Officer prohibited from performing body cavity search unless warrant contains specific authorization to perform body cavity search of person.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.063
in effect1. An officer conducting a search of a person pursuant to a warrant shall not perform a body cavity search of the person unless the warrant contains specific authorization from the magistrate who issued the warrant to perform a body cavity search of the person. Such specific authorization must set forth the reasons for the necessity of a body cavity search of the person.
2. As used in this section:
(a) Body cavity means, with respect to:
(1) A male person, the rectum.
(2) A female person, the rectum or vagina.
(b) Body cavity search means the touching or probing of a body cavity of a person, regardless of whether or not there is actual penetration of that body cavity.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-179.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026