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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services › NRS 180.060 - Duties: Representation of indigent persons; contracts to render services.

1. The State Public Defender may, before being designated as counsel for that person pursuant to NRS 171.188, interview an indigent person when the indigent person has been arrested and confined for a public offense or for questioning on suspicion of having committed a public offense.
2. The State Public Defender shall, when designated pursuant to NRS 62D.030 or 171.188, represent without charge each indigent person for whom the State Public Defender is appointed.
3. When representing an indigent person, the State Public Defender shall:
(a) Counsel and defend the indigent person at every stage of the proceedings, including, without limitation, during the initial appearance and proceedings relating to admission to bail or the revocation of probation or parole; and
(b) Prosecute any appeals or other remedies before or after conviction that the State Public Defender considers to be in the interests of justice.
4. In cases of postconviction proceedings and appeals arising in counties in which the office of public defender has been created pursuant to the provisions of chapter 260 of NRS, where the matter is to be presented to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution, the State Public Defender shall prepare and present the case and the public defender of the county shall assist and cooperate with the State Public Defender.
5. The State Public Defender may contract with any county in which the office of public defender has been created to provide representation for indigent persons when the court, for cause, disqualifies the county public defender or when the county public defender is otherwise unable to provide representation.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1411; A 1973, 358; 1975, 41; 1977, 338; 1985, 1398; 2003, 1124; 2013, 1762; 2019, 2887; 2021, 2267)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services › NRS 180.080 - Duties: Reports to Executive Director and participating counties.

1. The State Public Defender shall submit:
(a) A report on or before December 1 of each year to the Executive Director and to each participating county containing a statement of:
(1) The number of cases that are pending in each participating county;
(2) The number of cases in each participating county that were closed in the previous fiscal year;
(3) The total number of criminal defendants represented in each participating county with separate categories specifying the crimes charged and whether the defendant was less than 18 years of age or an adult;
(4) The total number of working hours spent by the State Public Defender and the State Public Defender’s staff on work for each participating county;
(5) The amount and categories of the expenditures made by the State Public Defender’s office; and
(6) Such other information as requested by the Executive Director of the Department of Indigent Defense Services or the Board on Indigent Defense Services.
(b) To each participating county, on or before December 1 of each even-numbered year, the total proposed budget of the State Public Defender for that county, including the projected number of cases and the projected cost of services attributed to the county for the next biennium.
2. As used in this section, "participating county" means each county in which the State Public Defender acts as the public defender for the county.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1412; A 1977, 331; 1995, 498; 2019, 2888, 3127)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services › NRS 180.090 - Application.

Except as provided in subsections 4 and 5 of NRS 180.060, the provisions of NRS 180.010 to 180.100, inclusive, apply only to counties in which the office of public defender has not been created pursuant to the provisions of chapter 260 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1412; A 1975, 42; 1977, 338; 2019, 2889)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services › NRS 180.110 - Collection of charges to counties for services.

1. Each fiscal year the State Public Defender may collect from the counties amounts which do not exceed those authorized by the Legislature for use of the State Public Defender’s services during that year. The amount that a county may be required to pay must not exceed the maximum amount determined in accordance with NRS 180.006.
2. The State Public Defender shall submit to the county an estimate on or before the first day of May and that estimate becomes the final bill unless the county is notified of a change within 2 weeks after the date on which the county contribution is approved by the Legislature. The county shall pay the bill:
(a) In full within 30 days after the estimate becomes the final bill or the county receives the revised estimate; or
(b) In equal quarterly installments on or before the 1st day of July, October, January and April, respectively.
The counties shall pay their respective amounts to the State Public Defender who shall deposit the amounts with the Treasurer of the State of Nevada and shall expend the money in accordance with the State Public Defender’s approved budget.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 719; A 1975, 714; 1977, 309; 1983, 528; 1991, 995; 2019, 2889; 2023, 3059)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services › NRS 180.310 - Terms and reappointment of voting members; selection of Chair; removal of voting members; vacancies; meetings; voting.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the voting members of the Board on Indigent Defense Services are appointed for a term of 3 years and may be reappointed.
2. The Chair of the Board must be selected at the first meeting from among the voting members of the Board and serves until July 1 of the next year. The Chair for the following year must be selected in the same manner before the expiration of the current term of the sitting Chair. The Chair may be selected to serve another term as Chair.
3. The Governor may remove a voting member of the Board for incompetence, neglect of duty, committing any act that constitutes moral turpitude, misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance in office or for any other good cause.
4. A vacancy on the Board must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment by the appointing authority for the remainder of the unexpired term.
5. The Board shall meet regularly upon a call of the Chair. An affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board is required to take any action.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2882)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services › NRS 180.400 - Creation; Executive Director; employment and contracts for consultants.

