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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.380 - Sale or possession of tear gas bombs or weapons which are not permitted under NRS 202.370 to 202.440, inclusive; penalties.

1. A person, other than a convicted person, who within this state knowingly sells or offers for sale, possesses or transports any form of shell, cartridge or bomb containing or capable of emitting tear gas, or any weapon designed for the use of such shell, cartridge or bomb, except as permitted under the provisions of NRS 202.370 to 202.440, inclusive, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. A convicted person who owns or has in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control any form of shell, cartridge or bomb containing or capable of emitting tear gas, or any weapon designed for the use of such a shell, cartridge or bomb, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
3. As used in this section, the term "convicted person" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179C.010.
[1:273:1955]—(NRS A 1967, 487; 1975, 116; 1977, 867; 1981, 2051; 1995, 1209)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.390 - Weapon to bear name of manufacturer and serial number; penalty for removal.

1. Each tear gas weapon sold, transported or possessed under the authority of NRS 202.370 to 202.440, inclusive, shall bear the name of the manufacturer and a serial number applied by the manufacturer.
2. No person shall change, alter, remove or obliterate the name of the manufacturer, the serial number or any other mark of identification on any tear gas weapon. Possession of any such weapon upon which the same shall have been changed, altered, removed or obliterated, shall be presumptive evidence that such possessor has changed, altered, removed or obliterated the same.
3. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[3:273:1955] + [4:273:1955]—(NRS A 1967, 488)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.400 - Permit for possession, transportation and use in protective system to be issued by sheriff.

1. The sheriff of any county may issue a permit for the possession and transportation of such shells, cartridges, bombs or weapons to any applicant who submits proof that good cause exists for issuance of the permit.
2. The permit may also allow the applicant to install, maintain and operate a protective system involving the use of such shells, cartridges, bombs or weapons in any place which is accurately and completely described in the application for the permit.
[5:273:1955]—(NRS A 1973, 338; 1975, 116)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.410 - Applications for permits: Contents.

1. All applications for such permits shall:
(a) Be filed in writing;
(b) Be signed by the applicant if an individual, or by a member or officer qualified to sign if the applicant is a firm or corporation; and
(c) State the name, business in which engaged, business address, a full description of the place or vehicle in which such shells, cartridges, bombs or weapons are to be transported, kept, installed or maintained.
2. If such shells, cartridges, bombs or weapons are to be used in connection with or to constitute a protective system, the application shall also contain the name of the person who is to install such protective system.
[6:273:1955]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.420 - Inspection of permits.

Every person, firm or corporation to whom a permit is issued shall either carry the same upon his or her person or keep the same in the place described in the permit. The permit shall be open to inspection by any peace officer or other person designated by the authority issuing the permit.
[7:273:1955]—(NRS A 1975, 116)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.430 - Revocation of permits.

Permits issued in accordance with NRS 202.370 to 202.440, inclusive, may be revoked by the issuing authority at any time when it shall appear that the need for the possession or transportation of such shells, cartridges, bombs, weapons, or protective system involving the use of the same, has ceased, or that the holder of the permit has engaged in an unlawful business or occupation or has wrongfully made use of such shells, cartridges, bombs or weapons or the permit issued.
[8:273:1955]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.440 - License for retail sale of bombs or weapons; conditions.

