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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 200 - Crimes Against the Person › NRS 200.900 - Penalties; definitions.

1. A minor shall not knowingly and willfully use an electronic communication device to transmit or distribute, or otherwise knowingly and willfully transmit or distribute, an image of bullying committed against a minor to another person with the intent to encourage, further or promote bullying and to cause harm to the minor.
2. A minor who violates subsection 1:
(a) For the first violation, is a child in need of supervision, as that term is used in title 5 of NRS, and is not a delinquent child; and
(b) For the second or a subsequent violation, commits a delinquent act, and the court may order the detention of the minor in the same manner as if the minor had committed an act that would have been a misdemeanor if committed by an adult.
3. For the purposes of this section, to determine whether a person who is depicted in an image of bullying is a minor, the court may:
(a) Inspect the person in question;
(b) View the image;
(c) Consider the opinion of a witness to the image regarding the person’s age;
(d) Consider the opinion of a medical expert who viewed the image; or
(e) Use any other method authorized by the rules of evidence at common law.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Bullying" means a willful act which is written, verbal or physical, or a course of conduct on the part of one or more persons which is not otherwise authorized by law and which exposes a person one time or repeatedly and over time to one or more negative actions which is highly offensive to a reasonable person and:
(1) Is intended to cause or actually causes the person to suffer harm or serious emotional distress;
(2) Poses a threat of immediate harm or actually inflicts harm to another person or to the property of another person;
(3) Places the person in reasonable fear of harm or serious emotional distress; or
(4) Creates an environment which is hostile to a pupil by interfering with the education of the pupil.
(b) "Electronic communication device" means any electronic device that is capable of transmitting or distributing an image of bullying, including, without limitation, a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant, computer, computer network and computer system.
(c) "Image of bullying" means any visual depiction, including, without limitation, any photograph or video, of a minor bullying another minor.
(d) "Minor" means a person who is under 18 years of age.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1634)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 200 - Crimes Against the Person › NRS 200.930 - Penalty; definitions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person commits the crime of unlawful installation of a mobile tracking device if the person knowingly installs, conceals or otherwise places a mobile tracking device in or on the motor vehicle of another person without the knowledge and consent of an owner or lessor of the motor vehicle.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to a law enforcement agency that installs, conceals or otherwise places a mobile tracking device in or on a motor vehicle in accordance with all applicable requirements of the United States Constitution, the Nevada Constitution and the laws of this State.
3. A person who commits the crime of unlawful installation of a mobile tracking device is guilty of:
(a) For the first offense, a misdemeanor.
(b) For the second offense, a gross misdemeanor.
(c) For the third or any subsequent offense, a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
4. As used in this section, "mobile tracking device" means any device that permits a person to track the movement or location of another person or object through the transmission of any signal, including, without limitation, a radio or electronic signal.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1109)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 200 - Crimes Against the Person › NRS 200.960 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 200.960 to 200.980, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 200.965 and 200.970 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1412)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 200 - Crimes Against the Person › NRS 200.975 - Fertility fraud; penalties; notice of conviction to professional licensing board.

1. A provider of health care who, in rendering services for assisted reproduction:
(a) Knowingly implants his or her own human reproductive material in a patient without the express consent of the patient is guilty of fertility fraud.
(b) Knowingly uses or provides a patient with human reproductive material other than the human reproductive material the patient expressly consented to the use or receipt of is guilty of fertility fraud.
2. Unless a greater penalty is provided by statute, a person convicted of the crime of fertility fraud is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, and may be further be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.
3. Upon conviction of a person for the crime of fertility fraud, the Attorney General shall give notice of the conviction to each professional licensing board that has issued a license, certificate or registration to the person.
4. As used in this section, "provider of health care" means a physician or physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630, 630A or 633 of NRS or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under chapter 632 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1412)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 200 - Crimes Against the Person › NRS 200.980 - Conveying false information relating to assisted reproduction; penalty; notice of conviction to professional licensing board.

