Nevada Code § 574.040

Arrests by members, agents and officers of certain societies: Application; submission of fingerprints; exhibition of badge; resistance to officers unlawful
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1. Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection and NRS 574.350 , a member,
agent or local or district officer of a society so incorporating, if authorized
in writing by the trustees of the society, approved by the district judge of
the county, and sworn in the same manner as peace officers are sworn, may make
arrests for a violation of the provisions of this chapter in the same manner as
is provided for other officers. The provisions of this subsection apply only to
a society that, on the date the society submits an application to the district
judge for approval for a member, agent or local or district officer of the
society to make arrests pursuant to this subsection:
(a) Has at least 25 members; and
(b) Has been incorporated in accordance with NRS 574.010 for not less than 5 years
immediately preceding the submission of the application.
2. Before submitting an application
specified in subsection 1, the society shall require that each member, agent or
local or district officer of the society to whom the application relates submit
to the society a complete set of his or her fingerprints which the society
shall submit to the sheriff of the county.
3. The sheriff shall:
(a) Upon receipt of the fingerprints, forward the
fingerprints to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History
for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a report concerning
the criminal history of the member, agent or local or district officer of the
society.
(b) Upon receipt of the report, forward the
report to the society. The society shall include the report in the application
submitted pursuant to subsection 1.
4. A member, agent or local or district
officer who is authorized to make arrests pursuant to subsection 1 shall, when
making those arrests, exhibit and expose a suitable badge, to be adopted by the
society.
5. A person who resists such a specially
appointed officer shall be punished for that resistance in the same manner as
is provided for the punishment of resistance to other officers.

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