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2025 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 260 - County Public Defenders
NRS 260.030 - Qualifications; representation of indigent person charged with public offense.

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NV Rev Stat § 260.030 (2025)
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1. The public defender shall be a qualified attorney licensed to practice in this state.

2. The public defender shall, when designated pursuant to NRS 171.188, represent, without charge, each indigent person who is under arrest and held for a public offense.

(Added to NRS by 1965, 597; A 1967, 1471; 1969, 479; 1973, 358)

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