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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.295 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 201.295 to 201.440, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Adult" means a person 18 years of age or older.
2. "Child" means a person less than 18 years of age.
3. "Induce" means to persuade, encourage, inveigle or entice.
4. "Prostitute" means a male or female person who for a fee, monetary consideration or other thing of value engages in sexual intercourse, oral-genital contact or any touching of the sexual organs or other intimate parts of a person for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of either person.
5. "Prostitution" means engaging in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee, monetary consideration or other thing of value.
6. "Sexual conduct" means any of the acts enumerated in subsection 4.
7. "Transports" means to transport or cause to be transported, by any means of conveyance, into, through or across this State, or to aid or assist in obtaining such transportation.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 302; A 1987, 2028; 1997, 295; 2009, 575; 2013, 2430; 2015, 2241; 2017, 4075; 2019, 2629; 2021, 3119)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.301 - Facilitating sex trafficking; penalty.

1. A person is guilty of facilitating sex trafficking if the person:
(a) Facilitates, arranges, provides or pays for the transportation of a person to or within this State with the intent of:
(1) Inducing the person to engage in prostitution in violation of subparagraph (1), (2) or (3) of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300;
(2) Inducing the person to enter any place within this State in which prostitution is practiced, encouraged or allowed for the purpose of sexual conduct or prostitution in violation of subparagraph (1), (2) or (3) of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300; or
(3) If the person is a child, using the person for any act that is prohibited by NRS 200.710 or 200.720;
(b) Sells travel services that facilitate the travel of another person to this State with the knowledge that the other person is traveling to this State for the purpose of:
(1) Engaging in sexual conduct with a person who has been induced to engage in sexual conduct or prostitution in violation of subparagraph (1), (2) or (3) of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300;
(2) Soliciting a child who has been induced to engage in sexual conduct or prostitution in violation of subparagraph (1), (2) or (3) of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300; or
(3) Engaging in any act involving a child that is prohibited by NRS 200.710 or 200.720; or
(c) Travels to or within this State by any means with the intent of engaging in:
(1) Sexual conduct with a person who has been induced to engage in sexual conduct or prostitution in violation of subparagraph (1), (2) or (3) of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300, with the knowledge that such a person has been induced to engage in such sexual conduct or prostitution; or
(2) Any act involving a child that is prohibited by NRS 200.710 or 200.720.
2. A person who is found guilty of facilitating sex trafficking is guilty of a category B felony and:
(a) If the victim is 18 years of age or older, 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 6 years.
(b) If the victim is less than 18 years of age, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 3 years and a maximum term of not more than 10 years.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4074)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.303 - Rebuttable presumption that pandering, sex trafficking or facilitating sex trafficking committed under duress.

If a violation of NRS 201.300 or 201.301 is committed by a person who is:
1. Less than 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the violation;
2. Prosecuted in a criminal proceeding as an adult; and
3. A victim of sex trafficking or facilitating sex trafficking,
there is a rebuttable presumption that the person who committed the violation acted under duress.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 4075)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.305 - Prostitution subculture as admissible evidence for certain purposes.

In a prosecution for pandering or sex trafficking pursuant to NRS 201.300, expert testimony concerning:
1. The prostitution subculture, including, without limitation, the effect of physical, emotional or mental abuse on the beliefs, behavior and perception of the alleged victim of the pandering or sex trafficking that is offered by the prosecution or defense is admissible for any relevant purpose, including, without limitation, to demonstrate:
(a) The dynamics of, and the manipulation and psychological control measures used in, the relationship between a prostitute and a person who engages in pandering or sex trafficking in violation of NRS 201.300; and
(b) The normal behavior and language used in the prostitution subculture.
2. The effect of pandering or sex trafficking may not be offered against a defendant pursuant to subsection 1 to prove the occurrence of an act which forms the basis of a criminal charge against the defendant.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2240)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.320 - Living from earnings of prostitute; penalty.

