Nevada Code § 171.148

Warrant of arrest by telegram authorized
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1. A warrant of arrest may be transmitted
by telegram. A copy of a warrant transmitted by telegram may be sent to one or
more peace officers, and the copy is as effectual in the hands of any officer,
and the officer must proceed in the same manner under it, as though the officer
held an original warrant issued by the magistrate before whom the original
complaint in the case was laid.
2. Every officer causing a warrant to be
transmitted by telegram pursuant to subsection 1 must certify as correct a copy
of the warrant and endorsement thereon, and must return the original with a
statement of the officers action thereunder.
3. As used in this section, telegram
includes every method of electric or electronic communication by which a
written as distinct from an oral message is transmitted.

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