{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-34.005","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 34.005","heading":"Prosecuting agency” defined.","body":"As used in this chapter, “prosecuting agency” means:\n1. The district attorney of the county in which the judgment of conviction or sentence being challenged in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was obtained, if the district attorney or a deputy district attorney prosecuted the petitioner in the original proceeding which led to the judgment of conviction or sentence; or\n2. The Attorney General, if the Attorney General or a deputy attorney general prosecuted the petitioner in the original proceeding which led to the judgment of conviction or sentence being challenged in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.","path":["TITLE 3 — REMEDIES; SPECIAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS","CHAPTER 34 - WRITS; PETITION TO ESTABLISH FACTUAL INNOCENCE","CERTIORARI"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-034.html#NRS034Sec005","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:30Z","sha256":"4f5dc73948ba84db972aab0394cb253f946d695173d110df60a095247555eb90","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-33.670","next":"us-nv/nrs-34.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}