1. The Department of Indigent Defense Services is hereby created.
2. The Executive Director of the Department must be appointed by the Governor from a list of three persons recommended by the Board.
3. The Executive Director:
(a) Is in the unclassified service of this State;
(b) Serves at the pleasure of the Governor, except that the Executive Director may only be removed upon a finding of incompetence, neglect of duty, commission of an act that constitutes moral turpitude, misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance in office or for any other good cause;
(c) Must be an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Nevada; and
(d) Must devote his or her entire time to his or her duties and shall not engage in any other gainful employment or occupation.
4. The Executive Director may, within the limits of money available for this purpose, employ or enter into a contract for the services of such employees or consultants as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2884)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services › NRS 180.410 - Duties of Executive Director; annual report.

1. The Executive Director shall:
(a) Oversee all of the functions of the Department of Indigent Defense Services;
(b) Serve as the Secretary of the Board without additional compensation;
(c) Report to the Board on Indigent Defense Services regarding the work of the Department and provide such information to the Board as directed by the Board;
(d) Assist the Board in determining necessary and appropriate regulations to assist in carrying out the responsibilities of the Department;
(e) Establish the proposed budget for the Department and submit the proposed budget for approval of the Board;
(f) Prepare an annual report concerning indigent defense services in this State which includes information collected by the Department and such other information as requested by the Board; and
(g) Take any other actions necessary to ensure that adequate and appropriate indigent defense services are provided in this State.
2. The report prepared pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection 1 must be submitted for input from the Board. The final report must be submitted on or before July 1 of each year to the Nevada Supreme Court, the Legislature and the Office of the Governor. The report may include any recommendations for legislation to improve indigent defense services in this State.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2884)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services › NRS 180.420 - Deputy directors.

1. In addition to the Executive Director, the Department must include not fewer than two deputy directors selected by the Executive Director who serve at the pleasure of the Executive Director.
2. The deputy directors:
(a) Must be attorneys licensed to practice law in the State of Nevada;
(b) Are in the unclassified service of this State; and
(c) Shall devote their entire time to their duties and shall not engage in any other gainful employment or occupation.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2884)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services › NRS 180.430 - Duties of designated Deputy Director.

One deputy director selected pursuant to NRS 180.420 must be responsible for:
1. Overseeing the provision of indigent defense services in counties whose population is less than 100,000. Such oversight must include, without limitation:
(a) Oversight of the State Public Defender; and
(b) Determining whether attorneys meet the requirements established by the Board on Indigent Defense Services to be eligible to provide indigent defense services and maintaining a list of such attorneys.
2. Developing and providing continuing legal education programs for attorneys who provide indigent defense services.
3. Identifying and encouraging best practices for delivering the most effective indigent defense services.
4. Providing assistance to counties that must revise the manner in which indigent defense services are provided as a result of the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 180.320. Such assistance may include, without limitation, assistance developing a plan and estimating the cost to carry out the plan.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2885)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services › NRS 180.440 - Duties of other designated Deputy Director.

