NRS: CHAPTER 200 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON

[Rev. 6/29/2024 3:14:38 PM--2023]

CHAPTER 200 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON

HOMICIDE

NRS 200.010 “Murder” defined.

NRS 200.020 Malice: Express and implied defined.

NRS 200.030 Degrees of murder; penalties.

NRS 200.033 Circumstances aggravating first degree murder.

NRS 200.035 Circumstances mitigating first degree murder.

NRS 200.040 “Manslaughter” defined.

NRS 200.050 “Voluntary manslaughter” defined.

NRS 200.060 When killing punished as murder.

NRS 200.070 “Involuntary manslaughter” defined.

NRS 200.080 Punishment for voluntary manslaughter.

NRS 200.090 Punishment for involuntary manslaughter.

NRS 200.110 Place of trial for homicide.

NRS 200.120 “Justifiable homicide” defined; no duty to retreat under certain circumstances.

NRS 200.130 Bare fear insufficient to justify killing; reasonable fear required; rebuttable presumption under certain circumstances.

NRS 200.140 Justifiable homicide by peace officer.

NRS 200.150 Justifiable or excusable homicide.

NRS 200.160 Additional cases of justifiable homicide.

NRS 200.170 Burden of proving circumstances of mitigation or justifiable or excusable homicide.

NRS 200.180 Excusable homicide by misadventure.

NRS 200.190 Justifiable or excusable homicide not punishable.

NRS 200.200 Killing in self-defense.

NRS 200.210 Killing of unborn quick child; penalty.

NRS 200.220 Taking drugs to terminate pregnancy; penalty.

NRS 200.230 Death resulting from overloading of passenger vessel; penalties.

NRS 200.240 Owner of animal that kills human being guilty of manslaughter under certain circumstances; penalty.

NRS 200.260 Death resulting from unlawful manufacture or storage of explosives; penalty.

BODILY INJURY

NRS 200.275 Justifiable infliction or threat of bodily injury not punishable.

NRS 200.278 Information required to be provided to school district of person in secondary school who causes serious bodily injury.

MAYHEM

NRS 200.280 Definition; penalty.

NRS 200.290 Instrument or manner of inflicting injury immaterial.

NRS 200.300 Injury not resulting in permanent injury; defendant may be convicted of assault.

KIDNAPPING

NRS 200.310 Degrees.

NRS 200.320 Kidnapping in first degree: Penalties.

NRS 200.330 Kidnapping in second degree: Penalties.

NRS 200.340 Penalty for aiding or abetting.

NRS 200.350 Where proceedings may be instituted; consent is not defense.

NRS 200.357 Law enforcement officer required to take child into protective custody if child in danger of being removed from jurisdiction.

NRS 200.359 Detention, concealment or removal of child from person having lawful custody or from jurisdiction of court and relocation of child by parent without written consent of other parent or court permission: Penalties; limitation on issuance of arrest warrant; restitution; exceptions.

SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEDUCTION

NRS 200.364 Definitions.

NRS 200.366 Sexual assault: Definition; penalties; exclusions.

NRS 200.368 Statutory sexual seduction: Penalties.

NRS 200.373 Sexual assault of spouse by spouse.

NRS 200.377 Victims of certain sexual offenses: Legislative findings and declarations.

NRS 200.3771 Victims of certain sexual offenses: Confidentiality of records and reports that reveal identity; when disclosure permitted; penalty.

NRS 200.3772 Victims of certain sexual offenses: Procedure for substituting pseudonym for name on files, records and reports; actual identity confidential; when disclosure required; immunity for unintentional disclosure.

NRS 200.3773 Victims of certain sexual offenses: Public officer or employee prohibited from disclosing identity; exceptions; penalty.

NRS 200.3774 Victims of certain sexual offenses: Effect of waiver of confidentiality.

NRS 200.378 Court may impose temporary or extended order to restrict conduct of alleged perpetrator, defendant or convicted person; penalty for violation of order; dissemination of order; notice provided in order.

NRS 200.3781 Petitioner for order: Deferment of costs and fees; free information concerning order; no fee for serving order.

NRS 200.3782 Duration of orders; dissolution or modification of orders.

NRS 200.3783 Order to be transmitted to law enforcement agencies; enforcement.

NRS 200.37835 Duty to transmit information concerning temporary or extended order to Central Repository.

NRS 200.3784 Victim to be given certain information and documents concerning case; clerk to keep record of order or condition restricting conduct of defendant.

NRS 200.3786 Sexual assault forensic evidence kits: Duties of medical provider, law enforcement agency and forensic laboratory.

NRS 200.3788 Statewide program to track sexual assault forensic evidence kits: Requirements; annual report; participation; immunity from civil liability.

ROBBERY

NRS 200.380 Definition; penalty.

ATTEMPTS TO KILL

NRS 200.390 Administration of poison: Penalty.

BATTERY WITH INTENT TO COMMIT A CRIME

NRS 200.400 Definition; penalties.

ADMINISTRATION OF DRUG TO AID COMMISSION OF CRIME

NRS 200.405 Administration of drug to aid commission of felony: Penalty.

NRS 200.408 Administration of controlled substance to aid commission of crime of violence: Penalty; definitions.

DUELS AND CHALLENGES

NRS 200.410 Death resulting from duel; penalty.

NRS 200.430 Incriminating testimony; witness’s privilege.

NRS 200.440 Posting for not fighting; use of contemptuous language.

NRS 200.450 Challenges to fight; penalties.

FALSE IMPRISONMENT

NRS 200.460 Definition; penalties.

INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE; PURCHASE OR SALE OF PERSON

NRS 200.463 Involuntary servitude; penalties.

NRS 200.4631 Involuntary servitude of minors; penalties.

NRS 200.465 Assuming rights of ownership over another person; purchase or sale of person; penalty.

NRS 200.466 Power of court to order restitution for violation of NRS 200.463, 200.464 or 200.465.

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

NRS 200.467 Trafficking in persons for financial gain; penalties.

NRS 200.468 Trafficking in persons for illegal purposes; penalty.

NRS 200.4685 Trafficking in children; penalty.

NRS 200.469 Power of court to order restitution for violation of NRS 200.467, 200.468 or 200.4685.

ASSAULT AND BATTERY

NRS 200.471 Assault: Definitions; penalties.

NRS 200.481 Battery: Definitions; penalties.

NRS 200.485 Battery which constitutes domestic violence: Penalties; referring child for counseling; right to trial by jury; restriction against probation and suspension; notice of prohibition against owning or possessing firearm; order to surrender, sell or transfer firearm; penalty for violation concerning firearm; definitions.

NRS 200.490 Provoking assault: Penalty.

CRIMINAL NEGLECT OF PATIENTS

NRS 200.495 Definitions; penalties.

ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF CHILDREN

NRS 200.508 Abuse, neglect or endangerment of child: Penalties; definitions.

NRS 200.5081 District attorney may refer person suspected of violating NRS 200.508 for treatment or counseling.

NRS 200.5083 Mutilation of genitalia of female child: Penalties; definitions.

NRS 200.5085 Use of nonmedical remedial treatment.

