Title 14

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…

NRS 176A.010 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 176A.020 to 176A.090, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1434; A 1969, 181; 1975, 83; 1987, 2229; 1989…

NRS 176A.020 “Board” defined. “Board” means the State Board of Parole Commissioners. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1434; A 1969, 181; 1975, 83; 1987, 2229; 1989, 1854, 1886, 1983; 1991, 2043; 1995, 25, 1249; 1997, 1671, 2505)

NRS 176A.030 “Court” defined. “Court” means a district court of the State of Nevada. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1434; A 1969, 181; 1975, 83; 1987, 2229; 1989, 1854, 1886, 1983; 1991, 2043; 1995, 25, 1249; 1997, 1671, 2505)

NRS 176A.040 “Division” defined. “Division” means the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety. (Added to NRS by 1993, 1512; A 2001, 2570)

NRS 176A.043 “Member of the military” defined. “Member of the military” means a person who is presently serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, a reserve component thereof or the National Guard. (Added to NRS by 2009, 103)

NRS 176A.045 “Mental illness” defined. “Mental illness” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 433.164. The term includes hoarding disorder, as listed in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Asso…

NRS 176A.047 “Intellectual disability” defined. “Intellectual disability” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 433.099. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1945; A 2013, 686)

NRS 176A.050 “Parole and probation officer” defined. “Parole and probation officer” means the Chief Parole and Probation Officer or an assistant parole and probation officer appointed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 213 of NRS. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1434; A 1969, 18…

NRS 176A.060 “Residential confinement” defined. “Residential confinement” means the confinement of a person convicted of a crime to the person’s place of residence under the terms and conditions established by the sentencing court. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1434; A 1969, 181; 1975, …

NRS 176A.065 “Specialty court program” defined. “Specialty court program” means a program established by a court to facilitate testing, treatment and oversight of certain persons over whom the court has jurisdiction and who the court has determined suffer from mental illnesses or…

NRS 176A.070 “Standards” defined. “Standards” means the objective standards for granting or revoking parole or probation which are adopted by the Board or Chief Parole and Probation Officer. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1434; A 1969, 181; 1975, 83; 1987, 2229; 1989, 1854, 1886, 1983; 1…

NRS 176A.080 “Surety bond” defined. “Surety bond” means a written undertaking, executed by a surety, that a person will, as a result of the bond, participate in a program of probation and that in the event that the person violates a condition of the program of probation, the sure…

NRS 176A.090 “Veteran” defined. “Veteran” means a person who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States, a reserve component thereof or the National Guard and has been discharged or released therefrom. (Added to NRS by 2009, 103) AUTHORITY OF THE COURT; LIMITATIONS

NRS 176A.100 Authority and discretion of court to suspend sentence and grant probation; persons eligible; enhanced supervision; submission of report of presentence investigation. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 176A.110 and 176A.120, if a person is found g…

NRS 176A.110 Persons convicted of certain offenses required to be certified as not representing high risk to reoffend before court suspends sentence or grants probation; immunity. 1. The court shall not grant probation to or suspend the sentence of a person convicted of an offens…

NRS 176A.120 Persons convicted of certain offenses against elderly required to pay restitution before court suspends sentence or grants probation; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the court shall not grant probation to a person whose conduct during the…

NRS 176A.200 Investigation by Division. The Division shall inquire into the circumstances of the offense, criminal record, social history and present condition of the defendant. Such an investigation may include a physical and mental examination of the defendant. The expense of a…

NRS 176A.210 Promise to comply with conditions of probation; waiver of extradition. Upon entry of an order of probation by the court, a person: 1. Shall be deemed accepted for probation for all purposes; and 2. Shall submit to the Division for filing with the clerk of the court o…

NRS 176A.220 Delivery of copy of records to Chief Parole and Probation Officer. 1. The court shall, upon the entering of an order of probation or suspension of sentence, as provided for in this chapter, direct the clerk of the court to deliver a copy of the records in the case to…

NRS 176A.230 Establishment of program for treatment of alcohol or other substance use; assignment of defendant to program; progress reports. A district court, justice court or municipal court, as applicable, may establish an appropriate program for the treatment of alcohol or oth…

NRS 176A.235 Transfer of jurisdiction from justice court or municipal court to district court for assignment of defendant to program. 1. A justice court or a municipal court may, upon approval of the district court, transfer original jurisdiction to the district court of a case i…

NRS 176A.240 Conditions and limitations on assignment of defendant to program; effect of violation of terms and conditions; discharge of defendant upon fulfillment of terms and conditions; effect of discharge; conditional dismissal of charges or setting aside of judgment of convi…

NRS 176A.245 Sealing of records after discharge, dismissal, conditional dismissal or setting aside of judgment of conviction. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, after a defendant is discharged from probation or a case is dismissed pursuant to NRS 176A.240, a justice…

NRS 176A.250 Establishment of program for treatment of mental illness or intellectual disabilities; assignment of defendant to program; progress reports. A district court, justice court or municipal court may establish an appropriate program for the treatment of mental illness or…