169.095 - “Magistrate” defined. - Nevada Statutes

169.095  “Magistrate” defined.  “Magistrate” means an officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a public offense and includes:

      1.  Justices of the Supreme Court;

      2.  Judges of the district courts;

      3.  Justices of the peace;

      4.  Municipal judges; and

      5.  Others upon whom are conferred by law the powers of a justice of the peace in criminal cases.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1398; A 1983, 901)