Matching of certain information before driver arrested for prior offense.
1. Except for a citation issued pursuant to NRS 484.810, whenever a police officer makes an arrest or issues a citation to a person for any violation of this chapter, he shall record the name as given by that person, the number of his driver’s license and a brief description of his physical appearance. This information must be maintained in a record for offenses kept at the traffic enforcement agency which employs that officer.
2. Whenever a police officer stops a driver of a motor vehicle for any violation of this chapter and requests information from a traffic enforcement agency concerning that person’s record of prior offenses, he shall compare not only the driver’s name but also the number of his driver’s license and his physical description with any information obtained from the agency as a result of the request. If the information received from the agency indicates that the driver’s name is on an outstanding warrant for a prior offense, the officer shall not arrest the driver for that prior offense unless the additional information used for comparison also connects the driver with that prior offense.
Last modified: February 25, 2006