Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.005
Definitions
As used in NRS 179.005 to 179.115, inclusive, the words and terms defined in NRS 179.011 and 179.015 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 179 — Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms
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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.011
“No-knock warrant” defined
“No-knock warrant” means a search warrant which authorizes a peace officer to enter a premises without first: 1. Knocking on the door or ringing the doorbell and identifying the presence of the peace officer; or 2. Identifying the presence of the peace officer and stating the intended purpose of the peace officer for e…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.015
“Property” defined
“Property” includes documents, books, papers and any other tangible objects.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.025
Authority for issuance
A search warrant authorized by NRS 179.005 to 179.115, inclusive, may be issued by a magistrate of the State of Nevada.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.035
Grounds for issuance
A warrant may be issued under NRS 179.005 to 179.115, inclusive, to search for and seize any property: 1. Stolen or embezzled in violation of the laws of the State of Nevada, or of any other state or of the United States; 2. Designed or intended for use or which is or has been used as the means of committing a criminal…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.045
Issuance and contents; sealing information upon which warrant is based; time for serving warrant
1. A search warrant may issue only on affidavit or affidavits sworn to before the magistrate and establishing the grounds for issuing the warrant or as provided in subsection 3. If the magistrate is satisfied that grounds for the application exist or that there is probable cause to believe that they exist, the magistra…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.049
Issuance of no-knock warrant: Requirements; circumstances rendering no-knock warrant void
1. A magistrate shall not issue a no-knock warrant to search the person or place named in the search warrant unless an affidavit sworn to before the magistrate: (a) Demonstrates that: (1) The underlying offense: (I) Is punishable as a felony; and (II) Involves a significant and imminent threat to public safety; and (2)…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.055
Officer may break door to serve warrant after admittance refused; breaking of door or window to liberate officer or person acting in aid of officer; use of reasonable and necessary force
1. The officer may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house, or any part of the house, or anything therein, to execute the warrant, if, after notice of authority and purpose, the officer is refused admittance. 2. The officer may break open any outer or inner door or window of a house for the purpose of l…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.063
Officer prohibited from performing body cavity search unless warrant contains specific authorization to perform body cavity search of person
1. An officer conducting a search of a person pursuant to a warrant shall not perform a body cavity search of the person unless the warrant contains specific authorization from the magistrate who issued the warrant to perform a body cavity search of the person. Such specific authorization must set forth the reasons for…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.065
Person charged with felony may be searched
When a person charged with a felony is supposed to have on his or her person a dangerous weapon, or anything which may be used as evidence of the commission of the offense, the officer making the arrest shall cause the person to be searched, and the weapon or other thing to be retained, subject to the order of the cour…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.075
Execution and return of warrant with inventory
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 179.077, a warrant may be executed and returned only within 10 days after its date. 2. The officer taking property under the warrant shall give to the person from whom or from whose premises the property was taken a copy of the warrant and a receipt for the property taken or shall…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.077
Execution and return of warrant for collection of biological specimen
1. If a warrant provides for the collection of a biological specimen from a person, the warrant may be executed and returned within 6 months after its date. 2. As used in this section, “biological specimen” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 176.09112.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.079
Additional requirements for execution of no-knock warrant
In addition to the requirements for the execution of a search warrant described in NRS 179.075 and 179.077, if the search warrant is a no-knock warrant, the peace officers involved in the execution of the no-knock warrant shall: 1. Before executing the no-knock warrant, determine whether the circumstances necessitate t…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.085
Motions for return of property and to suppress evidence
1. A person aggrieved by an unlawful search and seizure or the deprivation of property may move the court having jurisdiction where the property was seized for the return of the property on the ground that: (a) The property was illegally seized without warrant; (b) The warrant is insufficient on its face; (c) There was…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.095
Return of papers to clerk
The magistrate who has issued a search warrant shall attach to the warrant the duplicate original warrant, if any, and a copy of the return, inventory and all other papers in connection therewith and shall file them with the clerk of the court having jurisdiction where the property was seized.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.105
Retention of property taken on warrant by officer subject to court order; restoration of property to person from whom it was taken; technical irregularities will not quash warrant
All property or things taken on a warrant must be retained in an officer’s custody, subject to the order of the court to which the officer is required to return the proceedings before the officer, or of any other court in which the offense in respect to which the property or things are taken is triable. If it appears t…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.115
Scope
NRS 179.005 to 179.115, inclusive, do not modify any other statute regulating search, seizure and the issuance and execution of search warrants in circumstances for which special provision is made.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.11512
“Property” defined
As used in NRS 179.11512 to 179.11518, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “property” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179.015.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.11514
Grounds for issuance and contents
1. A search warrant may be issued by a magistrate of the State of Nevada to search for and seize any property of an attorney engaged in the practice of law if: (a) Such a search warrant is authorized pursuant to NRS 179.005 to 179.115, inclusive; (b) The property to be seized cannot be obtained using a subpoena or othe…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.11516
Execution of warrant: Determination whether property is subject to attorney-client privilege
1. A search warrant authorized pursuant to NRS 179.11514 must be executed in such a manner as to minimize, to the greatest extent possible, the scrutiny of any property that is subject to the attorney-client privilege. 2. Property which is arguably subject to the attorney-client privilege may be reviewed during a searc…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.11518
Return of property subject to attorney-client privilege
A district attorney or the Attorney General shall ensure that any property seized during a search conducted under a search warrant issued pursuant to NRS 179.11514 is reviewed to determine whether the attorney-client privilege applies and that any seized property that is subject to the attorney-client privilege is retu…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.1152
Identification of name, personal information and funds associated with prepaid or stored value card; contract to assist
1. If a peace officer: (a) Has detained a person pursuant to NRS 171.123, has arrested a person pursuant to any statutory provision authorizing or requiring the arrest of a person or is investigating a crime for which a suspect: (1) Has not been identified; or (2) Has been identified but was not reasonably believed by…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.1156
Scope
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 179.1211 to 179.1235, inclusive, and 207.350 to 207.520, inclusive, the provisions of NRS 179.1156 to 179.121, inclusive, govern the seizure, forfeiture and disposition of all property and proceeds subject to forfeiture.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.1157
Definitions
As used in NRS 179.1156 to 179.1205, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 179.1158 to 179.11635, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.1158
“Claimant” defined
“Claimant” means any person who claims to have: 1. Any right, title or interest of record in the property or proceeds subject to forfeiture; 2. Any community property interest in the property or proceeds; or 3. Had possession of the property or proceeds at the time of the seizure thereof by the plaintiff.
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