62E.510 - Minimum age and other conditions for commitment of child to state facility for detention of children or to private institution. - Nevada Statutes

62E.510  Minimum age and other conditions for commitment of child to state facility for detention of children or to private institution.

      1.  If a delinquent child is less than 12 years of age, the juvenile court shall not commit the child to a state facility for the detention of children.

      2.  If a delinquent child is 12 years of age or older, the juvenile court shall not commit the child to a private institution unless the commitment is approved by the superintendent of the state facility for the detention of children to which the child would otherwise have been committed.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 1069)