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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 […]

NRS 171.172 – When officer may arrest.

Any peace officer of this state in fresh pursuit of a person who is reasonably believed by the peace officer to have committed a felony in this state or has committed, or attempted to commit, any criminal offense in this state in the presence of such officer, or for whom such officer holds a warrant […]

NRS 171.174 – Procedure after arrest.

If such an arrest is made in obedience to a warrant, the disposition of the prisoner shall be as in other cases of arrest under a warrant. If the arrest is without a warrant, the prisoner shall without unnecessary delay be taken before a municipal court or a justice of the peace or other magistrate […]

NRS 171.176 – Limitation.

NRS 171.172 shall not make unlawful an arrest which would otherwise be lawful. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1404)

NRS 171.177 – When person detained must be taken before magistrate.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 171.122 and 171.178, whenever any person is detained by a peace officer for any violation of a county, city or town ordinance or a state law which is punishable as a misdemeanor, the person must be taken without unnecessary delay before the proper magistrate, as specified in NRS 171.178 […]

NRS 171.1771 – Issuance of citation when person detained by peace officer.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, whenever any person is detained by a peace officer for any violation of a county, city or town ordinance or a state law which is punishable as a misdemeanor and the person is not required to be taken before a magistrate, the person must be given a […]

NRS 171.1772 – Issuance of citation after arrest by private person.

1. Whenever any person is arrested by a private person, as provided in NRS 171.126, for any violation of a county, city or town ordinance or state law which is punishable as a misdemeanor, such person arrested must be issued a misdemeanor citation by a peace officer in lieu of being immediately taken before a […]