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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.175 - Sale, offer for sale, distribution, purchase, possession or use of powdered alcohol.

1. A person shall not sell, offer for sale or otherwise distribute or purchase, possess or use powdered alcohol.
2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. As used in this section, "powdered alcohol" means any powdered or crystalline substance containing any amount of alcohol that is used for direct consumption or for reconstitution.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1450)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.180 - Deposit of unwholesome substance; carrying on business detrimental to public health on or near route of public travel; deposit of dead body of animal; burning stolen metallic wire.

1. Every person who:
(a) Shall deposit, leave or keep, on or near a highway or route of public travel, on land or water, any unwholesome substance;
(b) Shall establish, maintain or carry on, upon or near a highway or route of public travel, on land or water, any business, trade or manufacture which is detrimental to the public health;
(c) Shall deposit or cast into any lake, creek or river, wholly or partly in this State, the offal from or the dead body of any animal; or
(d) Shall knowingly burn stolen metallic wire to remove insulation,
shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. As used in this section, "stolen metallic wire" means metallic wire that has been taken unlawfully from or without the permission of the owner, whether or not the person who took the metallic wire is or has been prosecuted or convicted for taking the metallic wire.
[1911 C&P § 281; RL § 6546; NCL § 10229]—(NRS A 1999, 279)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.185 - Unlawful deposit of dead animal, dirt, garbage or rubbish on public highway.

1. As used in this section:
(a) "Dead animals" means all dead animals or parts thereof, including condemned meats, not intended to be used as food.
(b) "Dirt" includes loose earth, ashes, manure from barns, stables, corrals and pens, offal from butcher houses and slaughterhouses, and all foul and filthy substances.
(c) "Garbage" includes solid or semisolid kitchen refuse subject to decay or putrefaction, and market waste of animal and vegetable matter which has been or was intended to be used as food for humans or animals.
(d) "Rubbish" means old tin and iron cans and containers, old wood and paper boxes, old metals, wire, rope, cordage, bottles, bags and bagging, rubber and rubber tires, paper, and all used or castoff articles or material, including old plaster, brick, cement, glass, and all old building material.
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit or cause to be thrown or deposited on any public highway within the State of Nevada, or within a distance of 1,000 feet from the center of any public highway, any dead animal, dirt, garbage or rubbish as defined in subsection 1.
3. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1:178:1925; NCL § 10554] + [2:178:1925; NCL § 10555] + [3:178:1925; NCL § 10556]—(NRS A 1967, 571)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 405.220)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.200 - Advertising goods and services to produce miscarriage.

1. It shall be unlawful for any person:
(a) To advertise or publish, or cause to be advertised or published in a newspaper, pamphlet, handbill, book or otherwise, any medicine, nostrum, drug, substance, instrument or device to produce the miscarriage or premature delivery of a woman pregnant with child, or which purports to be, or is represented to be, productive of such miscarriage or premature delivery; or
(b) To advertise in any manner his or her services, aid, assistance or advice, or the services, assistance or advice of any other person, in the procurement of such miscarriage or premature delivery.
2. Every person who shall violate the provisions of subsection 1 shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 187; RL § 6452; NCL § 10134] + [1911 C&P § 188; RL § 6453; NCL § 10135]—(NRS A 1967, 483)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.210 - Publishing advertisement containing prohibited matter.

The proprietor or proprietors and the manager or managers of any newspaper, periodical or other printed sheet published or printed within this state, which shall contain any advertisement prohibited by NRS 202.200, shall, for each publication of such advertisement, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 189; RL § 6454; NCL § 10136]—(NRS A 1967, 484)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.220 - Circulation of publications containing prohibited matter.

Every person who shall knowingly sell, distribute, give away, or in any manner dispose of or exhibit to another person any newspaper, pamphlet, book, periodical, handbill, printed slip or writing, or cause the same to be so sold, distributed, disposed of, or exhibited, containing any advertisement prohibited in NRS 202.200, or containing any description or notice of, or reference to, or information concerning, or direction how or where to procure any medicine, drug, nostrum, substance, device, instrument or service, the advertisement of which is prohibited or declared to be unlawful, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Part 1911 C&P § 190; RL § 6455; NCL § 10137]—(NRS A 1967, 484)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.230 - NRS 202.200, 202.210 and 202.220 not applicable to licensed physicians.

