Title 14

NRS 178.467 Person committed to custody of Administrator: Eligibility for discharge or conditional release; recommitment for failure to comply with conditions. 1. The Administrator or the Administrator’s designee shall keep each person with mental illness committed to his or her …

NRS 178.468 Hearing to determine eligibility of person committed to custody of Administrator for discharge or conditional release; report by Administrator. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a court must hold a hearing not later than 60 days after: (a) A person is c…

NRS 178.469 Petition for discharge or conditional release by person committed to custody of Administrator. 1. A person committed to the custody of the Administrator pursuant to NRS 175.539 may petition the court for discharge or conditional release not sooner than 1 year after th…

NRS 178.471 Effect of conditional release of person committed to custody of Administrator; authority of court over person conditionally released. 1. When a person is conditionally released pursuant to NRS 178.467 to 178.471, inclusive: (a) The State and any of its agents or emplo…

NRS 178.4715 Notification of victims upon discharge, conditional release or escape. 1. If a person is committed to the custody of the Administrator and is subject to the provisions of NRS 178.463 to 178.471, inclusive, a victim of the person may request the Administrator or the A…

NRS 178.472 Computation. In computing any period of time the day of the act or event from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, a Sunday, or a nonjudicial day, in…

NRS 178.476 Enlargement. When an act is required or allowed to be done at or within a specified time, the court for cause shown may at any time in its discretion: 1. With or without motion or notice, order the period enlarged if request therefor is made before the expiration of t…

NRS 178.478 Motions; affidavits. 1. A written motion, other than one which may be heard ex parte, and notice of the hearing thereof must be served not later than 5 days before the time specified for the hearing unless a different period is fixed by rule or order of the court. For…

NRS 178.482 Additional time after service by mail. Whenever a party has the right or is required to do an act within a prescribed period after the service of a notice or other paper upon the party and the notice or other paper is served by mail, 3 days shall be added to the presc…

NRS 178.483 “Electronic transmission,” “electronically transmit” and “electronically transmitted” defined. As used in NRS 178.483 to 178.548, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “electronic transmission,” “electronically transmit” or “electronically transmitted” mea…

NRS 178.484 Right to bail before conviction; exceptions; specific requirements for certain offenses. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person arrested for an offense other than murder of the first degree must be admitted to bail. 2. A person arrested for a felony…

NRS 178.4845 Court order prohibiting contact with victim: Request by victim; court required to consider request; notification regarding consequences of violating order; expiration; renewal of order; transmittal of copy of order to Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal…

NRS 178.4847 Adoption of administrative order relating to circumstances under which person may be released from custody without pretrial release hearing. A court of competent jurisdiction may adopt an administrative order relating to the circumstances under which a person may be …

NRS 178.4849 Pretrial release hearing required to be held within 48 hours after person taken into custody to determine custody status; exceptions; continuance; appearance by means of remote communication. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 178.484 and 178.484…

NRS 178.4851 Imposition of bail or conditions of release; signing and filing of document; arrest for violation of condition. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the court shall only impose bail or a condition of release, or both, on a person as it deems to be the lea…

NRS 178.4853 Factors considered in reviewing custody status. In reviewing the custody status of a person, the court at a minimum shall consider the following factors concerning the person: 1. The length of residence in the community; 2. The status and history of employment; 3. Re…

NRS 178.4855 Limitations on release without bail of certain defendants who are taken into custody while admitted to bail on other charges; notice to bail agent required. A defendant charged with the commission of a category A or B felony who is admitted to bail on a surety bond a…

NRS 178.486 When bail is matter of discretion, notice of application must be given to district attorney. When the admission to bail is a matter of discretion, the court, or officer by whom it may be ordered, shall require such notice of the application therefor as the court or of…

NRS 178.487 Bail after arrest for felony offense committed while on bail. Every release on bail with or without security is conditioned upon the defendant’s good behavior while so released, and upon a showing that the proof is evident or the presumption great that the defendant h…

NRS 178.4871 Postconviction petitioner for habeas corpus: Limitations on release. A person who has filed a postconviction petition for habeas corpus challenging a judgment of conviction or sentence: 1. Must not in any case be released on the person’s own recognizance. 2. Must not…

NRS 178.4873 Postconviction petitioner for habeas corpus: Release pending appeal. If a district court denies a postconviction petition for habeas corpus challenging a judgment of conviction or sentence, the petitioner must not be released on the petitioner’s own recognizance or a…

NRS 178.4875 Proceeding for forfeiture of bail pending review or appeal; proceeding for recommitment of defendant. 1. If the court admits a petitioner to bail pending review of the petition or pending appeal, any subsequent proceeding for forfeiture of the bail must take place in…

NRS 178.488 Right to bail upon review; notice of application to be given district attorney. 1. Bail may be allowed pending appeal or certiorari unless it appears that the appeal is frivolous or taken for delay. 2. Pending appeal to a district court, bail may be allowed by the tri…

NRS 178.494 Bail for material witnesses; judicial review of detention or amount of bail; scheduling of case in which material witness will testify. 1. If it appears by affidavit that the testimony of a person is material in any criminal proceeding and if it is shown that it may b…

