

In fact, such an inquiry brings about a full disclosure of records. This data is easily accessible to law enforcement and licensing agencies from within the state and outside. The term arrest records applies to all crime history related information held by Nevada State police. They are issued under the provisions of the United States Patriot Act. National search warrant: These arrest orders prevail within the state of Nevada and outside.Local control warrant: These detention decrees are issued against people who are to be held in local custody.Outstanding warrant: This term refers to an arrest order that has been held back in the police database because it could not be served for any odd reason.Bench warrants: These arrest orders are issued when a defendant fails to appear in court as ordered.The most common detention instruments used by the tribunals of Nevada include: The types of arrest warrants issued in Nevada will vary depending on the criminal category that the accused is being charged off and case specifics. A recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Nevada allows peace officers to make warrant-less arrests even in case of DUIs. This is usually done when the offender is caught while he is in the act of committing the crime or is escaping from the scene of incident after having committed. While arrest warrants are frequently sought in criminal matters, the police are authorized to take a person into custody even without such a court order. This means that such judicial orders can be served at any time regardless of how old they are and in any part of the country.

Of these three, Nevada active warrants which are issued in case of serious felonies do not have any restrictions of time or geography applied to them. Depending on the matter presented before the court and the specific circumstances of the case, the sitting magistrate may issue a bench warrant, an order for detention in a misdemeanor or an active warrant against a person accused of a felony. These directives authorize law enforcement officials to detain a person and present him before the judiciary to answer for his criminal misdeeds. Completed requests can be picked up in the Clerk’s Office or mailed back to the requestor for an additional fee of $2.50 per CD.What are arrest records and arrest warrants?Īrrest warrants in Nevada are court orders that are issued by local criminal tribunals of the State. The expense of searching for and duplicating the applicable proceeding is $25 per request pursuant to RCW 36.18.016(13). The completed form can be mailed in with the appropriate payment in the form of a cashier’s check or money order payable to Snohomish County Clerk (personal checks are not accepted) or you can bring the completed form to the Clerk’s Office, located in Room M-206.Įfforts will be made to have these requests available within 10 business days from the date received. To request a copy of a hearing that was recorded, please complete the Recorded Hearing Request Form. To obtain a transcript from a court reporter, contact Superior Court Administration. If a court reporter was present at the court hearing, the court reporter is the only person available to prepare a verbatim transcript of the reported proceeding.

The court minutes for the hearing will indicate the method of reporting or recording. Requests will be mailed out once payment has been received in full.Ĭourt hearings may be reported by a traditional court reporter or recorded electronically. Payment in the form of a cashier’s check or money order payable to Snohomish County Clerk (personal checks are not accepted) and a self-addressed stamped envelope sufficient to cover the return postage of the requested documents must also be included with the request. When requesting copies by mail, you must include the case number and party information. If you do not know the number of pages/documents for your request, please contact the Clerk’s Customer Service division at or 42. The cost for this option is $20 for a CD and then $.25 per page and a mailing fee of $2.50 per CD. Records requests can also be saved onto a CD, rather than printing. Certified copies of documents cost $5.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each additional page. The cost for printed documents is $.25 per page for regular copies. Make sure to include a daytime phone number and/or email address where we can contact you if we have any questions and a self-addressed stamped envelope to return the documents in. Please mail a completed Copy Request Form to the Clerk’s Office specifying the case information and documents that you want to purchase.
