1. If any person who has been sentenced to confinement in the state prison, by any court having competent authority within this State, escapes therefrom, or is charged with murder or the perpetration of any crime punishable with death, the Governor may, upon satisfactory evidence of the guilt of the accused, offer a reward for information that leads to his or her apprehension. The reward offered by the Governor must not exceed the sum of $5,000, and must be paid out of the Reserve for Statutory Contingency Account upon approval by the State Board of Examiners.
2. If any person who has been sentenced to confinement in a jail, branch county jail or other local detention facility by any court having competent authority within this State, escapes therefrom, or is charged with murder or the perpetration of any crime punishable with death, the board of county commissioners of the county, the governing body of the city or other local government responsible for the operation of the facility may, upon satisfactory evidence of the guilt of the accused, offer a reward for information that leads to his or her apprehension. The reward offered by the board, governing body or other local government must not exceed the sum of $5,000.
[80:108:1866; B § 2678; BH § 1715; C § 1861; RL § 2831; NCL § 4831]—(NRS A 1963, 1111; 1971, 8; 1991, 19, 1755, 1823)
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.