The sheriff of any county may also grant licenses in a form to be prescribed by the sheriff, effective for not more than 1 year from the date of issuance, to permit the sale at retail, at the place specified in the license, of such shells, cartridges, bombs or weapons, and to permit the installation and maintenance of protective systems involving the use of such shells, cartridges, bombs or weapons, subject to the following conditions, upon breach of any of which the license shall be subject to forfeiture:
1. Such business shall be carried on only in the building designated in the license.
2. Such license or certified copy thereof must be displayed on the premises in a place where it may easily be read.
3. No such shell, cartridge, bomb or weapon shall be delivered to any person not authorized to possess or transport the same under the provisions of NRS 202.370 to 202.440, inclusive. No protective system involving the use of such shells, cartridges, bombs or weapons shall be installed, nor shall supplies be sold for the maintenance of such system, unless the licensee has personal knowledge of the existence of a valid permit for the operation and maintenance of such system.
4. A complete record must be kept of sales made under the authority of the license, showing the name and address of the purchaser, the quantity and description of the articles purchased, together with the serial number, if any, the number and date of issue of the purchaser’s permit, and the signature of the purchaser or purchasing agent. No sale shall be made unless the permit authorizing possession and transportation of shells, cartridges, bombs or weapons is displayed to the seller and the information herein required is copied therefrom. This record shall be open to the inspection of any peace officer or other person designated by the sheriff.
[9:273:1955]—(NRS A 1973, 338; 1975, 116)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.441 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 202.441 to 202.449, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 202.4415 to 202.4445, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3; A 2003, 2949; 2007, 996)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.4415 - "Act of terrorism" defined.

1. "Act of terrorism" means any act that involves the use or attempted use of sabotage, coercion or violence which is intended to:
(a) Cause great bodily harm or death to the general population; or
(b) Cause substantial destruction, contamination or impairment of:
(1) Any building or infrastructure, communications, transportation, utilities or services; or
(2) Any natural resource or the environment.
2. As used in this section, "coercion" does not include an act of civil disobedience.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2947)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.442 - "Biological agent" defined.

"Biological agent" means any microorganism, virus, infectious substance or other biological substance, material or product, or any component or compound thereof, which is naturally occurring, cultivated, engineered, processed, extracted or manufactured and which is capable of causing:
1. Death or substantial bodily harm;
2. Substantial deterioration or contamination of food, water, equipment, supplies or material of any kind; or
3. Substantial damage to natural resources or the environment.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3; A 2003, 2949)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.4425 - "Chemical agent" defined.

"Chemical agent" means any chemical substance, material or product, or any component or compound thereof, which is naturally occurring, cultivated, engineered, processed, extracted or manufactured and which is capable of causing:
1. Death or substantial bodily harm;
2. Substantial deterioration or contamination of food, water, equipment, supplies or material of any kind; or
3. Substantial damage to natural resources or the environment.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2947)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.443 - "Delivery system" defined.

"Delivery system" means any apparatus, equipment, implement, device or means of delivery which is specifically designed to send, disperse, release, discharge or disseminate any weapon of mass destruction, any biological agent, chemical agent, radioactive agent or other lethal agent or any toxin.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3; A 2003, 2949)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.4431 - "For use as a weapon" defined.

1. "For use as a weapon" means having the capability to be used in a harmful or threatening manner.
2. The term does not include any act that is done lawfully for a prophylactic, protective or peaceful purpose.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2947)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.4432 - "Hoax substance" defined.

"Hoax substance" means any item that appears to a reasonable person to be a weapon of mass destruction, biological agent, chemical agent, radioactive agent or other lethal agent, any toxin or any delivery system for use as a weapon.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 995)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.4435 - "Oral, written or electronic communication" defined.

"Oral, written or electronic communication" includes, without limitation, any of the following:
1. A letter, note or any other type of written correspondence.
2. An item of mail or a package delivered by any person or postal or delivery service.
3. A telegraph or wire service, or any other similar means of communication.
4. A telephone, cellular phone, satellite phone, pager or facsimile machine, or any other similar means of communication.
5. A radio, television, cable, closed circuit, wire, wireless, satellite or other audio or video broadcast or transmission, or any other similar means of communication.
6. An audio or video recording or reproduction, or any other similar means of communication.
7. An item of electronic mail, a computer, computer network or computer system, or any other similar means of communication.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2947)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.4437 - "Radioactive agent" defined.

"Radioactive agent" means any radioactive substance, material or product, or any component or compound thereof, which is naturally occurring, cultivated, engineered, processed, extracted or manufactured and which is capable of causing:
1. Death or substantial bodily harm;
2. Substantial deterioration or contamination of food, water, equipment, supplies or material of any kind; or
3. Substantial damage to natural resources or the environment.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2948)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.444 - "Toxin" defined.

