2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 223 - Governor
NRS 223.180 - Governor may proclaim county in insurrection.
1. When the Governor shall be satisfied that the execution of civil or criminal process has been forcibly resisted in any county, by bodies of persons, or that combinations to resist the execution of process by force exist in any county, and that the power of the county has been exerted and has not been sufficient to enable the officer having the process to execute it, the Governor may, on the application of the officer, or of the district attorney or district judge of the county, by proclamation, to be published in such papers as the Governor shall direct, declare the county to be in a state of insurrection, and may order into the service of the State such number and description of volunteers, or uniformed companies or other militia of the State as the Governor shall deem necessary, to serve for such term and under the command of such officers as the Governor shall direct.
2. The Governor may, when he or she shall think proper, revoke the proclamation authorized by subsection 1, or declare that it shall cease at such time and in such manner as he or she shall direct.
[95:108:1866; B § 2693; BH § 1730; C § 1876; RL § 2842; NCL § 4842] + [96:108:1866; B § 2694; BH § 1731; C § 1877; RL § 2843; NCL § 4843]
