Nevada § 171.1227 - Peace officer to submit written report concerning suspected acts of domestic violence; information from reports to be aggregated and forwarded to Central Repository; content of report

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§ 171.1227. Peace officer to submit written report concerning suspected acts of domestic violence; information from reports to be aggregated and forwarded to Central Repository; content of report

1. If a peace officer investigates an act that constitutes domestic violence pursuant

to NRS 33.018 , the peace officer shall prepare and submit a written report of the investigation

to the peace officer’s supervisor or to another person designated by the peace officer’s

supervisor, regardless of whether the peace officer makes an arrest. 2. If the peace officer investigates a mutual battery that constitutes domestic violence

pursuant to NRS 33.018 and finds that one of the persons involved was the primary physical aggressor, the

peace officer shall include in the report: (a) The name of the person who was the primary physical aggressor; and (b) A description of the evidence which supports the peace officer’s finding. 3. If the peace officer does not make an arrest, the peace officer shall include in

the report the reason the peace officer did not do so. 4. The information contained in a report made pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 must

be: (a) Aggregated each month; and (b) Forwarded by each jurisdiction to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of

Criminal History not later than the 15th day of the following month. 5. The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall prescribe the form on which

the information described in subsection 4 must be reported to the Central Repository. In addition to the information required pursuant to subsections 1 and 2, the form

must also require the inclusion of the following information from each report: (a) The gender, age and race of the persons involved; (b) The relationship of the persons involved; (c) The date and time of day of the offense; (d) The number of children present, if any, at the time of the offense; (e) Whether or not an order for protection against domestic violence was in effect

at the time of the offense; (f) Whether or not any weapons were used during the commission of the offense; (g) Whether or not any person required medical attention; (h) Whether or not any person was given a domestic violence card that contains information

about appropriate counseling or other supportive services available in the community

in which that person resides; (i) Whether or not the primary physical aggressor, if identified, was arrested and,

if not, any mitigating circumstances explaining why an arrest was not made; and (j) Whether or not any other person was arrested.

Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 171.1227 ("Peace officer to submit written report concerning suspected acts of domestic violence; information from reports to be aggregated and forwarded to Central Repository; content of report") 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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