NRS 248.230
Penalty for failure to prevent duel.

If any sheriff shall have knowledge of an intention on the part of any two persons to fight with a deadly weapon or weapons, and the sheriff shall not use and exert his or her official authority to arrest the parties and prevent the deed, the sheriff shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000.

Source: Section 248.230 — Penalty for failure to prevent duel., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-248.html#NRS248Sec230.

248.090
General duties. 248.092
Searches and rescues. 248.100
Attendance at sessions of district court required in certain counties 248.110
Practice of law prohibited. 248.120
Process, writ and orders to be endorsed 248.130
Execution and endorsement of process 248.150
Liability to creditor for failure to attach, levy or sell. 248.160
Liability for collections. 248.170
Sheriff not to purchase at sale. 248.180
Collection of execution after expiration of term of office. 248.190
Service on sheriff: Manner. 248.210
Duties concerning riotous assembly 248.220
Sheriff may call upon Governor for military aid to assist civil authorities in suppressing violence. 248.230
Penalty for failure to prevent duel. 248.242
Crash reports and related materials: Provision upon receipt of reasonable fee 248.245
Report of deaths to public administrator or person employed or contracted to perform the duties of public administrator in certain counties. 248.250
Duties pertaining to criminal procedure in justice courts.

Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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Location: https://nevada.public.law/statutes/nrs_248.230

Original Source: Section 248.230 — Penalty for failure to prevent duel., https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-248.html#NRS248Sec230 (last accessed Feb. 5, 2021).