Nothing in NRS 202.200, 202.210 and 202.220 shall be construed to interfere with or apply to legally licensed physicians in the legitimate practice of their profession.
[Part 1911 C&P § 190; RL § 6455; NCL § 10137]—(NRS A 1967, 484)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.240 - Advertising treatment, cure or prevention of sexual disorders.

1. It is unlawful for any person to publish or cause to be published, to deliver or distribute or cause to be delivered or distributed in any manner whatsoever, or to post, or display, or knowingly to permit to be posted, displayed, or to remain on any buildings, windows or outhouses, or premises or other surface owned or controlled by him or her in the State of Nevada, or to manufacture or sell, or knowingly to have displayed in or on any window or place where the same could be read by passers-by or the public, any advertisement, label, statement, print or writing which refers to any person or persons from whom, or to any means by which, or to any office or place at which may be obtained any treatment or cure of syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, lost manhood, sexual weakness, lost vitality, impotency, seminal emissions, gleet, varicocele or self-abuse, whether described by such names, words, terms or phrases, or by any other names, words, terms or phrases, calculated or intended to convey to the reader the idea that any of the diseases, infirmities, disabilities, conditions or habits are meant or referred to, or which refers to any medicine, article, device or preparation that may be used for the treatment, cure or prevention of any of the diseases, infirmities, disabilities, conditions or habits mentioned in this section.
2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. This section does not apply to publications, advertisements or notices of the United States Government, the State of Nevada or of any city or town or other political subdivision of the State of Nevada.
[1:221:1921; NCL § 10531] + [2:221:1921; NCL § 10532] + [3:221:1921; NCL § 10533] + [4:221:1921; NCL § 10534]—(NRS A 1967, 484; 1985, 513)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.245 - Shoe-fitting device or machine using X-ray or radiation.

1. A person shall not operate or maintain any shoe-fitting device or shoe-fitting machine which uses fluoroscopic, X-ray or radiation principles.
2. Any person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1960, 119; A 1985, 335)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.246 - Dispensing of prescription glasses by unauthorized person.

It is unlawful:
1. For a wholesale optical supplier or manufacturer to furnish, sell or dispense prescription glasses or lenses, pursuant to an individual prescription, to anyone other than a licensed optometrist, optician or physician. Such licensed optometrist, optician or physician shall dispense such glasses or lenses to the individual for whom the glasses were prescribed.
2. For a person responsible for industrial safety in any business establishment to dispense prescription glasses to the employees of such business establishment.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 822)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.248 - Use or sale of liquid silicone.

1. Except for use in the treatment of retinal detachment, it is unlawful for a person to:
(a) Inject any liquid silicone substance into the human body; or
(b) Sell or offer for sale in this state any liquid silicone substance for the purpose of injection into the human body.
2. 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.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 120; A 1979, 1433; 1987, 203; 1995, 1204)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.2485 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 202.2485 to 202.2497, inclusive:
1. "Alternative nicotine product" means any noncombustible product containing nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether chewed, absorbed, dissolved or ingested by any other means. The term does not include:
(a) A vapor product;
(b) A product made or derived from tobacco; or
(c) Any product regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration under Subchapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 351 et seq.
2. "Distribute" includes furnishing, giving away or providing products made or derived from tobacco or samples thereof at no cost to promote the product, whether or not in combination with a sale.
3. "Health authority" means the district health officer in a district, or his or her designee, or, if none, the Chief Medical Officer, or his or her designee.
4. "Product made or derived from tobacco" does not include any product regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration pursuant to Subchapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 351 et seq.
5. "Vapor product":
(a) Means any noncombustible product containing nicotine or any other substance that employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit or other electronic, chemical or mechanical means, regardless of the shape or size thereof, that can be used to produce vapor from nicotine or any other substance in a solution or other form, the use or inhalation of which simulates smoking.
(b) Includes, without limitation:
(1) An electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, pipe, hookah, or vape pen, or a similar product or device; and
(2) The components of such a product or device, whether or not sold separately, including, without limitation, vapor cartridges or other container of nicotine or any other substance in a solution or other form that is intended to be used with or in an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, pipe, hookah, or vape pen, or a similar product or device, atomizers, cartomizers, digital displays, clearomizers, tank systems, flavors, programmable software or other similar products or devices. As used in this subparagraph, "component" means a product or device intended primarily or exclusively to be used with or in an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, pipe, hookah, or vape pen, or a similar product or device.
(c) Does not include any product regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration pursuant to Subchapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 351 et seq.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2843; A 1995, 2603; 2001, 2788; 2013, 1530; 2015, 1936; 2019, 3594)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.249 - Smoking tobacco: Declaration of public policy; enforcement; imposition of more stringent restrictions.

