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2021 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 248 - Sheriffs
NRS 248.060 - Penalty for sheriff or jailer refusing to receive or arrest.

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NV Rev Stat § 248.060 (2021)
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If any sheriff or keeper of a jail shall willfully refuse to receive or arrest any person charged with a criminal offense, such sheriff or jailer is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

[Part 67:108:1866; B § 2665; BH § 1702; C § 1848; RL § 2820; NCL § 4820] — (NRS A 1967, 539)

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