"Toxin" means any toxic substance, material or product, or any component or compound thereof, which is naturally occurring, cultivated, engineered, processed, extracted or manufactured and which is capable of causing:
1. Death or substantial bodily harm;
2. Substantial deterioration or contamination of food, water, equipment, supplies or material of any kind; or
3. Substantial damage to natural resources or the environment.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 3; A 2003, 2949)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.445 - Acts of terrorism or attempted acts of terrorism prohibited; penalties.

1. A person shall not knowingly or intentionally commit or cause an act of terrorism or attempt to commit or cause an act of terrorism.
2. A person shall not knowingly or intentionally:
(a) Aid, further or conceal or attempt to aid, further or conceal an act of terrorism;
(b) Assist, solicit or conspire with another person to commit, cause, aid, further or conceal an act of terrorism; or
(c) Provide material support with the intent that such material support be used, in whole or in part, to:
(1) Commit, cause, aid, further or conceal an act of terrorism; or
(2) Aid a terrorist or conceal a terrorist from detection or capture.
3. A person who violates subsection 1 is guilty of a category A felony and:
(a) Shall be punished by imprisonment:
(1) For life without the possibility of parole;
(2) For life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 20 years has been served; or
(3) For a definite term of 50 years, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 20 years has been served; and
(b) Shall further be punished by a fine of at least $50,000 but not more than $100,000.
4. A person who violates subsection 2 is guilty of a category A felony and:
(a) Shall be punished by imprisonment:
(1) For life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served; or
(2) For a definite term of 25 years, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served; and
(b) Shall be further punished by a fine of at least $25,000 but not more than $50,000.
5. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order a person who violates the provisions of this section to pay restitution:
(a) To each victim for any injuries that are a result of the violation; and
(b) To the State of Nevada or a local government for any costs that arise from the violation.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2948)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.448 - Making threats or conveying false information concerning acts of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, lethal agents or toxins prohibited; penalty.

1. A person shall not, through the use of any means of oral, written or electronic communication, knowingly make any threat or convey any false information concerning an act of terrorism or the presence, development, manufacture, production, assemblage, transfer, transportation, acquisition, retention, storage, testing, possession, delivery, dispersion, release, discharge or use of any weapon of mass destruction, any biological agent, chemical agent, radioactive agent or other lethal agent or any toxin with the intent to:
(a) Injure, intimidate or alarm any person, whether or not any person is actually injured, intimidated or alarmed thereby;
(b) Cause panic or civil unrest, whether or not such panic or civil unrest actually occurs;
(c) Extort or profit thereby, whether or not the extortion is actually successful or any profit actually occurs; or
(d) Interfere with the operations of or cause economic or other damage to any person or any officer, agency, board, bureau, commission, department, division or other unit of federal, state or local government, whether or not such interference or damage actually occurs.
2. A person who violates any provision of subsection 1 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 20 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply to any act that is committed in a lawful manner and in the course of a lawful business, event or activity.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 4; A 2003, 2950; 2007, 996)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.449 - Dispersing hoax substance prohibited; penalties.

1. A person shall not, through the use of any means of delivery, including, without limitation, mail, package delivery services, mail couriers or drop payment boxes, disperse or cause to be dispersed any hoax substance with the intent to:
(a) Injure, intimidate, alarm or cause mental anguish to any person, whether or not any person is actually injured, intimidated, alarmed or caused mental anguish thereby;
(b) Cause any reasonable person to believe that the person was contaminated by or exposed to a biological agent, chemical agent, radioactive agent or other lethal agent, any toxin or any nuclear or explosive substance;
(c) Cause panic or civil unrest, whether or not such panic or civil unrest actually occurs;
(d) Extort or profit thereby, whether or not the extortion is actually successful or any profit actually occurs; or
(e) Interfere with the operations of or cause economic or other damage to any person or business, whether or not such interference or damage actually occurs.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person who violates any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. Unless a greater penalty is provided by specific statute, if a person violates any provision of subsection 1 and the violation proximately causes the death of, or substantial bodily harm to, any other person, the person 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 20 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.
4. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order a person who violates any provision of subsection 1 to pay restitution to any public agency for any expenses of a response to a hoax substance that arise from the violation.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Expenses of a response to a hoax substance" includes, without limitation, the reasonable costs incurred by a public agency in making an appropriate response to or investigation of a hoax substance, including, without limitation, the salary or wages of any person responding to or investigating a hoax substance, the deemed wages of any volunteer of a public agency participating in the response or investigation, the costs for use or operation of any equipment and the costs for the use or expenditure of any resources, fuel or other materials.
(b) "Public agency" means an agency, bureau, board, commission, department or division of the State of Nevada or a political subdivision of the State of Nevada that provides police, fire-fighting, rescue or emergency medical services.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 995)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.460 - Unequal damage.

