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2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 484A - Traffic Laws Generally
NRS 484A.720 - When person must be taken immediately before magistrate.


NV Rev Stat § 484A.720 (2013) What's This?

Whenever any person is halted by a peace officer for any violation of chapters 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS not amounting to a gross misdemeanor or felony, the person shall be taken without unnecessary delay before the proper magistrate, as specified in NRS 484A.750, in either of the following cases:

1. When the person demands an immediate appearance before a magistrate; or

2. In any other event when the person is issued a traffic citation by an authorized person and refuses to give a written promise to appear in court as provided in NRS 484A.630.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1211) (Substituted in revision for NRS 484.793)

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