{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-178.4849","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 178.4849","heading":"Pretrial release hearing required to be held within 48 hours after person taken into custody to determine custody status; exceptions; continuance; appearance by means of remote communication.","body":"1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 178.484 and 178.4847, a court shall, within 48 hours after a person has been taken into custody, hold a pretrial release hearing, in open court or by means of remote communication, to determine the custody status of the person.\n2. The court may continue a pretrial release hearing:\n(a) At the request of either party or the court and for good cause shown.\n(b) Upon stipulation of the parties. The court shall schedule a hearing continued pursuant to this paragraph for the date specified by stipulation.\n3. A stipulation made pursuant to subsection 2 may be:\n(a) An oral stipulation; or\n(b) A written stipulation communicated by mail, by electronic mail, via the Internet or by other electronic means.\n4. The prosecuting attorney, the defendant and the defendant’s attorney may appear at a pretrial release hearing by means of remote communication. An appearance by means of remote communication must be treated in the same manner as an appearance in person.\n5. A magistrate who presides over a pretrial release hearing may do so by means of remote communication.\n6. As used in this section:\n(a) “Magistrate” means a judicial officer who presides over a pretrial release hearing.\n(b) “Remote communication” means communication through telephone or videoconferencing.","path":["TITLE 14 — PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES","CHAPTER 178 - GENERAL PROVISIONS","BAIL"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-178.html#NRS178Sec4849","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:33Z","sha256":"fd7e54ed6f3c4b335656494649c5e3fa12cd43970692399443d43c2e153686a8","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-178.4847","next":"us-nv/nrs-178.4851"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}