1. It is the public policy of the State of Nevada and the purpose of NRS 202.2491, 202.24915 and 202.2492 to place restrictions on the smoking of tobacco in public places to protect human health and safety.
2. The quality of air is declared to be affected with the public interest and NRS 202.2491, 202.24915 and 202.2492 are enacted in the exercise of the police power of this state to protect the health, peace, safety and general welfare of its people.
3. Health authorities, police officers of cities or towns, sheriffs and their deputies and other peace officers of this state shall, within their respective jurisdictions, enforce the provisions of NRS 202.2491, 202.24915 and 202.2492. Police officers of cities or towns, sheriffs and their deputies and other peace officers of this state shall, within their respective jurisdictions, enforce the provisions of NRS 202.2493, 202.24935, 202.2494 and 370.521.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, an agency, board, commission or political subdivision of this state, including, without limitation, any agency, board, commission or governing body of a local government, shall not impose more stringent restrictions on the smoking, use, sale, distribution, marketing, display or promotion of tobacco or products made or derived from tobacco than are provided by NRS 202.2491, 202.24915, 202.2492, 202.2493, 202.24935, 202.2494 and 370.521.
5. A school district may, with respect to the property, buildings, facilities and vehicles of the school district, impose more stringent restrictions on the smoking, use, sale, distribution, marketing, display or promotion of tobacco or products made or derived from tobacco than are provided by NRS 202.2491, 202.24915, 202.2492, 202.2493, 202.24935, 202.2494 and 370.521.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 462; A 1991, 644; 1993, 2843; 1995, 2603; 1999, 1692; 2001, 2788; 2003, 1007; 2013, 1531; 2019, 3594)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.24915 - Smoking tobacco: Allowed under certain circumstances in certain stores that are principally devoted to sale of food for human consumption off premises.

1. A store that is principally devoted to the sale of food for human consumption off the premises may allow the smoking of tobacco in a public area of the store that is leased to or operated by a person who is licensed pursuant to NRS 463.160 if:
(a) The entire interior public area of the store is 10,000 square feet or less; or
(b) The area:
(1) Is segregated from the other public areas of the store by two or more walls or partial walls, or any combination thereof, in a configuration that includes at least one corner; and
(2) Contains a method of ventilation which substantially removes smoke from the area.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, until January 1, 2007, a store that is principally devoted to the sale of food for human consumption off the premises may allow the smoking of tobacco in a public area of the store that is leased to or operated by a person who is licensed pursuant to NRS 463.160 if the store was constructed before October 1, 1999, or received final approval for construction before October 1, 1999. On or after January 1, 2007, such a store may allow smoking in that public area only if the area contains a method of ventilation which substantially removes smoke from the area.
3. If at any time before January 1, 2007, a store described in subsection 2 remodels 25 percent or more of the square footage of the entire public area within the store, the store may continue to allow the smoking of tobacco in a public area of the store that is leased to or operated by a person who is licensed pursuant to NRS 463.160 only if the store includes as part of the remodeling a method of ventilation which substantially removes smoke from the area.
4. For the purposes of this section, "partial wall" or "wall" may include, without limitation, one or more gaming devices, as defined in NRS 463.0155, if the gaming devices are configured together or in conjunction with other structures to create a barrier that is similar to a partial wall or wall.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1691; A 2003, 1007)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.2492 - Smoking tobacco: Penalty; issuance of citations.