ABUSE, NEGLECT, EXPLOITATION, ISOLATION OR ABANDONMENT OF OLDER PERSONS AND VULNERABLE PERSONS

NRS 200.5091 Policy of State.

NRS 200.5092 Definitions.

NRS 200.50925 “Reasonable cause to believe” and “as soon as reasonably practicable” defined.

NRS 200.5093 Report of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older person or vulnerable person; voluntary and mandatory reports; investigation; penalty.

NRS 200.5094 Reports: Manner of making; contents.

NRS 200.5095 Reports and records confidential; permissible or required disclosure; penalty. [Effective until the date on which the Nevada Certification Board, or its successor organization, ceases certifying peer recovery support specialists or peer recovery support specialist supervisors.]

NRS 200.5095 Reports and records confidential; permissible or required disclosure; penalty. [Effective on the date on which the Nevada Certification Board, or its successor organization, ceases certifying peer recovery support specialists or peer recovery support specialist supervisors.]

NRS 200.50955 Law enforcement agency: Required to act promptly in obtaining certain warrants.

NRS 200.50957 Person named on account held in joint tenancy may be prosecuted for exploitation.

NRS 200.5096 Immunity from civil or criminal liability for reporting, investigating or submitting information; exception.

NRS 200.5097 Admissibility of evidence.

NRS 200.5098 Duties of Aging and Disability Services Division of Department of Health and Human Services regarding older persons or vulnerable persons; organization and operation of teams for provision of assistance.

NRS 200.50981 Sheriff to designate point of contact for Aging and Disability Services Division of Department of Health and Human Services.

NRS 200.50982 Disclosure of information concerning reports and investigations to other agencies or legal representative of older person or vulnerable person; disclosure of information concerning suspect in investigation of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older person or vulnerable person.

NRS 200.50984 Inspection of records pertaining to older person or vulnerable person on whose behalf investigation is conducted.

NRS 200.50986 Petition for removal of guardian of older person or vulnerable person.

NRS 200.5099 Penalties.

NRS 200.50995 Penalties for conspiracy.

LIBEL

NRS 200.510 Definition; penalties; truth may be given in evidence; jury to determine law and fact.

NRS 200.520 Publication defined.

NRS 200.530 Liability of editor or publisher.

NRS 200.540 Criminal proceedings: Venue.

NRS 200.550 Furnishing libelous information: Penalty.

NRS 200.560 Threatening to publish libel: Penalty.

HARASSMENT AND STALKING

NRS 200.571 Harassment: Definition; penalties.

NRS 200.575 Stalking: Definitions; penalties; entry of finding in judgment of conviction or admonishment of rights.

NRS 200.581 Where offense committed.

NRS 200.591 Court may impose temporary or extended order to restrict conduct of alleged perpetrator, defendant or convicted person; penalty for violation of order; dissemination of order; notice provided in order.

NRS 200.592 Petitioner for order: Deferment of costs and fees; free information concerning order; no fee for serving order.

NRS 200.594 Duration of orders; dissolution or modification of orders.

NRS 200.597 Order to be transmitted to law enforcement agencies; enforcement.

NRS 200.599 Duty to transmit information concerning temporary or extended order to Central Repository.

NRS 200.601 Victim to be given certain information and documents concerning case; clerk to keep record of order or condition restricting conduct of defendant.

PEEPING

NRS 200.603 Peering, peeping or spying through window, door or other opening of dwelling of another; penalties.

NRS 200.604 Capturing image of private area of another person; distributing, disclosing, displaying, transmitting or publishing image of private area of another person; penalties; exceptions; confidentiality of image.

HAZING

NRS 200.605 Penalties; definition.

INTERCEPTION AND DISCLOSURE OF WIRE AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OR PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS

NRS 200.610 Definitions.

NRS 200.620 Interception and attempted interception of wire communication prohibited; exceptions.

NRS 200.630 Disclosure of existence, content or substance of wire or radio communication prohibited; exceptions.

NRS 200.640 Unauthorized connection with facilities prohibited.

NRS 200.650 Unauthorized, surreptitious intrusion of privacy by listening device prohibited.

NRS 200.690 Penalties.

PORNOGRAPHY INVOLVING MINORS

NRS 200.700 Definitions.

NRS 200.710 Unlawful to use minor in producing pornography or as subject of sexual portrayal in performance.

NRS 200.720 Promotion of sexual performance of minor unlawful.

NRS 200.725 Preparing, advertising or distributing materials depicting pornography involving minor unlawful; penalty.

NRS 200.727 Use of Internet to control visual presentation depicting sexual conduct of person under 16 years of age; penalties.

NRS 200.730 Possession of visual presentation depicting sexual conduct of person under 16 years of age unlawful; penalties.

NRS 200.735 Exemption for purposes of law enforcement.

NRS 200.737 Use of electronic communication device by minor to possess, transmit or distribute sexual images of minor; penalties.

NRS 200.740 Determination by court or jury of whether person was minor.

NRS 200.750 Penalties.

NRS 200.760 Forfeiture.

DISSEMINATION OF INTIMATE IMAGE

NRS 200.765 Definitions.

NRS 200.770 “Intimate image” defined.

NRS 200.775 “Sexual conduct” defined.

NRS 200.780 Unlawful dissemination of intimate image; exceptions; penalty.

NRS 200.785 Demands in exchange for removal of intimate image; penalty.

NRS 200.790 Liability of interactive computer service.

PERFORMANCE OF HEALTH CARE OR SURGICAL PROCEDURE WITHOUT A LICENSE

NRS 200.800 Definitions.

NRS 200.810 “Health care procedure” defined.

NRS 200.820 “Surgical procedure” defined.

NRS 200.830 Performance of health care procedure without license; penalties.

NRS 200.840 Performance of surgical procedure without license; penalties.

INVOLUNTARY IMPLANTATION OF MICROCHIP OR PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION MARKER

NRS 200.870 Penalty; definitions.

BULLYING BY USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE

NRS 200.900 Penalties; definitions.

UNLAWFUL INSTALLATION OF MOBILE TRACKING DEVICE

NRS 200.930 Penalty; definitions.

CRIMES RELATING TO ASSISTED REPRODUCTION

NRS 200.960 Definitions.

NRS 200.965 “Assisted reproduction” defined.

NRS 200.970 “Human reproductive material” defined.

NRS 200.975 Fertility fraud; penalties; notice of conviction to professional licensing board.

NRS 200.980 Conveying false information relating to assisted reproduction; penalty; notice of conviction to professional licensing board.

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HOMICIDE

NRS 200.010 “Murder” defined. Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being:

1. With malice aforethought, either express or implied;

2. Caused by a controlled substance which was sold, given, traded or otherwise made available to a person in violation of chapter 453 of NRS; or

3. Caused by a violation of NRS 453.3325.

Ê The unlawful killing may be effected by any of the various means by which death may be occasioned.

[1911 C&P § 119; RL § 6384; NCL § 10066]—(NRS A 1983, 512; 1985, 1598; 1989, 589; 2005, 1059)

NRS 200.020 Malice: Express and implied defined.

1. Express malice is that deliberate intention unlawfully to take away the life of a fellow creature, which is manifested by external circumstances capable of proof.

2. Malice shall be implied when no considerable provocation appears, or when all the circumstances of the killing show an abandoned and malignant heart.