1. A person shall not knowingly convey to a patient false information or information the person reasonably should have known was false relating to assisted reproduction, including, without limitation, false information or information the person reasonably should have known was false concerning:
(a) The identity, date of birth or address of the donor at the time of donation;
(b) The human reproductive material used or provided to the patient for assisted reproduction;
(c) The medical history of the donor or family of the donor, including, without limitation:
(1) Past and current illnesses of the donor; and
(2) Genetic information of the donor; and
(d) The social history of the donor.
2. A person who violates this section is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. Upon conviction of a person for a violation of the provisions of this section, the Attorney General shall give notice of the conviction to each professional licensing board that has issued a license, certificate or registration to the person.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Genetic information" means any information that is obtained from a genetic test.
(b) "Genetic test" means a test, including a laboratory test that uses deoxyribonucleic acid extracted from the cells of a person or a diagnostic test, to determine the presence of abnormalities or deficiencies, including carrier status, that:
(1) Are linked to physical or mental disorders or impairments; or
(2) Indicate a susceptibility to illness, disease, impairment or any other disorder, whether physical or mental.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1413)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.015 - "Minor child" defined.

For the purposes of NRS 201.015 to 201.080, inclusive, "minor child" means a person who has not reached the age of majority as provided in NRS 129.010 and has not been declared emancipated pursuant to NRS 129.080 to 129.140, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1440; A 1987, 1282; 1999, 3568)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.020 - Penalties; jurisdiction.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person who knowingly fails to provide for the support of his or her:
(a) Spouse or former spouse;
(b) Minor child; or
(c) Child who upon arriving at the age of majority is unable to provide support for himself or herself because of infirmity, incompetency or other legal disability that was contracted before the child reached the age of majority,
as ordered by a court, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 if:
(a) The person’s arrearages for nonpayment of the child support or spousal support ordered by a court total $10,000 or more and have accrued over any period since the date that a court first ordered the defendant to provide for such support; or
(b) It is a second or subsequent violation of subsection 1 or an offense committed in another jurisdiction that, if committed in this State, would be a violation of subsection 1, and the person’s arrearages for nonpayment of the child support or spousal support ordered by a court total $5,000 or more and have accrued over any period since the date that a court first ordered the defendant to provide for such support.
3. A prosecution for a violation of subsection 1 may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in any county in which:
(a) A court has issued a valid order for the defendant to pay child support or spousal support;
(b) The defendant resides;
(c) The custodial parent or custodian of the child for whom the defendant owes child support resides;
(d) The spouse or former spouse to whom the defendant owes spousal support resides; or
(e) The child for whom the defendant owes child support resides.
[1:170:1923; NCL § 10516]—(NRS A 1965, 1440; 1967, 474; 1969, 271; 1979, 1284; 1983, 1878; 1995, 1196; 1999, 1208, 3568; 2001, 278)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.030 - Institution of proceedings: Verified complaint.

Proceedings under NRS 201.015 to 201.080, inclusive, may be instituted upon complaint made under oath or affirmation by the spouse or child or children, or by any other person, including the district attorney, against any person guilty of an offense named in NRS 201.020.
[2:170:1923; NCL § 10517]—(NRS A 1969, 589; 1985, 64; 1999, 3570)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.051 - Affirmative defense: Notice of intent to claim; notice of rebuttal witnesses; notice of provisions of section.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in a prosecution for a violation of NRS 201.020, the defendant may claim as an affirmative defense that he or she was unable to provide the child support or spousal support ordered by a court.
2. In addition to the written notice required by NRS 174.234, a defendant who intends to offer the affirmative defense described in subsection 1 shall, not less than 20 days before trial or at such other time as the court directs, file and serve upon the prosecuting attorney a written notice of his or her intent to claim the affirmative defense. The written notice must include:
(a) The specific affirmative defense that the defendant is asserting; and
(b) The name and last known address of each witness by whom the defendant proposes to establish the affirmative defense.
3. Not later than 10 days after receiving the written notice set forth in subsection 2 or at such other time as the court directs, the prosecuting attorney shall file and serve upon the defendant a written notice that includes the name and last known address of each witness the prosecuting attorney proposes to offer in rebuttal at trial to discredit the affirmative defense claimed by the defendant.
4. Each party has a continuing duty to file and serve upon the opposing party any change in the last known address of any witness that the party proposes to offer to establish or discredit the affirmative defense described in subsection 1.
5. Each party has a continuing duty to disclose promptly the names and last known addresses of any additional witnesses which come to the attention of that party and which that party proposes to offer to establish or discredit the affirmative defense described in subsection 1.
6. If the defendant or prosecuting attorney fails to comply with the requirements set forth in this section, in addition to any sanctions or protective orders otherwise provided in chapter 174 of NRS, the court may grant a continuance to permit the opposing party time to prepare.
7. A prosecuting attorney shall provide notice of the requirements of this section to a defendant when a complaint is served upon the defendant for a violation of NRS 201.020.
8. For the purposes of this section, a defendant is not "unable to provide the child support or spousal support ordered by a court" if, during the period that the defendant was obligated to provide and failed to provide child support or spousal support, the defendant was:
(a) Voluntarily unemployed or underemployed without good cause or to avoid payment of child support or spousal support, including, without limitation, not using reasonable diligence to secure sufficient employment; or
(b) Unable to pay the child support or spousal support ordered by a court because of excessive spending, indebtedness or other legal obligation, unless the spending, indebtedness or other legal obligation was not within the control of the defendant.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3567)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.070 - Evidence; spouses are competent witnesses.

