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NRS 179.063 - Officer prohibited from performing body cavity search unless warrant contains specific authorization to perform body cavity search of person.

NV Rev Stat § 179.063 (2019) (N/A)
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1. An officer conducting a search of a person pursuant to a warrant shall not perform a body cavity search of the person unless the warrant contains specific authorization from the magistrate who issued the warrant to perform a body cavity search of the person. Such specific authorization must set forth the reasons for the necessity of a body cavity search of the person.

2. As used in this section:

(a) “Body cavity” means, with respect to:

(1) A male person, the rectum.

(2) A female person, the rectum or vagina.

(b) “Body cavity search” means the touching or probing of a body cavity of a person, regardless of whether or not there is actual penetration of that body cavity.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 115)

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