Nevada Revised Statutes Section 179.360 - Procedure in Criminal Cases

Commitment where defendant held to answer after preliminary examination. A commitment where defendant is held to answer after a preliminary examination may be in substantially the following form:

County of ........................ (as the case may be).

The State of Nevada to the sheriff of the County of .............................: An order having been this day made by me that A. B. be held to answer upon a charge of (stating briefly the nature of the offense, and giving as near as may be the time when and the place where the same was committed), you are commanded to receive him into your custody and detain him until he is legally discharged.

Dated this ........ day of the month of ............ of the year .......

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(Signatures and official title of magistrate)

Last modified: February 25, 2006