Opinion ID: 2622559
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The underlying statutes

Text: This court has consistently held that with respect to limitation periods and tolling statutes, the statutes in effect at the time of the offense control. [3] Therefore, the relevant statutes in this matter are those that were in effect from January 1, 1993, to December 12, 1996. During this time, NRS 201.220(1) provided that indecent exposure was a gross misdemeanor for the first offense, and a felony for subsequent offenses. [4] For gross misdemeanors, the relevant period of limitations in which the State could file a charging document was two years. [5] Although NRS 171.095 was amended on October 31, 1993, that portion of the statute which is relevant to this matter was not materially altered. Specifically, NRS 171.095(1)(a) provided: If a felony, gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor is committed in a secret manner, an indictment for the offense must be found, or an information or complaint filed, within the periods of limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085 and 171.090 after the discovery of the offense unless a longer period is allowed by paragraph (b). [6] Paragraph (b) of NRS 171.095(1) then provided for longer tolling periods if the offense constituted sexual abuse of a child, as defined in NRS 432B.100. [7] Importantly, these extended tolling periods do not apply to the facts of this case because indecent exposure was not included among those offenses constituting sexual abuse under NRS 432B.100.