1. No other or greater evidence is required to prove the marriage of the spouses, or that the defendant is the parent of the child or children, than is required to prove such facts in a civil action.
2. In no prosecution under NRS 201.015 to 201.080, inclusive, does any existing statute or rule of law prohibiting the disclosure of confidential communications between spouses apply, and both spouses are competent witnesses to testify against each other to any and all relevant matters, including the fact of the marriage and the parentage of any child or children, but neither may be compelled to give evidence incriminating himself or herself.
3. Proof of the failure of the defendant to provide for the support of the spouse, child or children, is prima facie evidence that such failure was knowing.
[6:170:1923; NCL § 10521]—(NRS A 1985, 64; 1999, 3570; 2017, 787)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.080 - Uniformity of interpretation.

NRS 201.015 to 201.080, inclusive, shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact them.
[7:170:1923; NCL § 10522]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.085 - Definition; penalty.

1. A person is guilty of paternity fraud if the person:
(a) Is ordered by a court to submit, or agrees to submit, to a test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a child and knowingly assists, aids, abets, solicits or conspires with another person to have someone other than himself submit to the test for the purpose of preventing a determination that he is the father of the child;
(b) Submits to a test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a child in place of the person who has been ordered to submit, or who has agreed to submit, to a test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a child for the purpose of preventing a determination that the person for whom he is taking the test is the father of the child; or
(c) Knowingly assists, aids, abets, solicits or conspires with another person:
(1) To commit a violation of paragraph (a) or (b); or
(2) To render inaccurate the results of a test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a child.
2. A person who violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 1022)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.090 - "Neglected child," "delinquent child" and "child in need of supervision" defined.

As used in NRS 201.100 and 201.110, unless the context otherwise requires, a "neglected child," "delinquent child" or "child in need of supervision" means any person less than 18 years of age:
1. Who is found begging, receiving or gathering alms, or who is found in any street, road or public place for the purpose of so doing, whether actually begging or doing so under the pretext of selling or offering for sale any article, or of singing or playing on any musical instrument, or of giving any public entertainment or accompanying or being used in aid of any person so doing.
2. Who has no parent or guardian, who has no parent or guardian willing to exercise or capable of exercising proper parental control, or who has no parent or guardian actually exercising such proper parental control, and who is in need of such control.
3. Who is destitute, or who is not provided with the necessities of life by his or her parents, and who has no other means of obtaining such necessities.
4. Whose home is an unfit place for the child, by reason of neglect, cruelty or depravity of either of his or her parents, or of his or her guardians or other person in whose custody or care the child is.
5. Who is found living in any house of ill fame, or with any disreputable person.
6. Who is found wandering and either has no home, no settled place of abode, no visible means of subsistence or no proper guardianship.
7. Who frequents the company of criminals, vagrants or prostitutes, or persons so reputed, or who is in any house of prostitution or assignation.
8. Who unlawfully visits a saloon where any spirituous, vinous or malt liquors are sold, bartered, exchanged or given away.
9. Who habitually uses intoxicating liquors or who uses opium, cocaine, morphine, or other similar drug without the direction of a competent physician.
10. Who persistently or habitually refuses to obey the reasonable and proper orders or directions of his or her parents, guardian or custodian, or who is beyond the control of such person.
11. Who is a habitual truant from school.
12. Who is leading, or from any cause is in danger of leading, an idle, dissolute, lewd or immoral life.
13. Who writes or uses vile, obscene, profane or indecent language, or is guilty of indecent, immoral or lascivious conduct.
14. Who violates any law of this State or any ordinance of any town, city or county of this State defining crime.
Any child who is a runaway, unmanageable or a habitual truant is a child in need of supervision as that term is used in title 5 of NRS, and is not a delinquent child.
[Part 1:165:1909; A 1911, 382; 1921, 21; 1955, 152]—(NRS A 1973, 1350; 2003, 1125)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.100 - How offense may be termed.