One deputy director selected pursuant to NRS 180.420 must be responsible for reviewing the manner in which indigent defense services are provided throughout the State. To carry out this responsibility, the deputy director shall:
1. Obtain information from attorneys relating to caseloads, salaries paid to criminal defense attorneys and the manner in which indigent defense services are provided.
2. Conduct on-site visits of court proceedings throughout the State to determine the manner in which indigent defense services are provided, including, without limitation, whether:
(a) Minimum standards for the provision of indigent defense services established by the Board on Indigent Defense Services are being followed;
(b) Court rules regarding the provision of indigent defense services are being followed;
(c) Indigent defendants are being asked to provide reimbursement for their representation or to take any other actions that violate the constitution, any law, a court rule or a regulation of the Board; and
(d) Representation of indigent defendants is being provided in an effective manner.
3. Report to the other deputy director upon a determination that any person is providing indigent defense services in an ineffective or otherwise inappropriate manner.
4. Recommend entering into a corrective action plan with any board of county commissioners of a county which is not meeting the minimum standards for the provision of indigent defense services or is in any other manner deficient in the provision of such services.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2885)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services › NRS 180.460 - Transfer of responsibility for provision of indigent defense services.

1. A county that transfers responsibility for the provision of indigent defense services to the State Public Defender pursuant to NRS 180.450 may seek to have the responsibility transferred back to the county by submitting a request to the Executive Director in writing on or before December 31 of an even-numbered year.
2. Upon finding that the county is able to meet minimum standards for the provision of indigent defense services, the Executive Director shall approve transferring the responsibility for the provision of indigent defense services to the county.
3. If the Executive Director denies a request to transfer responsibility for the provision of indigent defense services to a county, the Executive Director must inform the board of county commissioners for the county of the reasons for the denial and the issues that must be resolved before the responsibility for the provision of indigent defense services will be transferred to the county.
4. If the Executive Director approves a request to transfer responsibility for the provision of indigent defense services to the county, the board of county commissioners for the county shall notify the State Public Defender in writing on or before March 1 of the next odd-numbered year and the responsibilities must transfer at a specified time on or after July 1 of the same year in which the notice was given, as determined by the Executive Director.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2887)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services › NRS 180.500 - Grants, bequests, devises, donations or gifts; creation of Account; use of money in Account; nonreversion.

1. The Department may apply for and accept any available grants, bequests, devises, donations or gifts from any public or private source to carry out the duties of the Department and Board.
2. Any money received pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited in the Special Account for the Support of Indigent Defense Services, which is hereby created in the State General Fund. Interest and income earned on money in the Account must be credited to the Account. Money in the Account may only be used to carry out the duties of the Department and the Board.
3. Any money in the Account remaining at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the State General Fund, and the balance in the Account must be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2267)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 180 - Indigent Defense Services › NRS 180.600 - Confidentiality of certain records received, obtained or compiled by Board or Department.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 239.0115, all records received by the Board, the Department or a designee of the Department that are protected by the attorney-client privilege are confidential.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 239.0115, all records obtained or compiled during or after an investigation arising from a complaint received by the Board or the Department that are related to the conduct of an attorney are confidential, unless releasing such records is determined to be necessary for the oversight functions or duties of the Board or Department.
3. The provisions of this section do not prohibit the Board or the Department, at its discretion, from communicating or cooperating with, or providing any records to, any professional licensing board or any other governmental agency that is investigating a complaint against an attorney pertaining to the representation of an indigent client by the attorney.
4. As used in this section, "records" means any records, files, books, documents, papers, information or data that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 527)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 189 - Justice Courts › NRS 189.007 - Grounds for dismissal of complaint.

Any complaint, upon motion of the defendant, may be dismissed by the justice of the peace upon any of the following grounds:
1. That the justice of the peace does not have jurisdiction of the offense.
2. That more than one offense is charged in any one count of the complaint.
3. That the facts stated do not constitute a public offense.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 36)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 189 - Justice Courts › NRS 189.010 - Appeal must be taken within 10 days.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 177.015, a defendant in a criminal action tried before a justice of the peace may appeal from the final judgment therein to the district court of the county where the court of the justice of the peace is held, at any time within 10 days from the time of the rendition of the judgment.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 662; RL § 7512; NCL § 11309]—(NRS A 1995, 1536)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 189 - Justice Courts › NRS 189.020 - Notice of intention to appeal: Filing and service; stay of judgment pending appeal.

