2005 Nevada Revised Statutes - Chapter 170 — Prevention of Public Offenses

CHAPTER 170 - PREVENTION OF PUBLIC OFFENSES

NRS 170.040 Interventionof officers of justice by requiring surety to keep peace.

NRS 170.060 Complaintfor threatening offense against person or property; may be filed in municipalcourt.

NRS 170.070 Trialto proceed as in criminal cases.

NRS 170.080 Personcomplained of: When to be discharged.

NRS 170.090 Securityto keep peace.

NRS 170.100 Effectof giving or refusing to give security.

NRS 170.110 Personcommitted may give security later.

NRS 170.120 Bondto be filed.

NRS 170.130 Breachof peace before magistrate; when security required.

NRS 170.140 Bondto keep peace: When broken.

NRS 170.150 Bondto keep peace: When and how prosecuted.

NRS 170.160 Allegationand evidence of breach.

NRS 170.170 Securityfor peace or good behavior not required except in accordance with this chapter.

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NRS 170.040 Interventionof officers of justice by requiring surety to keep peace. Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention ofthe officers of justice by requiring surety to keep the peace.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 12; RL 6862; NCL 10661](NRS A1967, 1400)

NRS 170.060 Complaintfor threatening offense against person or property; may be filed in municipalcourt.

1. A complaint may be filed and warrant issued, as inother criminal cases, for the arrest of any person who has threatened to commitan offense against the person or property of another.

2. Such a complaint may also be filed in a municipalcourt. The city attorney shall act as prosecutor, and the proceedings shallconform to the requirements of NRS 170.070to 170.170, inclusive.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 14; A 1925, 9; NCL 10663](NRS A1967, 1400)

NRS 170.070 Trialto proceed as in criminal cases. When theperson complained of is brought before the justice of the peace or magistrate,the trial on the charge shall proceed as in other criminal cases.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 17; A 1925, 9; NCL 10664]

NRS 170.080 Personcomplained of: When to be discharged. If itappears that there is no just reason to fear the commission of the offensealleged to have been threatened, the person complained of must be discharged.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 18; RL 6868; NCL 10665]

NRS 170.090 Securityto keep peace.

1. If, however, there is a just reason to fear thecommission of the offense, the person complained of may be required to enterinto a bond, in such sum, not exceeding $5,000, as the magistrate may direct,with one or more sufficient sureties, to keep the peace toward the people ofthis State, and particularly toward the complainant.

2. The bond shall be valid and binding for 6 months,and may, upon the renewal of the complaint, be extended for a longer period ora new bond may be required.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 19; RL 6869; NCL 10666]

NRS 170.100 Effectof giving or refusing to give security.

1. If the bond required by NRS 170.090 is given, the person complainedof shall be discharged.

2. If he does not give it, the magistrate must commithim to prison until he gives such bond, specifying in the warrant therequirement to give security, the amount thereof, and the omission to pay thesame; but in no event shall the person complained of be confined in prison fora period of longer than 6 months for a failure or omission to give such bond.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 20; A 1915, 16; 1919 RL 6870; NCL 10667]

NRS 170.110 Personcommitted may give security later. If theperson complained of is committed for not giving the bond required, he may bedischarged by any magistrate upon giving the same.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 21; RL 6871; NCL 10668]

NRS 170.120 Bondto be filed. A bond given, as provided in NRS 170.090, must be filed by themagistrate in the office of the clerk of the county.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 22; RL 6872; NCL 10669]

NRS 170.130 Breachof peace before magistrate; when security required. Anyperson who, in the presence of a court or magistrate, assaults or threatens toassault another or to commit any offense against his person or property, or whoshall contend with another with angry words, may be ordered by the court ormagistrate to give security, as provided in NRS170.090, or if he refuses to do so, he may be committed as provided in NRS 170.100.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 23; RL 6873; NCL 10670]

NRS 170.140 Bondto keep peace: When broken. A bond to keep thepeace must be deemed broken when the person complained against is convicted ofa breach of the peace.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 24; RL 6874; NCL 10671]

NRS 170.150 Bondto keep peace: When and how prosecuted. Uponthe district attorneys producing evidence of such conviction to the districtcourt of the county, the court must order the bond to be prosecuted, and thedistrict attorney must thereupon commence an action on the same, in the name ofthe State.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 25; RL 6875; NCL 10672]

NRS 170.160 Allegationand evidence of breach. In the action, theoffense stated in the record of conviction must be alleged as the breach of thebond, and such record is conclusive evidence of the breach.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 26; RL 6876; NCL 10673]

NRS 170.170 Securityfor peace or good behavior not required except in accordance with this chapter. No security to keep the peace, or to be of good behavior,is required except as prescribed in this chapter.

[1911 Cr. Prac. 27; RL 6877; NCL 10674]