When the charge against any person under NRS 201.090, 201.100 and 201.110 concerns the neglect of a child or children, or the problems of a child in need of supervision, the offense, for convenience, may be termed "contributory neglect," and when it concerns the delinquency of a child or children, for convenience it may be termed "contributory delinquency."
[Part 1:165:1909; A 1911, 382; 1921, 21; 1955, 152]—(NRS A 1973, 1351)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.110 - Definition; penalties; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person who commits any act or omits the performance of any duty, which act or omission causes or tends to cause or encourage any person under the age of 18 to become a "neglected child," "child in need of supervision" or "delinquent child," as defined in NRS 201.090, 201.100 and 201.110 or which act or omission contributes thereto, or any person who, by any act or omission, or by threats, command or persuasion, induces or endeavors to induce any person under the age of 18 to perform any act or to follow any course of conduct or to so live as would cause or manifestly tend to cause any such person to become or to remain a person who is a "neglected child," "child in need of supervision" or "delinquent child," as defined in NRS 201.090, is guilty of contributory neglect or contributory delinquency. Contributory neglect or contributory delinquency is a misdemeanor.
2. A person does not commit a violation of subsection 1 by virtue of the sole fact that the person delivers or induces the delivery of a child to a provider of emergency services pursuant to NRS 432B.630.
[Part 1:165:1909; A 1911, 382; 1921, 21; 1955, 152]—(NRS A 1967, 474; 1973, 1351; 2001, 1265)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.150 - Definition; penalty.

Every person who shall endeavor to conceal the birth of a child by any disposition of its dead body, whether the child died before or after its birth, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 185; RL § 6450; NCL § 10132]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.160 - Bigamy: Definition; penalty.

1. Bigamy consists in the having of two spouses at one time, knowing that the former spouse is still alive.
2. If a married person marries any other person while the former spouse is alive, the person so offending is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. It is not necessary to prove either of the marriages by the register and certificate thereof, or other record evidence, but those marriages may be proved by such evidence as is admissible to prove a marriage in other cases, and when the second marriage has taken place without this State, cohabitation in this State after the second marriage constitutes the commission of the crime of bigamy.
4. This section does not extend:
(a) To a person whose spouse has been continually absent from that person for the space of 5 years before the second marriage, if he or she did not know the spouse to be living within that time.
(b) To a person who is, at the time of the second marriage, divorced by lawful authority from the bonds of the former marriage, or to a person where the former marriage has been by lawful authority declared void.
[1911 C&P § 191; RL § 6456; NCL § 10138]—(NRS A 1967, 475; 1979, 1428; 1995, 1197; 2017, 787)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.170 - Marrying person already married; penalty.

If a person, being unmarried, knowingly marries the spouse of another, that person is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
[1911 C&P § 192; RL § 6457; NCL § 10139]—(NRS A 1967, 475; 1979, 1429; 1995, 1198; 2017, 788)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.180 - Incest: Definition; penalty.

