199.100 - Rescuing prisoner. - Nevada Statutes

199.100  Rescuing prisoner.

      1.  A person who, by force or fraud, rescues from lawful custody, or from an officer or person having him or her in lawful custody, a prisoner held upon a charge, arrest, commitment, conviction or sentence for felony is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

      2.  A person who rescues a prisoner held upon a charge, arrest, commitment, conviction or sentence for a gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor shall be punished:

      (a) Where a dangerous weapon is used in the course of the rescue, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.

      (b) Where no dangerous weapon is so used, for a misdemeanor.

      [1911 C&P § 71; RL § 6336; NCL § 10020]—(NRS A 1967, 464; 1979, 1420; 1995, 1174)

      NRS 199.110  Retaking goods from custody of officer.  Every person who shall take from the custody of any officer or other person any personal property in his or her charge under any process of law, or who shall willfully injure or destroy such property, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

      [1911 C&P § 72; RL § 6337; NCL § 10021]—(NRS A 1967, 464)