1. A person who knowingly accepts, receives, levies or appropriates any money or other valuable thing, without consideration, from the proceeds of any prostitute, is guilty of living from the earnings of a prostitute and shall be punished:
(a) Where physical force or the immediate threat of physical force is used, for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
(b) Where no physical force or immediate threat of physical force is used, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. Any such acceptance, receipt, levy or appropriation of money or valuable thing upon any proceedings or trial for violation of this section is presumptive evidence of lack of consideration.
[3:233:1913; 1919 RL p. 3380; NCL § 10539]—(NRS A 1967, 478; 1979, 303; 1995, 1202; 2019, 2630)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.325 - Power of court to order restitution.

1. In addition to any other penalty, the court may order a person convicted of a violation of any provision of NRS 201.300, 201.320 or 201.395 to pay restitution to the victim as provided in subsection 2.
2. Restitution ordered pursuant to this section may include, without limitation:
(a) The cost of medical and psychological treatment, including, without limitation, physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation;
(b) The cost of transportation, temporary housing and child care;
(c) The return of property, the cost of repairing damaged property or the full value of the property if it is destroyed or damaged beyond repair;
(d) Expenses incurred by a victim in relocating away from the defendant or his or her associates, if the expenses are verified by law enforcement to be necessary for the personal safety of the victim;
(e) The cost of repatriation of the victim to his or her home country, if applicable; and
(f) Any and all other losses suffered by the victim as a result of the violation of any provision of NRS 201.300, 201.320 or 201.395.
3. The return of the victim to his or her home country or other absence of the victim from the jurisdiction does not prevent the victim from receiving restitution.
4. As used in this section, "victim" means any person:
(a) Against whom a violation of any provision of NRS 201.300, 201.320 or 201.395 has been committed; or
(b) Who is the surviving child of such a person.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2430; A 2019, 2630)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.345 - Jurisdictional powers of Attorney General.

1. The Attorney General has concurrent jurisdiction with the district attorneys of the counties in this State to prosecute any violation of NRS 201.300, 201.301, 201.320, 201.354 or 201.395.
2. If the Attorney General charges a defendant pursuant to this section, the Attorney General may also charge related offenses if committed in the course of a violation of NRS 201.300, 201.301, 201.320, 201.354 or 201.395.
3. When acting pursuant to this section, the Attorney General may commence an investigation and file a criminal action without leave of court and the Attorney General has exclusive charge of the conduct of the prosecution.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2429; A 2019, 2630; 2021, 165)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.350 - Venue.

It shall not be a defense to a prosecution for any of the acts prohibited in NRS 201.300, 201.320 or 201.395 that any part of such act or acts shall have been committed outside this state, and the offense shall in such case be deemed and alleged to have been committed, and the offender tried and punished, in any county in which the prostitution was consummated, or any overt act in furtherance of the offense shall have been committed.
[6:233:1913; 1919 RL p. 3381; NCL § 10542]—(NRS A 2013, 2432; 2019, 2630)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.351 - Forfeiture of assets; temporary restraining order to preserve property subject to forfeiture; use of proceeds derived from forfeiture.

1. All assets derived from or relating to any violation of NRS 201.300, 201.320 or 201.395 are subject to forfeiture pursuant to NRS 179.121 and a proceeding for their forfeiture may be brought pursuant to NRS 179.1156 to 179.121, inclusive.
2. In any proceeding for forfeiture brought pursuant to NRS 179.1156 to 179.121, inclusive, the plaintiff may apply for, and a court may issue without notice or hearing, a temporary restraining order to preserve property which would be subject to forfeiture pursuant to this section if:
(a) The forfeitable property is in the possession or control of the party against whom the order will be entered; and
(b) The court determines that the nature of the property is such that it can be concealed, disposed of or placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court before a hearing on the matter.
3. A temporary restraining order which is issued without notice may be issued for not more than 30 days and may be extended only for good cause or by consent. The court shall provide notice and hold a hearing on the matter before the order expires.
4. Any proceeds derived from a forfeiture of property pursuant to this section and remaining after the distribution required by subsection 1 of NRS 179.118 must be deposited with the county treasurer and distributed to programs for the prevention of child prostitution or for services to victims which are designated to receive such distributions by the district attorney of the county.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 574; A 2013, 2433; 2019, 2631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.352 - Additional fine for certain violations.

