1.  An enlisted member may be ordered into arrest or confinement by any commissioned officer by an oral or written order, delivered in person or through other persons subject to this Code or through any person authorized by this Code to apprehend persons. A commanding officer may authorize warrant officers or noncommissioned officers to order enlisted members of his or her command or subject to his or her authority into arrest or confinement.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 412.272

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • 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
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.

2.  A commissioned officer or warrant officer may be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement only by a commanding officer to whose authority he or she is subject, by an order, oral or written, delivered in person or by another commissioned officer. The authority to order such persons apprehended or into arrest or confinement may not be delegated.

3.  No person may be ordered apprehended or into arrest or confinement except for probable cause.

4.  This section does not limit the authority of persons authorized to apprehend offenders to secure the custody of an alleged offender until proper authority may be notified.

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