Title 171 · NRS Chapter 171

Arrest of person with communications disability: Interpreter to be made available.

Citation: NRS 171.1536

Section: 171.171.1536

NRS

171.1536

Arrest of person with communications disability: Interpreter to be made available.

Upon the arrest of a person with a communications disability as defined in NRS 50.050 , and before any interrogation or the taking of a statement, the peace officer in actual charge of the station, headquarters or other facility to which the person with a communications disability has been brought shall make an interpreter available at public expense to that person in accordance with the provisions of NRS 50.050 to 50.053 , inclusive.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 309 ; A 1979, 657 ; 2001, 1776 ; 2007, 170 )