1. If a person is convicted of a violation of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300, subsection 1 of NRS 201.301, NRS 201.320 or 201.395, the victim of the violation is a child when the offense is committed and physical force or violence or the immediate threat of physical force or violence is used upon the child, the court may, in addition to the term of imprisonment prescribed by statute for the offense and any fine imposed pursuant to subsection 2, impose a fine of not more than $500,000.
2. If a person is convicted of a violation of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300, subsection 1 of NRS 201.301, NRS 201.320 or 201.395, the victim of the offense is a child when the offense is committed and the offense also involves a conspiracy to commit a violation of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300, subsection 1 of NRS 201.301, NRS 201.320 or 201.395, the court may, in addition to the punishment prescribed by statute for the offense of a provision of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300, subsection 1 of NRS 201.301, NRS 201.320 or 201.395 and any fine imposed pursuant to subsection 1, impose a fine of not more than $500,000.
3. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 do not create a separate offense but provide an additional penalty for the primary offense, the imposition of which is contingent upon the finding of the prescribed fact.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 574; A 2013, 2433; 2019, 1821, 2631)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.353 - Unlawful for prostitute to engage in prostitution or solicitation for prostitution except in licensed house of prostitution: Penalty; provision of certain information; dismissal.

1. It is unlawful for a prostitute to engage in prostitution or solicitation therefor, except in a licensed house of prostitution.
2. A person who violates subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. A peace officer who:
(a) Detains but does not arrest or issue a citation to a person for a violation of subsection 1 shall, before releasing the person, provide information regarding and opportunities for connecting with social service agencies that may provide assistance to the person. The Department of Health and Human Services shall assist law enforcement agencies in providing information regarding and opportunities for connecting with such social service agencies pursuant to this paragraph.
(b) Arrests or issues a citation to a person for a violation of subsection 1 shall, before the person is released from custody or cited:
(1) Inform the person that he or she may be eligible for assignment to a preprosecution diversion program established pursuant to NRS 174.032; and
(2) Provide the information regarding and opportunities for connecting with social service agencies described in paragraph (a).
4. If, at any time before the trial of a person charged with a violation of subsection 1, the prosecuting attorney has reason to believe that the person is a victim of sex trafficking, the prosecuting attorney shall dismiss the charge. As used in this subsection, "sex trafficking" means a violation of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3119)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.360 - Placing person in house of prostitution; penalties.

1. A person who:
(a) Places another in the charge or custody of a third person with the intent that the other person engage in prostitution or who compels the other person to reside with him or her or with any third person for purposes of prostitution, or who compels another person to reside in a house of prostitution;
(b) Asks or receives any compensation, gratuity or reward, or promise thereof, for or on account of placing in a house of prostitution or elsewhere a person for the purpose of causing that person to cohabit with someone who is not the person’s spouse;
(c) Gives, offers or promises any compensation, gratuity or reward, to procure a person to engage in any act of prostitution in any house of prostitution, or elsewhere, against the person’s will;
(d) Is the spouse, parent, guardian or other legal custodian of a person under the age of 18 and permits, connives at or consents to the minor’s being or remaining in any house of prostitution;
(e) Lives with or accepts any earnings of a common prostitute, or entices or solicits a person to go to a house of prostitution to engage in sexual conduct with a common prostitute;
(f) Decoys, entices, procures or in any manner induces a person to become a prostitute or to become an inmate of a house of prostitution, for purposes of prostitution, or for purposes of employment, or for any purpose whatever, when that person does not know that the house is one of prostitution; or
(g) Decoys, entices, procures or in any manner induces a person, under the age of 21 years, to go into or visit, upon any pretext or for any purpose whatever, any house of ill fame or prostitution, or any room or place inhabited or frequented by any prostitute, or used for purposes of prostitution,
is guilty of a felony.
2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 shall be punished:
(a) Where physical force or the immediate threat of physical force is used upon the other person, for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
(b) Where no physical force or immediate threat of physical force is used, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
[1911 C&P § 180; RL § 6445; NCL § 10127]—(NRS A 1967, 479; 1979, 303, 1432; 1995, 1203)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.380 - Restriction on location of houses of ill fame; penalty.

