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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. The rights to interpretation and communication provided in NRS 171.1536 and 171.1537 may not be waived except knowingly and voluntarily by the person with a communications disability by a written statement indicating a desire not to be so assisted. At any time after arrest but before the termination of any custody, the person may retract a waiver by indicating a desire to be so assisted.
2. Unless there is a waiver under this section, there must be no interrogation or taking of the statement of a person with a communications disability without the assistance of an interpreter in accordance with the provisions of NRS 50.050 to 50.053, inclusive.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 14. Procedure in Criminal Cases § 171.1538. Arrest of person with communications disability: Waiver of right to interpretation or communication - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-14-procedure-in-criminal-cases/nv-rev-st-171-1538/
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