[1911 C&P § 120; A 1915, 67; 1919 RL § 6385; NCL § 10067]

NRS 200.030 Degrees of murder; penalties.

1. Murder of the first degree is murder which is:

(a) Perpetrated by means of poison, lying in wait or torture, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate and premeditated killing;

(b) Committed in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of sexual assault, kidnapping, arson, robbery, burglary, invasion of the home, sexual abuse of a child, sexual molestation of a child under the age of 14 years, child abuse or abuse of an older person or vulnerable person pursuant to NRS 200.5099;

(c) Committed to avoid or prevent the lawful arrest of any person by a peace officer or to effect the escape of any person from legal custody;

(d) Committed on the property of a public or private school, at an activity sponsored by a public or private school or on a school bus while the bus was engaged in its official duties by a person who intended to create a great risk of death or substantial bodily harm to more than one person by means of a weapon, device or course of action that would normally be hazardous to the lives of more than one person; or

(e) Committed in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of an act of terrorism.

2. Murder of the second degree is all other kinds of murder.

3. The jury before whom any person indicted for murder is tried shall, if they find the person guilty thereof, designate by their verdict whether the person is guilty of murder of the first or second degree.

4. A person convicted of murder of the first degree is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished:

(a) By death, only if one or more aggravating circumstances are found and any mitigating circumstance or circumstances which are found do not outweigh the aggravating circumstance or circumstances, unless a court has made a finding pursuant to NRS 174.098 that the defendant is a person with an intellectual disability and has stricken the notice of intent to seek the death penalty; or

(b) By imprisonment in the state prison:

(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.

Ê A determination of whether aggravating circumstances exist is not necessary to fix the penalty at imprisonment for life with or without the possibility of parole.

5. A person convicted of murder of the second degree is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison:

(a) For life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served; or

(b) For a definite term of 25 years, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served.

6. As used in this section:

(a) “Act of terrorism” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.4415;

(b) “Child abuse” means physical injury of a nonaccidental nature to a child under the age of 18 years;

(d) “Sexual abuse of a child” means any of the acts described in NRS 432B.100; and

(e) “Sexual molestation” means any willful and lewd or lascivious act, other than acts constituting the crime of sexual assault, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child under the age of 14 years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions or sexual desires of the perpetrator or of the child.

[1911 C&P § 121; A 1915, 67; 1919, 468; 1947, 302; 1943 NCL § 10068]—(NRS A 1957, 330; 1959, 781; 1960, 399; 1961, 235, 486; 1967, 467, 1470; 1973, 1803; 1975, 1580; 1977, 864, 1541, 1627; 1989, 865, 1451; 1995, 257, 1181; 1999, 1335; 2003, 770, 2944; 2007, 74; 2013, 689)

NRS 200.033 Circumstances aggravating first degree murder. The only circumstances by which murder of the first degree may be aggravated are:

1. The murder was committed by a person under sentence of imprisonment.

2. The murder was committed by a person who, at any time before a penalty hearing is conducted for the murder pursuant to NRS 175.552, is or has been convicted of:

(a) Another murder and the provisions of subsection 12 do not otherwise apply to that other murder; or

(b) A felony involving the use or threat of violence to the person of another and the provisions of subsection 4 do not otherwise apply to that felony.

Ê For the purposes of this subsection, a person shall be deemed to have been convicted at the time the jury verdict of guilt is rendered or upon pronouncement of guilt by a judge or judges sitting without a jury.

3. The murder was committed by a person who knowingly created a great risk of death to more than one person by means of a weapon, device or course of action which would normally be hazardous to the lives of more than one person.

4. The murder was committed while the person was engaged, alone or with others, in the commission of, or an attempt to commit or flight after committing or attempting to commit, any robbery, arson in the first degree, burglary, invasion of the home or kidnapping in the first degree, and the person charged:

(a) Killed or attempted to kill the person murdered; or

(b) Knew or had reason to know that life would be taken or lethal force used.

5. The murder was committed to avoid or prevent a lawful arrest or to effect an escape from custody.

6. The murder was committed by a person, for himself or herself or another, to receive money or any other thing of monetary value.

7. The murder was committed upon a peace officer or firefighter who was killed while engaged in the performance of his or her official duty or because of an act performed in his or her official capacity, and the defendant knew or reasonably should have known that the victim was a peace officer or firefighter. For the purposes of this subsection, “peace officer” means:

(a) An employee of the Department of Corrections who does not exercise general control over offenders imprisoned within the institutions and facilities of the Department, but whose normal duties require the employee to come into contact with those offenders when carrying out the duties prescribed by the Director of the Department.

(b) Any person upon whom some or all of the powers of a peace officer are conferred pursuant to NRS 289.150 to 289.360, inclusive, when carrying out those powers.

8. The murder involved torture or the mutilation of the victim.

9. The murder was committed upon one or more persons at random and without apparent motive.

10. The murder was committed upon a person less than 14 years of age.

11. The murder was committed upon a person because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression of that person.

12. The defendant has, in the immediate proceeding, been convicted of more than one offense of murder in the first or second degree. For the purposes of this subsection, a person shall be deemed to have been convicted of a murder at the time the jury verdict of guilt is rendered or upon pronouncement of guilt by a judge or judges sitting without a jury.

13. The person, alone or with others, subjected or attempted to subject the victim of the murder to nonconsensual sexual penetration immediately before, during or immediately after the commission of the murder. For the purposes of this subsection:

(a) “Nonconsensual” means against the victim’s will or under conditions in which the person knows or reasonably should know that the victim is mentally or physically incapable of resisting, consenting or understanding the nature of his or her conduct, including, but not limited to, conditions in which the person knows or reasonably should know that the victim is dead.

(b) “Sexual penetration” means cunnilingus, fellatio or any intrusion, however slight, of any part of the victim’s body or any object manipulated or inserted by a person, alone or with others, into the genital or anal openings of the body of the victim, whether or not the victim is alive. The term includes, but is not limited to, anal intercourse and sexual intercourse in what would be its ordinary meaning.

14. The murder was committed on the property of a public or private school, at an activity sponsored by a public or private school or on a school bus while the bus was engaged in its official duties by a person who intended to create a great risk of death or substantial bodily harm to more than one person by means of a weapon, device or course of action that would normally be hazardous to the lives of more than one person. For the purposes of this subsection, “school bus” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 483.160.

15. The murder was committed with the intent to commit, cause, aid, further or conceal an act of terrorism. For the purposes of this subsection, “act of terrorism” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 202.4415.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 1542; A 1981, 521, 2011; 1983, 286; 1985, 1979; 1989, 1451; 1993, 76; 1995, 2, 138, 1490, 2705; 1997, 1293; 1999, 1336; 2001 Special Session, 229; 2003, 2945; 2005, 317; 2017, 1065)

NRS 200.035 Circumstances mitigating first degree murder. Murder of the first degree may be mitigated by any of the following circumstances, even though the mitigating circumstance is not sufficient to constitute a defense or reduce the degree of the crime:

1. The defendant has no significant history of prior criminal activity.

2. The murder was committed while the defendant was under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbance.

3. The victim was a participant in the defendant’s criminal conduct or consented to the act.

4. The defendant was an accomplice in a murder committed by another person and the defendant’s participation in the murder was relatively minor.

