Arrest of defendant.

NRS

178.526

Arrest of defendant.

1. For the purpose of surrendering a defendant, a surety or the appointed bail agent of a surety, at any time before the surety is finally discharged, and at any place within this State, may, by:

(a) Written authorization for the arrest of the defendant attached to a copy of the undertaking; or

(b) A written authority endorsed on a certified copy of the undertaking,

Ê cause the defendant to be arrested by a bail enforcement agent who is licensed pursuant to chapter 697 of NRS.

2. A bail enforcement agent who arrests a defendant in this State or any other jurisdiction is not acting for or on behalf of this State or any of its political subdivisions.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1454 ; A 1997, 3393 ; 1999, 1847 ; 2023, 2654 )