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2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 179 - Special Proceedings of a Criminal Nature; Sealing Records of Criminal Proceedings; Rewards; Forms
NRS 179.063 - Officer prohibited from performing body cavity search unless warrant contains specific authorization to perform body cavity search of person.
Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 179.063 (2020)
1. An officer conducting a search of a person pursuant to a warrant shall not perform a body cavity search of the person unless the warrant contains specific authorization from the magistrate who issued the warrant to perform a body cavity search of the person. Such specific authorization must set forth the reasons for the necessity of a body cavity search of the person.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Body cavity" means, with respect to:
(1) A male person, the rectum.
(2) A female person, the rectum or vagina.
(b) "Body cavity search" means the touching or probing of a body cavity of a person, regardless of whether or not there is actual penetration of that body cavity.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 115)
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