Title 20

NRS 248.040 Deputies: Appointment and removal in smaller counties; oath; recording of appointment; bonds. 1. Except as provided in NRS 248.045, each sheriff may: (a) Appoint, in writing signed by him or her, one or more deputies, who may perform all the duties devolving on the sh…

NRS 248.045 Appointment and removal of police officers by sheriff of metropolitan police department; appointment and removal of deputies in larger counties. 1. The sheriff of a metropolitan police department may appoint one or more police officers who have the same powers and dut…

NRS 248.050 Custody of jail and prisoners. The sheriff of each county shall have the custody of the jail of his or her county and the prisoners in the same, and shall appoint the keeper thereof, for whose conduct the sheriff shall be responsible, and whom the sheriff may remove a…

NRS 248.060 Penalty for sheriff or jailer refusing to receive or arrest. If any sheriff or keeper of a jail shall willfully refuse to receive or arrest any person charged with a criminal offense, such sheriff or jailer is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. [Part 67:108:1866; B § 2665…

NRS 248.090 General duties. Sheriffs and their deputies shall keep and preserve the peace in their respective counties, and quiet and suppress all affrays, riots and insurrections, for which purpose, and for the service of process in civil or criminal cases, and in apprehending o…

NRS 248.092 Searches and rescues. The sheriff is responsible for searches and rescues within his or her county. (Added to NRS by 1983, 1354)

NRS 248.100 Attendance at sessions of district court required in certain counties; duty to obey lawful orders of district court and to execute process, writs and warrants. The sheriff shall: 1. Except in a county whose population is 700,000 or more, attend in person, or by deputy…

NRS 248.110 Practice of law prohibited. A sheriff shall not engage in the practice of law. [Part 4:38:1861; A 1867, 64; B § 2955; BH § 2122; C § 2243; RL § 1646; NCL § 2147]—(NRS A 1991, 105)

NRS 248.120 Process, writ and orders to be endorsed; provision of memorandum or copy upon request. When any process, writ or order is delivered to the sheriff to be served or executed, the sheriff shall: 1. Forthwith endorse upon it the year, month, day and hour of its receipt. 2…

NRS 248.130 Execution and endorsement of process; liability for failure to execute. A sheriff to whom any process, writ, order or paper is delivered shall: 1. Execute the same with diligence, according to its command, or as required by law. 2. Return it without delay to the prope…

NRS 248.150 Liability to creditor for failure to attach, levy or sell. If the sheriff to whom a writ of execution or writ of attachment is delivered shall neglect or refuse, after being required by the creditor or the creditor’s attorney to attach, or to levy upon or sell, any pr…

NRS 248.160 Liability for collections. If a sheriff neglects or refuses to pay over on demand to the person entitled thereto any money which may come into the sheriff’s hands by virtue of his or her office, after deducting his or her legal fees, the amount thereof, with 25 percen…

NRS 248.170 Sheriff not to purchase at sale. No sheriff shall become the purchaser, nor procure any person to become the purchaser for him or her, of any property, real or personal, by him or her exposed to sale by virtue of any execution or other process; and all such purchases …

NRS 248.180 Collection of execution after expiration of term of office. Any sheriff, at the expiration of his or her term of office, having any execution or final process which the sheriff may have levied and not collected, shall be and is authorized to proceed and collect such e…

NRS 248.190 Service on sheriff: Manner. Service of a paper upon the sheriff may be made by delivering it to the sheriff in person, or by delivering it to one of the sheriff’s deputies, or to a person belonging to and in the office, during office hours, or, if no such person be th…

NRS 248.210 Duties concerning riotous assembly; penalty. 1. When six or more persons, whether armed or not, shall be unlawfully or riotously assembled in any city or town, the sheriff of the county and the sheriff’s deputies shall go among the persons so assembled, or as near as …

NRS 248.220 Sheriff may call upon Governor for military aid to assist civil authorities in suppressing violence. When there is an unlawful or riotous assembly, with the intent to commit a felony, or to offer violence to person or property, or to resist, by force, the laws of the …

NRS 248.230 Penalty for failure to prevent duel. If any sheriff shall have knowledge of an intention on the part of any two persons to fight with a deadly weapon or weapons, and the sheriff shall not use and exert his or her official authority to arrest the parties and prevent th…