1. It shall be unlawful for any owner, or agent of any owner, or any other person to keep any house of ill fame, or to let or rent to any person whatever, for any length of time whatever, to be kept or used as a house of ill fame, or resort for the purposes of prostitution, any house, room or structure situated within 400 yards of any schoolhouse or schoolroom used by any public or common school in the State of Nevada, or within 400 yards of any church, edifice, building or structure erected for and used for devotional services or religious worship in this state.
2. Any person violating the provisions of subsection 1 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.
[419:63:1947; 1943 NCL § 6084.429] + [420:63:1947; 1943 NCL § 6084.430] + [1911 C&P § 245; RL § 6510; NCL § 10193] + [1911 C&P § 247; RL § 6512; NCL § 10195]—(NRS A 1967, 480)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.390 - Property on principal business streets not to be rented for purposes of prostitution; penalty.

1. It is unlawful for any owner or agent of any owner or any other person to keep, let or rent for any length of time, or at all, any house fronting on the principal business street or thoroughfare of any of the towns of this state, for the purpose of prostitution or to make or use any entrance or exit way to any house of prostitution from the principal business street or thoroughfare of any of the towns of this state.
2. Any person violating the provisions of subsection 1 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.
[1911 C&P § 246; RL § 6511; NCL § 10194] + [1911 C&P § 247; RL § 6512; NCL § 10195]—(NRS A 1967, 481; 1979, 304)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.395 - Advancing prostitution: Definition; penalty.

1. A person who owns, leases, operates, controls or manages any business or private property is guilty of advancing prostitution if the person:
(a) Knows that illegal prostitution is being conducted at the business or upon such private property because the person has been notified, in writing, by a law enforcement agency of at least one incident of illegal prostitution that occurred at the business or upon such private property;
(b) Receives notice pursuant to paragraph (a) that the illegal prostitution may result in prosecution for pandering or sex trafficking pursuant to NRS 201.300 or facilitating sex trafficking pursuant to NRS 201.301; and
(c) Fails to take reasonable steps to abate such illegal prostitution within 30 days after the date on which the person receives such written notice from the law enforcement agency.
2. Unless a greater penalty is provided by specific statute, a person who is guilty of advancing prostitution shall be punished for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. For the purposes of this section, a person who owns, leases, operates, controls or manages any business or private property shall be deemed to have taken reasonable steps to abate illegal prostitution if the person has:
(a) Filed a report of such illegal prostitution with a law enforcement agency;
(b) Allowed a law enforcement agency to conduct surveillance or an unrestricted undercover operation; or
(c) Used any other available legal means to abate such illegal prostitution.
4. Any action taken to abate illegal prostitution pursuant to this section must comply with any other applicable law of this State, including, without limitation, the provisions of chapters 118A and 118C of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2628; A 2021, 1379)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.400 - General reputation competent evidence.

In the trial of all cases arising under the provisions of NRS 201.380 and 201.390, evidence of general reputation is competent evidence as to the question of the ill fame of any house alleged to be so kept, and to the question of the ill fame of any person.
[1911 C&P § 248; RL § 6513; NCL § 10196]—(NRS A 1979, 304)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.410 - Duties of sheriff and district attorney; failure to act; penalty.

The district attorney and sheriff of each county in this state shall see that the provisions of NRS 201.380 are strictly enforced and carried into effect, and upon neglect so to do, they, or either of them, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office and may be proceeded against by accusation as provided in chapter 283 of NRS.
[421:63:1947; 1943 NCL § 6084.431]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.420 - Keeping disorderly house; penalty.

Any person who shall keep any disorderly house, or any house of public resort, by which the peace, comfort or decency of the immediate neighborhood, or of any family thereof, is habitually disturbed, or who shall keep any inn in a disorderly manner, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 219; RL § 6484; NCL § 10166]—(NRS A 1967, 481)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.430 - Unlawful advertising of prostitution; penalties.