5. The defendant acted under duress or under the domination of another person.

6. The youth of the defendant at the time of the crime.

7. Any other mitigating circumstance.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 1543)

NRS 200.040 “Manslaughter” defined.

1. Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being, without malice express or implied, and without any mixture of deliberation.

2. Manslaughter must be voluntary, upon a sudden heat of passion, caused by a provocation apparently sufficient to make the passion irresistible, or involuntary, in the commission of an unlawful act, or a lawful act without due caution or circumspection.

3. Manslaughter does not include vehicular manslaughter as described in NRS 484B.657.

[1911 C&P § 122; RL § 6387; NCL § 10069]—(NRS A 1983, 1014; 1995, 1725; 2005, 79)

NRS 200.050 “Voluntary manslaughter” defined.

1. In cases of voluntary manslaughter, there must be a serious and highly provoking injury inflicted upon the person killing, sufficient to excite an irresistible passion in a reasonable person, or an attempt by the person killed to commit a serious personal injury on the person killing.

2. Voluntary manslaughter does not include vehicular manslaughter as described in NRS 484B.657.

[1911 C&P § 123; RL § 6388; NCL § 10070]—(NRS A 2005, 79)

NRS 200.060 When killing punished as murder. The killing must be the result of that sudden, violent impulse of passion supposed to be irresistible; for, if there should appear to have been an interval between the assault or provocation given and the killing, sufficient for the voice of reason and humanity to be heard, the killing shall be attributed to deliberate revenge and punished as murder.

[1911 C&P § 124; RL § 6389; NCL § 10071]

NRS 200.070 “Involuntary manslaughter” defined.

1. Except under the circumstances provided in NRS 484B.550 and 484B.653, involuntary manslaughter is the killing of a human being, without any intent to do so, in the commission of an unlawful act, or a lawful act which probably might produce such a consequence in an unlawful manner, but where the involuntary killing occurs in the commission of an unlawful act, which, in its consequences, naturally tends to destroy the life of a human being, or is committed in the prosecution of a felonious intent, the offense is murder.

2. Involuntary manslaughter does not include vehicular manslaughter as described in NRS 484B.657.

[1911 C&P § 125; RL § 6390; NCL § 10072]—(NRS A 1981, 867; 1983, 1014; 1995, 1726; 2005, 79)

NRS 200.080 Punishment for voluntary manslaughter. A person convicted of the crime of voluntary manslaughter 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 10 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.

[1911 C&P § 126; A 1937, 103; 1931 NCL § 10073]—(NRS A 1979, 1424; 1995, 1182)

NRS 200.090 Punishment for involuntary manslaughter. A person convicted of involuntary manslaughter is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

[1911 C&P § 126 1/2; added 1937, 103; 1931 NCL § 10073.01]—(NRS A 1967, 468; 1995, 1182)

NRS 200.110 Place of trial for homicide.

1. If the injury be inflicted in one county, and the party die within another county, or without the State, the accused shall be tried in the county where the act was done, or the cause of death administered.

2. If the party killing shall be in one county, and the party killed in another county, at the time the cause of death shall be administered, the accused may be tried in either county.

[1911 C&P § 128; RL § 6393; NCL § 10075]

NRS 200.120 “Justifiable homicide” defined; no duty to retreat under certain circumstances.

1. Justifiable homicide is the killing of a human being in necessary self-defense, or in defense of an occupied habitation, an occupied motor vehicle or a person, against one who manifestly intends or endeavors to commit a crime of violence, or against any person or persons who manifestly intend and endeavor, in a violent, riotous, tumultuous or surreptitious manner, to enter the occupied habitation or occupied motor vehicle, of another for the purpose of assaulting or offering personal violence to any person dwelling or being therein.

2. A person is not required to retreat before using deadly force as provided in subsection 1 if the person:

(a) Is not the original aggressor;

(b) Has a right to be present at the location where deadly force is used; and

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Crime of violence” means any felony for which there is a substantial risk that force or violence may be used against the person or property of another in the commission of the felony.

(b) “Motor vehicle” means every vehicle which is self-propelled.

[1911 C&P § 129; RL § 6394; NCL § 10076]—(NRS A 1983, 518; 2011, 265; 2015, 1781)

NRS 200.130 Bare fear insufficient to justify killing; reasonable fear required; rebuttable presumption under certain circumstances.

1. A bare fear of any of the offenses mentioned in NRS 200.120, to prevent which the homicide is alleged to have been committed, is not sufficient to justify the killing. It must appear that the circumstances were sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person and that the person killing really acted under the influence of those fears and not in a spirit of revenge.

2. There is a rebuttable presumption that the circumstances were sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person and that the person killing really acted under the influence of those fears and not in a spirit of revenge if the person killing:

(a) Knew or reasonably believed that the person who was killed was entering unlawfully and with force, or attempting to enter unlawfully and with force, the occupied habitation or occupied motor vehicle, of another;

(b) Knew or reasonably believed that the person who was killed was committing or attempting to commit a crime of violence; and

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Crime of violence” means any felony for which there is a substantial risk that force or violence may be used against the person or property of another in the commission of the felony.

(b) “Motor vehicle” means every vehicle which is self-propelled.

[1911 C&P § 130; RL § 6395; NCL § 10077]—(NRS A 2015, 1782)

NRS 200.140 Justifiable homicide by peace officer.

1. Homicide is justifiable when committed by a peace officer, or person acting under the command and in the aid of the peace officer, in the following cases:

(a) In obedience to the judgment of a competent court.

(b) When necessary to overcome actual resistance to the execution of the legal process, mandate or order of a court or officer, or in the discharge of a legal duty.

(1) In retaking an escaped or rescued prisoner who has been committed, arrested for, or convicted of a felony;

(2) In attempting, by lawful ways or means and in accordance with the provisions of NRS 171.1455, to apprehend or arrest a person;

(3) In lawfully suppressing a riot or preserving the peace; or

(4) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 193.304, in protecting against an imminent threat to the life of a person.

2. As used in this section, “peace officer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 169.125.

[1911 C&P § 131; RL § 6396; NCL § 10078]—(NRS A 1975, 323; 1993, 931; 2013, 270; 2021, 2642)

NRS 200.150 Justifiable or excusable homicide. All other instances which stand upon the same footing of reason and justice as those enumerated shall be considered justifiable or excusable homicide.

[1911 C&P § 132; RL § 6397; NCL § 10079]

NRS 200.160 Additional cases of justifiable homicide. Homicide is also justifiable when committed:

1. In the lawful defense of the slayer, or his or her spouse, parent, child, brother or sister, or of any other person in his or her presence or company, when there is reasonable ground to apprehend a design on the part of the person slain to commit a felony or to do some great personal injury to the slayer or to any such person, and there is imminent danger of such design being accomplished; or

2. In the actual resistance of an attempt to commit a felony upon the slayer, in his or her presence, or upon or in a dwelling, or other place of abode in which the slayer is.

