Nevada § 211.117 - Report by person appointed to administer city jail upon death of prisoner; biannual report of aggregated data concerning deaths of prisoners in city jail
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 211.117 — Report by person appointed to administer city jail upon death of prisoner; biannual report of aggregated data concerning deaths of prisoners in city jail, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 211.117. Report by person appointed to administer city jail upon death of prisoner; biannual report of aggregated data concerning deaths of prisoners in city jail
1. Not later than 48 hours after the death of a prisoner in a city jail, the person
appointed to administer the city jail shall report the death to the governing body
of the city. The report must include, without limitation, basic demographics. 2. The person appointed to administer the city jail shall submit to the governing
body of the city a biannual report that contains aggregated data similar to the information
submitted pursuant to the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013, Public Law 113-242 , concerning the deaths of prisoners in the city jail during the immediately preceding
6 months and the circumstances surrounding any such deaths.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 211.117 ("Report by person appointed to administer city jail upon death of prisoner; biannual report of aggregated data concerning deaths of prisoners in city jail") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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