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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
An agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or Secret Service may, without a warrant, arrest a person:
1. For a public offense committed or attempted in the agent’s presence.
2. When a person arrested has committed a felony or gross misdemeanor, although not in the agent’s presence.
3. When a felony or gross misdemeanor has in fact been committed, and the agent has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.
4. On a charge made, upon a reasonable cause, of the commission of a felony or gross misdemeanor by the person arrested.
5. When a warrant has in fact been issued in this State for the arrest of a named or described person for a public offense, and the agent has reasonable cause to believe that the person arrested is the person so named or described.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 14. Procedure in Criminal Cases § 171.1245. Arrest by agent of Federal Bureau of Investigation or Secret Service - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-14-procedure-in-criminal-cases/nv-rev-st-171-1245/
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