{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-171.124","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 171.124","heading":"Arrest by peace officer or officer of Drug Enforcement Administration.","body":"1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS 33.070 and 33.320, a peace officer or an officer of the Drug Enforcement Administration designated by the Attorney General of the United States for that purpose may make an arrest in obedience to a warrant delivered to him or her, or may, without a warrant, arrest a person:\n(a) For a public offense committed or attempted in the officer’s presence.\n(b) When a person arrested has committed a felony or gross misdemeanor, although not in the officer’s presence.\n(c) When a felony or gross misdemeanor has in fact been committed, and the officer has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.\n(d) On a charge made, upon a reasonable cause, of the commission of a felony or gross misdemeanor by the person arrested.\n(e) When a warrant has in fact been issued in this State for the arrest of a named or described person for a public offense, and the officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person arrested is the person so named or described.\n2. A peace officer or an officer of the Drug Enforcement Administration designated by the Attorney General of the United States for that purpose may also, at night, without a warrant, arrest any person whom the officer has reasonable cause for believing to have committed a felony or gross misdemeanor, and is justified in making the arrest, though it afterward appears that a felony or gross misdemeanor has not been committed.\n3. An officer of the Drug Enforcement Administration may only make an arrest pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 for a violation of chapter 453 of NRS.","path":["TITLE 14 — PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES","CHAPTER 171 - PROCEEDINGS TO COMMITMENT","ARREST: BY WHOM AND HOW MADE"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-171.html#NRS171Sec124","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:33Z","sha256":"c0186493a5489184fccc88d239ff9d8b469215a116e934beff1245add1d35854","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-171.1239","next":"us-nv/nrs-171.1245"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}