Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE20 COUNTIES AND TOWNSHIPS: FORMATION, GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS |
CHAPTER248. Sheriffs |
CONTROL OF JAIL |
NRS248.060. Penalty for sheriff or jailer refusing to receive or arrest.
Latest version.
- 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)