1. The party intending to appeal must file with the justice and serve upon the district attorney a notice entitled in the action, setting forth the character of the judgment, and the intention of the party to appeal therefrom to the district court.
2. Stay of judgment pending appeal is governed by NRS 177.105 and 177.115.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 663; RL § 7513; NCL § 11310]—(NRS A 1967, 1467)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 189 - Justice Courts › NRS 189.030 - Transmission of transcript, other papers, sound recording and copy of docket to district court.

1. The justice shall, within 10 days after the notice of appeal is filed, transmit to the clerk of the district court the transcript of the case, all other papers relating to the case and a certified copy of the docket.
2. The justice shall give notice to the appellant or the appellant’s attorney that the transcript and all other papers relating to the case have been filed with the clerk of the district court.
3. If the district judge so requests, before or after receiving the record, the justice of the peace shall transmit to the district judge the sound recording of the case.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 664; RL § 7514; NCL § 11311]—(NRS A 1973, 631; 1979, 1512)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 189 - Justice Courts › NRS 189.035 - Procedure where transcript defective.

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, if the district court finds that the transcript of a case which was recorded by sound recording equipment is materially or extensively defective, the case must be returned for retrial in the justice court from which it came.
2. If all parties to the appeal stipulate to being bound by a particular transcript of the proceedings in the justice court, or stipulate to a particular change in the transcript, an appeal based on that transcript as accepted or changed may be heard by the district court without regard to any defects in the transcript.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1512)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 189 - Justice Courts › NRS 189.050 - Action to be judged on record.

An appeal duly perfected transfers the action to the district court to be judged on the record.
[Part 1911 Cr. Prac. § 666; RL § 7516; NCL § 11313]—(NRS A 1979, 1512)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 189 - Justice Courts › NRS 189.060 - Grounds for dismissal of appeal; enforcement of judgment.

1. The appeal may be dismissed on either of the following grounds:
(a) For failure to take the same in time.
(b) For failure to appear in the district court when required.
2. If the appeal is dismissed, a copy of the order of dismissal must be remitted to the justice, who may proceed to enforce the judgment.
[Part 1911 Cr. Prac. § 666; RL § 7516; NCL § 11313]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 189 - Justice Courts › NRS 189.065 - Dismissal for failure to set or reset appeal for hearing.

1. An appeal must be dismissed by the district court unless perfected by application of the defendant, within 60 days after the appeal is filed in the justice court, by having it set for hearing.
2. If an appeal has been set for hearing and the hearing is vacated at the request of the appellant, the appeal must be dismissed unless application is made by the appellant to reset the hearing within 60 days after the date on which the hearing was vacated.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 376; A 1985, 57, 972)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 189 - Justice Courts › NRS 189.070 - Grounds for dismissal of complaint on appeal.

Any complaint, upon motion of the defendant, may be dismissed upon any of the following grounds:
1. That the justice of the peace did not have jurisdiction of the offense.
2. That more than one offense is charged in any one count of the complaint.
3. That the facts stated do not constitute a public offense.
[1911 Cr. Prac. § 667; RL § 7517; NCL § 11314]—(NRS A 1979, 36)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 189 - Justice Courts › NRS 189.120 - Appeal by State from order granting defendant’s motion to suppress evidence.

1. The State may appeal to the district court from an order of a justice court granting the motion of a defendant to suppress evidence.
2. Such an appeal shall be taken:
(a) Within 2 days after the rendition of such an order during a trial or preliminary examination.
(b) Within 5 days after the rendition of such an order before a trial or preliminary examination.
3. Upon perfecting such an appeal:
(a) After the commencement of a trial or preliminary examination, further proceedings in the trial shall be stayed pending the final determination of the appeal.
(b) Before trial or preliminary examination, the time limitation within which a defendant shall be brought to trial shall be extended for the period necessary for the final determination of the appeal.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 1079)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.010 - Definitions.

