)
NV Rev Stat § 259.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.100 - Witness failing to attend punishable for contempt.

Any witness failing to obey the subpoena of the justice of the peace may be attached and fined for contempt in like manner as in a justice court.  [7:107:1909; RL § 7548; NCL § 11431] — (NRS A 1979, 1370)
NV Rev Stat § 259.110 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.110 - Rendition of verdict: Certification; contents.

After inspecting the body and hearing the testimony, the jury shall render their verdict and certify the same by an inquisition in writing, signed by them, and setting forth the name of the deceased, when, where and by what means the deceased came to his or her death; if by criminal means, the name of the person causing the death.  [8:107:1909; RL § 7549; NCL § 11432]
NV Rev Stat § 259.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.120 - Testimony to be reduced to writing and filed with clerk of district court.

The testimony at such an inquest must be reduced to writing in such manner as the justice of the peace may direct, and filed by him or her, without delay, in the office of the clerk of the district court of the county.  [9:107:1909; RL § 7550; NCL § 11433] — (NRS A 1979, 1370)
NV Rev Stat § 259.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.130 - Warrant to issue for accused.

If the jury finds that the dead person was killed by another person under circumstances not excusable or justifiable in law, and that the person who committed the act is not in custody, the justice of the peace shall issue a warrant signed by him or her, with his or her name of office, for the arrest of the accused.  [10:107:1909; RL § 7551; NCL § 11434] — (NRS A 1979, 1370)
NV Rev Stat § 259.140 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.140 - Service and return of warrant.

The warrant of the justice of the peace may be served in any county of the State, and the officer serving such a warrant may return it before a magistrate of the county in which it is issued. The officer receiving such a warrant has the same power under the warrant as the officer would have by virtue of a warrant from any court or magistrate of this state.  [11:107:1909; RL § 7552; NCL § 11435] — (NRS A 1979, 1370)
NV Rev Stat § 259.145 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.145 - Fee of justice of the peace for holding inquest.

  1. A justice of the peace is entitled, for each day necessarily employed in holding an inquest, to a fee of $23.  2. This fee must be paid out of the county treasury as other demands against the county are paid.  [17:107:1909; A 1933, 259; 1949, 152; 1953, 127] — (NRS A 1979, 1370; 1993, 1353; 2001, 3213) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 259.200)
NV Rev Stat § 259.150 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.150 - Inventory of money and property of decedent; delivery to county treasurer; signs prohibiting entrance to residence of decedent; penalty for disregard of prohibition.

  1. The coroner shall inventory, in the presence of at least one other person, any money or property which may have been found on or about the deceased, unless taken from his or her possession by legal authority, and shall deliver without delay a signed copy of the inventory and the money or property to the treasurer of the county. If the coroner fails to pay or deliver such money or property to the county treasurer, the county treasurer may recover it by an action at law.  2. The coroner shall affix appropriate seals, signs or other devices prohibiting entrance to the residence of a deceased person who had lived alone under circumstances indicating that no other person can reasonably be expected to provide immediate security for the deceased’s property. Any person, except the coroner, the coroner’s deputy, a law enforcement officer or the executor or administrator of the deceased’s estate, who removes such a coroner’s seal, sign or other device or who enters upon any property bearing such a seal, sign or other device is guilty of a misdemeanor.  [12:107:1909; RL § 7553; NCL § 11436] — (NRS A 1977, 910; 1979, 14)
NV Rev Stat § 259.160 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.160 - Duties of county treasurer pertaining to money and property of decedent.

  1. Upon payment of money into the county treasurer’s office in such case, he or she shall place it to the credit of the county. Upon the delivery of property, he or she shall:  (a) Deliver such property to the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, for disposition according to law; or  (b) Give written notice to the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, of his or her intention to sell such property at public sale.  2. If within 10 days after the giving of notice pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1, the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, claims the property for disposition, the county treasurer shall deliver it to him or her.  3. If the public administrator or a person employed or contracted with pursuant to NRS 253.125, as applicable, does not claim the property as provided in subsection 2, the county treasurer may, after giving notice by posting at the courthouse for at least 10 days, sell the property at public sale and place the proceeds to the credit of the county.  [13:107:1909; RL § 7554; NCL § 11437] — (NRS A 1969, 664; 2019, 1543)
NV Rev Stat § 259.170 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.170 - Payment to representatives of decedent.