NRS 178.498 Amount. In deciding the amount of bail to impose on a person, the court shall consider: 1. The nature and circumstances of the offense charged; 2. The financial ability of the defendant to give bail; 3. The character of the defendant; and 4. The factors listed in NRS …

NRS 178.499 Increase in amount. 1. At any time after a district or Justice Court has ordered bail to be set at a specific amount, and before acquittal or conviction, the court may upon its own motion or upon motion of the district attorney and after notice to the defendant’s atto…

NRS 178.502 Form of bail; extension of bond or undertaking to proceedings in other courts; exoneration; place of deposit. 1. A person required or permitted to give bail shall execute a bond for the person’s appearance. The magistrate or court or judge or justice, having regard to…

NRS 178.504 Justification of sureties. 1. Every surety, except a corporate surety which is approved as provided by law, shall justify by affidavit and may be required to describe in the affidavit: (a) The property by which the surety proposes to justify and the encumbrances there…

NRS 178.506 Declaration of forfeiture. If there is a breach of condition of a bond, the court shall declare a forfeiture of the bail, subject to the provisions of NRS 178.508 and 178.509. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1453; A 1971, 598)

NRS 178.508 Duties of court when defendant fails to appear; procedure for issuing order of forfeiture; when forfeiture becomes effective; grounds for extending date of forfeiture. 1. If the defendant fails to appear when the defendant’s presence in court is lawfully required for …

NRS 178.509 Exoneration of surety before date of forfeiture: Conditions; grounds. 1. If the defendant fails to appear when the defendant’s presence in court is lawfully required, the court shall not exonerate the surety before the date of forfeiture prescribed in NRS 178.508 unle…

NRS 178.512 Setting aside forfeiture: Conditions; grounds; when written finding is required. 1. The court shall not set aside a forfeiture unless: (a) The surety submits an application to set it aside on the ground that the defendant: (1) Has appeared before the court since the d…

NRS 178.514 Enforcement of forfeiture. 1. When a forfeiture has not been set aside, the court shall on motion enter a judgment of default and execution may issue thereon. 2. If an order setting aside a forfeiture has not been entered within 180 days after the issuance of the orde…

NRS 178.516 Remission of forfeited money. After entry of such judgment, the court shall not remit it in whole or in part unless the conditions applying to the setting aside of forfeiture in NRS 178.512 are met. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1453; A 1979, 1402)

NRS 178.518 Payment of forfeited deposits to county treasurer or State Controller. Money collected pursuant to NRS 178.506 to 178.516, inclusive, which was collected: 1. From a person who was charged with a misdemeanor must be paid over to the county treasurer. 2. From a person w…

NRS 178.522 Exoneration of bail. 1. When the condition of the bond has been satisfied or the forfeiture thereof has been set aside or remitted, the court shall exonerate the obligors and release any bail. The court shall exonerate the obligors and release any bail at the time of …

NRS 178.524 Deposit required in certain cases. If the defendant surrenders himself or herself to, is apprehended by or is in the custody of a peace officer in the State of Nevada or the Director of the Department of Corrections other than the officer to whose custody the defendan…

NRS 178.526 Arrest of defendant. 1. For the purpose of surrendering a defendant, a surety or the appointed bail agent of a surety, at any time before the surety is finally discharged, and at any place within this State, may, by: (a) Written authorization for the arrest of the def…

NRS 178.528 Disposition of money deposited as bail. 1. When money has been deposited as bail by a person other than a surety, if it remains on deposit at the time of sentencing, the court, or the clerk under the direction of the court, upon the provision of notice to and the agre…

NRS 178.532 Recommitment of defendant after having given bail or deposited money. The court to which the committing magistrate shall return the depositions and statement, or in which an indictment or information or an appeal is pending, or to which a judgment on appeal is remitte…

NRS 178.534 Contents of order for recommitment. The order for the recommitment of the defendant shall: 1. Recite generally the facts upon which it is founded. 2. Direct that the defendant be arrested by any sheriff, constable, marshal, police officer or other peace officer within…

NRS 178.536 Arrest on order of recommitment. The defendant may be arrested pursuant to the order, upon a certified copy thereof, in any county, in the same manner as upon a warrant of arrest, except that when arrested in another county the order need not be endorsed by a magistra…

NRS 178.538 Commitment of defendant on order when defendant fails to appear for judgment; if order issued for other cause, defendant may be admitted to bail. 1. If the order recites, as the grounds upon which it is made, the failure of the defendant to appear for judgment upon co…

NRS 178.542 Records: District court. Each county clerk shall maintain a record containing the following information for each bail bond accepted by a district court within the county: 1. The name of the defendant; 2. The name of the surety; 3. The amount of the bond; 4. The name o…

NRS 178.544 Records: Justice Court. 1. Whenever a person is admitted to bail in a Justice Court and the bail is put in by a written undertaking, the clerk of the Justice Court shall record: (a) The name of the defendant; (b) The names of the sureties; (c) The amount of the bond; …

NRS 178.546 Records: Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. 1. Whenever a person is admitted to bail by the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court, a judge of the Court of Appeals or a justice of the Supreme Court, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall record: (a) The name of the defend…