Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.159 (2026)

Delivery of report of presentence or general investigation to Director of Department of Corrections

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NRS 176.159  Delivery of report of presentence or general investigation to Director of Department of Corrections.

      1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when a court imposes a sentence of imprisonment in the state prison or revokes a program of probation and orders a sentence of imprisonment to the state prison to be executed, the court shall cause a copy of the report of the presentence investigation to be delivered to the Director of the Department of Corrections, if such a report was made. The report must be delivered not later than when the judgment of imprisonment is delivered pursuant to NRS 176.335. Delivery of the report may, at the court’s discretion, also be accomplished by electronic transmission or by affording the Department of Corrections the required electronic access necessary to retrieve the report.

      2.  If a presentence investigation and report were not required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 3 of NRS 176.135 or pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 176.151, the court shall cause a copy of the previous report of the presentence investigation or a copy of the report of the general investigation, as appropriate, to be delivered to the Director of the Department of Corrections in the manner provided pursuant to subsection 1.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 871; A 1973, 67; 1977, 859; 1997, 130; 1999, 1191; 2001, 217; 2013, 1369)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2011–2014 · leading case: Stockmeier v. State, Bd. of Parole Commissioners, 255 P.3d 209 (Nev. 2011).
Stockmeier v. State, Bd. of Parole Commissioners, 255 P.3d 209 (Nev. 2011). · cites it 2× “The district court’s final statutory duty with regard to a defendant’s PSI is to cause a copy of the report to be transmitted to the Director of the Department of Corrections once the defendant is sentenced, NRS 176.159(1), and, as with the Division, nothing in Nevada law gives…”
Sasser v. State, 2014 NV 41 (Nev. 2014). · cites it 2× “5 See generally NRS 176.159(1) (requiring courts to cause a copy of PSI to be delivered to Department of Corrections "not later than when the judgment of imprisonment is delivered pursuant .”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 176.159(1): 2 cases
Stockmeier v. State, Bd. of Parole Commissioners, 255 P.3d 209 (Nev. 2011). “The district court’s final statutory duty with regard to a defendant’s PSI is to cause a copy of the report to be transmitted to the Director of the Department of Corrections once the defendant is sentenced, NRS 176.159(1), and, as with the Division, nothing in Nevada law gives…”
Sasser v. State, 2014 NV 41 (Nev. 2014). “5 See generally NRS 176.159(1) (requiring courts to cause a copy of PSI to be delivered to Department of Corrections "not later than when the judgment of imprisonment is delivered pursuant .”
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