1. A person who violates NRS 202.2491 or 202.24915 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. In each health district, the district health officer shall, and, for areas of this state which are not within a health district, the Chief Medical Officer shall, designate one or more of his or her employees to prepare, sign and serve written citations on persons accused of violating NRS 202.2491 or 202.24915. Such an employee:
(a) May exercise the authority to prepare, sign and serve those citations only within the geographical jurisdiction of the district or Chief Medical Officer by which he or she is employed; and
(b) Shall comply with the provisions of NRS 171.1773.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 463; A 1985, 250; 1993, 2844; 1999, 1694)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.24925 - Smoking tobacco: Civil penalty; Account for Health Education for Minors created; administration of Account.

1. In addition to any criminal penalty, a person who violates NRS 202.2491 or 202.24915 is liable for a civil penalty of $100 for each violation.
2. A health authority within whose jurisdiction a violation of NRS 202.2491 or 202.24915 is committed shall:
(a) Collect the civil penalty, and may commence a civil proceeding for that purpose; and
(b) Deposit any money collected pursuant to this section with the State Treasurer for credit to the Account for Health Education for Minors, which is hereby created in the State General Fund.
3. The Superintendent of Public Instruction:
(a) Shall administer the Account for Health Education for Minors; and
(b) May, with the advice of the Chief Medical Officer, expend money in the Account only for programs of education for minors regarding human health.
4. The interest and income earned on the money in the Account for Health Education for Minors, after deducting any applicable charges, must be credited to the Account.
5. All claims against the Account for Health Education for Minors must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2843; A 1999, 1694)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.2493 - Cigarettes, smokeless products made or derived from tobacco and alternative nicotine products to be sold in unopened package only; owner of retail establishment required to display notice concerning prohibition against sale of certain tobacco, vapor products and alternative nicotine products to persons under 21 years of age; sale of cigarettes by retailer through use of certain displays prohibited; penalties.

1. A person shall not sell, distribute or offer to sell cigarettes, any smokeless product made or derived from tobacco or any alternative nicotine product in any form other than in an unopened package which originated with the manufacturer and bears any health warning required by federal law. A person who violates this subsection shall be punished as provided in chapter 370 of NRS. As used in this subsection, "smokeless product made or derived from tobacco" means any product that consists of cut, ground, powdered or leaf tobacco and is intended to be placed in the oral or nasal cavity.
2. The owner of a retail establishment shall, whenever any product containing, made or derived from tobacco, vapor product, alternative nicotine product or product containing, made or derived from nicotine is being sold or offered for sale at the establishment, display prominently at the point of sale:
(a) A notice indicating that:
(1) The sale of cigarettes, any product containing, made or derived from tobacco, vapor product, alternative nicotine product or product containing, made or derived from nicotine to persons under 21 years of age is prohibited by law; and
(2) The retailer may ask for proof of age to comply with this prohibition; and
(b) At least one sign that complies with the requirements of NRS 442.340.
A person who violates this subsection shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.
3. It is unlawful for any retailer to sell cigarettes through the use of any type of display:
(a) Which contains cigarettes and is located in any area to which customers are allowed access; and
(b) From which cigarettes are readily accessible to a customer without the assistance of the retailer,
except a vending machine used in compliance with NRS 202.2494. A person who violates this subsection shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.
[1911 C&P § 237; RL § 6502; NCL § 10184] + [1911 C&P § 238; RL § 6503; NCL § 10185] + [1:271:1949; 1943 NCL § 1046.01]—(NRS A 1959, 675; 1961, 379, 625; 1967, 482; 1989, 1955; 1995, 2604; 2007, 2058; 2011, 825; 2013, 1531; 2015, 1936; 2017, 93, 1624, 2273; 2019, 3595; 2021, 444)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.24935 - Sale and distribution of cigarettes and certain other tobacco, vapor and nicotine products to persons under the age of 21 years through use of certain networks prohibited; duties of persons who sell and distribute cigarettes and certain other tobacco, vapor and nicotine products through use of certain networks; submission of certification to Attorney General; penalties.