[1911 C&P § 133; A 1931, 160; 1931 NCL § 10080]—(NRS A 1993, 932; 2017, 787)

NRS 200.170 Burden of proving circumstances of mitigation or justifiable or excusable homicide. The killing of the deceased named in the indictment or information by the defendant being proved, the burden of proving circumstances of mitigation, or that justify or excuse the homicide, will devolve on the accused, unless the proof on the part of the prosecution sufficiently manifests that the crime committed only amounts to manslaughter, or that the accused was justified, or excused in committing the homicide.

[1911 C&P § 134; A 1951, 524]

NRS 200.180 Excusable homicide by misadventure.

1. Excusable homicide by misadventure occurs when:

(a) A person is doing a lawful act, without any intention of killing, yet unfortunately kills another, as where a person is at work with an ax and the head flies off and kills a bystander; or

(b) An officer punishing a criminal happens to occasion death, which acts of correction are lawful.

2. If the officer exceeds the sentence under which the officer acts, either in the manner, the instrument, or quantity of punishment, and death ensues, it is manslaughter or murder, according to the circumstances of the case.

[1911 C&P § 135; RL § 6400; NCL § 10082]—(NRS A 1985, 1399)

NRS 200.190 Justifiable or excusable homicide not punishable. The homicide appearing to be justifiable or excusable, the person indicted shall, upon trial, be fully acquitted and discharged.

[1911 C&P § 136; RL § 6401; NCL § 10083]

NRS 200.200 Killing in self-defense. If a person kills another in self-defense, it must appear that:

1. The danger was so urgent and pressing that, in order to save the person’s own life, or to prevent the person from receiving great bodily harm, the killing of the other was absolutely necessary; and

2. The person killed was the assailant, or that the slayer had really, and in good faith, endeavored to decline any further struggle before the mortal blow was given.

[1911 C&P § 137; RL § 6402; NCL § 10084]

NRS 200.210 Killing of unborn quick child; penalty. A person who willfully kills an unborn quick child, by any injury committed upon the mother of the child, commits manslaughter and shall be punished 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.

[1911 C&P § 138; RL § 6403; NCL § 10085]—(NRS A 1967, 468; 1979, 1425; 1995, 1182)

NRS 200.220 Taking drugs to terminate pregnancy; penalty. A woman who takes or uses, or submits to the use of, any drug, medicine or substance, or any instrument or other means, with the intent to terminate her pregnancy after the 24th week of pregnancy, unless the same is performed upon herself upon the advice of a physician acting pursuant to the provisions of NRS 442.250, and thereby causes the death of the child of the pregnancy, commits manslaughter and shall be punished 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.

[1911 C&P § 140; RL § 6405; NCL § 10087]—(NRS A 1967, 468; 1973, 1639; 1979, 1425; 1995, 1183)

NRS 200.230 Death resulting from overloading of passenger vessel; penalties. A person navigating a vessel for gain who willfully or negligently receives so many passengers or such a quantity of other lading on board that by means thereof the vessel sinks, is overset or injured, and thereby a human being is drowned or otherwise killed, commits manslaughter and shall be punished:

1. If the overloading is negligent, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.

2. If the overloading is willful, 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.

[1911 C&P § 141; RL § 6406; NCL § 10088]—(NRS A 1967, 468; 1979, 1425; 1995, 1183)

NRS 200.240 Owner of animal that kills human being guilty of manslaughter under certain circumstances; penalty. If the owner or custodian of any vicious or dangerous animal, knowing its propensities, willfully or negligently allows it to go at large, and the animal while at large kills a human being who is not in fault, the owner or custodian commits manslaughter and shall be punished for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.

[1911 C&P § 142; RL § 6407; NCL § 10089]—(NRS A 1967, 469; 1995, 1183)

NRS 200.260 Death resulting from unlawful manufacture or storage of explosives; penalty. A person who makes or keeps gunpowder or any other explosive substance in a city or town in any quantity or manner prohibited by law or by ordinance of the municipality commits manslaughter if an explosion thereof occurs whereby the death of a human being is occasioned, and shall be punished for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.

[1911 C&P § 144; RL § 6409; NCL § 10091]—(NRS A 1967, 469; 1983, 120; 1995, 1183)

BODILY INJURY

NRS 200.275 Justifiable infliction or threat of bodily injury not punishable. In addition to any other circumstances recognized as justification at common law, the infliction or threat of bodily injury is justifiable, and does not constitute mayhem, battery or assault, if done under circumstances which would justify homicide.

(Added to NRS by 1983, 519)

NRS 200.278 Information required to be provided to school district of person in secondary school who causes serious bodily injury.

1. If a court determines that a person who is currently enrolled in a secondary school unlawfully caused or attempted to cause serious bodily injury to another person, the court shall provide the information specified in subsection 2 to the school district in which the offender is currently enrolled.

2. The information required to be provided pursuant to subsection 1 must include:

(a) The name of the offender;

(b) A description of any injury sustained by the other person;

(d) A description of any threats made by the offender against the other person before, during or after the incident in which the offender injured or attempted to injure the person.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 1363)

MAYHEM

NRS 200.280 Definition; penalty. Mayhem consists of unlawfully depriving a human being of a member of his or her body, or disfiguring or rendering it useless. If a person cuts out or disables the tongue, puts out an eye, slits the nose, ear or lip, or disables any limb or member of another, or voluntarily, or of purpose, puts out an eye, that person is guilty of mayhem which is 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, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.

[1911 C&P § 151; RL § 6416; NCL § 10098]—(NRS A 1967, 469; 1979, 1425; 1995, 1183)

NRS 200.290 Instrument or manner of inflicting injury immaterial. To constitute mayhem it is immaterial by what means or instrument or in what manner the injury was inflicted.

[1911 C&P § 152; RL § 6417; NCL § 10099]

NRS 200.300 Injury not resulting in permanent injury; defendant may be convicted of assault. Whenever upon a trial for mayhem it shall appear that the injury inflicted will not result in any permanent disfiguration of appearance, diminution of vigor, or other permanent injury, no conviction for maiming shall be had, but the defendant may be convicted of assault in any degree.

[1911 C&P § 153; RL § 6418; NCL § 10100]

KIDNAPPING

NRS 200.310 Degrees.

1. A person who willfully seizes, confines, inveigles, entices, decoys, abducts, conceals, kidnaps or carries away a person by any means whatsoever with the intent to hold or detain, or who holds or detains, the person for ransom, or reward, or for the purpose of committing sexual assault, extortion or robbery upon or from the person, or for the purpose of killing the person or inflicting substantial bodily harm upon the person, or to exact from relatives, friends, or any other person any money or valuable thing for the return or disposition of the kidnapped person, and a person who leads, takes, entices, or carries away or detains any minor with the intent to keep, imprison, or confine the minor from his or her parents, guardians, or any other person having lawful custody of the minor, or with the intent to hold the minor to unlawful service, or perpetrate upon the person of the minor any unlawful act is guilty of kidnapping in the first degree which is a category A felony.

2. A person who willfully and without authority of law seizes, inveigles, takes, carries away or kidnaps another person with the intent to keep the person secretly imprisoned within the State, or for the purpose of conveying the person out of the State without authority of law, or in any manner held to service or detained against the person’s will, is guilty of kidnapping in the second degree which is a category B felony.