An act which affects a considerable number of persons in any of the ways specified in NRS 202.450 is not less a public nuisance because the extent of the damage is unequal.
[1911 C&P § 297; RL § 6562; NCL § 10245]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.470 - Maintaining or permitting nuisance: Penalty.

Every person who:
1. Shall commit or maintain a public nuisance, for which no special punishment is prescribed; or
2. Shall willfully omit or refuse to perform any legal duty relating to the removal of such nuisance; or
3. Shall let, or permit to be used, any building or boat, or portion thereof, knowing that it is intended to be, or is being used, for committing or maintaining any such nuisance,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 298; RL § 6563; NCL § 10246]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.480 - Abatement of nuisance; civil penalty.

1. Any court or magistrate before whom there may be pending any proceeding for a violation of NRS 202.470 shall, in addition to any fine or other punishment which it may impose for such a violation, order:
(a) The defendant to abate the nuisance. The abatement must begin within 3 days after the court or magistrate enters the order to abate and must be completed within the time period specified by the court or magistrate. The responsible agency shall supervise the abatement and report to the court or magistrate regarding whether the abatement was successfully completed within the time period specified by the court or magistrate.
(b) The defendant to pay a civil penalty of not less than $500 but not more than $5,000. If ordered by the court or magistrate, the penalty may be paid in installments. The responsible agency may attempt to collect a civil penalty or installment that is in default in any manner provided by law for the enforcement of a judgment.
2. If a defendant is ordered to abate a nuisance pursuant to subsection 1 and fails to abate the nuisance within the time period specified by the court or magistrate, the responsible agency may assume responsibility and abate the nuisance, at the expense of the defendant. If the responsible agency abates the nuisance, the responsible party shall report to the court or magistrate upon the successful completion of the abatement.
3. Any civil penalty collected pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited with the treasurer of the responsible agency in an account used solely to pay costs associated with any abatement ordered by a court or magistrate.
4. As used in this section, "responsible agency" means an agency, officer, bureau, board, commission, department, division or any other unit of government of the State or a local government that is designated by a court or magistrate as the party responsible for carrying out any action pursuant to this section.
[1911 C&P § 299; RL § 6564; NCL § 10247]—(NRS A 2009, 405)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.485 - Leaving child unattended in motor vehicle; penalty; exception.

