Nevada § 178A.240 Failure of law enforcement agency to comply with requirements relating to sexual assault forensic evidence kit does not alter authority of law enforcement agency or forensic laboratory to take actions relating to such evidence

Nevada Statutes

§ 178A.240 — Failure of law enforcement agency to comply with requirements relating to sexual assault forensic evidence kit does not alter authority of law enforcement agency or forensic laboratory to take actions relating to such evidence

Nevada § 178A.240

Title 14PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES

Ch. 178ASexual

RIGHTS OF SURVIVORS

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 178A.240 (2026).

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The failure of a law enforcement agency to take possession of a sexual assault forensic evidence kit pursuant to the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights, or the failure of the law enforcement agency to submit such evidence for genetic marker analysis within the timeline prescribed pursuant to the Bill of Rights, does not alter:

1.The authority of a law enforcement agency to take possession of that evidence or to submit that evidence to a forensic laboratory; and

2.The authority of the forensic laboratory to accept and analyze the evidence or to upload an eligible DNA profile obtained from such evidence to CODIS or the State DNA Database.

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The failure of a law enforcement agency to take possession of a sexual assault forensic evidence kit pursuant to the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights, or the failure of the law enforcement agency to submit such evidence for genetic marker analysis within the timeline prescribed pursuant to the Bill of Rights, does not alter:
1. The authority of a law enforcement agency to take possession of that evidence or to submit that evidence to a forensic laboratory; and
2. The authority of the forensic laboratory to accept and analyze the evidence or to upload an eligible DNA profile obtained from such evidence to CODIS or the State DNA Database.