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

NRS 248.090: General duties.

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TITLE 20 — COUNTIES AND TOWNSHIPS: FORMATION, GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS
CHAPTER 248 - SHERIFFS
DUTIES; POWERS; PROHIBITED ACTS; PROCESS; LIABILITIES

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 or securing any person for felony, or breach of the peace, they may call upon the power of their county to aid in such arrest or in preserving the peace.

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