Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 211.020 (2026)

Duties of county commissioners

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NRS 211.020 Duties of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners:

1. Is responsible for building, inspecting and repairing any county or branch county jail located in its county.

2. Once every 3 months, shall inquire into the security of the jail and the treatment and condition of the prisoners.

3. Shall take all necessary precautions against escape, sickness, infection, suicide and death.

4. Shall review all available information concerning deaths of prisoners in the county jail and any branch county jail, including, without limitation, information received from the sheriff pursuant to NRS 211.030. At least twice each year, the board shall include as an item on the agenda of a public meeting of the board, consideration of the conditions of the county jail and any branch county jail and the number of deaths of prisoners in the county jail and any branch county jail and the known circumstances surrounding any such deaths, including, without limitation, basic demographics and information submitted pursuant to the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013, Public Law 113-242, during the immediately preceding 6 months.

[2:21:1861; B § 3800; BH § 2138; C § 2260; RL § 7604; NCL § 11521]—(NRS A 1977, 367; 1981, 646; 2019, 2196)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1980–1990 · leading case: Escalanti v. Superior Court, 799 P.2d 5 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1990).

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Escalanti v. Superior Court, 799 P.2d 5 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1990). “Under Nev.Rev.Stat. § 211.020, there are no similar requirements for Nevada jails.”

State v. Wade, 772 P.2d 1291 (Nev. 1989). “389 (requiring establishment of general education, vocational training and other rehabilitation programs for prisoners in *210 the Nevada State Prison) with NRS 211.020 (imposing no similar requirement with respect to jails).”

West v. Lamb, 497 F. Supp. 989 (D. Nev. 1980). · cites it 2× “010 and NRS 211.020 made it the duty of the Board of County Commissioners of each county in Nevada to maintain, supervise and inspect county jails.”

Warner v. Cnty. of Washoe, 620 F. Supp. 59 (D. Nev. 1985). · cites it 10× “The thrust of Warner’s § 1983 claim against the Commissioners is that not only does NRS § 211.020 2 impose a duty to inquire every three months into the treatment and condition of the prisoners, but that the Commissioners had previous knowledge of sexual assaults occurring in…”

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