Nevada § 211.030 - Sheriff is custodian of jail; appointment and compensation of jailers; report of death of prisoner; biannual report regarding deaths of prisoners
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 211.030 — Sheriff is custodian of jail; appointment and compensation of jailers; report of death of prisoner; biannual report regarding deaths of prisoners, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 211.030. Sheriff is custodian of jail; appointment and compensation of jailers; report of death of prisoner; biannual report regarding deaths of prisoners
1. The sheriff is the custodian of the jail in his or her county, and of the prisoners
therein, and shall keep the jail personally, or by his or her deputy, or by a jailer
or jailers appointed by the sheriff for that purpose, for whose acts the sheriff is
responsible. 2. All jailers employed or appointed by the sheriff are entitled to receive a fair
and adequate monthly compensation, to be paid out of the county treasury, for their
services. 3. Not later than 48 hours after the death of a prisoner in the county jail or any
branch county jail in his or her county, the sheriff shall report the death to the
board of county commissioners. The report must include, without limitation, basic demographics. 4. The sheriff shall submit to the board 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 county jail and any branch county jail
in his or her county 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 211.030 ("Sheriff is custodian of jail; appointment and compensation of jailers; report of death of prisoner; biannual report regarding deaths of prisoners") 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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