1. It is unlawful for a person to knowingly sell or distribute cigarettes, cigarette paper, products containing, made or derived from tobacco, vapor products, alternative nicotine products or products containing, made or derived from nicotine to a person under the age of 21 years through the use of a computer network, telephonic network or other electronic network.
2. Every person who sells or distributes cigarettes, cigarette paper, products containing, made or derived from tobacco, vapor products, alternative nicotine products or products containing, made or derived from nicotine to an ultimate consumer in this State through the use of a computer network, telephonic network or electronic network shall:
(a) Ensure that the packaging or wrapping of the items when they are shipped is clearly marked with the word "cigarettes" or, if the items being shipped are not cigarettes, the words "tobacco products," "vapor products" or "nicotine products," as applicable.
(b) Obtain the full name, date of birth and residential address of the purchaser and perform an age verification through an independent, third-party age verification service that compares information available from public records to the personal information entered by the person during the ordering process that establishes that the person is over the age of 21 years.
3. Every person who makes sales as described in subsection 2 must certify annually to the Attorney General that the person uses an independent, third-party age verification service as described in paragraph (b) of subsection 2.
4. In addition to or in lieu of any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law, a person who violates this section is subject to:
(a) A civil penalty in an amount not more than $1,000 for each violation; and
(b) The suspension or revocation of the license of the person by the Department of Taxation, if the person is licensed pursuant to chapter 370 of NRS.
5. Any violation of subsection 2 constitutes a deceptive trade practice for the purpose of NRS 598.0903 to 598.0999, inclusive.
6. For the purposes of this section, any sale of cigarettes, cigarette paper, products containing, made or derived from tobacco, vapor products, alternative nicotine products or products containing, made or derived from nicotine to a natural person in this State who does not intend to resell the item constitutes a sale to an ultimate consumer.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 2787; A 2007, 2060; 2013, 1532; 2019, 3596; 2021, 444, 822)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.2494 - Cigarette vending machines lawful in certain public areas; restrictions on coin-operated machines.

1. A cigarette vending machine may be placed in a public area only if persons who are under 21 years of age are prohibited from loitering in that area pursuant to NRS 202.030 or 463.350.
2. A coin-operated vending machine containing cigarettes must not be used to dispense any product not made or derived from tobacco.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2843; A 1995, 2605; 2003, 1203; 2013, 1533)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.2497 - Attorney General to compile results of inspections.

The Attorney General shall compile the results of inspections performed pursuant to NRS 202.2496 during the immediately preceding fiscal year as is necessary to prepare and submit a report pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 300x-26(b)(2)(B).
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2603)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.253 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 202.253 to 202.369, inclusive:
1. "Antique firearm" has the meaning ascribed to it in 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(16).
2. "Explosive or incendiary device" means any explosive or incendiary material or substance that has been constructed, altered, packaged or arranged in such a manner that its ordinary use would cause destruction or injury to life or property.
3. "Firearm" means any device designed to be used as a weapon from which a projectile may be expelled through the barrel by the force of any explosion or other form of combustion.
4. "Firearm capable of being concealed upon the person" applies to and includes all firearms having a barrel less than 12 inches in length.
5. "Firearms importer or manufacturer" means a person licensed to import or manufacture firearms pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44.
6. "Machine gun" means any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot or can be readily restored to shoot more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
7. "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle that is self-propelled.
8. "Semiautomatic firearm" means any firearm that:
(a) Uses a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and chamber the next shell or round;
(b) Requires a separate function of the trigger to fire each cartridge; and
(c) Is not a machine gun.
9. "Unfinished frame or receiver" means a blank, a casting or a machined body that is intended to be turned into the frame or lower receiver of a firearm with additional machining and which has been formed or machined to the point at which most of the major machining operations have been completed to turn the blank, casting or machined body into a frame or lower receiver of a firearm even if the fire-control cavity area of the blank, casting or machined body is still completely solid and unmachined.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 879; A 1979, 157; 1989, 1239; 1995, 1151, 2533, 2726; 1997, 662, 826; 2001, 805; 2003, 1350; 2005, 594; 2017, 3126; 2019, 938, 4179; 2021, 3224; 2023, 2436, 2841)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.2545 - Legislative declaration.

