Nevada Revised Statutes 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.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 179.063
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
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.