1. For the purpose of the administration and enforcement of the provisions of chapter 205 of NRS involving a crime against the property of a gaming licensee, or chapter 462, 463, 463B, 464 or 465 of NRS, the members of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission and those agents of the Board whose duties include the enforcement, or the investigation of suspected violations, of statutes or regulations, have the powers of a peace officer.
2. An agent of the Nevada Gaming Control Board whose duties include the enforcement, or the investigation of suspected violations, of statutes or regulations, and who has been certified by the Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission, also has the powers of a peace officer when, during the performance of those duties:
(a) A felony, gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor is committed or attempted in the agent’s presence; or
(b) The agent is given reasonable cause to believe that a person has committed a felony or gross misdemeanor outside of the agent’s presence.
3. For the purpose of protecting members of the Nevada Gaming Control Board and of the Nevada Gaming Commission and their families and property, and providing security at meetings of the Board and of the Commission, an agent of the Board whose duties include the enforcement of statutes or regulations has the powers of a peace officer.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2524; A 1999, 2425)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 289 - Peace Officers and Other Law Enforcement Personnel
NRS 289.050 - Consequences of refusal to submit to polygraphic examination.
NRS 289.070 - Use of polygraphic examination in investigation.
NRS 289.095 - Investigation of motor vehicle crashes involving peace officers.
NRS 289.100 - Limitations on application of chapter.
NRS 289.120 - Judicial relief available for aggrieved peace officer.
NRS 289.152 - Persons employed as police officers by Indian tribe.
NRS 289.175 - Criminal investigators employed by Secretary of State.
NRS 289.190 - School police officers; other officers and employees of school district.
NRS 289.200 - Officers and employees of state facilities for detention of children.
NRS 289.210 - Legislative police.
NRS 289.230 - California correctional officer.
NRS 289.250 - Foresters and firewardens; arson investigators.
NRS 289.290 - Agricultural police officers appointed by State Department of Agriculture.
NRS 289.310 - Commissioner of Insurance and chief deputy.
NRS 289.320 - Certain designated employees of Nevada Transportation Authority.
NRS 289.330 - Railroad police officer.
NRS 289.350 - Members of police department of Nevada System of Higher Education.
NRS 289.355 - Persons designated as enforcement agents by Cannabis Compliance Board.
NRS 289.390 - Panel of board: Oaths; subpoenas.
NRS 289.460 - "Category I peace officer" defined.
NRS 289.470 - "Category II peace officer" defined.
NRS 289.480 - "Category III peace officer" defined.
NRS 289.490 - "Commission" defined.
NRS 289.530 - Powers of Executive Director.
NRS 289.555 - Person convicted of felony not qualified to serve as peace officer.
NRS 289.675 - Behavioral health field response grant program.