The Legislature representing the People of the State of Nevada hereby finds and declares that:
1. To promote public safety, federal law currently prohibits felons, domestic abusers, the severely mentally ill and other dangerous people from buying or possessing firearms;
2. Federally licensed firearms dealers are required to run background checks on their prospective buyers to ensure they are not prohibited from buying or possessing firearms;
3. Criminals and other dangerous people can avoid background checks by buying guns from unlicensed firearms sellers, whom they can easily meet online or at gun shows and who are not legally required to run background checks before selling or transferring firearms;
4. Due to this loophole, millions of guns exchange hands each year in the United States without a background check;
5. Most Nevadans live within 10 miles of a licensed gun dealer;
6. We have the right to bear arms, but with rights come responsibilities, including the responsibility to keep guns out of the hands of convicted felons and domestic abusers; and
7. To promote public safety and protect our communities, and to create a fair, level playing field for all gun sellers, the people of the State of Nevada approved The Background Check Initiative in the 2016 General Election with the intent to more effectively enforce current law prohibiting dangerous persons from purchasing and possessing firearms by requiring background checks on all firearms sales and transfers, with reasonable exceptions, including for immediate family members, hunting and self-defense.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.2546 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 202.2544 to 202.2549, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Central Repository" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179A.045.
2. "Hunting" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 501.050.
3. "Licensed dealer" means a person who holds a license as a dealer in firearms issued pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 923(a).
4. "Transferee" means an unlicensed person who wishes or intends to receive a firearm from another unlicensed person.
5. "Transferor" means an unlicensed person who wishes or intends to transfer a firearm to another unlicensed person.
6. "Trapping" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 501.090.
7. "Unlicensed person" means a person who does not hold a license as a dealer, importer or manufacturer in firearms issued pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 923(a).
(Added to NRS by 2019, 3)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.2547 - Background check required for certain sales or transfers of firearms between unlicensed persons; procedure.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 202.2548, an unlicensed person shall not sell or transfer a firearm to another unlicensed person unless a licensed dealer first conducts a background check on the buyer or transferee in compliance with this section.
2. The seller or transferor and buyer or transferee shall appear jointly with the firearm and request that a licensed dealer conduct a background check on the buyer or transferee.
3. A licensed dealer who agrees to conduct a background check pursuant to this section shall comply with all requirements of federal and state law as though the licensed dealer were selling or transferring the firearm from his or her own inventory to the buyer or transferee, including, but not limited to, all recordkeeping requirements. For the purpose of determining whether the buyer or transferee is eligible to purchase and possess firearms under state and federal law, the licensed dealer shall contact the same agency as though the licensed dealer were selling or transferring the firearm from his or her own inventory to the buyer or transferee.
4. Upon receiving a request for a background check from a licensed dealer pursuant to this section, the Central Repository or any other state or local agency described in subsection 3 shall, in the same manner as it would for the sale of a firearm from the licensed dealer’s inventory, perform a background check on the buyer or transferee and notify the licensed dealer of the results of the background check.
5. The seller or transferor may remove the firearm from the business premises while the background check is being conducted if, before the seller or transferor sells or transfers the firearm to the buyer or transferee, the seller or transferor and the buyer or transferee return to the licensed dealer who takes possession of the firearm to complete the sale or transfer.
6. A licensed dealer who agrees to conduct a background check pursuant to this section shall inform the seller or transferor and the buyer or transferee of the response from the agency described in subsection 3. If the response indicates that the buyer or transferee is ineligible to purchase or possess the firearm, the licensed dealer shall return the firearm to the seller or transferor and the seller or transferor shall not sell or transfer the firearm to the buyer or transferee.
7. A licensed dealer may charge a reasonable fee for conducting a background check and facilitating a firearm transfer between unlicensed persons pursuant to this section.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.2548 - Exceptions to requirement of background check.

