2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 178 - General Provisions
NRS 178.488 - Right to bail upon review; notice of application to be given district attorney. [Effective through December 31, 2014, and after that date unless the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]


NV Rev Stat § 178.488 (2013) What's This?

1. Bail may be allowed pending appeal or certiorari unless it appears that the appeal is frivolous or taken for delay.

2. Pending appeal to a district court, bail may be allowed by the trial justice, by the district court, or by any judge thereof, to run until final termination of the proceedings in all courts.

3. Pending appeal or certiorari to the Supreme Court, bail may be allowed by the district court or by any judge thereof or by the Supreme Court or by a justice thereof.

4. Any court or any judge or justice authorized to grant bail may at any time revoke the order admitting the defendant to bail.

5. The court or judge by whom bail may be ordered shall require such notice of the application therefor as the court or judge may deem reasonable to be given to the district attorney of the county in which the verdict or judgment was originally rendered.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1452; A 1969, 10)

NRS 178.488 Right to bail upon review; notice of application to be given district attorney. [Effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election.]

1. Bail may be allowed pending appeal or certiorari unless it appears that the appeal is frivolous or taken for delay.

2. Pending appeal to a district court, bail may be allowed by the trial justice, by the district court, or by any judge thereof, to run until final termination of the proceedings in all courts.

3. Pending appeal or certiorari to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution, bail may be allowed by the district court or any judge thereof, by the Court of Appeals or any judge thereof or by the Supreme Court or a justice thereof.

4. Any court or any judge or justice authorized to grant bail may at any time revoke the order admitting the defendant to bail.

5. The court or judge by whom bail may be ordered shall require such notice of the application therefor as the court or judge may deem reasonable to be given to the district attorney of the county in which the verdict or judgment was originally rendered.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1452; A 1969, 10; 2013, 1762, effective January 1, 2015, if the provisions of Senate Joint Resolution No. 14 (2011) are approved and ratified by the voters at the 2014 General Election)

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