Arrest by private person
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 171–171 (111 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Tsao v. Desert Palace, Inc. (2012)
Most recently applied in SER (GEORGIO) v. STATE (November 2025)
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1402)
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.
A private person may arrest another:
1. For a public offense committed or attempted in the person’s presence.
2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in the person’s presence.
3. When a felony has been in fact committed, and the private person has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.