NRS
484A.730 When peace officer has option to give traffic citation or take
person before magistrate.
1. Whenever any person is halted by a
peace officer for any violation of chapters 484A
to 484E, inclusive, of NRS punishable as a
misdemeanor and is not required to be taken before a magistrate, the person
must be given a traffic citation unless the violation constitutes a repeat
offense or a prohibited offense, in which case the person may, in the
discretion of the peace officer, either be given a traffic citation or be taken
without unnecessary delay before the proper magistrate.
2. As used in this section:
(a) “Prohibited offense” means:
(1) A violation of NRS 484B.653;
(2) A violation of NRS 484C.110;
(3) A violation of NRS 484C.120;
(4) A violation of NRS 484E.020;
(5) A violation of NRS 484E.030;
(6) A violation of NRS 484E.040; or
(7) A crime of violence, as defined in NRS 200.408.
(b) “Repeat offense” means an offense for which
the person has previously been arrested, convicted or issued a citation.
(Added to NRS by 1967,
1211; A 1969,
1509; 1981,
1362; 2007,
2807; 2017,
1420; 2021,
3469)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.795)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
3
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 2011–2025 · leading case:
Cortes v. State, 260 P.3d 184 (Nev. 2011).
Cortes v. State, 260 P.3d 184 (Nev. 2011).
· cites it 3× “795 (renumbered NRS 484A.730) — which provides an officer with discretion to arrest for citable traffic violations — Bayard holds both as a matter of state statutory and constitutional law, Nev.”
Gaines, III (Cornelius) v. State (Nev. 2014).
· cites it 3× “Nevada has imposed such restrictions through NRS 484A.730. Under NRS 484A.730, aside from certain enumerated situations that mandate arrest, an officer has discretion to either arrest a person or issue a citation for a minor traffic offense.”
Keller v. Garrett (D. Nev. 2025).
“[Keller] was arrested in violation of NRS 484A.730 and NRS 3 171.1771 as well as controlling precedent from the Supreme Court of Nevada and the Supreme Court of the United States.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 484A.730(1) — 1 case
Cortes v. State, 260 P.3d 184 (Nev. 2011).
“795 (renumbered NRS 484A.730) — which provides an officer with discretion to arrest for citable traffic violations — Bayard holds both as a matter of state statutory and constitutional law, Nev.”
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