228.130 - District attorney may request assistance from Attorney General in criminal prosecutions.
228.130 District attorney may request assistance from Attorney General in criminal prosecutions.
1. In all criminal cases where, in the judgment of the district attorney, the personal presence of the Attorney General or the presence of a deputy or special investigator is required in cases mentioned in subsection 2, before making a request upon the Attorney General for such assistance the district attorney must first present his or her reasons for making the request to the board of county commissioners of his or her county and have the board adopt a resolution joining in the request to the Attorney General.
2. In all criminal cases where help is requested from the Attorney General’s Office, as mentioned in subsection 1, in the presentation of criminal cases before a committing magistrate, grand jury, or district court, the board of county commissioners of the county making such request shall, upon the presentation to the board of a duly verified claim setting forth the expenses incurred, pay from the general funds of the county the actual and necessary traveling expenses of the Attorney General or his or her deputy or his or her special investigator from Carson City, Nevada, to the place where such proceedings are held and return therefrom, and also pay the amount of money actually expended by such person for board and lodging from the date such person leaves until the date he or she returns to Carson City.
3. This section shall not be construed as directing or requiring the Attorney General to appear in any proceedings mentioned in subsection 2, but in acting upon any such request the Attorney General may exercise his or her discretion, and his or her judgment in such matters shall be final.
[1:38:1923; NCL § 7323] + [2:38:1923; NCL § 7324] + [3:38:1923; NCL § 7325]—(NRS A 1969, 129)