The complaint is a written statement of the essential facts constituting the public offense charged. It must be made upon:
1. Oath before a magistrate or a notary public; or
2. Declaration which is made subject to the penalty for perjury.
NRS 171.102
Complaint defined; oath or declaration required
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 171–171 (111 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Stockton v. Sheriff, Clark County (1971)
Most recently applied in Perelman v. State (August 1999)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1400; A 1969, 387; 1983, 446)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.