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)
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
NRS 259.200 – Fee of justice of the peace for holding inquest.
[Replaced in revision by NRS 259.145.]
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 […]