reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
NV Rev Stat § 171.17751 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.17751 - Designation of certain state, county and city officers to prepare, sign and serve citations.

  1. Any board of county commissioners or governing body of a city may designate the chief officer of the organized fire department or any employees designated by the chief officer, and certain of its inspectors of solid waste management, building, housing and licensing inspectors, zoning enforcement officers, parking enforcement officers, animal control officers, traffic engineers, marshals and park rangers of units of specialized law enforcement established pursuant to NRS 280.125, and other persons charged with the enforcement of county or city ordinances, to prepare, sign and serve written citations on persons accused of violating a county or city ordinance.  2. The Chief Medical Officer and the health officer of each county, district and city may designate certain employees to prepare, sign and serve written citations on persons accused of violating any law, ordinance or regulation of a board of health that relates to public health.  3. The Administrator of the Housing Division of the Department of Business and Industry may designate certain employees to prepare, sign and serve written citations on persons accused of violating any law or regulation of the Division relating to the provisions of chapters 118B, 461, 461A and 489 of NRS.  4. The State Contractors’ Board may designate certain of its employees to prepare, sign and serve written citations on persons pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 624.115.  5. An employee designated pursuant to this section:  (a) May exercise the authority to prepare, sign and serve citations only within the field of enforcement in which the employee works;  (b) May, if employed by a city or county, prepare, sign and serve a citation only to enforce an ordinance of the city or county by which the employee is employed; and  (c) Shall comply with the provisions of NRS 171.1773.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 871; A 1981, 564, 858; 1987, 377; 1989, 279; 1993, 81, 1330, 1511, 2515; 1995, 583; 1999, 2966; 2005, 1382; 2017, 3613)
NV Rev Stat § 171.1776 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.1776 - Issued citations: Filing with court; disposition of charges by court; unlawful acts; maintenance of records.

  1. Every peace officer upon issuing a misdemeanor citation, pursuant to NRS 171.177 to 171.1779, inclusive, to an alleged violator of any provision of a county, city or town ordinance or of a state law which is punishable as a misdemeanor shall file manually or, if the provisions of subsection 2 are satisfied, file electronically the original or a copy of such misdemeanor citation with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense.  2. A copy of a misdemeanor citation that is prepared electronically may be filed electronically with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense if the court:  (a) Authorizes such electronic filing;  (b) Has the ability to receive and store the citation electronically; and  (c) Has the ability to physically reproduce the citation upon request.  3. Upon the filing of the original or a copy of such misdemeanor citation with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense, such original or copy of such misdemeanor citation may be disposed of only by trial in such court or other official action by a judge of such court.  4. It is unlawful and official misconduct for any peace officer or other officer or public employee to dispose of a misdemeanor citation or copies thereof or of the record of the issuance of a misdemeanor citation in a manner other than as required in this section.  5. The chief administrative officer of every county, city or town law enforcement agency shall require the return of a physical copy or electronic record of every misdemeanor citation issued by an officer under the chief administrative officer’s supervision to an alleged misdemeanant and of all physical copies or electronic records of every misdemeanor citation which has been spoiled or upon which any entry has been made and not issued to an alleged misdemeanant.  6. Such chief administrative officer shall also maintain or cause to be maintained in connection with every misdemeanor citation issued by an officer under the chief administrative officer’s supervision a record of the disposition of the charge by the court in which the original or copy of the misdemeanor citation was filed.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 157, 1158; A 1999, 1143)
NV Rev Stat § 171.1777 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.1777 - Issued citations: Audit of records.

Every record of misdemeanor citations required by NRS 171.177 to 171.1779, inclusive, shall be audited at least semiannually by the appropriate fiscal officer of the governmental agency to which the law enforcement agency is responsible.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 158, 1159)
NV Rev Stat § 171.1778 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.1778 - Citation filed with court deemed complaint for purpose of prosecution.

