Nevada Code § 179.063

Officer prohibited from performing body cavity search unless warrant contains specific authorization to perform body cavity search of person
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1. An officer conducting a search of a
person pursuant to a warrant shall not perform a body cavity search of the
person unless the warrant contains specific authorization from the magistrate
who issued the warrant to perform a body cavity search of the person. Such
specific authorization must set forth the reasons for the necessity of a body
cavity search of the person.
2. As used in this section:
(a) Body cavity means, with respect to:
(1) A male person, the rectum.
(2) A female person, the rectum or vagina.
(b) Body cavity search means the touching or
probing of a body cavity of a person, regardless of whether or not there is
actual penetration of that body cavity.

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