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NRS 171.153

Right of person arrested to make telephone calls

Known as the Uniform Act

The act spans §§ 171–171 (111 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Halvorsen v. Baird (1998)

Most recently applied in BLACKJACK BONDING VS. LV METRO POLICE DEPT. C/W 62864 (March 2015)

(Added to NRS by 1973, 724; A 1997, 3393)

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1. Any person arrested has the right to make a reasonable number of completed telephone calls from the police station or other place at which the person is booked immediately after the person is booked and, except where physically impossible, no later than 3 hours after the arrest. Such telephone calls may be limited to local calls, except that long distance calls may be made by the arrested person at his or her own expense.

2. A reasonable number of calls must include one completed call to a friend or bail agent and one completed call to an attorney.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.