Title 171 · NRS Chapter 171

Arrest by private person.

Citation: NRS 171.126

Section: 171.171.126

NRS

171.126

Arrest by private person.

A private person may arrest another:

1. For a public offense committed or attempted in the person’s presence.

2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in the person’s presence.

3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and the private person has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1402 )