2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel
NRS 289.290 - Agricultural police officers appointed by State Department of Agriculture.
1. An agricultural police officer appointed by the Director of the State Department of Agriculture pursuant to NRS 561.225 is a peace officer for the purposes of:
(a) The service of such legal process, including warrants and subpoenas, as may be required in the enforcement of titles 49 and 50 of NRS and chapters 581, 582, 583, 584, 586, 587, 588 and 590 of NRS.
(b) The enforcement of all laws of the State of Nevada while he or she is performing his or her duties pursuant to titles 49 and 50 of NRS and chapters 581, 582, 583, 584, 586, 587, 588 and 590 of NRS.
2. Before any officer described in subsection 1 may exercise the powers of a peace officer, he or she must be certified as a category I peace officer by the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2523; A 1995, 703; 1999, 3621; 2001, 1728; 2003, 2166; 2005, 1104; 2013, 1800; 2021, 1907)