1. It is unlawful for any person engaged in conduct which is unlawful pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 207.030, or any owner, operator, agent or employee of a house of prostitution, or anyone acting on behalf of any such person, to advertise the unlawful conduct or any house of prostitution:
(a) In any public theater, on the public streets of any city or town, or on any public highway; or
(b) In any county, city or town where prostitution is prohibited by local ordinance or where the licensing of a house of prostitution is prohibited by state statute.
2. It is unlawful for any person knowingly to prepare or print an advertisement concerning a house of prostitution not licensed for that purpose pursuant to NRS 244.345, or conduct which is unlawful pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 207.030, in any county, city or town where prostitution is prohibited by local ordinance or where the licensing of a house of prostitution is prohibited by state statute.
3. Inclusion in any display, handbill or publication of the address, location or telephone number of a house of prostitution or of identification of a means of transportation to such a house, or of directions telling how to obtain any such information, constitutes prima facie evidence of advertising for the purposes of this section.
4. Any person, company, association or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall be punished:
(a) For the first violation within a 3-year period, 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.
(b) For a second violation within a 3-year period, by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months, and by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.
(c) For a third or subsequent violation within a 3-year period, by imprisonment in the county jail for 6 months and by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.
[1:109:1913; 1919 RL p. 3379; NCL § 10535]—(NRS A 1967, 481; 1979, 305, 604; 1995, 2299)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.440 - Unlawful to permit illegal advertising of houses of prostitution; penalties.

1. In any county, city or town where prostitution is prohibited by local ordinance or where the licensing of a house of prostitution is prohibited by state statute, it is unlawful for any person, company, association or corporation knowingly to allow any person engaged in conduct which is unlawful pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 207.030, or any owner, operator, agent or employee of a house of prostitution, or anyone acting on behalf of any such person, to advertise a house of prostitution in his or her place of business.
2. Any person, company, association or corporation that violates the provisions of this section shall be punished:
(a) For the first violation within a 3-year period, 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.
(b) For a second violation within a 3-year period, by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months, and by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.
(c) For a third or subsequent violation within a 3-year period, by imprisonment in the county jail for 6 months and by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.
[2:109:1913; 1919 RL p. 3379; NCL § 10536]—(NRS A 1967, 481; 1979, 305, 605; 1995, 2300)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.450 - Unlawful act; penalty.

1. A person who commits a sexual penetration on the dead body of a human being 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 5 years has been served, and shall be further punished by a fine of not more than $20,000.
2. For the purposes of this section, "sexual penetration" means cunnilingus, fellatio or any intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person’s body or any object manipulated or inserted by a person into the genital or anal openings of the body of another, including, without limitation, sexual intercourse in what would be its ordinary meaning if practiced upon the living.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 344; A 1991, 1010; 1995, 1204; 1997, 2503, 3190; 2005, 2878)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.460 - Sale, acquisition, receipt or transfer for consideration of human organ for transplantation prohibited; penalty.

1. A person shall not knowingly sell, acquire, receive or otherwise transfer for valuable consideration any human organ for use in human transplantation.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Human organ" includes the human kidney, liver, heart, lung, bone marrow and any other part of the human body except blood.
(b) "Valuable consideration" does not include the reasonable payments associated with the removal, transportation, implantation, processing, preservation, quality control or storage of a human organ or the expenses of travel, housing and lost wages incurred by the donor in connection with the donation of a human organ.
3. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1498)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.465 - Sexual conduct with arrestee or detainee by law enforcement officer prohibited; penalty.

1. Unless an act committed in violation of this section constitutes sexual assault pursuant to NRS 200.366, a law enforcement officer who voluntarily engages in sexual conduct with a person who is under arrest or is currently detained by the law enforcement officer or any other law enforcement officer is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. The consent of a person who was under arrest or detained by any law enforcement officer to any sexual conduct with a law enforcement officer is not a defense to a prosecution for any act prohibited by this section.
3. As used in this section, "sexual conduct":
(a) Includes acts of masturbation, sexual penetration or physical contact with another person’s clothed or unclothed genitals or pubic area to arouse, appeal to or gratify the sexual desires of a person.
(b) Does not include acts of a law enforcement officer that are performed to carry out the necessary duties of the law enforcement officer.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 836)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.470 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 201.470 to 201.553, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 201.480 to 201.530, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2522; A 2023, 2467)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.520 - "Sexual conduct" defined.