1. A parent, legal guardian or other person responsible for a child who is 7 years of age or younger shall not knowingly and intentionally leave that child in a motor vehicle if:
(a) The conditions present a significant risk to the health and safety of the child; or
(b) The engine of the motor vehicle is running or the keys to the vehicle are in the ignition,
unless the child is being supervised by and within the sight of a person who is at least 12 years of age.
2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor. The court may suspend the proceedings against a person who is charged with violating subsection 1 and dismiss the proceedings against the person if the person presents proof to the court, within the time specified by the court, that the person has successfully completed an educational program satisfactory to the court. The educational program must include, without limitation, information concerning the dangers of leaving a child unattended or inadequately attended in a motor vehicle.
3. A law enforcement officer or other person rendering emergency services who reasonably believes that a violation of this section has occurred may, without incurring civil liability, use any reasonable means necessary to protect the child and to remove the child from the motor vehicle.
4. No person may be prosecuted under this section if the conduct would give rise to prosecution under any other provision of law.
5. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person who unintentionally locks a motor vehicle with a child in the vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 973; A 2017, 2252)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 202.575)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.487 - Leaving pet unattended in motor vehicle; exceptions; penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person shall not allow a pet to remain unattended in a parked or standing motor vehicle if conditions, including, without limitation, extreme heat or cold, present a significant risk to the health and safety of the pet.
2. Any:
(a) Peace officer;
(b) Animal control officer;
(c) Governmental officer or employee whose primary duty is to ensure public safety;
(d) Employee or volunteer of any organized fire department; or
(e) Member of a search and rescue organization in this State that is under the direct supervision of a sheriff,
who reasonably believes that a violation of this section has occurred may, without incurring civil liability, use any reasonable means necessary to protect the pet and to remove the pet from the motor vehicle.
3. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to:
(a) A police animal or an animal that is used by:
(1) A federal law enforcement agency to assist the agency in carrying out the duties of the agency; or
(2) A search and rescue organization in this State that is under the direction of a sheriff to assist the organization in carrying out the activities of the organization; or
(b) A dog that is under the possession or control of:
(1) An animal control officer; or
(2) A first responder during an emergency.
4. A pet that is removed from a motor vehicle pursuant to subsection 2 shall be deemed to be an animal being treated cruelly for the purposes of NRS 574.055. A person required by NRS 574.055 to take possession of a pet removed pursuant to this section may take any action relating to the pet specified in NRS 574.055 and is entitled to any lien or immunity from liability that is applicable pursuant to that section.
5. The provisions of this section do not:
(a) Interfere with or prohibit any activity, law or right specified in NRS 574.200; or
(b) Apply to a person who unintentionally locks a motor vehicle with a pet in the motor vehicle.
6. A person who violates a provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
7. As used in this section:
(a) "Animal" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 574.050.
(b) "First responder" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 574.050.
(c) "Pet" means a domesticated animal owned or possessed by a person for the purpose of pleasure or companionship and includes, without limitation, a cat or dog.
(d) "Police animal" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 574.050.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 2251)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.500 - Dangerous or vicious dogs: Unlawful acts; penalties.

1. For the purposes of this section, a dog is:
(a) "Dangerous" if:
(1) It is so declared pursuant to subsection 2; or
(2) Without provocation, on two separate occasions within 18 months, it behaved menacingly, to a degree that would lead a reasonable person to defend himself or herself against substantial bodily harm, when the dog was:
(I) Off the premises of its owner or keeper; or
(II) Not confined in a cage, pen or vehicle.
(b) "Provoked" when it is tormented or subjected to pain.
(c) "Vicious" if:
(1) Without being provoked, it killed or inflicted substantial bodily harm upon a human being; or
(2) After its owner or keeper had been notified by a law enforcement agency that the dog is dangerous, the dog continued the behavior described in paragraph (a).
2. A dog may be declared dangerous by a law enforcement agency if it is used in the commission of a crime by its owner or keeper.
3. A dog may not be found dangerous or vicious:
(a) Based solely on the breed of the dog; or
(b) Because of a defensive act against a person who was committing or attempting to commit a crime or who provoked the dog.
4. A person who knowingly:
(a) Owns or keeps a vicious dog, for more than 7 days after the person has actual notice that the dog is vicious; or
(b) Transfers ownership of a vicious dog after the person has actual notice that the dog is vicious,
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
5. If substantial bodily harm results from an attack by a dog known to be vicious, its owner or keeper is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In lieu of, or in addition to, a penalty provided in this subsection, the judge may order the vicious dog to be humanely destroyed.
6. A local authority shall not adopt or enforce an ordinance or regulation that deems a dog dangerous or vicious based solely on the breed of the dog.
7. This section does not apply to a dog used by a law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her duty.
8. As used in this section, "local authority" means the governing board of a county, city or other political subdivision having authority to enact laws or ordinances or promulgate regulations relating to dogs.
[1911 C&P § 176; RL § 6441; NCL § 10123]—(NRS A 1967, 488; 1993, 2887; 1995, 1209; 2013, 426)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.510 - Doors of public buildings to swing outward.

