248.230 - Penalty for failure to prevent duel. - Nevada Statutes

248.230  Penalty for failure to prevent duel.  If any sheriff shall have knowledge of an intention on the part of any two persons to fight with a deadly weapon or weapons, and the sheriff shall not use and exert his or her official authority to arrest the parties and prevent the deed, the sheriff shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000.

      [Part 70:108:1866; B § 2668; BH § 1705; C § 1851; RL § 2823; NCL § 4823]