NRS258.070. Duties and powers of constable or deputy; duties and powers of sheriff or deputy.

      1.  Subject to the provisions of subsection 2, each constable shall:

      (a) Be a peace officer in his or her township.

      (b) Serve all mesne and final process issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

      (c) Execute the process, writs or warrants that the constable is authorized to receive pursuant to NRS 248.100.

      (d) Discharge such other duties as are or may be prescribed by law.

      2.  A constable or deputy constable elected or appointed in a township whose population is less than 15,000 or a township that has within its boundaries a city whose population is less than 15,000 may not arrest any person while carrying out the duties of the office of constable unless he or she is certified by the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission as a category I or category II peace officer.

      3.  Pursuant to the procedures and subject to the limitations set forth in chapters 482 and 484A to 484E, inclusive, of NRS, a constable may issue a citation to an owner or driver, as appropriate, of a vehicle which is located in his or her township at the time the citation is issued and which is required to be registered in this State if the constable determines that the vehicle is not properly registered. The constable shall, upon the issuance of such citation, charge and collect a fee of $100 from the person to whom the citation is issued, which may be retained by the constable as compensation.

      4.  If a sheriff or the sheriff’s deputy in any county in this State arrests a person charged with a criminal offense or in the commission of an offense, the sheriff or the sheriff’s deputy shall serve all process, whether mesne or final, and attend the court executing the order thereof in the prosecution of the person so arrested, whether in a justice court or a district court, to the conclusion, and whether the offense is an offense of which a justice of the peace has jurisdiction, or whether the proceeding is a preliminary examination or hearing. The sheriff or the sheriff’s deputy shall collect the same fees and in the same manner therefor as the constable of the township in which the justice court is held would receive for the same service.

      [6:82:1861; A 1887, 134; C § 2321; RL § 1692; NCL § 2192]—(NRS A 1991, 408; 2001, 1456; 2009, 3012; 2013, 2948)