Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice by requiring surety to keep the peace. [1911 Cr. Prac. § 12; RL § 6862; NCL § 10661]—(NRS A 1967, 1400)
1. A complaint may be filed and warrant issued, as in other criminal cases, for the arrest of any person who has threatened to commit an offense against the person or property of another. 2. Such a complaint may also be filed in a municipal court. The city attorney shall act as prosecutor, and the […]
When the person complained of is brought before the justice of the peace or magistrate, the trial on the charge shall proceed as in other criminal cases. [1911 Cr. Prac. § 17; A 1925, 9; NCL § 10664]
If it appears that there is no just reason to fear the commission of the offense alleged to have been threatened, the person complained of must be discharged. [1911 Cr. Prac. § 18; RL § 6868; NCL § 10665]
1. If, however, there is a just reason to fear the commission of the offense, the person complained of may be required to enter into a bond, in such sum, not exceeding $5,000, as the magistrate may direct, with one or more sufficient sureties, to keep the peace toward the people of this State, and […]
1. If the bond required by NRS 170.090 is given, the person complained of shall be discharged. 2. If the person complained of does not give it, the magistrate must commit the person to prison until the person gives such bond, specifying in the warrant the requirement to give security, the amount thereof, and the […]
If the person complained of is committed for not giving the bond required, the person complained of may be discharged by any magistrate upon giving the same. [1911 Cr. Prac. § 21; RL § 6871; NCL § 10668]
A bond given, as provided in NRS 170.090, must be filed by the magistrate in the office of the clerk of the county. [1911 Cr. Prac. § 22; RL § 6872; NCL § 10669]
Any person who, in the presence of a court or magistrate, assaults or threatens to assault another or to commit any offense against a person or property, or who shall contend with another with angry words, may be ordered by the court or magistrate to give security, as provided in NRS 170.090, or if the […]
A bond to keep the peace must be deemed broken when the person complained against is convicted of a breach of the peace. [1911 Cr. Prac. § 24; RL § 6874; NCL § 10671]
Upon the district attorney’s producing evidence of such conviction to the district court of the county, the court must order the bond to be prosecuted, and the district attorney must thereupon commence an action on the same, in the name of the State. [1911 Cr. Prac. § 25; RL § 6875; NCL § 10672]
In the action, the offense stated in the record of conviction must be alleged as the breach of the bond, and such record is conclusive evidence of the breach. [1911 Cr. Prac. § 26; RL § 6876; NCL § 10673]
No security to keep the peace, or to be of good behavior, is required except as prescribed in this chapter. [1911 Cr. Prac. § 27; RL § 6877; NCL § 10674]
