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2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 14 PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES
Chapter 171 Proceedings to Commitment
NRS 171.126 Arrest by private person.

NRS 171.126 Arrest by private person. A private person may arrest another:

1. For a public offense committed or attempted in the person's presence.

2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in the person's presence.

3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and the private person has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1402)



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