If the form of citation:  1. Includes information whose truthfulness is attested as required for a complaint charging commission of the offense alleged in the citation to have been committed; or  2. Is prepared electronically,  then the citation when filed with a court of competent jurisdiction shall be deemed to be a lawful complaint for the purpose of prosecution.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 158, 1159; A 1983, 446; 1999, 1144)
NV Rev Stat § 171.17785 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.17785 - Effect of violation of written promise to appear; appearance by counsel in lieu of personal appearance authorized.

  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.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1141)
NV Rev Stat § 171.1779 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.1779 - NRS 171.177 to 171.1779, inclusive, not applicable to violations of traffic laws.

The provisions of NRS 171.177 to 171.1779, inclusive, do not apply to those situations in which a person is detained by a peace officer for any violation of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 158, 1159)
NV Rev Stat § 171.178 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.178 - Appearance before magistrate; release from custody by arresting officer.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 5 and 6, a peace officer making an arrest under a warrant issued upon a complaint or without a warrant shall take the arrested person without unnecessary delay before the magistrate who issued the warrant or the nearest available magistrate empowered to commit persons charged with offenses against the laws of the State of Nevada.  2. A private person making an arrest without a warrant shall deliver the arrested person without unnecessary delay to a peace officer. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 5 and 6 and NRS 171.1772, the peace officer shall take the arrested person without unnecessary delay before the nearest available magistrate empowered to commit persons charged with offenses against the laws of the State of Nevada.  3. If an arrested person is not brought before a magistrate within 72 hours after arrest, excluding nonjudicial days, the magistrate:  (a) Shall give the prosecuting attorney an opportunity to explain the circumstances leading to the delay; and  (b) May release the arrested person if the magistrate determines that the person was not brought before a magistrate without unnecessary delay.  4. When a person arrested without a warrant is brought before a magistrate, a complaint must be filed forthwith.  5. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 178.484 and 178.487, where the defendant can be admitted to bail without appearing personally before a magistrate, the defendant must be so admitted with the least possible delay, and required to appear before a magistrate at the earliest convenient time thereafter.  6. A peace officer may immediately release from custody without any further proceedings any person the peace officer arrests without a warrant if the peace officer is satisfied that there are insufficient grounds for issuing a criminal complaint against the person arrested. Any record of the arrest of a person released pursuant to this subsection must also include a record of the release. A person so released shall be deemed not to have been arrested but only detained.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1404; A 1971, 574; 1975, 1201; 1979, 323, 1190; 1997, 3356; 2001, 2023)
NV Rev Stat § 171.182 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.182 - Proceedings before another magistrate.

If the defendant is brought before a magistrate in the same county, other than the one who issued the warrant, the affidavits and depositions on which the warrant was granted, if the defendant insists upon an examination, must be sent to that magistrate, or, if they cannot be procured, the prosecutor and the prosecutor’s witnesses must be summoned to give their testimony anew.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1405)
NV Rev Stat § 171.184 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.184 - Proceedings upon complaint for offenses triable in another county.

  1. When a complaint is laid before a magistrate of the commission of a public offense triable in another county of the State, but showing that the defendant is in the county where the complaint is laid, the same proceedings must be had as prescribed in this chapter except that the warrant must require the defendant to be taken before the nearest or most accessible magistrate of the county in which the offense is triable, and the depositions of the complainant or prosecutor, and of the witnesses who may have been produced, must be delivered by the magistrate to the officer to whom the warrant is delivered.  2. The officer who executed the warrant must take the defendant before the nearest or most accessible magistrate of the county in which the offense is triable, and must deliver the depositions and the warrant, with the officer’s return endorsed thereon, and the magistrate must then proceed in the same manner as upon a warrant issued by the magistrate.  3. If the offense charged in the warrant issued pursuant to subsection 1 is a misdemeanor, the officer must, upon being required by the defendant, take the defendant before a magistrate of the county in which the warrant was issued, who must admit the defendant to bail, and immediately transmit the warrant, depositions and undertaking to the justice of the peace or clerk of the court in which the defendant is required to appear.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1405)
NV Rev Stat § 171.1845 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.1845 - Proceedings upon discovery of another arrest warrant outstanding in another county.

