Nevada Code § 176.495

New warrant generally
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1. If for any reason a judgment of death
has not been executed, and it remains in force, the court in which the
conviction was had must, upon the application of the Attorney General or the
district attorney of the county in which the conviction was had, cause another
warrant to be drawn, signed by the judge and attested by the clerk under the
seal of the court, and delivered to the Director of the Department of
Corrections.
2. The warrant must state the conviction
and judgment and appoint a week, the first day being Monday and the last day
being Sunday, within which the judgment is to be executed. The first day of
that week must be not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days after the date of
the warrant. The Director shall execute a sentence of death within the week the
judgment is to be executed, as designated by the district court. The Director
may execute the judgment at any time during that week if a stay of execution is
not entered by a court of appropriate jurisdiction.

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