[1:165:1947; 1943 NCL § 10612.05]—(NRS A 1959, 20; 1979, 39; 1987, 495; 1995, 1184)

NRS 200.320 Kidnapping in first degree: Penalties. A person convicted of kidnapping in the first degree is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished:

1. Where the kidnapped person suffers substantial bodily harm during the act of kidnapping or the subsequent detention and confinement or in attempted escape or escape therefrom, 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 15 years has been served; or

2. Where the kidnapped person suffers no substantial bodily harm as a result of the kidnapping, by imprisonment in the state prison:

(a) For life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 5 years has been served; or

(b) For a definite term of 15 years, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 5 years has been served.

[2:165:1947; 1943 NCL § 10612.06]—(NRS A 1967, 469; 1973, 1804; 1995, 1184)

NRS 200.330 Kidnapping in second degree: Penalties. A person convicted of kidnapping in the second degree is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $15,000.

[3:165:1947; 1943 NCL § 10612.07]—(NRS A 1967, 469; 1979, 1425; 1995, 1185)

NRS 200.340 Penalty for aiding or abetting.

1. A person who aids and abets kidnapping in the first degree is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished for kidnapping in the first degree as provided in NRS 200.320.

2. A person who aids and abets kidnapping in the second degree is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years.

[4:165:1947; 1943 NCL § 10612.08]—(NRS A 1967, 470; 1995, 1185)

NRS 200.350 Where proceedings may be instituted; consent is not defense.

1. Any proceedings for kidnapping may be instituted either in the county where the offense was committed or in any county through or in which the person kidnapped or confined was taken or kept while under confinement or restraint.

2. Upon the trial for violation of NRS 200.310 to 200.350, inclusive, the consent thereto of the person kidnapped or confined shall not be a defense unless it appears satisfactorily to the jury that such person was above the age of 18 years and that the person’s consent was not extorted by threats, duress or fraud.

[5:165:1947; 1943 NCL § 10612.09]

NRS 200.357 Law enforcement officer required to take child into protective custody if child in danger of being removed from jurisdiction. A law enforcement officer who is conducting an investigation or making an arrest concerning the abduction of a child shall take the child into protective custody if the law enforcement officer reasonably believes that the child is in danger of being removed from the jurisdiction.

(Added to NRS by 1991, 1422)

1. A person having a limited right of custody to a child by operation of law or pursuant to an order, judgment or decree of any court, including a judgment or decree which grants another person rights to custody or visitation of the child, or any parent having no right of custody to the child, who:

(a) In violation of an order, judgment or decree of any court willfully detains, conceals or removes the child from a parent, guardian or other person having lawful custody or a right of visitation of the child; or

(b) In the case of an order, judgment or decree of any court that does not specify when the right to physical custody or visitation is to be exercised, removes the child from the jurisdiction of the court without the consent of either the court or all persons who have the right to custody or visitation,

Ê is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a parent who has joint legal and physical custody of a child pursuant to NRS 125C.0015 shall not willfully conceal or remove the child from the custody of the other parent with the specific intent to frustrate the efforts of the other parent to establish or maintain a meaningful relationship with the child. A person who violates this subsection shall be punished as provided in subsection 1 unless the person demonstrates to the satisfaction of the court that he or she violated this subsection to protect the child or himself or herself from an act that constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018.

3. If the mother of a child has primary physical custody pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 125C.003, the father of the child shall not willfully conceal or remove the child from the physical custody of the mother. If the father of a child has primary physical custody pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 125C.003, the mother of the child shall not willfully conceal or remove the child from the physical custody of the father. A person who violates this subsection shall be punished as provided in subsection 1.

4. A parent who has joint physical custody of a child pursuant to an order, judgment or decree of a court shall not relocate with the child pursuant to NRS 125C.0065 without the written consent of the non-relocating parent or before the court enters an order granting the parent primary physical custody of the child and permission to relocate with the child, as applicable. A person who violates this subsection shall be punished as provided in subsection 1.

5. A parent who has primary physical custody of a child pursuant to an order, judgment or decree of a court shall not relocate with the child pursuant to NRS 125C.006 without the written consent of the non-relocating parent or the permission of the court. A person who violates this subsection shall be punished as provided in subsection 1.

6. Before an arrest warrant may be issued for a violation of this section, the court must find that:

(a) This is the home state of the child, as defined in NRS 125A.085; and

(b) There is cause to believe that the entry of a court order in a civil proceeding brought pursuant to chapter 125, 125A or 125C of NRS will not be effective to enforce the rights of the parties and would not be in the best interests of the child.

7. Upon conviction for a violation of this section, the court shall order the defendant to pay restitution for any expenses incurred in locating or recovering the child.

8. The prosecuting attorney may recommend to the judge that the defendant be sentenced as for a misdemeanor and the judge may impose such a sentence if the judge finds that:

(a) The defendant has no prior conviction for this offense and the child has suffered no substantial harm as a result of the offense; or

(b) The interests of justice require that the defendant be punished as for a misdemeanor.

9. A person who aids or abets any other person to violate this section shall be punished as provided in subsection 1.

10. In addition to the exemption set forth in subsection 11, subsections 4 and 5 do not apply to a person who demonstrates a compelling excuse, to the satisfaction of the court, for relocating with a child in violation of NRS 125C.006 or 125C.0065.

11. This section does not apply to a person who detains, conceals, removes or relocates with a child to protect the child from the imminent danger of abuse or neglect or to protect himself or herself from imminent physical harm, and reported the detention, concealment, removal or relocation to a law enforcement agency or an agency which provides child welfare services within 24 hours after detaining, concealing, removing or relocating with the child, or as soon as the circumstances allowed. As used in this subsection:

(a) “Abuse or neglect” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (a) of subsection 4 of NRS 200.508.

(b) “Agency which provides child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.030.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 1397; A 1981, 564; 1989, 1678; 1991, 1422; 1993, 1425; 1995, 997, 1185, 1338; 2001 Special Session, 17; 2003, 1005; 2015, 2590)

SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEDUCTION

NRS 200.364 Definitions. As used in NRS 200.364 to 200.3788, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Forensic laboratory” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 176.09117.

2. “Forensic medical examination” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 217.300.

3. “Genetic marker analysis” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 176.09118.

4. “Offense involving a pupil or child” means any of the following offenses:

(a) Sexual conduct between certain employees of a school or volunteers at a school and a pupil pursuant to NRS 201.540.

(b) Sexual conduct between certain employees of a college or university and a student pursuant to NRS 201.550.

(c) Sexual conduct between certain employees or contractors of or volunteers for an entity which provides services to children and a person under the care, custody, control or supervision of the entity pursuant to NRS 201.555.

5. “Perpetrator” means a person who commits a sexual offense, an offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking.

6. “Sex trafficking” means a violation of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300.

7. “Sexual assault forensic evidence kit” means the forensic evidence obtained from a forensic medical examination.

8. “Sexual offense” means any of the following offenses:

(a) Sexual assault pursuant to NRS 200.366.

(b) Statutory sexual seduction pursuant to NRS 200.368.

