Nevada § 597.850 - Shoplifting: Merchant may request person on premises to keep merchandise in full view; detention of suspect; immunity of merchant from liability; display of notice

§ 597.850. Shoplifting: Merchant may request person on premises to keep merchandise in full view; detention of suspect; immunity of merchant from liability; display of notice

1. As used in this section and in NRS 597.860 and 597.870 : (a) “ Merchandise ” means any personal property, capable of manual delivery, displayed, held or offered

for sale by a merchant. (b) “ Merchant ” means an owner or operator, and the agent, consignee, employee, lessee, or officer

of an owner or operator, of any merchant's premises. (c) “ Premises ” means any establishment or part thereof wherein merchandise is displayed, held or

offered for sale. 2. Any merchant may request any person on the merchant’s premises to place or keep

in full view any merchandise the person may have removed, or which the merchant has

reason to believe the person may have removed, from its place of display or elsewhere,

whether for examination, purchase or for any other purpose. No merchant is criminally or civilly liable on account of having made such a request. 3. Any merchant who has reason to believe that merchandise has been wrongfully taken

by a person and that the merchant can recover the merchandise by taking the person

into custody and detaining the person may, for the purpose of attempting to effect

such recovery or for the purpose of informing a peace officer of the circumstances

of such detention, take the person into custody and detain the person, on the premises,

in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time. A merchant is presumed to have reason to believe that merchandise has been wrongfully

taken by a person and that the merchant can recover the merchandise by taking the

person into custody and detaining the person if the merchant observed the person concealing

merchandise while on the premises. Such taking into custody and detention by a merchant does not render the merchant

criminally or civilly liable for false arrest, false imprisonment, slander or unlawful

detention unless the taking into custody and detention are unreasonable under all

the circumstances. 4. No merchant is entitled to the immunity from liability provided for in this section

unless there is displayed in a conspicuous place on the merchant’s premises a notice

in boldface type clearly legible and in substantially the following form: Any merchant or his or her agent who has reason to believe that merchandise has been

wrongfully taken by a person may detain such person on the premises of the merchant

for the purpose of recovering the property or notifying a peace officer. An adult or the parents or legal guardian of a minor, who steals merchandise is

civilly liable for its value and additional damages. NRS 597.850 , 597.860 and 597.870 .