Nevada Code § 173.055

Duties of district attorney or Attorney General; written statement containing reasons why information not filed
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1. The Attorney General when acting
pursuant to a specific statute or the district attorney of the proper county
shall inquire into all cases of preliminary examinations as provided by law, concerning
the commission of any offense, whether the offenders are committed to jail,
recognized or held to bail.
2. If the district attorney or the
Attorney General determines in any such case that an information ought not to
be filed, the district attorney or Attorney General shall file with the clerk
of the court having jurisdiction of the supposed offense a written statement
containing the reasons, in fact and in law, for not filing any information in
the case. The statement must be filed within 15 days after the holding of the
preliminary examination.

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