9. “Sexual penetration” means cunnilingus, fellatio, or any intrusion, however slight, of any part of a person’s body or any object manipulated or inserted by a person into the genital or anal openings of the body of another, including sexual intercourse in its ordinary meaning. The term does not include any such conduct for medical purposes.

10. “Statutory sexual seduction” means ordinary sexual intercourse, anal intercourse or sexual penetration committed by a person 18 years of age or older with a person who is 14 or 15 years of age and who is at least 4 years younger than the perpetrator.

11. “Victim” means a person who is a victim of a sexual offense, an offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking.

12. “Victim of sexual assault” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 217.280.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 1626; A 1979, 572; 1991, 801; 1995, 700; 2009, 231, 1296; 2013, 2426; 2015, 2234; 2017, 2316, 2887, 2888)

NRS 200.366 Sexual assault: Definition; penalties; exclusions.

1. A person is guilty of sexual assault if the person:

(a) Subjects another person to sexual penetration, or forces another person to make a sexual penetration on themselves or another, or on a beast, against the will of the victim or under conditions in which the perpetrator knows or should know that the victim is mentally or physically incapable of resisting or understanding the nature of the perpetrator’s conduct; or

(b) Commits a sexual penetration upon a child under the age of 14 years or causes a child under the age of 14 years to make a sexual penetration on themselves or another, or on a beast.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, a person who commits a sexual assault is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished:

(a) If substantial bodily harm to the victim results from the actions of the defendant committed in connection with or as a part of the sexual assault, by imprisonment in the state prison:

(1) For life without the possibility of parole; or

(2) For life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 15 years has been served.

(b) If no substantial bodily harm to the victim results, by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, a person who commits a sexual assault against a child under the age of 16 years is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished:

(a) If the crime results in substantial bodily harm to the child, by imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), if the crime does not result in substantial bodily harm to the child, by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 25 years has been served.

(c) If the crime is committed against a child under the age of 14 years and does not result in substantial bodily harm to the child, by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 35 years has been served.

4. A person who commits a sexual assault against a child under the age of 16 years and who has been previously convicted of:

(a) A sexual assault pursuant to this section or any other sexual offense against a child; or

(b) An offense committed in another jurisdiction that, if committed in this State, would constitute a sexual assault pursuant to this section or any other sexual offense against a child,

Ê is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole.

5. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person who is less than 18 years of age and who commits any of the acts described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 if the person is not more than 2 years older than the person upon whom the act was committed unless:

(a) The person committing the act uses force or threatens the use of force; or

(b) The person committing the act knows or should know that the victim is mentally or physically incapable of resisting or understanding the nature of the perpetrator’s conduct.

6. For the purpose of this section, “other sexual offense against a child” means any act committed by an adult upon a child constituting:

(a) Incest pursuant to NRS 201.180;

(b) Lewdness with a child pursuant to NRS 201.230;

(d) Luring a child using a computer, system or network pursuant to NRS 201.560, if punished as a felony.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 1626; A 1991, 612; 1995, 1186; 1997, 1179, 1719; 1999, 431; 2003, 2825; 2005, 2874; 2007, 3255; 2015, 2235; 2021, 1392)

NRS 200.368 Statutory sexual seduction: Penalties. A person who commits statutory sexual seduction shall be punished:

1. If the person is 21 years of age or older at the time of the commission of the offense, 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.

2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if the person is under the age of 21 years, for a gross misdemeanor.

3. If the person is under the age of 21 years and has previously been convicted of a sexual offense, as defined in NRS 179D.097, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 1627; A 1979, 1426; 1995, 1187; 2001, 703; 2015, 2236)

NRS 200.373 Sexual assault of spouse by spouse. It is no defense to a charge of sexual assault that the perpetrator was, at the time of the assault, married to the victim, if the assault was committed by force or by the threat of force.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 470; A 1975, 1141; 1977, 1628; 1987, 1165)

NRS 200.377 Victims of certain sexual offenses: Legislative findings and declarations. The Legislature finds and declares that:

1. This State has a compelling interest in assuring that the victim of a sexual offense, an offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking:

(a) Reports the sexual offense, offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking to the appropriate authorities;

(b) Cooperates in the investigation and prosecution of the sexual offense, offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking; and

(c) Testifies at the criminal trial of the person charged with committing the sexual offense, offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking.

2. The fear of public identification and invasion of privacy are fundamental concerns for the victims of sexual offenses, offenses involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking. If these concerns are not addressed and the victims are left unprotected, the victims may refrain from reporting and prosecuting sexual offenses, offenses involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking.

3. A victim of a sexual offense, an offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking may be harassed, intimidated and psychologically harmed by a public report that identifies the victim. A sexual offense, an offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking is, in many ways, a unique, distinctive and intrusive personal trauma. The consequences of identification are often additional psychological trauma and the public disclosure of private personal experiences.

4. Recent public criminal trials have focused attention on these issues and have dramatized the need for basic protections for the victims of sexual offenses, offenses involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking.

5. The public has no overriding need to know the individual identity of the victim of a sexual offense, an offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking.

6. The purpose of NRS 200.3771 to 200.3774, inclusive, is to protect the victims of sexual offenses, offenses involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking from harassment, intimidation, psychological trauma and the unwarranted invasion of their privacy by prohibiting the disclosure of their identities to the public.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 2475; A 2009, 1296; 2013, 2427; 2017, 2317)

NRS 200.3771 Victims of certain sexual offenses: Confidentiality of records and reports that reveal identity; when disclosure permitted; penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any information which is contained in:

(a) Court records, including testimony from witnesses;

(b) Intelligence or investigative data, reports of crime or incidents of criminal activity or other information;

(d) Records in the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History,

Ê that reveals the identity of a victim of a sexual offense, an offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking is confidential, including but not limited to the victim’s photograph, likeness, name, address or telephone number.

2. A defendant charged with a sexual offense, an offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking and the defendant’s attorney are entitled to all identifying information concerning the victim in order to prepare the defense of the defendant. The defendant and the defendant’s attorney shall not disclose this information except, as necessary, to those persons directly involved in the preparation of the defense.

3. A court of competent jurisdiction may authorize the release of the identifying information, upon application, if the court determines that:

(a) The person making the application has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the court that good cause exists for the disclosure;

(b) The disclosure will not place the victim at risk of personal harm; and

4. Nothing in this section prohibits:

(a) Any publication or broadcast by the media concerning a sexual offense, an offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking.

(b) The disclosure of identifying information to any nonprofit organization or public agency whose purpose is to provide counseling, services for the management of crises or other assistance to the victims of crimes if:

(1) The organization or agency needs identifying information of victims to offer such services; and

(2) The court or a law enforcement agency approves the organization or agency for the receipt of the identifying information.

5. The willful violation of any provision of this section or the willful neglect or refusal to obey any court order made pursuant thereto is punishable as criminal contempt.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 2476; A 2009, 1297; 2013, 2427; 2017, 2317)

1. A victim of a sexual offense, an offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking may choose a pseudonym to be used instead of the victim’s name on all files, records and documents pertaining to the sexual offense, offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking, including, without limitation, criminal intelligence and investigative reports, court records and media releases.

2. A victim who chooses to use a pseudonym shall file a form to choose a pseudonym with the law enforcement agency investigating the sexual offense, offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking. The form must be provided by the law enforcement agency.

