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NV Security Guard study guide

NV Security Guard · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.

The Nevada security guard registration examination is the written test that NAC 648.342 requires before a licensee may employ an unlicensed person in a private patrol or security guard role. It is not a state-issued license exam taken at a state office: a private patrol officer or security guard licensed by the Board administers a Board-provided examination and must ensure the applicant scores 100 percent, or verify a qualifying prior pass, including a pass administered by another licensee within the immediately preceding 60 months (NAC 648.341). Because the passing standard is absolute, there is no partial credit - every topic is effectively mandatory. The five statutory topic areas are recognizing noncompliance with specific laws (NRS 171.126, 199.310, 199.430, 207.200, 648.013, 648.016, subsection 5 of NRS 648.030, 648.060, 648.063, 648.140, 648.160, 648.200 and 648.203); recognizing noncompliance with specific regulations (subsection 3 of NAC 648.334, NAC 648.338 and subsection 5 of NAC 648.431); general rights of citizens; powers of arrest; and limits of authority. The NV Security Guard study guide has 5 sections and about 1,858 words.

01

Recognizing Noncompliance with Specific Laws

This domain asks you to read a fact pattern and decide whether a Nevada criminal statute has been broken, by a citizen or by the guard. Security work involves a small set of offenses, so know their elements cold.

408 words, about 2 min
02

Recognizing Noncompliance with Specific Regulations

Nevada regulates private security through NRS 648 and the regulations of the Private Investigators Licensing Board (PILB). Questions ask you to spot a regulatory violation in a scheduling, uniform, firearms, or record-keeping scenario.

346 words, about 2 min
03

General Rights of Citizens

Citizens keep constitutional and statutory rights when a private guard deals with them. You must know which rights a guard can lawfully affect and which require police.

370 words, about 2 min
04

Powers of Arrest

Nevada gives private persons a narrow arrest power under NRS 171.126. Questions test the presence rule, the felony rule, and what happens after the arrest.

369 words, about 2 min
05

Limits of Authority

This domain is about the outer edge of the guard's role: what a security credential does not authorize. Most failures here are overreach, not underreach.

365 words, about 2 min