Persons being within the degree of consanguinity within which marriages are declared by law to be incestuous and void who intermarry with each other or who commit fornication or adultery with each other shall be punished for a category A felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of life with the possibility of parole, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.
[1911 C&P § 193; RL § 6458; NCL § 10140]—(NRS A 1979, 1429; 1995, 1198; 2005, 2877)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.190 - Commission of certain sexual acts in public: Definition; penalty.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 200.366 and 201.230, a person of full age who commits anal intercourse, cunnilingus or fellatio in public is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
[1911 C&P § 194; A 1951, 524]—(NRS A 1963, 62; 1967, 475; 1973, 95, 254; 1977, 866, 1632; 1993, 515; 1995, 1198)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.210 - Open or gross lewdness; penalty.

1. A person who commits any act of open or gross lewdness is guilty:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, for the first offense, of a gross misdemeanor.
(b) For any subsequent offense, or if the person has previously been convicted of a sexual offense as defined in NRS 179D.097, of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(c) For an offense committed by a person 18 years of age or older in the presence of a child under the age of 18 years or a vulnerable person as defined in paragraph (a) of subsection 8 of NRS 200.5092, of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. For the purposes of this section, the breast feeding of a child by the mother of the child does not constitute an act of open or gross lewdness.
[Part 1911 C&P § 195; A 1921, 112; NCL § 10142]—(NRS A 1963, 63; 1965, 1465; 1967, 476; 1973, 95, 255, 1406; 1977, 866; 1979, 1429; 1983, 206; 1991, 1008; 1995, 127, 1199, 1327; 1997, 2501, 3188; 2015, 2240; 2017, 1380, 2983)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.220 - Indecent or obscene exposure; penalty.

1. A person who makes any open and indecent or obscene exposure of his or her person, or of the person of another, is guilty:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, for the first offense, of a gross misdemeanor.
(b) For any subsequent offense, or if the person has previously been convicted of a sexual offense as defined in NRS 179D.097, of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(c) For an offense committed by a person 18 years of age or older in the presence of a child under the age of 18 years or a vulnerable person as defined in paragraph (a) of subsection 8 of NRS 200.5092, of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. For the purposes of this section, the breast feeding of a child by the mother of the child does not constitute an act of open and indecent or obscene exposure of her body.
[Part 1911 C&P § 195; A 1921, 112; NCL § 10142]—(NRS A 1965, 1465; 1967, 476; 1973, 96, 255, 1406; 1977, 867; 1979, 1429; 1983, 206; 1991, 1008; 1995, 127, 1200, 1327; 1997, 2501, 3189; 2015, 2240; 2017, 1381, 2983)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.230 - Lewdness with child under 16 years; penalties.

1. A person is guilty of lewdness with a child if he or she:
(a) Is 18 years of age or older and willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, other than acts constituting the crime of sexual assault, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child under the age of 16 years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires of that person or of that child; or
(b) Is under the age of 18 years and willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, other than acts constituting the crime of sexual assault, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child under the age of 14 years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires of that person or of that child.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5, a person who commits lewdness with a child under the age of 14 years is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.
3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person who commits lewdness with a child who is 14 or 15 years of age is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 10 years and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a person who commits lewdness with a child and who has been previously convicted of:
(a) Lewdness with a child pursuant to this section or any other sexual offense against a child; or
(b) An offense committed in another jurisdiction that, if committed in this State, would constitute lewdness with a child pursuant to this section or any other sexual offense against a child,
is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole.
5. A person who is under the age of 18 years and who commits lewdness with a child under the age of 14 years commits a delinquent act.
6. For the purpose of this section, "other sexual offense against a child" has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection 6 of NRS 200.366.
[1911 C&P § 195 1/2; added 1925, 17; A 1947, 24; 1943 NCL § 10143]—(NRS A 1961, 92; 1967, 477; 1973, 96, 255, 1406; 1977, 867, 1632; 1979, 1430; 1983, 207; 1991, 1009; 1995, 1200; 1997, 1722, 2502, 3190; 1999, 470, 472; 2003, 2826; 2005, 2877; 2015, 2241)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.235 - Definitions.

