2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety
NRS 202.879 - Reasonable cause to believe and as soon as reasonably practicable defined; authorized manner of making report and communicating information.
For the purposes of NRS 202.870 to 202.894, inclusive, a person:
1. Has reasonable cause to believe if, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances which are known or which reasonably should be known to the person at the time, a reasonable person would believe, under those facts and circumstances, that an act, transaction, event, situation or condition exists, is occurring or has occurred.
2. Acts as soon as reasonably practicable if, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances which are known or which reasonably should be known to the person at the time, a reasonable person would act within approximately the same period under those facts and circumstances.
3. May make a report by telephone or, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances which are known or which reasonably should be known to the person at the time, by any other means of oral, written or electronic communication that a reasonable person would believe, under those facts and circumstances, is a reliable and swift means of communicating information to the person who receives the information.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3522)
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