If the money or the proceeds from the sale of property are demanded within 6 years, the county treasurer shall pay the same to the person legally authorized to receive it, but the same may be paid at any subsequent time to the representatives of the deceased upon an order from the tribunal invested with the power to allow claims against the county.  [14:107:1909; A 1911, 59; RL § 7555; NCL § 11438] — (NRS A 1969, 664)
NV Rev Stat § 259.180 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.180 - Burial of decedent; payment of expenses.

After the inquest, if no one takes charge of the body, the coroner shall cause it to be decently buried. The expenses of the burial must be paid from the money deposited with the county treasurer or the estate of the deceased, as the case may be. If the deceased has no money or estate, or the money or estate of the deceased is insufficient to bear the entire cost of burial, the county in which the deceased is buried shall bear the cost of the burial in excess of any money or estate available.  [16:107:1909; RL § 7557; NCL § 11440] — (NRS A 1969, 664; 1979, 14)
NV Rev Stat § 259.200 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 259 - Coroners|NRS 259.200 - Fee of justice of the peace for holding inquest.

[Replaced in revision by NRS 259.145.]
NV Rev Stat § 260.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders|NRS 260.010 - Creation of office by ordinance; restrictions on creation; appointment; term of office; cooperation of county commissioners with Board on Indigent Defense Services and Department of Indigent Defense Services.

  1. In counties whose population is 100,000 or more, the boards of county commissioners shall provide by ordinance for the office of public defender.  2. Except as otherwise provided by subsection 4 and except if the county voluntarily transfers or has been required to transfer responsibility for the provision of indigent defense services to the State Public Defender pursuant to NRS 180.450, in counties whose population is less than 100,000, boards of county commissioners may in their respective counties provide by ordinance, at the beginning of a fiscal year, for the office of public defender.  3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if a board of county commissioners intends to provide by ordinance for the office of county public defender, the board shall notify the State Public Defender in writing on or before March 1 of any odd-numbered year and the office may not be created before July 1 of the same year in which the notice was given.  4. If the county contribution approved by the Legislature exceeds the estimate provided to the county on December 1 by more than 10 percent for either year of the biennium, the board of county commissioners may provide for the office of county public defender on July 1 of the next even-numbered year if the board notifies the State Public Defender on or before March 1 of the same year in which the office is to be created.  5. The office of public defender when created must be filled by appointment by the board of county commissioners.  6. The public defender serves at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners.  7. Each board of county commissioners shall cooperate with the Board on Indigent Defense Services created by NRS 180.300 and the Department of Indigent Defense Services created by NRS 180.400. The board of county commissioners shall:  (a) Ensure that data and information requested by the Board or Department is collected and maintained; and   (b) Provide such information and reports concerning the provision of indigent defense services as requested by the Board or the Department.  8. As used in this section, "indigent defense services" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 180.004.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 597; A 1969, 1475, 1545; 1979, 525; 1989, 1646; 1991, 994; 1995, 499; 2019, 2890)
NV Rev Stat § 260.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders|NRS 260.020 - Joint action to establish office.

A county may join with one or more other counties to establish one office of public defender to serve those counties.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 597)
NV Rev Stat § 260.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders|NRS 260.030 - Qualifications; representation of indigent person charged with public offense.

  1. The public defender shall be a qualified attorney licensed to practice in this state.  2. The public defender shall, when designated pursuant to NRS 171.188, represent, without charge, each indigent person who is under arrest and held for a public offense.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 597; A 1967, 1471; 1969, 479; 1973, 358)
NV Rev Stat § 260.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders|NRS 260.040 - Compensation; deputies and employees; private practice of law limited; expenses; deputies in certain counties governed by merit personnel system.

