tor vehicle for any violation of this chapter and requests information from a traffic enforcement agency concerning that person’s record of prior offenses, he shall compare not only the driver’s name but also the number of his driver’s license and his physical description with any information obtained from the agency as a result of the request. If the information received from the agency indicates that the driver’s name is on an outstanding warrant for a prior offense, the officer shall not arrest the driver for that prior offense unless the additional information used for comparison also connects the driver with that prior offense. (Added to NRS by 1985, 1160) NRS 484.801 Authority of peace officer at scene of accident. Except for felonies and those offenses set forth in paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS 484.791, a peace officer at the scene of a traffic accident may issue a traffic citation, as provided in NRS 484.799, or a misdemeanor citation, as provided in NRS 171.1773, to any person involved in the accident when, based upon personal investigation, the peace officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that the person has committed any offense pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or of chapter 482, 483, 485, 486 or 706 of NRS in connection with the accident. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1212; A 1987, 480; 1989, 1131; 1999, 1147; 2005, 153) NRS 484.803 Appearance before magistrate having jurisdiction. 1. Whenever any person is taken before a magistrate or is given a traffic citation containing a notice to appear before a magistrate as provided for in NRS 484.799, the magistrate must be a justice of the peace or municipal judge who has jurisdiction of the offense and is nearest or most accessible with reference to the place where the alleged violation occurred, except that when the offense is alleged to have been committed within an incorporated municipality wherein there is an established court having jurisdiction of the offense, the person must be taken without unnecessary delay before that court. 2. For the purpose of this section, the terms “magistrate” and “court” include magistrates and courts having jurisdiction of offenses under the law of this State as committing magistrates and courts and those having jurisdiction of the trials of such offenses. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1212; A 1983, 905; 1999, 1147) NRS 484.805 Release of defendant when magistrate not available. Whenever any person is taken into custody by a peace officer for the purpose of taking him before a magistrate or court as authorized or required in this chapter upon any charge other than a felony or the offenses enumerated in paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, of subsection 1 of NRS 484.791, and no magistrate is available at the time of arrest, and there is no bail schedule established by the magistrate or court and no lawfully designated court clerk or other public officer who is available and authorized to accept bail upon behalf of the magistrate or court, the person must be released from custody upon the issuance to him of a misdemeanor citation or traffic citation and his signing a promise to appear, as provided in NRS 171.1773 or 484.799, respectively. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1212; A 1987, 481; 1999, 1147; 2005, 153) NRS 484.807 Failure to obey citation. 1. It is unlawful for a person to violate his written promise to appear given to a peace officer upon the issuance of a traffic citation prepared manually or electronically, regardless of the disposition of the charge for which the citation was originally issued. 2. A person may comply with a written promise to appear in court by an appearance by counsel. 3. A warrant may issue upon a violation of a written promise to appear. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1212; A 1977, 1061; 1999, 1148; 2005, 54) NRS 484.809 Procedure prescribed for arrest without warrant not exclusive. NRS 484.791 to 484.807, inclusive, govern all peace officers in making arrests without a warrant for violations of any provision of this chapter, but the procedure prescribed in those sections is not otherwise exclusive of any other method prescribed by law for the arrest and prosecution of a person for an offense of like grade. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1213; A 1985, 1160; 1987, 1442) NRS 484.810 Issuance of warrant for failure to obey citation for parking violation. 1. A traffic citation for a parking violation may be prepared manually or electronically. 2. When a traffic citation for a parking violation has been issued identifying by license number a vehicle registered to a person who has not signed the citation, a bench warrant may not be issued for that person for failure to appear before the court unless: (a) A notice to appear concerning the violation is first sent to the person by first-class mail within 60 days after the citation is issued; and (b) The person does not appear within 20 days after the date of the notice or the notice to appear is returned with a report that it cannot be delivered. (Added to NRS by 1977, 576; A 1981, 401; 1999, 1148) NRS 484.811 Issuance of forms for traffic citations; records. 1. Every traffic enforcement agency in this State shall provide in appropriate form traffic citations containing notices to appear which must meet the requirements of this chapter and be: (a) Issued in books; or (b) Available through an electronic device used to prepare citations. 2. The chief administrative officer of each traffic enforcement agency is responsible for the issuance of such books and electronic devices and shall maintain a record of each book, each electronic device and each citation contained therein issued to individual members of the traffic enforcement agency and volunteers of the traffic enforcement agency appointed pursuant to NRS 484.4085. The chief administrative officer shall require and retain a receipt for every book and electronic device that is issued. (Added to NRS by 1967, 1213; A 1991, 15; 1999, 1148) NRS 484.813 Disposition and records of traffic citations. 1. Every peace officer upon issuing a traffic citation to an alleged violator of any provision of the motor vehicle laws of this State or of any traffic ordinance of any city or town shall file manually or, if the provisions of subsection 2 are satisfied, file electronically the original or a copy of the traffic citation with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense or with its traffic violations bureau. 2. A copy of a traffic citation that is prepared electronically and issued to an alleged violator of any provision of the motor vehicle laws of this State or of any traffic ordinance of any city or town may be filed electronically with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense or with its traffic violations bureau if the court or traffic violations bureau, respectively: (a) Authorizes such electronic filing; (b) Has the ability to receive and store the citation electronically; and (c) Has the ability to physically reproduce the citation upon request. 3. Upon the filing of the original or a copy of the traffic citation with a court having jurisdiction over the alleged offense or with its traffic violations bureau, the traffic citation may be disposed of only by trial in that court or other official action by a judge of that court, including forfeiture of the bail, or by the deposit of sufficient bail with, or payment of a fine to, the traffic violations bureau by the person to whom the traffic citation has been issued by the peace officer. 4. It is unlawful and official misconduct for any peace officer or other officer or public employee to dispose of a traffic citation or copies of it or of the record of the issuance of a traffic citation in a manner other than as required in this section. 5. The chief administrative officer of every traffic enforcem

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