Title 14

NRS 173.049 Court clerk may accept information filed electronically; procedure; service. 1. A court clerk may accept an information filed pursuant to this chapter that is filed electronically. An information that is filed electronically must contain the electronic signature of th…

NRS 173.055 Duties of district attorney or Attorney General; written statement containing reasons why information not filed. 1. The Attorney General when acting pursuant to a specific statute or the district attorney of the proper county shall inquire into all cases of preliminar…

NRS 173.065 Judge may require Attorney General to prosecute if district attorney refuses. The judge of the court having jurisdiction may in extreme cases, upon affidavit filed with the judge of the commission of a crime, require all available evidence to be delivered to the Attor…

NRS 173.075 Nature and contents generally. 1. The indictment or the information must be a plain, concise and definite written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged. It must be signed by the Attorney General acting pursuant to a specific statute or the …

NRS 173.085 Surplusage. The court on motion of the defendant may strike surplusage from the indictment or information. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1413)

NRS 173.095 Amendment; notice of habitual criminality, habitually fraudulent felon or habitual felon. 1. The court may permit an indictment or information to be amended at any time before verdict or finding if no additional or different offense is charged and if substantial right…

NRS 173.105 Charging defendant by fictitious or erroneous name: Insertion of true name. When a defendant is charged by a fictitious or erroneous name, and in any stage of the proceedings the defendant’s true name is discovered, it must be inserted in the subsequent proceedings re…

NRS 173.115 Joinder of offenses. 1. Two or more offenses may be charged in the same indictment or information in a separate count for each offense if the offenses charged, whether felonies or gross misdemeanors or both, are: (a) Based on the same act or transaction; or (b) Based …

NRS 173.125 Prosecution not required to elect between different offenses or counts; plea of guilty or guilty but mentally ill to one offense does not preclude prosecution for other offenses. The prosecution is not required to elect between the different offenses or counts set for…

NRS 173.135 Joinder of defendants. Two or more defendants may be charged in the same indictment or information if they are alleged to have participated in the same act or transaction or in the same series of acts or transactions constituting an offense or offenses. Such defendant…

NRS 173.145 Issuance of warrant or summons. 1. Upon the request of the Attorney General acting pursuant to a specific statute or the district attorney, the court shall issue a warrant for each defendant named in the indictment or information. 2. The clerk shall issue a summons in…

NRS 173.155 Form of warrant; fixing and endorsement of amount of bail. The form of the warrant shall be as provided in NRS 171.108 except that it shall be signed by the clerk, it shall describe the offense charged in the indictment or information and it shall command that the def…

NRS 173.165 Manner of proceeding on giving bail in another county. If the offense charged in the warrant is bailable, and the defendant is arrested in another county, the officer must, upon being required by the defendant, take the defendant before the most convenient magistrate …

NRS 173.175 Ordering defendant charged with felony into custody unless increased bail is given. When the indictment or information is for a felony and the defendant before the filing thereof has given bail for the defendant’s appearance to answer the charge, the court in which th…

NRS 173.185 Form of summons. The summons shall be in the same form as the warrant except that it shall summon the defendant to appear before the court at a stated time and place. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1414)

NRS 173.195 Execution of warrant and service of summons. The warrant shall be executed or the summons served as provided in NRS 171.114, 171.118 and 171.122. A summons to a corporation shall be served as provided in NRS 171.122. The officer executing the warrant shall bring the a…

NRS 173.205 Return of warrant and summons; reissuance. 1. The peace officer executing a warrant shall make return thereof to the court. At the request of the Attorney General acting pursuant to a specific statute or the district attorney any unexecuted warrant must be returned an…