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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.153 (2026)

Right of person arrested to make telephone calls

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NRS 171.153  Right of person arrested to make telephone calls.

      1.  Any person arrested has the right to make a reasonable number of completed telephone calls from the police station or other place at which the person is booked immediately after the person is booked and, except where physically impossible, no later than 3 hours after the arrest. Such telephone calls may be limited to local calls, except that long distance calls may be made by the arrested person at his or her own expense.

      2.  A reasonable number of calls must include one completed call to a friend or bail agent and one completed call to an attorney.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 724; A 1997, 3393)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1985–2022 · leading case: Nunnelley v. Douglas Cnty., 622 F. Supp. 124 (D. Nev. 1985).
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Nunnelley v. Douglas Cnty., 622 F. Supp. 124 (D. Nev. 1985). · cites it 2× “178 and NRS § 171.153, Nunnelley does not demonstrate that the violations, if such occurred, led to any violation of his constitutional rights.”
Halvorsen v. Baird, 146 F.3d 680 (9th Cir. 1998). “Fed-, eral case authority is surprisingly scanty, perhaps because our tradition is so strong, or perhaps because statutes protect the right to communicate after arrest in the more common circumstances.”
Hansen v. Schaefer (D. Nev. 2022). · cites it 17× “NRS § 171.153 20 Under Nevada law, “[a]ny person arrested has the right to make a reasonable number of 21 completed telephone calls from the police station or other place at which the person is booked 22 immediately after the person is booked and .”
Hansen v. Schaefer (D. Nev. 2022). · cites it 17× “NRS § 171.153 20 Under Nevada law, “[a]ny person arrested has the right to make a reasonable number of 21 completed telephone calls from the police station or other place at which the person is booked 22 immediately after the person is booked and .”
Blackjack Bonding Vs. Lv Metro Police Dept. c/w 62864, 2015 NV 10 (Nev. 2015). · cites it 8× “NRS 171.153 does not limit a detainee's right to make telephone calls when a private entity provides the telephone services that are to be used by the detainee.”
Hansen v. Schaefer (D. Nev. 2020). · cites it 3× “malicious prosecution; (9) false arrest; (10) theft; (11) abuse of discretion; (12) forgery; 3 (13) fraud; (14) negligence; (15) wanton disregard of safety; (16) collusion; (17) reckless 4 endangerment; (18) defamation; (19) intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED); 5…”
Blackjack Bonding Vs. Lv Metro Police Dept. c/w 62864, 2015 NV 10 (Nev. 2015). · cites it 4× “NRS 171.153 does not limit a detainee's right to make telephone calls when a private entity provides the telephone services that are to be used by the detainee.”
Blackjack Bonding Vs. Lv Metro Police Dept. c/w 62864, 2015 NV 10 (Nev. 2015). · cites it 4× “NRS 171.153 does not limit a detainee's right to make telephone calls when a private entity provides the telephone services that are to be used by the detainee.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.153(1) — 5 cases
Hansen v. Schaefer (D. Nev. 2022). “NRS § 171.153 20 Under Nevada law, “[a]ny person arrested has the right to make a reasonable number of 21 completed telephone calls from the police station or other place at which the person is booked 22 immediately after the person is booked and .”
Hansen v. Schaefer (D. Nev. 2022). “NRS § 171.153 20 Under Nevada law, “[a]ny person arrested has the right to make a reasonable number of 21 completed telephone calls from the police station or other place at which the person is booked 22 immediately after the person is booked and .”
Blackjack Bonding Vs. Lv Metro Police Dept. c/w 62864, 2015 NV 10 (Nev. 2015). “NRS 171.153 does not limit a detainee's right to make telephone calls when a private entity provides the telephone services that are to be used by the detainee.”
Blackjack Bonding Vs. Lv Metro Police Dept. c/w 62864, 2015 NV 10 (Nev. 2015). “NRS 171.153 does not limit a detainee's right to make telephone calls when a private entity provides the telephone services that are to be used by the detainee.”
Blackjack Bonding Vs. Lv Metro Police Dept. c/w 62864, 2015 NV 10 (Nev. 2015). “NRS 171.153 does not limit a detainee's right to make telephone calls when a private entity provides the telephone services that are to be used by the detainee.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.153(2) — 3 cases
Blackjack Bonding Vs. Lv Metro Police Dept. c/w 62864, 2015 NV 10 (Nev. 2015). “NRS 171.153 does not limit a detainee's right to make telephone calls when a private entity provides the telephone services that are to be used by the detainee.”
Blackjack Bonding Vs. Lv Metro Police Dept. c/w 62864, 2015 NV 10 (Nev. 2015). “NRS 171.153 does not limit a detainee's right to make telephone calls when a private entity provides the telephone services that are to be used by the detainee.”
Blackjack Bonding Vs. Lv Metro Police Dept. c/w 62864, 2015 NV 10 (Nev. 2015). “NRS 171.153 does not limit a detainee's right to make telephone calls when a private entity provides the telephone services that are to be used by the detainee.”
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