"Sexual conduct" means:
1. Ordinary sexual intercourse;
2. Anal intercourse;
3. Fellatio, cunnilingus or other oral-genital contact;
4. Physical contact by a person with the unclothed genitals or pubic area of another person for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of either person;
5. Penetration, however slight, by a person of an object into the genital or anal opening of the body of another person for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of either person;
6. Masturbation or the lewd exhibition of unclothed genitals;
7. Sado-masochistic abuse; or
8. Any lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of another person.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2522; A 2015, 2242)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.540 - Sexual conduct between certain employees of school or volunteers at school and pupil: Penalty; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person who:
(a) Is 21 years of age or older;
(b) Is or was employed by a public school or private school in a position of authority or is or was volunteering at a public or private school in a position of authority; and
(c) Engages in sexual conduct with a pupil who is 16 years of age or older, who has not received a high school diploma, a general educational development certificate or an equivalent document and:
(1) Who is or was enrolled in or attending the public school or private school at which the person is or was employed or volunteering; or
(2) With whom the person has had contact in the course of performing his or her duties as an employee or volunteer,
is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person who is married to the pupil at the time an act prohibited by this section is committed.
3. The provisions of this section must not be construed to apply to sexual conduct between two pupils.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2522; A 2001, 703; 2013, 2098; 2015, 1445, 2242; 2017, 2320)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.550 - Sexual conduct between certain employees of college or university and student: Penalty; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person who:
(a) Is 21 years of age or older;
(b) Is employed in a position of authority by a college or university; and
(c) Engages in sexual conduct with a student who is 16 years of age or older, who has not received a high school diploma, a general educational development certificate or an equivalent document and who is enrolled in or attending the college or university at which the person is employed,
is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. For the purposes of subsection 1, a person shall be deemed to be employed in a position of authority by a college or university if the person is employed as:
(a) A teacher, instructor or professor;
(b) An administrator; or
(c) A head or assistant coach.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person who is married to the student at the time an act prohibited by this section is committed.
4. The provisions of this section must not be construed to apply to sexual conduct between two students.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2523; A 2015, 1446; 2017, 2321)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.553 - Unlawful communication between person in position of authority and pupil: Penalty; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and unless a greater penalty is provided by specific statute, a person in a position of authority who knowingly contacts or communicates with or attempts to contact or communicate with a pupil with the intent to:
(a) Engage in the commission of a crime punishable as a felony or gross misdemeanor; or
(b) Cause or encourage the pupil to:
(1) Engage in sexual conduct, either in person or through the use of an electronic communication device;
(2) Use an electronic communication device to transmit or distribute a sexual image of himself or herself to the person;
(3) Engage in an unlawful act that, if committed by an adult, would be a felony or gross misdemeanor; or
(4) Facilitate the commission by the person in a position of authority of a crime punishable as a felony or gross misdemeanor,
is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply if the person in a position of authority:
(a) Is married to the pupil at the time an act prohibited by this section is committed;
(b) Does not have or did not have contact with the pupil in the course of performing any of his or her duties; or
(c) Receives from a pupil, by electronic communication device, an unsolicited sexual image or communication of a sexual nature and reports the image or communication to the principal, administrator or other person in charge of the school at which the person is employed or volunteers as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of the image or communication.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Electronic communication device" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.737.
(b) "Person in a position of authority" means a person who is 18 years of age or older and who:
(1) Is or was an employee at or volunteer for a public school or private school; and
(2) Has had contact with a pupil in the course of performing his or her duties as an employee or volunteer.
(c) "Pupil" means a person who is or was enrolled in or attending a public school or private school.
(d) "Sexual conduct" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 201.520 and also includes sexual conduct between two persons who are in different physical locations but who are communicating with each other through the use of an electronic communication device.
(e) "Sexual image" means any visual depiction, including, without limitation, any photograph or video of a pupil simulating or engaging in sexual conduct or of the pupil as the subject of a sexual portrayal.
(f) "Sexual portrayal" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.700.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2466)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.555 - Sexual conduct between certain employees or contractors of or volunteers for entity providing services to children and children under care, custody, control or supervision of entity: Penalty; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person who:
(a) Is 25 years of age or older;
(b) Is in a position of authority as an employee or contractor of or volunteer for an entity which provides services to children; and
(c) Engages in sexual conduct with a person who is 16 years of age or older but less than 18 years of age and:
(1) Who is under the care, custody, control or supervision of the entity at which the person is employed or volunteering or of which the person is a contractor; and
(2) With whom the person has had contact in the course of performing his or her duties as an employee, contractor or volunteer,
is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person who is an employee or contractor of or volunteer for an entity which provides services to children and who is married to the person under the care, custody, control or supervision of the entity at the time an act prohibited by this section is committed.
3. A person convicted pursuant to this section is not subject to the registration or community notification requirements of chapter 179D of NRS.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Agency which provides child welfare services" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.030.
(b) "Department of juvenile justice services" means:
(1) In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the probation department of the juvenile court established pursuant to NRS 62G.010 to 62G.070, inclusive;
(2) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more but less than 700,000, the department of juvenile services established pursuant to NRS 62G.100 to 62G.170, inclusive; and
(3) In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the department of juvenile justice services established by ordinance pursuant to NRS 62G.210 or, if a department of juvenile justice services has not been established by ordinance pursuant to NRS 62G.210, the department of juvenile justice services established pursuant to NRS 62G.300 to 62G.370, inclusive.
(c) "Entity which provides services to children" means:
(1) An agency which provides child welfare services;
(2) A department of juvenile justice services;
(3) A foster home; or
(4) The Youth Parole Bureau.
(d) "Foster home" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 424.014.
(e) "Youth Parole Bureau" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 62A.350.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2319)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 201 - Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals › NRS 201.570 - Definition; penalty.

