Nevada Revised Statutes Section 130.025 - Domestic Relations

Jurisdiction by arrest.

1. If a tribunal of this state believes that an obligor may flee, it may:

(a) As an initiating tribunal, request that the responding tribunal obtain the body of the obligor by appropriate process; or

(b) As a responding tribunal, obtain the body of the obligor by appropriate process.

2. Thereafter, the tribunal of this state may, by appropriate process, release the obligor upon his own recognizance or upon his giving a bond in an amount set to ensure his appearance at the hearing.

Last modified: February 25, 2006