As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 193.011 to 193.0245, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510; 2013, 64)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.011 - "Boat" defined.

"Boat" includes ships, steamers and other structures adapted to navigation or movement from place to place by water.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.012 - "Break" defined.

"Break," when used in connection with the crime of burglary, includes:
1. Breaking or violently detaching any part, internal or external, of a building.
2. Opening, for the purpose of entering therein, any outer door of a building or of any room, apartment or set of apartments therein separately used and occupied, or any window, shutter, scuttle or other thing used for covering or closing any opening thereto or therein, or which gives passage from one part thereof to another.
3. Obtaining entrance into such building or apartment by any threat or artifice, used for that purpose, or by collusion with any person therein.
4. Entering such building, room or apartment by or through any pipe, chimney or other opening, or by excavating or digging through or under a building or the walls or foundation thereof.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.0125 - "Building" defined.

"Building" includes every house, shed, boat, watercraft, railway car, tent or booth, whether completed or not, suitable for affording shelter for any human being, or as a place where any property is or will be kept for use, sale or deposit.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.013 - "Corrupt" and "corruptly" defined.

"Corrupt" and "corruptly" import a wrongful desire of a person to acquire or cause some pecuniary or other advantage to himself or herself or another person.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.014 - "Dwelling house" defined.

"Dwelling house" includes every building or structure which has been usually occupied by a person lodging therein at night, and whenever it is so constructed as to consist of two or more parts or rooms occupied or intended to be occupied, whether permanently or temporarily, by different tenants separately by usually lodging therein at night, or for any other separate purpose, each part shall be deemed a separate dwelling house of the tenant occupying it.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.0145 - "Enter" defined.

"Enter," when constituting an element or part of a crime, includes the entrance of the offender, or the insertion of any part of the body of the offender, or of any instrument or weapon held in the offender’s hand and used or intended to be used to threaten or intimidate a person, or to detach or remove property.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.0155 - "Indicted," "indictment," "informed against" and "information" defined.

"Indicted" and "indictment" include "informed against" and "information"; and "informed against" and "information" include "indicted" and "indictment."
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.016 - "Judge" defined.

"Judge" includes every judicial officer authorized, alone or with others, to hold or preside over a court of record.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.0165 - "Jurors" defined.

"Jurors" include a tales-juror, and extend to jurors in all courts, whether of record or not.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.017 - "Knowingly" defined.

"Knowingly" imports a knowledge that the facts exist which constitute the act or omission of a crime, and does not require knowledge of its unlawfulness. Knowledge of any particular fact may be inferred from the knowledge of such other facts as should put an ordinarily prudent person upon inquiry.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510; 1997, 1600)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.0175 - "Malice" and "maliciously" defined.

"Malice" and "maliciously" import an evil intent, wish or design to vex, annoy or injure another person. Malice may be inferred from an act done in willful disregard of the rights of another, or an act wrongfully done without just cause or excuse, or an act or omission of duty betraying a willful disregard of social duty.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.018 - "Neglect," "negligence," "negligent" and "negligently" defined.

"Neglect," "negligence," "negligent" and "negligently" import a want of such attention to the nature or probable consequences of an act or omission as an ordinarily prudent person usually exercises in his or her own business.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510; 1997, 1600)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.0185 - "Nighttime" defined.

"Nighttime" includes the period between sunset and sunrise.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.019 - "Officer" and "public officer" defined.

"Officer" and "public officer" include all officers, members and employees of:
1. The State of Nevada;
2. Any political subdivision of this State;
3. Any other special district, public corporation or quasi-public corporation of this State; and
4. Any agency, board or commission established by this State or any of its political subdivisions,
and all persons exercising or assuming to exercise any of the powers or functions of a public officer.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.0195 - "Owner" defined.

"Owner" of any property includes any person who has a general or special property in the whole or any part thereof, or lawful possession thereof, either actual or constructive.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.0205 - "Person" defined.

"Person" includes this State or any other state, government or country which may lawfully own property within this State whenever it is used to designate a party whose property may be the subject of an offense.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS 973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.021 - "Personal property" defined.