In NRS 201.235 to 201.254, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Community" means the area from which a jury is or would be selected for the court in which the action is tried.
2. "Item" includes any book, leaflet, pamphlet, magazine, booklet, picture, drawing, photograph, film, negative, slide, motion picture, figure, object, article, novelty device, recording, transcription, phonograph record or tape recording, videotape or videodisc, with or without music, or other similar items.
3. "Material" means anything tangible which is capable of being used or adapted to arouse interest, whether through the medium of reading, observation, sound or in any other manner.
4. "Obscene" means any item, material or performance which:
(a) An average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest;
(b) Taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; and
(c) Does one of the following:
(1) Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated.
(2) Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way masturbation, excretory functions, sadism or masochism.
(3) Lewdly exhibits the genitals.
Appeal shall be judged with reference to ordinary adults, unless it appears, from the character of the material or the circumstances of its dissemination, to be designed for children or a clearly defined deviant group.
5. "Performance" means any play, motion picture, dance or other exhibition performed before an audience.
[1911 C&P § 196; A 1955, 907]—(NRS A 1963, 1171; 1965, 584; 1971, 205, 493; 1979, 364)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 201.250)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.237 - Exemptions.

The provisions of NRS 201.235 to 201.254, inclusive, do not apply to those universities, schools, museums or libraries which are operated by or are under the direct control of the State, or any political subdivision of the State, or to persons while acting as employees of such organizations.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 363)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.239 - Power of county, city or town to regulate obscenity.

The provisions of NRS 201.235 to 201.254, inclusive, do not preclude any county, city or town from adopting an ordinance further regulating obscenity if its provisions do not conflict with these statutes.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 364)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.241 - Action to declare item or material obscene and obtain injunction.

1. The district attorney or city attorney of any county or city, respectively, in which there is an item or material which the district attorney or city attorney believes to be obscene, may file a complaint in the district court seeking to have the item or material declared obscene and to enjoin the possessor and the owner from selling, renting, exhibiting, reproducing, manufacturing or distributing it and from possessing it for any purpose other than personal use.
2. In such an action, no temporary restraining order may be issued.
3. A trial on the merits must be held not earlier than 5 days after the answer is filed nor later than 35 days after the complaint is filed. The court shall render a decision within 2 days after the conclusion of the trial.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 363; A 1981, 1688)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.243 - Evidence probative of obscenity of material or item.

In prosecutions under NRS 201.235 to 201.254, inclusive, evidence of circumstances of production, dissemination, sale or publicity of the material or item, which indicates it is being commercially exploited by the defendant for its prurient appeal, is probative of the obscenity of the material or item and can justify the conclusion that it is, taken as a whole, without serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 364)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.245 - Surrender, seizure and destruction of obscene item or material; undertaking not required for injunction; defendant chargeable with knowledge of contents after service of summons and complaint.

1. If a final judgment declaring an item or material obscene is entered against its owner or possessor, the judgment shall contain a provision directing the owner or possessor to surrender to the sheriff of the county in which the action was brought the item or material declared obscene and a direction to the sheriff to seize and destroy it.
2. In any action brought to declare an item or material obscene, the district attorney or city attorney bringing the action is not required to file an undertaking before an injunction is issued.
3. A sheriff directed to seize an obscene item or material is not liable for damages sustained by reason of the injunction in cases where judgment ultimately is rendered in favor of the person, firm, association or corporation sought to be enjoined.
4. Every person, firm, association or corporation who sells, distributes, or acquires possession with intent to sell or distribute any allegedly obscene item or material, after service upon the person, firm, association or corporation of a summons and complaint in an action brought to declare an item or material obscene is chargeable with knowledge of the contents of the item or material.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 363)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.247 - Payment to city or county of value received from sale of obscene materials after judgment or injunction.

If a district court enters a judgment that an item or material is obscene and that item or material, or one substantially identical thereto, is sold after that judgment or injunction, the court shall order an accounting to determine the value of all money and other consideration received by the defendant which was derived from the obscene item or material after the court judged it to be obscene. The defendant shall pay a sum equivalent to that value into the general fund of the city or county which prosecuted the action.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 364)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.249 - Production, sale, distribution, exhibition and possession of obscene items or materials; penalty.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 201.237 and except under the circumstances described in NRS 200.720 or 200.725, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly:
1. Prints, produces or reproduces any obscene item or material for sale or commercial distribution.
2. Publishes, sells, rents, transports in intrastate commerce, or commercially distributes or exhibits any obscene item or material, or offers to do any such things.
3. Has in his or her possession with intent to sell, rent, transport or commercially distribute any obscene item or material.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 364; A 1995, 951)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.251 - Coercing acceptance of obscene articles or publications; penalty.

