484B.447 - Preservation of criminal evidence when vehicle is removed from highway. - Nevada Statutes

484B.447  Preservation of criminal evidence when vehicle is removed from highway.  Whenever any police officer provides for the removal of any vehicle pursuant to NRS 484B.443 and has probable cause to believe that the vehicle or its contents constitute any evidence which tends to show that a criminal offense has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a criminal offense, the police officer shall take such steps as may be required by law and reasonably necessary to preserve the evidence, including but not limited to safe storage, until the evidence is released to the owner or otherwise disposed of according to law.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 776)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.398)