NRS 171.147 – Duties of arresting officer where person arrested appears to be intoxicated or not in control of the person’s physical functions.
1. Every peace officer shall, when arresting any person who appears to be intoxicated or not in control of the person’s physical functions, investigate in a reasonable manner to determine whether or not that person is wearing a bracelet, necklace, other visible device or other identification identifying a medical condition which might account for the […]
NRS 171.148 – Warrant of arrest by telegram authorized.
1. A warrant of arrest may be transmitted by telegram. A copy of a warrant transmitted by telegram may be sent to one or more peace officers, and the copy is as effectual in the hands of any officer, and the officer must proceed in the same manner under it, as though the officer held […]
NRS 171.152 – Return of warrant after execution by arrest or issuance of citation; return of summons after service; cancellation by district attorney before execution or service; reissuance.
1. The peace officer executing a warrant by arrest shall make return thereof to the magistrate before whom the defendant is brought pursuant to NRS 171.178 and 171.184. At the request of the district attorney any unexecuted warrant must be returned to the magistrate by whom it was issued and must be cancelled. 2. The […]
NRS 171.153 – Right of person arrested to make telephone calls.
1. Any person arrested has the right to make a reasonable number of completed telephone calls from the police station or other place at which the person is booked immediately after the person is booked and, except where physically impossible, no later than 3 hours after the arrest. Such telephone calls may be limited to […]
NRS 171.136 – When arrest may be made.
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, […]
NRS 171.137 – Arrest required for suspected battery constituting domestic violence; exceptions.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, whether or not a warrant has been issued, a peace officer shall, unless mitigating circumstances exist, arrest a person when the peace officer has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has, within the preceding 24 hours, committed a battery upon his or her […]
NRS 171.124 – Arrest by peace officer or officer of Drug Enforcement Administration.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS 33.070 and 33.320, a peace officer or an officer of the Drug Enforcement Administration designated by the Attorney General of the United States for that purpose may make an arrest in obedience to a warrant delivered to him or her, or may, without a warrant, […]
NRS 171.1245 – Arrest by agent of Federal Bureau of Investigation or Secret Service.
An agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or Secret Service may, without a warrant, arrest a person: 1. For a public offense committed or attempted in the agent’s presence. 2. When a person arrested has committed a felony or gross misdemeanor, although not in the agent’s presence. 3. When a felony or gross misdemeanor […]
NRS 171.1255 – Arrest by officer or agent of Bureau of Indian Affairs or police officer employed by Indian tribe.
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 […]
NRS 171.1257 – Arrest by postal inspector of United States Postal Inspection Service.
1. A postal inspector of the United States Postal Inspection Service 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 related to postal matters committed or attempted in the postal inspector’s presence. (b) When the person arrested […]