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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 173.205 (2026)

Return of warrant and summons; reissuance

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NRS 173.205  Return of warrant and summons; reissuance.

      1.  The peace officer executing a warrant shall make return thereof to the court. At the request of the Attorney General acting pursuant to a specific statute or the district attorney any unexecuted warrant must be returned and cancelled.

      2.  On or before the return day the person to whom a summons was delivered for service shall make return thereof.

      3.  At the request of the Attorney General acting pursuant to a specific statute or the district attorney, made at any time while the indictment or information is pending, a warrant returned unexecuted and not cancelled or a summons returned unserved or a duplicate thereof may be delivered by the clerk to a peace officer or other authorized person for execution or service.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1414; A 1975, 656; 1989, 165)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1969–1969 · leading case: Tellis v. Sheriff of Clark Cnty., 459 P.2d 364 (Nev. 1969).
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Tellis v. Sheriff of Clark Cnty., 459 P.2d 364 (Nev. 1969). “NRS 173.205. We do not reach the question of whether the appellant’s waiver of his right to a trial within sixty days constitutes a waiver of a delay in arraignment, nor do we reach the question of whether the appellant’s failure to cite the delay, before his arraignment on…”
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