Section 171.124 - Arrest by peace officer or officer of Drug Enforcement Administration1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3 and NRS 33.070 and 33.320, a peace officer or an officer of the Drug Enforcement Administration designated by the Attorney General of the United States for that purpose may make an arrest in obedience to a warrant delivered to him or her, or may, without a warrant, arrest a person: (a) For a public offense committed or attempted in the officer's presence.(b) When a person arrested has committed a felony or gross misdemeanor, although not in the officer's presence.(c) When a felony or gross misdemeanor has in fact been committed, and the officer has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.(d) On a charge made, upon a reasonable cause, of the commission of a felony or gross misdemeanor by the person arrested.(e) When a warrant has in fact been issued in this State for the arrest of a named or described person for a public offense, and the officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person arrested is the person so named or described.2. A peace officer or an officer of the Drug Enforcement Administration designated by the Attorney General of the United States for that purpose may also, at night, without a warrant, arrest any person whom the officer has reasonable cause for believing to have committed a felony or gross misdemeanor, and is justified in making the arrest, though it afterward appears that a felony or gross misdemeanor has not been committed.3. An officer of the Drug Enforcement Administration may only make an arrest pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 for a violation of chapter 453 of NRS.Added to NRS by 1967, 1401; A 1975, 755; 1979, 834; 1983, 1651; 1985, 1171, 2022, 2170; 2001, 2850; 2003, 888; 2013, 2946; 2015, 2521Amended by 2015, Ch. 438,§16, eff. 6/9/2015.Amended by 2013, Ch. 485,§7.5, eff. 7/1/2013.Added to NRS by 1967, 1401; A 1975, 755; 1979, 834; 1983, 1651; 1985, 1171, 2022, 2170; 2001, 2850; 2003, 888