1. A person, firm, association or corporation shall not, as a condition to any sale, allocation, consignment or delivery for resale of any item or material, require that the purchaser or consignee receive for resale any other item or material which is obscene. A person, firm, association or corporation shall not deny or threaten to deny any franchise or impose or threaten to impose any penalty, financial or otherwise, for the failure or refusal of any person to accept any obscene item or material or for the return thereof.
2. A person, firm, association or corporation who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 364)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.253 - Obscene, indecent or immoral shows, acts or performances; penalty.

Except under the circumstances described in NRS 200.710, every person who knowingly causes to be performed or exhibited, or engages in the performance or exhibition of, any obscene, indecent or immoral show, act or performance is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 482; A 1995, 952)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.254 - Exemption of stagehands and movie projectionists from criminal liability when possessing or exhibiting obscene material directly related to their work.

A motion picture machine operator or a stagehand is not criminally liable for exhibiting or possessing with the intent to exhibit any obscene material if:
1. Such exhibition or possession is a part of the motion picture he or she is projecting or part of the stage show for which he or she is employed as a stagehand; and
2. The operator or stagehand has no financial interest, except wages, and no managerial responsibility in his or her place of employment.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 352)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.255 - Penalties.

1. Any person who willfully makes a telephone call and addresses any obscene language, representation or suggestion to or about any person receiving such call or addresses to such other person any threat to inflict injury to the person or property of the person addressed or any member of the person’s family is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. Every person who makes a telephone call with intent to annoy another is, whether or not conversation ensues from making the telephone call, guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. Any violation of subsections 1 and 2 is committed at the place at which the telephone call or calls were made and at the place where the telephone call or calls were received, and may be prosecuted at either place.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 98; A 1971, 855)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.256 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 201.256 to 201.2655, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 201.257 to 201.264, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 513; A 1997, 1314, 2662)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.257 - "Harmful to minors" defined.

"Harmful to minors" means that quality of any description or representation, whether constituting all or a part of the material considered, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sado-masochistic abuse which predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of minors, is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community with respect to what is suitable material for minors, and is without serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 513; A 1981, 1689)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.2581 - "Material" defined.

"Material" means:
1. A book, pamphlet, magazine, newspaper, printed advertising or other printed or written material;
2. A motion picture, photograph, picture, drawing, statue, sculpture or other visual representation or image; or
3. A transcription, recording or live or recorded telephone message.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2662)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.2595 - "Motion picture" defined.

"Motion picture" means a film or a video recording, whether or not it has been rated appropriate for a particular audience, that is:
1. Placed on a videodisc or videotape; or
2. To be shown in a theater or on television,
and includes, without limitation, a cartoon or an animated film.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1314; A 1997, 2663)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.261 - "Nudity" defined.

"Nudity" means:
1. The showing of the human female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion of the areola and nipple;
2. The showing of the human male or female genitals or pubic area with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof; or
3. The depiction of the human male genitals in a discernible turgid state whether or not covered.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 513; A 1999, 1360)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.262 - "Sado-masochistic abuse" defined.