1. An adult commits the crime of criminal gang recruitment if the adult uses or threatens to use physical violence against a child or against another person, or causes or threatens to cause damage to the property of the child or the property of another person, with the specific intent to coerce, induce or solicit the child:
(a) To become a member of a criminal gang;
(b) To remain a member of a criminal gang and not withdraw or disassociate from the criminal gang; or
(c) To rejoin a criminal gang of which the child is no longer a member or from which the child has withdrawn or disassociated.
2. An adult who commits the crime of criminal gang recruitment is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Adult" means a person who is 18 years of age or older.
(b) "Child" means a person who is less than 18 years of age.
(c) "Criminal gang" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 193.168.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 417)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.005 - "Fugitive from justice" defined.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "fugitive from justice" means a person who has been found in this State after:
1. Being charged in another state with the commission of a felony and fleeing from that state to avoid prosecution for the felony; or
2. Fleeing from another state to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 485)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.015 - "Alcoholic beverage" defined.

For the purposes of NRS 202.015 to 202.065, inclusive, "alcoholic beverage" means:
1. Beer, ale, porter, stout and other similar fermented beverages, including sake and similar products, of any name or description containing one-half of 1 percent or more alcohol by volume, brewed or produced from malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute therefor.
2. Any beverage obtained by the fermentation of the natural content of fruits or other agricultural products containing sugar, of not less than one-half of 1 percent of alcohol by volume.
3. Any distilled spirits commonly referred to as ethyl alcohol, ethanol or spirits of wine in any form, including all dilutions and mixtures thereof from whatever process produced.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 481; A 1991, 168; 2001, 1426; 2005, 1326)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.030 - Minor loitering in place where alcoholic beverages sold.

Any person under 21 years of age who shall loiter or remain on the premises of any saloon where spirituous, malt or fermented liquors or wines are sold shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500. Nothing in this section shall apply to:
1. Establishments wherein spirituous, malt or fermented liquors or wines are served only in conjunction with regular meals and where dining tables or booths are provided separate from the bar; or
2. Any grocery store or drugstore where spirituous, malt or fermented liquors or wines are not sold by the drink for consumption on the premises.
[1:99:1949; A 1955, 144]—(NRS A 1967, 482)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.040 - False representation by person under 21 years of age to obtain intoxicating liquor; penalty; sealing of records.

