Title 14

NRS 176.295 Costs when criminal action removed before trial; clerk to certify costs to auditor. 1. In every case where a criminal action may have been or shall be removed before trial, the costs accruing upon such removal and trial shall be a charge against the county in which th…

NRS 176.305 Judgment for imprisonment or fine and imprisonment until satisfied: Commitment and detention. If the judgment be imprisonment, or a fine and imprisonment until it is satisfied, the defendant must forthwith be committed to the custody of the proper officer, and detaine…

NRS 176.315 Judgment of imprisonment in county jail: How executed. A judgment of imprisonment to be served in a county jail must be executed by delivering the defendant into the custody of the sheriff or other officer in charge of the county jail. A copy of the judgment of convic…

NRS 176.325 Judgment of imprisonment in state prison: How executed. When a judgment of imprisonment to be served in the state prison has been pronounced, triplicate certified paper or electronic copies of the judgment of conviction, attested by the clerk under the seal of the cou…

NRS 176.335 Duty of sheriff on receiving copies of judgment of imprisonment; Director of Department of Corrections to receive prisoner from sheriff; when term of imprisonment begins. 1. If a judgment is for imprisonment in the state prison, the sheriff of the county shall, on rec…

NRS 176.337 Court to notify defendant convicted of domestic violence concerning possession, shipment, transportation or receipt of firearm or ammunition. If a defendant is convicted of a misdemeanor or felony that constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018, the court sh…

NRS 176.345 Proceedings when conviction carries death penalty. 1. When a judgment of death has been pronounced, a certified copy of the judgment of conviction must be forthwith executed and attested in triplicate by the clerk under the seal of the court. There must be attached to…

NRS 176.355 Execution of death penalty: Method; time and place; witnesses. 1. The judgment of death must be inflicted by an injection of a lethal drug. 2. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall: (a) Execute a sentence of death within the week, the first day being Mon…

NRS 176.357 Request for notification of execution of death penalty; request to attend. 1. If after a conviction for murder a judgment of death has been pronounced, each member of the immediate family of the victim who is 21 years of age or older may submit a written request to th…

NRS 176.365 Director of Department of Corrections to make return on death warrant. After the execution, the Director of the Department of Corrections must make a return upon the death warrant to the court by which the judgment was rendered, showing the time, place, mode and manne…

NRS 176.415 When execution of death penalty may be stayed. The execution of a judgment of death must be stayed only: 1. By the State Board of Pardons Commissioners as authorized in Section 14 of Article 5 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada; 2. By the Governor if the Gover…

NRS 176.425 Sanity investigation: Filing of petition; stay of execution. 1. If, after judgment of death, there is a good reason to believe that the defendant has become insane, the Director of the Department of Corrections to whom the convicted person has been delivered for execu…

NRS 176.435 Sanity investigation: Conduct of hearing. 1. On the day fixed, the Director of the Department of Corrections shall bring the convicted person before the court, and the Attorney General or the Attorney General’s deputy shall attend the hearing. The district attorney of…

NRS 176.445 Execution of judgment when defendant found sane. If it is found by the court that the convicted person is sane, the Director of the Department of Corrections must execute the judgment of death; but if the judgment has been stayed, as provided in NRS 176.425, the judge…

NRS 176.455 Suspension of execution when defendant found insane; proceedings on recovery of sanity. 1. If it is found by the court that the convicted person is insane, the judge shall make and enter an order staying the execution of the judgment of death until the convicted perso…

NRS 176.465 Investigation of pregnancy: Procedure; hearing. 1. If there is good reason to believe that a female against whom a judgment of death has been rendered is pregnant, the Director of the Department of Corrections to whom she has been delivered for execution shall petitio…

NRS 176.475 Proceedings after investigation: Execution of judgment; suspension of execution; issuance of warrant on termination of pregnancy. 1. If it is found by the court that the female is not pregnant, the Director of the Department of Corrections must execute the judgment of…

NRS 176.485 Costs of investigations borne by State; manner of payment. The costs and expenses of the investigations provided in NRS 176.415 to 176.475, inclusive, must be borne by the State and paid in the following manner: The costs and expenses of an investigation must first be…

NRS 176.486 Authority to enter stay of execution. A district court having proper jurisdiction, the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, if it has proper jurisdiction, may stay the execution of a sentence of death when a postconviction petition for habeas corpus challenging a ju…

NRS 176.487 Determination of whether to enter stay of execution. When a person under a sentence of death files a proper postconviction petition for habeas corpus challenging a judgment of conviction or sentence, a district court, the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court on a sub…

NRS 176.488 Entry of stay of execution and necessary orders. A stay of execution must be entered by the court in writing and copies sent as soon as practicable to the Director of the Department of Corrections, the warden of the institution in which the offender is imprisoned and …

NRS 176.489 Vacation of stay of execution. Any stay of execution previously entered by the court must be vacated if the court denies the petition for habeas corpus. (Added to NRS by 1987, 1221; A 1991, 91)

NRS 176.491 Stay of execution following denial of appeal. 1. Upon the denial of any appeal pursuant to chapter 34 or 177 of NRS to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Const…

NRS 176.492 Dissolution of stay of execution which was improperly entered. The respondent may file a petition with the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution within 1…

NRS 176.495 New warrant generally. 1. If for any reason a judgment of death has not been executed, and it remains in force, the court in which the conviction was had must, upon the application of the Attorney General or the district attorney of the county in which the conviction …

NRS 176.505 Order following appeal. 1. When a remittitur showing the affirmation of a judgment of death has been filed with the clerk of the court from which the appeal has been taken, the court in which the conviction was obtained shall inquire into the facts, and, if no legal r…

NRS 176.515 Court may grant new trial or vacate judgment in certain circumstances. 1. The court may grant a new trial to a defendant if required as a matter of law or on the ground of newly discovered evidence. 2. If trial was by the court without a jury, the court may vacate the…

NRS 176.525 Arrest of judgment: When granted and time in which motion is to be made. The court shall arrest judgment if the indictment, information or complaint does not charge an offense or if the court was without jurisdiction of the offense charged. The motion in arrest of jud…

NRS 176.535 Effect of arresting judgment. The effect of allowing a motion in arrest of judgment is to place the defendant in the same situation in which the defendant was before the indictment was found or information or complaint filed. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1443)

NRS 176.545 Procedure after allowance of arrest of judgment. 1. If, from the evidence on the trial, there is reasonable ground to believe the defendant guilty, and a new indictment, information or complaint can be framed upon which the defendant may be convicted, the court may or…

NRS 176.555 Correction of illegal sentence. The court may correct an illegal sentence at any time. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1443)

NRS 176.565 Clerical mistakes. Clerical mistakes in judgments, orders or other parts of the record and errors in the record arising from oversight or omission may be corrected by the court at any time and after such notice, if any, as the court orders. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1443…