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2025 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 259 - Coroners
NRS 259.020 - Sheriffs are ex officio coroners; exceptions.

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NV Rev Stat § 259.020 (2025)
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Except in any county where a coroner is appointed pursuant to NRS 244.163, all sheriffs in this state are ex officio coroners, unless such an arrangement is altered pursuant to the mechanism set forth in NRS 244.1507.

[Part 2:107:1909; A 1911, 58; 1949, 595; 1943 NCL § 11426]—(NRS A 1979, 1368; 2009, 594)

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