1. The doors of all theaters, opera houses, school buildings, churches, public halls, or places used for public entertainments, exhibitions or meetings, which are used exclusively or in part for admission to or egress from the same, or any part thereof, shall be so hung and arranged as to open outwardly, and during any exhibition, entertainment or meeting shall be kept unlocked and unfastened, and in such condition that in case of danger or necessity, immediate escape from such building shall not be prevented or delayed.
2. Every agent or lessee of any such building who shall rent the same or allow it to be used for any of the public purposes mentioned in subsection 1 without having the doors thereof hung and arranged as provided in this section shall, for each violation of any provision of this section, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 316; RL § 6581; NCL § 10264]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.530 - Reckless riding or driving of horse on public street or highway; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor who:
(a) Rides or drives a horse upon a public street or highway in a manner likely to endanger the safety or life of another person on the public street or highway.
(b) While riding or driving a horse upon a public street or highway, creates or participates in any noise, disturbance or other demonstration calculated or intended to frighten, intimidate or disturb any person.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to a peace officer who rides or drives a horse while performing duties as a peace officer if the peace officer:
(a) Is responding to an emergency call or is in pursuit of a suspected violator of the law; or
(b) Determines that noncompliance with any such provision is necessary to carry out his or her duties.
[1911 C&P § 324; RL § 6589; NCL § 10272]—(NRS A 2001, 996)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.540 - Dangerous exhibitions.

Every proprietor, lessee or occupant of any place of amusement, plat of ground or building, who shall allow it to be used for an exhibition of skill in throwing any sharp instrument or in shooting any bow gun, pistol or firearm of any description, at or toward any human being, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 325; RL § 6590; NCL § 10273]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.550 - Placing of lethal bait on public domain.

1. It is unlawful for any person to place any lethal bait on the public domain:
(a) Within 3 miles of any place of habitation, whether occupied or vacant; or
(b) At any other place unless it is marked by a steel or wooden post extending not less than 4 feet above the ground, having the uppermost 8 inches painted red and bearing a suitable sign advising of the presence of lethal bait. The post must be installed in the immediate vicinity of the bait, and the post and sign must be maintained at all times during which the lethal bait is exposed; or
(c) At any place by distribution from an airplane except upon written permit first obtained from the Committee to Control Predatory Animals.
2. Any person violating any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. Every person other than the person who placed the bait, post or sign, who willfully removes any lethal bait, or post or sign advising of the presence of any lethal bait, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 326.1; added 1953, 524] + [1911 C&P § 326.2; added 1953, 524]—(NRS A 1985, 748)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.560 - Removal of doors from discarded refrigerators, iceboxes and deep-freeze lockers.

1. Any person who discards or abandons in any place accessible to children, or who has in his or her possession, any refrigerator, icebox or deep-freeze locker, having a capacity of 1 1/2 cubic feet or more which is no longer in use and which has not had the door removed, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.
2. Any owner, lessee or manager who knowingly permits such abandoned or discarded refrigerator, icebox or deep-freeze locker to remain on premises under his or her control without having the door removed shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.
3. Guilt of a violation of this section shall not in itself render one guilty of manslaughter, battery or other crime against a person who may suffer death or injury from entrapment in such refrigerator, icebox, or deep-freeze locker.
4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vendor or seller of refrigerators, iceboxes or deep-freeze lockers who keeps or stores them for sale purposes, if the vendor or seller takes reasonable precautions to secure effectively the door of any such refrigerator, icebox or deep-freeze locker so as to prevent entrance by children small enough to fit therein.
[1911 C&P § 326.5; added 1953, 206]—(NRS A 1967, 488)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.580 - Removal, damage or destruction of signal or apparatus for police or fire alarm; impairing effectiveness of or installing inoperable system for fire protection.