  1. If a person is brought before a magistrate under the provisions of NRS 171.178 or 171.184, and it is discovered that there is a warrant for the person’s arrest outstanding in another county of this State, the magistrate may release the person in accordance with the provisions of NRS 178.484 or 178.4851 if:  (a) The warrant arises out of a public offense which constitutes a misdemeanor; and  (b) The person provides a suitable address where the magistrate who issued the warrant in the other county can notify the person of a time and place to appear.  2. If a person is released under the provisions of this section, the magistrate who releases the person shall transmit the cash, bond, notes or agreement submitted under the provisions of NRS 178.502 or 178.4851, together with the person’s address, to the magistrate who issued the warrant. Upon receipt of the cash, bonds, notes or agreement and address, the magistrate who issued the warrant shall notify the person of a time and place to appear.  3. Any bail set under the provisions of this section must be in addition to and apart from any bail set for any public offense with which a person is charged in the county in which a magistrate is setting bail. In setting bail under the provisions of this section, a magistrate shall set the bail in an amount which is sufficient to induce a reasonable person to travel to the county in which the warrant for the arrest is outstanding.  4. A person who fails to appear in the other county as ordered is guilty of failing to appear and shall be punished as provided in NRS 199.335. A sentence of imprisonment imposed for failing to appear in violation of this section must be imposed consecutively to a sentence of imprisonment for the offense out of which the warrant arises.  (Added to NRS by 1973, 612; A 1981, 1583; 1999, 1844)
NV Rev Stat § 171.186 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.186 - Rights of defendant before preliminary examination.

The magistrate or master shall inform the defendant of the complaint and of any affidavit filed therewith, of the right to retain counsel, of the right to request the assignment of counsel if the defendant is unable to obtain counsel, and of the right to have a preliminary examination. The magistrate or master shall also inform the defendant that the defendant is not required to make a statement and that any statement made may be used against him or her. The magistrate shall allow the defendant reasonable time and opportunity to consult counsel, and shall admit the defendant to bail as provided in this title.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1405; A 1977, 1571)
NV Rev Stat § 171.188 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.188 - Procedure for appointment of attorney for indigent defendant.

  1. Any defendant charged with a public offense who is an indigent may, by oral statement to the district judge, justice of the peace, municipal judge or master, request the appointment of an attorney to represent the defendant. The record in each such case must indicate that the defendant was provided an opportunity to make an oral statement and whether the defendant made such a statement or declined to request the appointment of an attorney. If the defendant declined to request the appointment of an attorney, the record must also indicate that the decision to decline was made knowingly and voluntarily and with an understanding of the consequences.  2. The request must be accompanied by the defendant’s affidavit, which must state:  (a) That the defendant is without means of employing an attorney; and  (b) Facts with some particularity, definiteness and certainty concerning the defendant’s financial disability.  3. The district judge, justice of the peace, municipal judge or master shall forthwith consider the application and shall make such further inquiry as he or she considers necessary. If the district judge, justice of the peace, municipal judge or master:  (a) Finds that the defendant is without means of employing an attorney; and  (b) Otherwise determines that representation is required,  the judge, justice or master shall designate the public defender of the county or the State Public Defender, as appropriate, to represent the defendant. If the appropriate public defender is unable to represent the defendant, or other good cause appears, another attorney must be appointed.  4. The county or State Public Defender must be reimbursed by the city for costs incurred in appearing in municipal court. The county shall reimburse the State Public Defender for costs incurred in appearing in Justice Court, unless the county has transferred the responsibility to provide all indigent defense services for the county to the State Public Defender pursuant to NRS 180.450. If a private attorney is appointed as provided in this section, the private attorney must be reimbursed by the county for appearance in Justice Court or the city for appearance in municipal court in an amount not to exceed $75 per case.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1405; A 1969, 478; 1971, 1412; 1973, 357; 1977, 1571; 1983, 901; 2019, 2879)
NV Rev Stat § 171.192 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.192 - Certification of bail; discharge of defendant.

