Officer prohibited from performing body cavity search unless warrant contains specific authorization to perform body cavity search of person

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NV Code › Title 14 › Chapter 179 › Section 179.063

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1. 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.

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