1. Every person who willfully and maliciously removes, damages or destroys any rope, wire, bell, signal, instrument or apparatus for the communication of alarms of fire or police calls is guilty of an offense proportionate to the value of the property removed, damaged or destroyed, but in no event less than a misdemeanor.
2. Every contractor who willfully or maliciously installs or causes to be installed in any structure a fire protection system knowing it to be inoperable, or who impairs the effectiveness of a fire protection system in any structure to an extent that a person in the structure would be endangered in the event of a fire, shall be punished by the permanent revocation of every license issued to the contractor by this state or any political subdivision authorizing the contractor to install fire protection systems, and for a gross misdemeanor.
3. The conviction of a person for a violation of the provisions of subsection 2 does not preclude the prosecution of that person for deceptive trade practices, fraud or similar crimes.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Automatic fire extinguishing system" means a system approved by the State Fire Marshal that is installed in a structure and designed to extinguish a specific type of fire. This type of system includes dry chemical, carbon dioxide, halogenated agent, steam, high-expansion foam, foam extinguishing and liquid agent systems.
(b) "Automatic fire sprinkler system" means a system of underground or overhead pipes, or both, to which sprinklers are attached that is installed in a structure and designed to discharge water automatically when activated by heat from a fire and to sound an alarm when the system is in operation.
(c) "Contractor" means any person, including a subcontractor, employee or agent of the contractor, who, for another person and for compensation or with the intention or expectation of receiving compensation, undertakes to install or cause to be installed, by himself or herself or by or through others, in any structure, a fire protection system.
(d) "Fire alarm system" means a system composed of a control unit and a combination of electrical devices that is designed to sound an alarm in the event of a fire and that may be activated manually, automatically or in both ways.
(e) "Fire protection system" includes an automatic fire sprinkler system, an automatic fire extinguishing system, a fire alarm system and a standpipe system.
(f) "Standpipe system" means a system of pipes, valves, connectors and related equipment that is attached to a water supply and designed so that water can be discharged through a hose attached to a connector for the purpose of extinguishing a fire.
(g) "Structure" includes a building, bridge, tunnel and power plant.
[1911 C&P § 487; RL § 6752; NCL § 10434]—(NRS A 1967, 489; 1989, 1044)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.582 - Removal, damage or destruction of certain property to obtain scrap metal; penalties.

1. A person who willfully and maliciously removes, damages or destroys any utility property, agricultural infrastructure or other agricultural property, property maintained by the State or a local government, construction site or existing structure to obtain scrap metal shall be punished pursuant to the provisions of this section.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if the value of the property removed, damaged or destroyed as described in subsection 1 is:
(a) Less than $500, a person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Five hundred dollars or more, a person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. If the removal, damage or destruction described in subsection 1 causes an interruption in the service provided by any utility property, a person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
4. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order a person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 to pay restitution and:
(a) For the first offense, to perform 100 hours of community service.
(b) For a second offense, to perform 200 hours of community service.
(c) For a third or subsequent offense, to perform up to 300 hours of community service for up to 1 year, as determined by the court.
5. In determining the value of the property removed, damaged or destroyed as described in subsection 1, the cost of replacing or repairing the property or repairing the utility property, agricultural infrastructure, agricultural property, construction site or existing structure, if necessary, must be added to the value of the property.
6. As used in this section:
(a) "Scrap metal" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 647.017.
(b) "Utility property" means any facility, equipment or other property owned, maintained or used by a company or a city, county or other political subdivision of this State to furnish cable television or other video service, broadband service, telecommunication service, telephone service, natural gas service, water service, sewer service, storm water collection or disposal service or electric service, regardless of whether the facility, property or equipment is currently used to furnish such service.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 1242; A 2013, 319, 1959)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.585 - Directing light emitted from laser device at aircraft with intent to interfere with operation of aircraft; penalty.

1. A person shall not willfully direct at an aircraft any light emitted from a laser device or other source which is capable of interfering with the vision of a person operating the aircraft with the intent to interfere with the operation of the aircraft.
2. A person who violates this section:
(a) If the violation does not result in injury to any person on the aircraft or damage to the aircraft, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) If the violation results in injury to any person on the aircraft or damage to the aircraft or any equipment used to assist in the navigation or operation of the aircraft, is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Aircraft" means any contrivance intended for and capable of transporting persons through airspace.
(b) "Laser device" means a device that uses the natural oscillations of atoms or molecules between energy levels for generating coherent electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet, visible or infrared region of the spectrum and when discharged exceeds one milliwatt continuous wave.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 209)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.595 - Performance of act or neglect of duty in willful or wanton disregard of safety of persons or property; penalty.