  1. The compensation of the public defender must be fixed by the board of county commissioners. The public defender of any two or more counties must be compensated and be permitted private civil practice of the law as determined by the boards of county commissioners of those counties, subject to the provisions of subsection 4 of this section and NRS 7.065.  2. The public defender may appoint as many deputies or assistant attorneys, clerks, investigators, stenographers and other employees as the public defender considers necessary to enable him or her to carry out his or her responsibilities, with the approval of the board of county commissioners. An assistant attorney must be a qualified attorney licensed to practice in this State and may be placed on a part-time or full-time basis. The appointment of a deputy, assistant attorney or other employee pursuant to this subsection must not be construed to confer upon that deputy, assistant attorney or other employee policymaking authority for the office of the public defender or the county or counties by which the deputy, assistant attorney or other employee is employed.  3. The compensation of persons appointed under subsection 2 must be fixed by the board of county commissioners of the county or counties so served.  4. The public defender and his or her deputies and assistant attorneys in a county whose population is less than 100,000 may engage in the private practice of law. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, in any other county, the public defender and his or her deputies and assistant attorneys shall not engage in the private practice of law except as otherwise provided in NRS 7.065. An attorney appointed to defend a person for a limited duration with limited jurisdiction may engage in private practice which does not present a conflict with his or her appointment.  5. The board of county commissioners shall provide office space, furniture, equipment and supplies for the use of the public defender suitable for the conduct of the business of his or her office. However, the board of county commissioners may provide for an allowance in place of facilities. Each of those items is a charge against the county in which public defender services are rendered. If the public defender serves more than one county, expenses that are properly allocable to the business of more than one of those counties must be prorated among the counties concerned.  6. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, deputies are governed by the merit personnel system of the county.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 597; A 1973, 678; 1979, 525; 1989, 203; 1993, 2260; 1999, 161; 2005, 684; 2011, 1129)
NV Rev Stat § 260.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders|NRS 260.050 - Interview with and representation of indigent person.

  1. The public defender may, before being designated as counsel for that person pursuant to NRS 171.188, interview an indigent person when he or she has been arrested and confined for a public offense or for questioning on suspicion of having committed a public offense.  2. The public defender shall, when designated pursuant to NRS 62D.030, 171.188 or 432B.420, represent without charge each indigent person for whom he or she is appointed.  3. When representing an indigent person, the public defender shall:  (a) Counsel and defend the person at every stage of the proceedings, including revocation of probation or parole; and  (b) Prosecute, subject to the provisions of subsection 4 of NRS 180.060, any appeals or other remedies before or after conviction that he or she considers to be in the interests of justice.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 598; A 1967, 1471; 1969, 479; 1971, 1412; 1973, 358; 1975, 42; 1977, 339; 1985, 1400; 2003, 1130; 2019, 2891)
NV Rev Stat § 260.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders|NRS 260.060 - Magistrate or district court may appoint and compensate other defense counsel.

For cause, the magistrate or district court may, on its own motion or upon motion of the public defender or the indigent person, appoint and compensate out of county funds an attorney other than, or in addition to, the public defender to represent such indigent person at any stage of the proceedings or on appeal in accordance with the laws of this state pertaining to the appointment of counsel to represent indigent criminal defendants.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 598; A 1969, 479)
NV Rev Stat § 260.065 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders|NRS 260.065 - County may contract for services of State Public Defender.

Any county in which the office of public defender has been created may contract for the services of the State Public Defender in providing 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.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 338)
NV Rev Stat § 260.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders|NRS 260.070 - Annual reports.

 1. The public defender shall make an annual report to:  (a) The board of county commissioners covering all cases handled by his or her office during the preceding year.  (b) The Department of Indigent Defense Services created by NRS 180.400 which includes any information required by the Department.  2. The board of county commissioners of each county with a public defender or which contracts for indigent defense services shall provide an annual report to the Department on or before May 1 of each year. The report must include any information requested by the Department concerning the provision of indigent defense services in the county and must include, without limitation, the plan for the provision of indigent defense services for the county for the next fiscal year.  3. As used in this section, "indigent defense services" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 180.004.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 598; A 2019, 2891)