On admitting the defendant to bail, the magistrate shall certify on the warrant the fact of having done so, and deliver the warrant and recognizance to the officer having charge of the defendant. The officer shall forthwith discharge the defendant from arrest, and shall, without delay, deliver the warrant and recognizance to the justice of the peace, magistrate or clerk of the court at which the defendant is required to appear.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1406)
NV Rev Stat § 171.194 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.194 - Procedure when arrest for capital offense.

The defendant, when arrested under a warrant for a capital offense, must be held in custody by the sheriff of the county in which the complaint is filed, unless admitted to bail after an examination or upon a writ of habeas corpus.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1406)
NV Rev Stat § 171.196 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.196 - Preliminary examination: Waiver; time for conducting; postponement; introduction of evidence and cross-examination of witnesses by defendant; admissibility of hearsay evidence.

  1. If an offense is not triable in the Justice Court, the defendant must not be called upon to plead. If the defendant waives preliminary examination, the magistrate shall immediately hold the defendant to answer in the district court.  2. If the defendant does not waive examination, the magistrate shall hear the evidence within 15 days, unless for good cause shown the magistrate extends such time. Unless the defendant waives counsel, reasonable time must be allowed for counsel to appear.  3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if the magistrate postpones the examination at the request of a party, the magistrate may order that party to pay all or part of the costs and fees expended to have a witness attend the examination. The magistrate shall not require a party who requested the postponement of the examination to pay for the costs and fees of a witness if:  (a) It was not reasonably necessary for the witness to attend the examination; or  (b) The magistrate ordered the extension pursuant to subsection 4.  4. If application is made for the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant, the magistrate shall postpone the examination until:  (a) The application has been granted or denied; and  (b) If the application is granted, the attorney appointed or the public defender has had reasonable time to appear.  5. The defendant may cross-examine witnesses against him or her and may introduce evidence in his or her own behalf.  6. Hearsay evidence consisting of a statement made by the alleged victim of the offense is admissible at a preliminary examination conducted pursuant to this section only if the defendant is charged with one or more of the following offenses:  (a) A sexual offense committed against a child who is under the age of 16 years if the offense is punishable as a felony. As used in this paragraph, "sexual offense" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179D.097.  (b) Abuse of a child pursuant to NRS 200.508 if the offense is committed against a child who is under the age of 16 years and the offense is punishable as a felony.  (c) An act which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018, which is punishable as a felony and which resulted in substantial bodily harm to the alleged victim.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1406; A 1971, 159; 1997, 116; 2015, 576)
NV Rev Stat § 171.1965 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.1965 - Discovery by defendant before preliminary examination; material subject to discovery; effect of failure to permit discovery.

  1. At the time a person is brought before a magistrate pursuant to NRS 171.178, or as soon as practicable thereafter, but not less than 5 judicial days before a preliminary examination, the prosecuting attorney shall provide a defendant charged with a felony or a gross misdemeanor with copies of any:  (a) Written or recorded statements or confessions made by the defendant, or any written or recorded statements made by a witness or witnesses, or any reports of statements or confessions, or copies thereof, within the possession or custody of 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 or custody of the prosecuting attorney; and  (c) Books, papers, documents or tangible objects that the prosecuting attorney intends to introduce in evidence during the case in chief of the State, or copies thereof, within the possession or custody of 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.  4. The magistrate shall not postpone a preliminary examination at the request of a party based solely on the failure of the prosecuting attorney to permit the defendant to inspect, copy or photograph material as required in this section, unless the court finds that the defendant has been prejudiced by such failure.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 2364; A 2009, 486)