NRS 248.242 Crash reports and related materials: Provision upon receipt of reasonable fee; exceptions. A sheriff shall, within 7 days after receipt of a written request of a person who claims to have sustained damages as a result of a crash, or his or her legal representative or …

NRS 248.245 Report of deaths to public administrator or person employed or contracted to perform the duties of public administrator in certain counties. In counties having a population of less than 100,000, the sheriff shall report immediately all deaths which the sheriff gains k…

NRS 248.250 Duties pertaining to criminal procedure in justice courts. Sheriffs and their deputies shall perform such duties as are required by NRS 258.070. [Part 6:82:1861; A 1887, 134; C § 2321; RL § 1692; NCL § 2192] FEES; COMMISSIONS; COMPENSATION; MILEAGE

NRS 248.275 Collection and deposit of fees; amount of commissions and mileage; entitlement to compensation. 1. The sheriff of each county in this State may charge and collect the following fees: For serving a summons or complaint, or any other process, by which an action or proce…

NRS 248.285 Fees of sheriff of Carson City. The provisions of NRS 248.275 apply to the sheriff of Carson City. (Added to NRS by 1969, 323)

NRS 248.300 Sheriff to keep fee book. Each sheriff shall keep in his or her office a fee book in which the sheriff shall enter in detail the title of the matter, proceeding or action, and the fees charged therein. The fee book shall be open to public inspection. [Part 18:49:1883;…

NRS 248.310 Quarterly financial statements. 1. On the first Monday of January, April, July and October, each sheriff who receives fees under the provisions of this chapter shall make out and file with the boards of county commissioners of their several counties a full and correct…

NRS 248.320 No other fees to be charged. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4 of NRS 482.2155, no other fees shall be charged by sheriffs than those specifically set forth in this chapter, nor shall fees be charged for any other services than those mentioned in this chapt…

NRS 248.330 Failure to comply with certain statutory requirements: Penalty. Any sheriff who shall violate any of the provisions of NRS 248.300, 248.310 and 248.320 shall be fined not more than $1,000. [Part 21:49:1883; BH § 2362; C § 2486; RL § 2023; NCL § 2954]—(NRS A 1967, 540)

NRS 248.340 Punishment for taking excessive fees. If any sheriff shall take more or greater fees than are allowed by law, the sheriff shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction shall be removed from office and fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000. [Part 22:49:1883; BH § 23…

NRS 248.350 Civil liability for excessive fees. No sheriff shall, directly or indirectly, ask, demand or receive for any services or acts by him or her performed in pursuance of any duty of his or her office any greater or more fees than the sheriff is allowed by law, on pain of …

NRS 248.360 Table of fees to be posted; penalties. Any sheriff receiving fees as provided by law shall publish and set up in some conspicuous place in the sheriff’s office a fee table for public inspection. A sum not exceeding $20 for each day of his or her omission so to do shal…

NRS 248.370 Cost of publication. When by law any publication is required to be made by any sheriff of any suit, process, notice, order or other paper, the cost of such publication shall, if demanded, be tendered by the party to whom such order, process, notice or other paper was …

NRS 248.380 Fees payable in advance; execution. All fees prescribed in this chapter shall be payable in advance, if demanded. If a sheriff shall not have received any or all of his or her fees, which may be due the sheriff for services rendered by him or her in any suit or procee…

NRS 248.390 Mileage for service of more than one process. When any sheriff serves more than one process in the same cause, not requiring more than one journey from his or her office, the sheriff shall receive mileage only for the most distant service. [Part 35:49:1883; BH § 2376;…

NRS 248.400 Computation of mileage. Mileage shall be computed from the courthouse of the county in all cases where mileage is chargeable by the sheriff. Every fraction of a mile shall be computed as a mile. [Part 38:49:1883; BH § 2379; C § 2503; RL § 2040; NCL § 2971]

NRS 248.410 No fee for returns; penalties. No sheriff shall be allowed to charge or receive any fee or compensation whatever for the return written upon any summons, subpoena, writ of attachment, execution, order of sale or other paper. Any sheriff violating the terms of this sec…