1. When any prisoner escapes from an institution or facility of the Department of Corrections, the Director of the Department may issue a warrant for the recapture of the escaped prisoner. The warrant is effective in any county in this State, and may command the sheriff of any county in this State, or any constable thereof, or any police officer of any city in this State, to arrest and return the prisoner to the Director.
2. When any prisoner escapes from a jail, branch county jail or other local detention facility, the sheriff, chief of police or other officer responsible for the operation of the facility may issue a warrant for the recapture of the escaped prisoner. The warrant is effective in any county in this State, and may command the sheriff of any county in this State, or any constable thereof, or any police officer of any city in this State, to arrest and return the prisoner to the officer who issued the warrant.
[1:72:1866; B § 3765; BH § 1425; C § 1446; RL § 7594; NCL § 11491]—(NRS A 1977, 868; 1983, 726; 1991, 19; 2001 Special Session, 198)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 212 - Offenses Relating to Prisons and Prisoners
NRS 212.020 - Inhumanity to prisoners.
NRS 212.030 - Warrant for arrest of escaped prisoner.
NRS 212.040 - Expenses of recapture and return of escaped prisoners.
NRS 212.050 - Authority to offer reward in certain cases.
NRS 212.080 - Recapture and imprisonment.
NRS 212.090 - Penalties for prisoner who escapes.
NRS 212.095 - Unauthorized absences which constitute escape from prison; punishment; exception.
NRS 212.100 - Aiding prisoner to escape.
NRS 212.110 - Custodian permitting escape.
NRS 212.120 - Ministerial officer permitting escape.
NRS 212.130 - Concealing escaped prisoner.
NRS 212.137 - "Contractor" defined.
NRS 212.138 - "Employee" defined.
NRS 212.139 - "Volunteer" defined.
NRS 212.140 - Unauthorized communication with prisoner.
NRS 212.150 - Communication with person charged or convicted of felony in county jail.
NRS 212.170 - Furnishing intoxicant to person lawfully confined in jail or detention facility.