1. A person who is under 21 years of age and who falsely represents himself or herself to be 21 years of age or older in order to obtain any intoxicating liquor is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by:
(a) Performing not more than 24 hours of community service;
(b) Attending the live meeting described in paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 484C.530 and complying with any other requirements set forth in that section; or
(c) Being required to undergo an evaluation in accordance with subsection 2 of NRS 484C.350,
or any combination thereof.
2. If a person under 21 years of age fulfills the terms and conditions imposed for a violation of this section, the court shall, without a hearing, order sealed all documents, papers and exhibits in that person’s record, minute book entries and entries on dockets, and other documents relating to the case in the custody of such other agencies and officers as are named in the court’s order. The court shall cause a copy of the order to be sent to each agency or officer named in the order. Each such agency or officer shall notify the court in writing of its compliance with the order.
[Part 1911 C&P § 241; A 1925, 212; NCL § 10188]—(NRS A 2021, 852)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.055 - Sale or furnishing of alcoholic beverage to minor; aiding minor to purchase or procure alcoholic beverage; policy to prevent minor from obtaining alcoholic beverage through use of Internet.

1. Every person who knowingly:
(a) Sells, gives or otherwise furnishes an alcoholic beverage to any person under 21 years of age;
(b) Leaves or deposits any alcoholic beverage in any place with the intent that it will be procured by any person under 21 years of age; or
(c) Furnishes, gives, or causes to be given any money or thing of value to any person under 21 years of age with the knowledge that the money or thing of value is to be used by the person under 21 years of age to purchase or procure any alcoholic beverage,
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. Paragraph (a) of subsection 1 does not apply to a parent, guardian or physician of the person under 21 years of age.
3. Every person who sells, gives or otherwise furnishes alcoholic beverages through the use of the Internet shall adopt a policy to prevent a person under 21 years of age from obtaining an alcoholic beverage from the person through the use of the Internet. The policy must include, without limitation, a method for ensuring that the person who delivers the alcoholic beverages obtains the signature of a person who is over the age of 21 years when delivering the beverages and that the packaging or wrapping of the alcoholic beverages when they are shipped is clearly marked with words that describe the alcoholic beverages. A person who fails to adopt a policy pursuant to this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 482; A 1969, 22; 1987, 482; 2001, 2788)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.057 - Using person who is less than 18 years of age to distribute material that includes offer for alcoholic beverages.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful for a person to employ, allow or use a person who is less than 18 years of age to distribute promotional materials that include an offer for alcoholic beverages for a business, including, without limitation, a gaming establishment, a saloon, a resort or a restaurant.
2. This section does not prohibit the employment of a person who is less than 18 years of age to distribute a publication that includes an advertisement for the sale of alcoholic beverages which is incident to the publication.
3. A person who violates subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1426)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.060 - Saloonkeeper allowing minor to remain in establishment.

Any proprietor, keeper or manager of a saloon or resort where spirituous, malt or fermented liquors or wines are sold, who shall, knowingly, allow or permit any person under the age of 21 years to remain therein shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500. Nothing in this section shall apply to:
1. Establishments wherein spirituous, malt or fermented liquors or wines are served only in conjunction with regular meals and where dining tables or booths are provided separate from the bar; or
2. Any grocery store or drugstore where spirituous, malt or fermented liquors or wines are not sold by the drink for consumption on the premises.
[1:152:1911; A 1955, 85]—(NRS A 1967, 483)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.065 - Sale of alcoholic beverage containing more than 80 percent of alcohol by volume.

1. A person shall not sell an alcoholic beverage containing more than 80 percent of alcohol by volume.
2. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 168)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.067 - Sale, offer for sale, purchase, possession or use of alcohol vaporizing device; use of brand name of alcoholic beverage in advertisement or promotion of alcohol vaporizing device.

1. A person shall not:
(a) Sell or offer for sale, purchase, possess or use an alcohol vaporizing device; or
(b) Use the brand name of any alcoholic beverage in an advertisement or other promotion of an alcohol vaporizing device.
2. A person who violates any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Alcohol vaporizing device" means a machine or other device which mixes liquor with pure oxygen or any other gas to produce a vaporized product which is consumed by inhalation.
(b) "Liquor" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 369.040.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 1325)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.170 - Willfully poisoning or adulterating food, water or medicine.

A person who willfully mingles poison or any other harmful substance, including, but not limited to, glass or a razor blade, in any food, drink or medicine intended or prepared for the use of a human being, and a person who willfully poisons any spring, well or reservoir of water, 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, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
[1911 C&P § 276; RL § 6541; NCL § 10224]—(NRS A 1967, 483; 1971, 1060; 1979, 1433; 1995, 1204; 1997, 519)