{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-171.142","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 171.142","heading":"Breaking open door or window: Upon detention after making arrest.","body":"Any person who has entered a house, structure or other place of concealment to make an arrest may break open a door or window if that is necessary to liberate himself or herself. An officer may do the same to liberate a person who, acting in the officer’s aid, entered to make an arrest and is detained inside.","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#NRS171Sec142","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:33Z","sha256":"4602f3ed0982ca65a52874116fc35cee92bfd7f636ecd760c0db3bb00be955de","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-171.138","next":"us-nv/nrs-171.144"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}