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2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 178 - General Provisions
NRS 178.556 - Dismissal by court for unnecessary delay.

Universal Citation:
NV Rev Stat ยง 178.556 (2011)
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1. If no indictment is found or information filed against a person within 15 days after the person has been held to answer for a public offense which must be prosecuted by indictment or information, the court may dismiss the complaint. If a defendant whose trial has not been postponed upon the defendant s application is not brought to trial within 60 days after the arraignment on the indictment or information, the district court may dismiss the indictment or information.

2. If a defendant whose trial has not been postponed upon the defendant s application is not brought to trial within 60 days after the arraignment on the complaint for an offense triable in a Justice or municipal Court, the court may dismiss the complaint.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1456; A 1985, 65; 1991, 70)

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