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NRS 172.205

Power to engage services of skilled persons

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Franklin v. State (1973)

Most recently applied in Constancio v. Sheriff (February 1978)

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1410; A 2017, 3485)

How often courts cite this section

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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.

The grand jury shall have the power, with the consent of the board of county commissioners, to engage the services of an attorney other than and in addition to the district attorney, certified public accountants, and such other skilled persons as may be necessary in the performance of its inquisitorial powers.

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