Nevada Code § 223.160

Governor may order armed force when unlawful or riotous assembly
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1. When there is an unlawful or riotous
assembly, with the intent to commit a felony, or to offer violence to person or
property, or to resist, by force, the laws of the State, and the fact is made
to appear to the Governor, the Governor may issue an order directed to the commanding
officer of a division, brigade, regiment, battalion or company, to order his or
her command, or any part thereof (describing the kind and number of troops), to
appear at a time and place therein specified, to aid the civil authorities in
suppressing violence and enforcing the laws.
2. The commanding officer to whom the
order is given shall forthwith obey the same, and the troops so required shall
appear at the time and place appointed, armed and equipped with ammunition as
per inspection, and shall execute any order that they shall then and there
receive, according to law.

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