Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 480 - Administration of Laws Relating to Public Safety
NRS 480.460 - Duties of Chief of Division.

The Chief of the Investigation Division shall:
1. Furnish services relating to the investigation of crimes, including interrogation with the use of polygraph instruments, upon the request of the following:
(a) The Attorney General;
(b) The head of any agency, bureau, board, commission, department, division, office or other unit of the Executive Department of the State Government which is authorized or required to conduct criminal investigations; or
(c) Any sheriff, chief of police or district attorney.
2. Disseminate information relating to the dangers of the use of controlled substances and dangerous drugs.
3. Provide and operate a system of recording all information received by the Investigation Division relating to persons who have alleged connections with organized crime or have some connection with violations of laws regulating controlled substances or dangerous drugs.
4. Arrange for the purchase of controlled substances and dangerous drugs when such a purchase is necessary in an investigation of offenses relating to controlled substances and dangerous drugs.
5. Procure from law enforcement agencies and other reliable sources information relating to violators of laws which govern controlled substances and dangerous drugs, including information about their character, probable motives, circumstances of arrest, methods of operation and other pertinent information.
6. Enforce the provisions of chapter 453 of NRS.
7. Furnish information relating to any person of whom he or she maintains a record to any law enforcement agency.
8. Assist the Secretary of State in carrying out an investigation pursuant to NRS 293.124.
9. Upon request, assist:
(a) The Department of Taxation in carrying out a criminal investigation relating to cannabis pursuant to NRS 372A.200 to 372A.380, inclusive, and chapter 678A of NRS;
(b) The Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services in carrying out a criminal investigation relating to cannabis pursuant to chapter 678C of NRS; and
(c) The Cannabis Compliance Board in carrying out a criminal investigation pursuant to title 56 of NRS.
10. Investigate technological crime, as defined in NRS 205A.030, and enforce the provisions of the law of this State relating to technological crime, as defined in NRS 205A.030.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 2536; A 2009, 37; 2021, 916)

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