GroundRules
NRS 171.126: Arrest by private person.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 14 — PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES
- CHAPTER 171 - PROCEEDINGS TO COMMITMENT
- ARREST: BY WHOM AND HOW MADE
A private person may arrest another:
1. For a public offense committed or attempted in the person’s presence.
2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in the person’s presence.
3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and the private person has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.
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