172.015 - Prosecution of public offenses. - Nevada Statutes

172.015  Prosecution of public offenses.  Every public offense must be prosecuted by indictment or information, except:

      1.  Where proceedings are had for the removal of a civil officer.

      2.  Offenses arising in the militia when in actual service in time of war, or which this State may keep, with the consent of Congress, in time of peace.

      3.  Offenses tried in municipal or Justice Courts, which shall be prosecuted by complaint.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1407; A 1969, 20)