The provisions of NRS 202.2547 do not apply to:
1. The sale or transfer of a firearm by or to any law enforcement agency and, to the extent he or she is acting within the course and scope of his or her employment and official duties, any peace officer, security guard entitled to carry a firearm under NAC 648.345, member of the armed forces or federal official.
2. The sale or transfer of an antique firearm.
3. The sale or transfer of a firearm between immediate family members, which for the purposes of this section means spouses and domestic partners and any of the following relations, whether by whole or half blood, adoption, or step-relation: parents, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
4. The transfer of a firearm to an executor, administrator, trustee or personal representative of an estate or a trust that occurs by operation of law upon the death of the former owner of the firearm.
5. A temporary transfer of a firearm to a person who is not prohibited from buying or possessing firearms under state or federal law if such transfer:
(a) Is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm; and
(b) Lasts only as long as immediately necessary to prevent such imminent death or great bodily harm.
6. A temporary transfer of a firearm if:
(a) The transferor has no reason to believe that the transferee is prohibited from buying or possessing firearms under state or federal law;
(b) The transferor has no reason to believe that the transferee will use or intends to use the firearm in the commission of a crime; and
(c) Such transfer occurs and the transferee’s possession of the firearm following the transfer is exclusively:
(1) At an established shooting range authorized by the governing body of the jurisdiction in which such range is located;
(2) At a lawful organized competition involving the use of a firearm;
(3) While participating in or practicing for a performance by an organized group that uses firearms as a part of the public performance;
(4) While hunting or trapping if the hunting or trapping is legal in all places where the transferee possesses the firearm and the transferee holds all licenses or permits required for such hunting or trapping; or
(5) While in the presence of the transferor.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 4; A 2021, 3225)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.2549 - Penalties for violations.

An unlicensed person who sells or voluntarily transfers one or more firearms to another unlicensed person in violation of NRS 202.2547:
1. For a first offense involving the sale or transfer of one or more firearms, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor; and
2. For a second or subsequent offense involving the sale or transfer of one or more firearms, is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 5)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.255 - Setting spring gun or other deadly weapon: Unlawful and permitted uses; penalties.

1. A person who sets a so-called trap, spring pistol, rifle, or other deadly weapon shall be punished:
(a) If no injury results therefrom to any human being, for a gross misdemeanor.
(b) If injuries not fatal result therefrom to any human being, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(c) If the death of a human being results therefrom:
(1) Under circumstances not rendering the act murder, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000; or
(2) Otherwise, for murder which is a category A felony as provided in NRS 200.030.
2. Subsection 1 does not prevent the use of any loaded spring gun, set gun or other device for the destruction of gophers, moles, coyotes or other burrowing rodents or predatory animals by agents or employees of governmental agencies engaged in cooperative predatory animal and rodent control work, but:
(a) A loaded spring gun, set gun or other device must not be set within 15 miles of the boundaries of any incorporated city or unincorporated town; and
(b) Before setting any such loaded spring gun, set gun or other device on any real property permission must first be obtained from the owner, lessee or administrator thereof.
[1911 C&P § 302; RL § 6567; NCL § 10250]—(NRS A 1960, 336; 1967, 485; 1979, 1433; 1995, 1205)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.257 - Possession of firearm when under influence of alcohol, controlled substance or other intoxicating substance; administration of evidentiary test; penalty; forfeiture of firearm.

1. It is unlawful for a person who:
(a) Has a concentration of alcohol of 0.08 or more in his or her blood or breath; or
(b) Is under the influence of any controlled substance, or is under the combined influence of intoxicating liquor and a controlled substance, or any person who inhales, ingests, applies or otherwise uses any chemical, poison or organic solvent, or any compound or combination of any of these, to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely exercising actual physical control of a firearm,
to have in his or her actual physical possession any firearm. This prohibition does not apply to the actual physical possession of a firearm by a person who was within the person’s personal residence and had the firearm in his or her possession solely for self-defense.
2. Any evidentiary test to determine whether a person has violated the provisions of subsection 1 must be administered in the same manner as an evidentiary test that is administered pursuant to NRS 484C.160 to 484C.250, inclusive, except that submission to the evidentiary test is required of any person who is requested by a police officer to submit to the test. If a person to be tested fails to submit to a required test as requested by a police officer, the officer may apply for a warrant or court order directing that reasonable force be used to the extent necessary to obtain the samples of blood from the person to be tested, if the officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be tested was in violation of this section.
3. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. A firearm is subject to forfeiture pursuant to NRS 179.1156 to 179.1205, inclusive, only if, during the violation of subsection 1, the firearm is brandished, aimed or otherwise handled by the person in a manner which endangered others.
5. As used in this section, the phrase "concentration of alcohol of 0.08 or more in his or her blood or breath" means 0.08 gram or more of alcohol per 100 milliliters of the blood of a person or per 210 liters of his or her breath.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 2533; A 1999, 2470; 2003, 2565; 2015, 2534; 2019, 4180)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.260 - Unlawful possession, manufacture or disposition of explosive or incendiary device: Penalty; exceptions.

