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Nevada · Through 2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25) · Newer source version available

NRS 178.566: Compromise to be by permission of court; order to bar another prosecution.

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  1. TITLE 14 — PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES
  2. CHAPTER 178 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
  3. COMPROMISING CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFENSES BY LEAVE OF COURT

1. If the party injured appears before the court to which the depositions are required to be returned, at any time before trial, and acknowledges in writing that the party has received satisfaction for the injury, the court may, in its discretion, on payment of the costs incurred, order all proceedings to be stayed upon the prosecution, and the defendant to be discharged therefrom; but in such case the reasons for the order must be set forth therein, and entered on the minutes.

2. The order shall be a bar to another prosecution for the same offense.

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