Nevada Statutes

§ 171.142 — Breaking open door or window: Upon detention after making arrest

Nevada § 171.142

JurisdictionNevada

Title 14PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES

Ch. 171Proceedings

ARREST: BY WHOM AND HOW MADE

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 171.142 (2026).

Text

Any person who has entered a house, structure or other place of concealment to make an arrest may break open a door or window if that is necessary to liberate himself or herself. An officer may do the same to liberate a person who, acting in the officer’s aid, entered to make an arrest and is detained inside.

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Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1402 ; A 1983, 244 )

Nearby Sections

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§ 171.010

Jurisdiction of offense committed in State

§ 171.015

Jurisdiction of offense commenced without, but consummated within, this State; consummation through agent

§ 171.020

Act within this State culminating in crime in this or another state

§ 171.025

Death by dueling

§ 171.030

Offense committed partly in one county and partly in another

§ 171.035

Offense committed on or near boundary

§ 171.040

Offense committed on vessel in state waters, common carrier or private motor vehicle or aircraft

§ 171.045

Offenses concerning animals ranging in two or more counties

§ 171.055

Bigamy and incest

§ 171.060

Burglary, robbery, larceny or embezzlement: Venue when property is taken in one county and brought into another

§ 171.065

Accessory: Venue in either county where offense of accessory was committed or where principal offense committed

§ 171.070

Conviction or acquittal in another state or territory is bar where jurisdiction is concurrent

§ 171.075

Conviction or acquittal in another county is bar where venue is concurrent

§ 171.076

§ 171.077

Text of Compact. [Effective until proclamation by the Governor of this State of the enactment by the State of California of amendments that are substantially similar to the Compact, as amended by section 2 of chapter 82, Statutes of Nevada 2019, at page 447.]

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