1. A person who unlawfully possesses, manufactures or disposes of any explosive or incendiary device with the intent to destroy life or property 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, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.
2. This section does not prohibit a person from possessing, manufacturing or using any material, component, substance or device as required for the performance of his or her duties related to mining, agriculture, construction or any other valid occupational purpose, or if the person is authorized by a governmental entity which has lawful control over such matters to use those items in the performance of his or her duties.
3. For the purposes of this section, "dispose of" means give, give away, loan, offer, offer for sale, sell or transfer.
[1911 C&P § 306; RL § 6571; NCL § 10254]—(NRS A 1973, 552; 1979, 1434; 1995, 1205; 2001, 805)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.261 - Possession of component of explosive or incendiary device with intent to manufacture explosive or incendiary device: Penalty; exceptions.

1. A person shall not knowingly possess any component of an explosive or incendiary device with the intent to manufacture an explosive or incendiary device.
2. A person who violates 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 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.
3. This section does not prohibit a person from possessing, manufacturing or using any material, component, substance or device as required for the performance of his or her duties related to mining, agriculture, construction or any other valid occupational purpose, or if the person is authorized by a governmental entity which has lawful control over such matters to use those items in the performance of his or her duties.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 804)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.262 - Possession of explosive or incendiary device in or near certain public or private areas: Penalty; exceptions.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person shall not possess any explosive or incendiary device or any explosive or incendiary material, substance or component that may be readily converted to an explosive or incendiary device:
(a) In or upon any public street or highway in this state;
(b) In or near any private habitation, public place or any place open to the public; or
(c) In, on or near any public conveyance.
2. A person who violates subsection 1 is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. This section does not prohibit a person from possessing any material, component, substance or device:
(a) As required for the performance of his or her duties related to mining, agriculture, construction or any other valid occupational purpose, or if the person is authorized by a governmental entity which has lawful control over such matters to use those items in the performance of his or her duties;
(b) In an amount which, if detonated or otherwise exploded, would not ordinarily cause substantial bodily harm to another person or substantial harm to the property of another; or
(c) As part of a model rocket or engine for a model rocket that is designed, sold and used for the purpose of propelling a model rocket.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 804)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety › NRS 202.263 - Unlawful manufacture, purchase, possession, sale, advertisement or transportation of hoax bomb: Penalty; exceptions.

1. A person shall not knowingly manufacture, purchase, possess, sell, advertise for sale or transport a hoax bomb with the intent to:
(a) Make a reasonable person believe that the hoax bomb is an explosive or incendiary device;
(b) Cause alarm or reaction by an officer, an employee or a volunteer of a public safety agency; or
(c) Cause the evacuation of any private or public building, whether or not any threat has been conveyed.
2. A person who violates subsection 1:
(a) Is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c).
(b) In a manner that causes the evacuation of any private or public building, is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to paragraph (c).
(c) In the furtherance of any other crime punishable as a felony, is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. This section does not prohibit:
(a) The purchase, possession, sale, advertising for sale, transportation or use of a military artifact, if the military artifact is harmless or inert, unless the military artifact is used to make a reasonable person believe that the military artifact is an explosive or incendiary device.
(b) The authorized manufacture, purchase, possession, sale, transportation or use of any material, substance or device by a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, a fire department or a law enforcement agency if the person is acting lawfully while in the line of duty.
(c) The manufacture, purchase, possession, sale, transportation or use of any material, substance or device that is permitted by a specific statute.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Hoax bomb" means anything that by its design, construction, content, characteristics or representation appears to be or to contain:
(1) An inoperative facsimile or imitation of an explosive or incendiary device; or
(2) An explosive or incendiary device.
(b) "Public building" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 203.119.
(c) "Public safety agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 239B.020.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 816; A 2001, 805; 2013, 757)