Nevada Code § 176.455

Suspension of execution when defendant found insane; proceedings on recovery of sanity
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1. If it is found by the court that the
convicted person is insane, the judge shall make and enter an order staying the
execution of the judgment of death until the convicted person becomes sane, and
shall therein order the Director of the Department of Corrections to confine
such person in a safe place of confinement until the convicted persons reason
is restored.
2. The clerk of the court shall serve or
cause to be served three certified copies of the order, one on the Director,
one on the Governor, for the use of the State Board of Pardons Commissioners,
and one on the clerk of the district court of the county in which the
conviction was had.
3. If the convicted person thereafter
becomes sane, notice of this fact shall be given by the Director to a judge of
the court staying the execution of the judgment, and the judge, upon being
satisfied that such person is then sane, shall enter an order vacating the
order staying the execution of the judgment.
4. The clerk of the court shall
immediately serve or cause to be served three certified copies of such vacating
order as follows: One on the Director, one on the Governor, for the use of the
State Board of Pardons Commissioners, and one on the clerk of the district
court of the county in which the conviction was had, who shall give notice
thereof to the district attorney of such county, whereupon proceedings shall be
instituted in the last mentioned district court for the issuance of a new
warrant of execution of the judgment of death in the manner provided in NRS 176.495 .

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