"Personal property" includes dogs and all domestic animals and birds, water, gas and electricity, all kinds or descriptions of money, chattels and effects, all instruments or writings completed and ready to be delivered or issued by the maker, whether actually delivered or issued or not, by which any claim, privilege, right, obligation or authority, or any right or title to property, real or personal, is or purports to be, or upon the happening of some future event may be evidenced, created, acknowledged, transferred, increased, diminished, encumbered, defeated, discharged or affected, and every right and interest therein.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.0215 - "Prison" defined.

"Prison" means any place designated by law for the keeping of persons held in custody under process of law, or under lawful arrest.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.022 - "Prisoner" defined.

"Prisoner" includes any person held in custody under process of law, or under lawful arrest.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.023 - "Railway" or "railroad" defined.

"Railway" or "railroad" includes all railways, railroads and street railways, whether operated by steam, electricity or any other motive power.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.0235 - "Real property" defined.

"Real property" includes every estate, interest and right in lands, tenements and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.024 - "Signature" defined.

"Signature" includes any memorandum, mark or sign made with intent to authenticate any instrument or writing, or the subscription of any person thereto.
[Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.045 - Repeated conviction as element or aggravation of offense: Place of former conviction immaterial.

Wherever it is provided in any section of this title that a repeated conviction constitutes an element of an offense or aggravates an offense and affects the determination of penalty, it is immaterial whether such former conviction was obtained in Nevada or elsewhere.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 459)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.050 - Conduct constituting crime; prohibited or unlawful acts; common law.

1. No conduct constitutes a crime unless prohibited by some statute of this State or by some ordinance or like enactment of a political subdivision of this State.
2. An act which is declared to be unlawful by any statute, ordinance or like enactment is prohibited within the meaning of this section and of NRS 193.151.
3. The provisions of the common law relating to the definition of public offenses apply to any public offense which is so prohibited but is not defined, or which is so prohibited but is incompletely defined.
4. This section does not affect the power of a court to punish for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law for the enforcement of an order or a civil judgment or decree.
[1911 C&P § 35; RL § 6300; NCL § 9984]—(NRS A 1967, 458)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.070 - Effect of provisions upon past offenses.

Nothing contained in any provision of this title shall apply to an offense committed or act done at any time before the day when this title shall take effect. Such an offense shall be punished according to, and such act shall be governed by, the provisions of law existing when it is done or committed, in the same manner as if this title had not been passed.
[1911 C&P § 31; RL § 6296; NCL § 9980]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.075 - Effect of repeal of statute: Penalty previously imposed; prior violations.

1. Any repeal, express or implied, of any statute shall not release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture or liability incurred under such statute, unless the repealing act expressly so provides.
2. The repeal of any law creating a criminal offense does not constitute a bar to the indictment or information and punishment of an act already committed in violation of the law so repealed, unless the intention to bar the indictment and information and punishment is expressly declared in the repealing statute.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 144)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.090 - Civil remedies preserved.

The omission to specify or affirm in this title any liability to any damages, penalty, forfeiture or other remedy imposed by law, and allowed to be recovered or enforced in any civil action or proceeding, for any act or omission declared punishable in this title, shall not affect any right to recover or enforce the same.
[1911 C&P § 37; RL § 6302; NCL § 9986]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.100 - Proceedings to impeach or remove officers and others preserved.

The omission to specify or affirm in this title any ground of forfeiture of a public office, or other trust or special authority conferred by law, or any power conferred by law to impeach, remove, depose or suspend any public officer or other person holding any trust, appointment or other special authority conferred by law, shall not affect such forfeiture or power, or any proceeding authorized by law to carry into effect such impeachment, removal, deposition or suspension.
[1911 C&P § 33; RL § 6298; NCL § 9982]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.105 - Termination of employment, removal from office or impeachment of public employee or officer upon conviction for sale of controlled substance.

