1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the Chief Parole and Probation Officer may order the residential confinement of a probationer if the Chief Parole and Probation Officer believes that the probationer poses no danger to the community and will appear at a scheduled court hearing.
2. In ordering the residential confinement of a probationer, the Chief Parole and Probation Officer shall:
(a) Require the probationer to be confined to the probationer’s residence during the time the probationer is away from any employment, community service or other activity authorized by the Division; and
(b) Require enhanced supervision of the probationer, including, without limitation, unannounced visits to the probationer’s residence or other locations where the probationer is expected to be to determine whether the probationer is complying with the terms of confinement.
3. An electronic device approved by the Division may be used to supervise a probationer who is ordered to be placed in residential confinement. The device may be capable of using the Global Positioning System, but must be minimally intrusive and limited in capability to recording or transmitting information concerning the probationer’s location, including, but not limited to, the transmission of still visual images which do not concern the probationer’s activities, and producing, upon request, reports or records of the probationer’s presence near or within a crime scene or prohibited area or his or her departure from a specified geographic location. A device which is capable of recording or transmitting:
(a) Oral or wire communications or any auditory sound; or
(b) Information concerning the probationer’s activities,
must not be used.
4. The Chief Parole and Probation Officer shall not order a probationer to be placed in residential confinement unless the probationer agrees to the order.
5. Any residential confinement must not extend beyond the unexpired maximum term of the original sentence.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 314; 1993, 1514; 1995, 1251; 2001 Special Session, 134; 2015, 349; 2021, 2427)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 176A - Probation and Suspension of Sentence
NRS 176A.020 - "Board" defined.
NRS 176A.030 - "Court" defined.
NRS 176A.040 - "Division" defined.
NRS 176A.043 - "Member of the military" defined.
NRS 176A.045 - "Mental illness" defined.
NRS 176A.047 - "Intellectual disability" defined.
NRS 176A.050 - "Parole and probation officer" defined.
NRS 176A.060 - "Residential confinement" defined.
NRS 176A.065 - "Specialty court program" defined.
NRS 176A.070 - "Standards" defined.
NRS 176A.080 - "Surety bond" defined.
NRS 176A.090 - "Veteran" defined.
NRS 176A.200 - Investigation by Division.
NRS 176A.210 - Promise to comply with conditions of probation; waiver of extradition.
NRS 176A.220 - Delivery of copy of records to Chief Parole and Probation Officer.
NRS 176A.287 - Ineligibility for program: Exceptions.
NRS 176A.300 - Execution and amount of surety bond.
NRS 176A.310 - Conditions; duties of surety; probationer to report to and pay surety.
NRS 176A.330 - Exoneration of surety and setting aside of forfeiture of surety bond.
NRS 176A.350 - Discharge of surety and release of bond.
NRS 176A.360 - Arrest of probationer.
NRS 176A.370 - Money collected to be deposited in State General Fund.
NRS 176A.420 - Tests to determine use of controlled substance.
NRS 176A.440 - Program of enhanced supervision.
NRS 176A.530 - Authority of Chief Parole and Probation Officer to order.
NRS 176A.540 - Requirements; enhanced supervision; use of electronic device; limitations.
NRS 176A.550 - Terms and conditions; modification; notice to probationer.
NRS 176A.560 - Termination; detention of probationer in jail.
NRS 176A.590 - Enforcement of subpoena issued by inquiring officer; contempt.
NRS 176A.600 - Notice to probationer; rights of probationer at inquiry.
NRS 176A.670 - Terms and conditions; modification; notice.
NRS 176A.730 - Assignment of probationers; limitations.
NRS 176A.770 - Legislative declaration.
NRS 176A.780 - Eligibility; procedure; completion; deduction of time from sentence.