Unless a greater penalty is otherwise provided by statute and except under the circumstances described in NRS 484B.653, a person who performs any act or neglects any duty imposed by law in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property shall be punished:
1. If the act or neglect does not result in the substantial bodily harm or death of a person, for a gross misdemeanor.
2. If the act or neglect results in the substantial bodily harm or death of a person, for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 466; A 1995, 1332)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.750 - "Explosive" defined.

As used in NRS 202.750 to 202.840, inclusive, the term "explosive" means:
1. Gunpowders, powders used for blasting, all forms of high explosives, blasting materials, fuses (other than electric circuit breakers), detonators and other detonating agents, smokeless powders, other explosive or incendiary devices and any chemical compounds, mechanical mixtures or device that contains any oxidizing and combustible units, or other ingredients, in such proportions, quantities or packing that ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by detonation of the compound, mixture or device or any part thereof may cause an explosion; or
2. Any explosive material included in the list of explosive materials published in the Federal Register and revised annually by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 841 et seq.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1280; A 2009, 21)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.760 - Shipment or receipt of explosives by certain persons unlawful.

It is unlawful for any person:
1. Who is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court of, a crime relating to the practice of shipping or transporting explosives that is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year;
2. Who is a fugitive from justice;
3. Who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any depressant or stimulant drug or any controlled substance; or
4. Who has been judicially declared mentally ill or who has been committed to a hospital as mentally ill,
to ship or transport any explosive within the State or to receive any explosive which has been shipped or transported within the State.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1280; A 1973, 26; 1987, 1548; 2003, 2691)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.770 - Seizure and forfeiture of explosives.

Any explosive involved or used or intended to be used in any violation of NRS 202.750 to 202.840, inclusive, or any other law or ordinance shall be subject to seizure or forfeiture of those materials.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1281)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.780 - Transportation or receipt of explosives for unlawful purpose; penalties.

A person who transports or receives, or attempts to transport or receive within the State, any explosive with the knowledge or intent that it will be used to kill, injure or intimidate a person or unlawfully to damage or destroy any building, vehicle or real property is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished:
1. If no substantial bodily harm results, by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, or by a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $10,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
2. If substantial bodily harm results, 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, or by a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $20,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1281; A 1973, 1806; 1995, 1210)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.790 - Authorized transportation or receipt of explosives for lawful purpose not prohibited.

Nothing in NRS 202.760 to 202.790, inclusive, shall be construed to prevent any person from transporting or receiving any explosive pursuant to any authority granted by the Federal Government or this state or for any lawful purpose.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1281)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.820 - Use or possession of explosives during commission of felony; penalties.

1. A person who:
(a) Uses an explosive to commit any felony; or
(b) Carries an explosive unlawfully during the commission of any felony,
is guilty of a separate felony unless the use of an explosive is a necessary element of the other crime.
2. A person who commits the offense described in subsection 1 is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished:
(a) For the first offense, by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.
(b) For the second or any subsequent offense, 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.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1281; A 1979, 1436; 1995, 1210)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.830 - Use of explosives to damage or destroy property prohibited; penalties.

1. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to subsection 2, a person who maliciously damages or destroys, attempts to damage or destroy, or conspires with another person to damage or destroy, by means of an explosive, any building, vehicle or real property in the State:
(a) If no substantial bodily harm results, 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 10 years, or by a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $10,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(b) If substantial bodily harm results, 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 20 years, or by a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $20,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
2. A person who maliciously damages or destroys, attempts to damage or destroy, or conspires with another person to damage or destroy, by means of an explosive, any building, vehicle or real property in the State, knowing or having reason to believe that a human being is therein at the time, is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison:
(a) For life without the possibility of parole;
(b) For life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served; or
(c) For a definite term of 25 years, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served,
in the discretion of the jury, or of the court upon a plea of guilty or guilty but mentally ill.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1282; A 1973, 1807; 1995, 1210; 2009, 21)