"Sado-masochistic abuse" means:
1. Flagellation or torture practiced by or upon a person whether or not clad in undergarments, a mask or bizarre costume; or
2. The condition of being fettered, bound or otherwise physically restrained.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 513; A 1981, 1689)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.265 - Unlawful acts; penalty.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 200.720 and 201.2655, and unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 201.553 or 201.560, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person knowingly:
1. Distributes or causes to be distributed to a minor material that is harmful to minors, unless the person is the parent, guardian or spouse of the minor.
2. Exhibits for distribution to an adult in such a manner or location as to allow a minor to view or to have access to examine material that is harmful to minors, unless the person is the parent, guardian or spouse of the minor.
3. Sells to a minor an admission ticket or pass for or otherwise admits a minor for monetary consideration to any presentation of material that is harmful to minors, unless the minor is accompanied by his or her parent, guardian or spouse.
4. Misrepresents that he or she is the parent, guardian or spouse of a minor for the purpose of:
(a) Distributing to the minor material that is harmful to minors; or
(b) Obtaining admission of the minor to any presentation of material that is harmful to minors.
5. Misrepresents his or her age as 18 or over for the purpose of obtaining:
(a) Material that is harmful to minors; or
(b) Admission to any presentation of material that is harmful to minors.
6. Sells or rents motion pictures which contain material that is harmful to minors on the premises of a business establishment open to minors, unless the person creates an area within the establishment for the placement of the motion pictures and any material that advertises the sale or rental of the motion pictures which:
(a) Prevents minors from observing the motion pictures or any material that advertises the sale or rental of the motion pictures; and
(b) Is labeled, in a prominent and conspicuous location, "Adults Only."
(Added to NRS by 1969, 513; A 1971, 161, 495; 1981, 1689; 1995, 952; 1997, 1314, 2662; 2003, 430, 1375; 2023, 2467)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.2655 - Exemptions.

The provisions of NRS 201.256 to 201.2655, inclusive, do not apply to:
1. A university, community college, school, museum or library which is operated by or which is under the direct control of this state or a political subdivision of this state; or
2. An employee or independent contractor of an institution listed in subsection 1, if the employee or independent contractor is acting within the scope of his or her employment or contractual relationship.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2662)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.270 - Disturbing religious meetings; penalty.

Every person who shall willfully disturb, interrupt or disquiet any assemblage or congregation of people met for religious worship:
1. By noisy, rude or indecent behavior, profane discourse, either within the place where such meeting is held, or so near it as to disturb the order and solemnity of the meeting;
2. By exhibiting shows or plays, or promoting any racing of animals, or gaming of any description, or engaging in any boisterous or noisy amusement;
3. By disturbing in any manner, without authority of law within 1 mile thereof, free passage along a highway to the place of such meeting, or by maliciously cutting or otherwise injuring or disturbing a conveyance or other property belonging to any person in attendance upon such meeting; or
4. By menacing, threatening or assaulting any person therein,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 213; RL § 6478; NCL § 10161] + [1911 C&P § 332; RL § 6597; NCL § 10280]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.280 - Selling liquor at camp meetings; penalty.

Every person who shall erect or keep a booth, tent, stall or other contrivance for the purpose of selling or otherwise disposing of any wine, or spirituous or fermented liquors, or any drink of which wine, spirituous or fermented liquors form a part, within 1 mile of any camp or field meeting for religious worship, during the time of holding such meeting, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 333; RL § 6598; NCL § 10281]—(NRS A 1967, 477)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.290 - Penalty; exception.

1. Any person who, in any manner, for exhibition or display, puts or causes to be placed any inscription, design, device, symbol, portrait, name, advertisement, words, character, marks or notice, or sets or places any goods, wares and merchandise whatever upon any flag or ensign of the United States, or state flag of this State, or ensign, evidently purporting to be either of the flags or ensign, or who in any manner appends, annexes, or affixes to any such flag or ensign any inscription, design, device, symbol, portrait, name, advertisement, words, marks, notice or token whatever, or who displays or exhibits or causes to be displayed or exhibited any flag or ensign, evidently purporting to be either of the flags, upon which shall in any manner be put, attached, annexed or affixed any inscription, design, device, symbol, portrait, name, advertisement, words, marks, notice or token whatever, or who publicly or willfully mutilates, tramples upon, or who tears down or willfully and maliciously removes while owned by others, or defames, slanders, or speaks evilly or in a contemptuous manner of or otherwise defaces or defiles any of the flags, or ensign, which are public or private property, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. This section shall not apply to flags or ensigns the property of or used in the service of the United States or of this State, upon which inscriptions, names of actions, words, marks or symbols are placed pursuant to law or authorized regulations.
[1911 C&P § 338; A 1919, 438; 1919 RL § 6603; NCL § 10286]