1. If, during the course of his or her employment, an employee of the State or of any political subdivision of the State is convicted on or after October 1, 1989, of violating any federal or state law prohibiting the sale of any controlled substance, the employer upon discovery of the conviction shall terminate the employment of the employee.
2. If, during the course of his or her tenure in office, an officer of any county, city or township of the State is convicted on or after October 1, 1989, of violating any federal or state law prohibiting the sale of any controlled substance, the court as part of the penalty for such a conviction shall remove the officer from office.
3. If, during the course of his or her tenure in office, an elected or appointed officer of the State is convicted on or after October 1, 1989, of violating any federal or state law prohibiting the sale of any controlled substance, the prosecuting officer who obtained the conviction shall file a certified copy of the judgment roll with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall lay the certified copy of the judgment roll before the appropriate House of the Legislature at its next session.
4. This section does not apply to a justice or judge of the court system.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 186; A 2009, 1074)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.110 - Authority of courts-martial unaffected; punishment for contempt unaffected.

This title does not affect any power conferred by law upon any court-martial, or other military authority, or officer, to impose or inflict punishment upon offenders; nor any power conferred by law upon any public body, tribunal or officer, to impose or inflict punishment for a contempt.
[1911 C&P § 34; RL § 6299; NCL § 9983]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.120 - Classification of crimes.

1. A crime is an act or omission forbidden by law and punishable upon conviction by death, imprisonment, fine or other penal discipline.
2. Every crime which may be punished by death or by imprisonment in the state prison is a felony.
3. Every crime punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 6 months, is a misdemeanor.
4. Every other crime is a gross misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 1; RL § 6266; NCL § 9950]—(NRS A 1981, 651)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.130 - Categories and punishment of felonies.

1. Except when a person is convicted of a category A felony, and except as otherwise provided by specific statute, a person convicted of a felony shall be sentenced to a minimum term and a maximum term of imprisonment which must be within the limits prescribed by the applicable statute, unless the statute in force at the time of commission of the felony prescribed a different penalty. The minimum term of imprisonment that may be imposed must not exceed 40 percent of the maximum term imposed.
2. Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, for each felony committed on or after July 1, 1995:
(a) A category A felony is a felony for which a sentence of death or imprisonment in the state prison for life with or without the possibility of parole may be imposed, as provided by specific statute.
(b) A category B felony is a felony for which the minimum term of imprisonment in the state prison that may be imposed is not less than 1 year and the maximum term of imprisonment that may be imposed is not more than 20 years, as provided by specific statute.
(c) A category C felony is a felony for which a court shall sentence a convicted person to imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 5 years. In addition to any other penalty, the court may impose a fine of not more than $10,000, unless a greater fine is authorized or required by statute.
(d) A category D felony is a felony for which a court shall sentence a convicted person to imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 4 years. In addition to any other penalty, the court may impose a fine of not more than $5,000, unless a greater fine is authorized or required by statute.
(e) A category E felony is a felony for which a court shall sentence a convicted person to imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 4 years. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 176A.100 or paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 453.336, upon sentencing a person who is found guilty of a category E felony, the court shall suspend the execution of the sentence and grant probation to the person upon such conditions as the court deems appropriate. Such conditions of probation may include, but are not limited to, requiring the person to serve a term of confinement of not more than 1 year in the county jail. In addition to any other penalty, the court may impose a fine of not more than $5,000, unless a greater penalty is authorized or required by statute.
[1911 C&P § 18; RL § 6283; NCL § 9967]—(NRS A 1967, 458; 1995, 1167; 1997, 1177; 1999, 1186; 2019, 4419)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.140 - Punishment of gross misdemeanors.

Every person convicted of a gross misdemeanor shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days, or by a fine of not more than $2,000, or by both fine and imprisonment, unless the statute in force at the time of commission of such gross misdemeanor prescribed a different penalty.
[1911 C&P § 19; RL § 6284; NCL § 9968]—(NRS A 1967, 459; 1981, 652; 2013, 977)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.150 - Punishment of misdemeanors.

1. Every person convicted of a misdemeanor shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both fine and imprisonment, unless the statute in force at the time of commission of such misdemeanor prescribed a different penalty.
2. In lieu of all or a part of the punishment which may be imposed pursuant to subsection 1, the convicted person may be sentenced to perform a fixed period of community service pursuant to the conditions prescribed in NRS 176.087.
[1911 C&P § 20; RL § 6285; NCL § 9969]—(NRS A 1967, 459; 1981, 487, 652; 1991, 1931; 2001 Special Session, 136)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.151 - Prohibited act is misdemeanor when no penalty imposed.

Whenever the performance of any act is prohibited by any statute, and no penalty for the violation of such statute is imposed, the committing of such act shall be a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 23; RL § 6288; NCL § 9972]—(Substituted in revision for NRS 193.170)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.153 - Punishment for attempts.

1. An act done with the intent to commit a crime, and tending but failing to accomplish it, is an attempt to commit that crime. A person who attempts to commit a crime, unless a different penalty is prescribed by statute, shall be punished as follows:
(a) If the person is convicted of:
(1) Attempt to commit a category A felony, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 20 years.
(2) Attempt to commit a category B felony for which the maximum term of imprisonment authorized by statute is greater than 10 years, for a category B felony 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.
(3) Attempt to commit a category B felony for which the maximum term of imprisonment authorized by statute is 10 years or less, for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
(4) Attempt to commit a category C felony, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130, or for a gross misdemeanor by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days, or by a fine of not more than $2,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(5) Attempt to commit a category D felony, for a category E felony as provided in NRS 193.130, or for a gross misdemeanor by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days, or by a fine of not more than $2,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(6) Attempt to commit a category E felony, for a category E felony as provided in NRS 193.130, or for a gross misdemeanor by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days, or by a fine of not more than $2,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(b) If the person is convicted of attempt to commit a misdemeanor, a gross misdemeanor or a felony for which a category is not designated by statute, by imprisonment for not more than one-half the longest term authorized by statute, or by a fine of not more than one-half the largest sum, prescribed upon conviction for the commission of the offense attempted, or by both fine and imprisonment.
2. Nothing in this section protects a person who, in an unsuccessful attempt to commit one crime, does commit another and different one, from the punishment prescribed for the crime actually committed. A person may be convicted of an attempt to commit a crime, although it appears on the trial that the crime was consummated, unless the court in its discretion discharges the jury and directs the defendant to be tried for the crime itself.
[1911 C&P § 26; RL § 6291; NCL § 9975]—(NRS A 1981, 158; 1995, 1168; 1997, 1178; 2013, 977)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 193.330)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.155 - Penalty for public offense proportionate to value of property affected or loss resulting from offense.

Every person who is guilty of a public offense proportionate to the value of the property affected or the loss resulting from the offense shall be punished as follows:
1. Where the value of the loss is $5,000 or more or where the damage results in impairment of public communication, transportation or police and fire protection, for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. Where the value of the loss is $250 or more but less than $5,000, for a gross misdemeanor.
3. Where the value of the loss is $25 or more but less than $250, for a misdemeanor.
4. Where the value of the loss is less than $25, by a fine of not more than $500.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 459; A 1995, 1168)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.160 - Penalty for misdemeanor by corporations when not fixed by statute.

In all cases where a corporation is convicted of an offense for the commission of which a natural person would be punishable as for a misdemeanor, and there is no other punishment prescribed by law, the corporation is punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.
[1911 C&P § 21; RL § 6286; NCL § 9970]—(NRS A 1981, 652)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 193 - Criminality Generally › NRS 193.1605 - Minimum punishment for gross misdemeanor committed on property of school, at activity sponsored by school or on school bus.

1. Any person who commits a gross misdemeanor on the property of a public or private school, at an activity sponsored by a public or private school, or on a school bus or at a bus stop used to load and unload a school bus while the bus is engaged in its official duties:
(a) Shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not fewer than 15 days but not more than 364 days; and
(b) In addition to imprisonment, may be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000.
2. For the purposes of this section, "school bus" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 483.160.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1281: A 2013, 977)