3. If the victim files a form to use a pseudonym, as soon as practicable the law enforcement agency shall make a good faith effort to:

(a) Substitute the pseudonym for the name of the victim on all reports, files and records in the agency’s possession; and

(b) Notify the prosecuting attorney of the pseudonym.

Ê The law enforcement agency shall maintain the form in a manner that protects the confidentiality of the information contained therein.

4. Upon notification that a victim has elected to be designated by a pseudonym, the court shall ensure that the victim is designated by the pseudonym in all legal proceedings concerning the sexual offense, offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking.

5. The information contained on the form to choose a pseudonym concerning the actual identity of the victim is confidential and must not be disclosed to any person other than the defendant or the defendant’s attorney unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders the disclosure of the information. The disclosure of information to a defendant or the defendant’s attorney is subject to the conditions and restrictions specified in subsection 2 of NRS 200.3771. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.

6. A court of competent jurisdiction may order the disclosure of the information contained on the form only if it finds that the information is essential in the trial of the defendant accused of the sexual offense, offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking, or the identity of the victim is at issue.

7. A law enforcement agency that complies with the requirements of this section is immune from civil liability for unknowingly or unintentionally:

(a) Disclosing any information contained on the form filed by a victim pursuant to this section that reveals the identity of the victim; or

(b) Failing to substitute the pseudonym of the victim for the name of the victim on all reports, files and records in the agency’s possession.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 2477; A 2009, 1298; 2013, 2428; 2017, 2318)

NRS 200.3773 Victims of certain sexual offenses: Public officer or employee prohibited from disclosing identity; exceptions; penalty.

1. A public officer or employee who has access to any records, files or other documents which include the photograph, likeness, name, address, telephone number or other fact or information that reveals the identity of a victim of a sexual offense, an offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking shall not intentionally or knowingly disclose the identifying information to any person other than:

(a) The defendant or the defendant’s attorney;

(b) A person who is directly involved in the investigation, prosecution or defense of the case;

(d) A nonprofit organization or public agency approved to receive the information pursuant to NRS 200.3771.

2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 2477; A 2009, 1298; 2013, 2429; 2017, 2319)

NRS 200.3774 Victims of certain sexual offenses: Effect of waiver of confidentiality. The provisions of NRS 200.3771, 200.3772 and 200.3773 do not apply if the victim of the sexual offense, offense involving a pupil or child or sex trafficking voluntarily waives, in writing, the confidentiality of the information concerning the victim’s identity.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 2478; A 2009, 1299; 2013, 2429; 2017, 2319)

1. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, a person who reasonably believes that the crime of sexual assault has been committed against him or her by another person may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or extended order directing the person who allegedly committed the sexual assault to:

(a) Stay away from the home, school, business or place of employment of the victim of the alleged sexual assault and any other location specifically named by the court.

(b) Refrain from contacting, intimidating, threatening or otherwise interfering with the victim of the alleged sexual assault and any other person named in the order, including, without limitation, a member of the family or the household of the victim of the alleged sexual assault.

(c) Comply with any other restriction which the court deems necessary to protect the victim of the alleged sexual assault or to protect any other person named in the order, including, without limitation, a member of the family or the household of the victim of the alleged sexual assault.

2. If a defendant charged with a crime involving sexual assault is released from custody before trial or is found guilty at the trial, the court may issue a temporary or extended order or provide as a condition of the release or sentence that the defendant:

(a) Stay away from the home, school, business or place of employment of the victim of the alleged sexual assault and any other location specifically named by the court.

3. A temporary order may be granted with or without notice to the adverse party. An extended order may be granted only after:

(a) Notice of the petition for the order and of the hearing thereon is served upon the adverse party pursuant to the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure; and

(b) A hearing is held on the petition.

4. If an extended order is issued by a justice court, an interlocutory appeal lies to the district court, which may affirm, modify or vacate the order in question. The appeal may be taken without bond, but its taking does not stay the effect or enforcement of the order.

5. Unless a more severe penalty is prescribed by law for the act that constitutes the violation of the order, any person who intentionally violates:

(a) A temporary order is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

(b) An extended order is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

6. Any court order issued pursuant to this section must:

(a) Be in writing;

(b) Be personally served on the person to whom it is directed; and

(1) Subjects the person to immediate arrest.

(2) Is a gross misdemeanor if the order is a temporary order.

(3) Is a category C felony if the order is an extended order.

7. A temporary or extended order issued pursuant to this section must provide notice that a person who is arrested for violating the order will not be admitted to bail sooner than 12 hours after the arrest if:

(a) The arresting officer determines that such a violation is accompanied by a direct or indirect threat of harm;

(b) The person has previously violated a temporary or extended order for protection; or

(1) A concentration of alcohol of 0.08 or more in his or her blood or breath; or

(2) An amount of a prohibited substance in his or her blood or urine, as applicable, that is equal to or greater than the amount set forth in subsection 3 or 4 of NRS 484C.110.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 228; A 2017, 322)

NRS 200.3781 Petitioner for order: Deferment of costs and fees; free information concerning order; no fee for serving order.

1. The payment of all costs and official fees must be deferred for any person who petitions a court for a temporary or extended order pursuant to NRS 200.378. After any hearing and not later than final disposition of such an application or order, the court shall assess the costs and fees against the adverse party, except that the court may reduce them or waive them, as justice may require.

2. The clerk of the court shall provide a person who petitions the court for a temporary or extended order pursuant to NRS 200.378 and the adverse party, free of cost, with information about the:

(a) Availability of temporary and extended orders pursuant to NRS 200.378;

(b) Procedure for filing an application for such an order; and

3. A person who obtains an order pursuant to NRS 200.378 must not be charged any fee to have the order served in this State.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 230)

NRS 200.3782 Duration of orders; dissolution or modification of orders.

1. A temporary order issued pursuant to NRS 200.378 expires within such time, not to exceed 30 days, as the court fixes. If a petition for an extended order is filed within the period of a temporary order, the temporary order remains in effect until the hearing on the extended order is held.

2. On 2 days’ notice to the party who obtained the temporary order, the adverse party may appear and move for its dissolution or modification, and in that event, the court shall proceed to hear and determine such motion as expeditiously as the ends of justice require.

3. An extended order expires within such time, not to exceed 3 years, as the court fixes. A temporary order may be converted by the court, upon notice to the adverse party and a hearing, into an extended order effective for not more than 3 years.

4. A court shall enter a finding of fact providing the basis for the imposition of an extended order effective for more than 1 year.

5. At any time while the extended order is in effect, the party who obtained the extended order or the adverse party may appear and move for its dissolution or modification based on changes of circumstance of the parties, and in that event the court shall proceed to hear and determine such motion as expeditiously as the ends of justice require.

6. This section must not be construed to affect the right of an adverse party to an interlocutory appeal pursuant to NRS 33.030.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 230; A 2019, 1910)

NRS 200.3783 Order to be transmitted to law enforcement agencies; enforcement.

1. Each court that issues an order pursuant to NRS 200.378 shall transmit, as soon as practicable, a copy of the order to all law enforcement agencies within its jurisdiction. The copy must include a notation of the date on which the order was personally served upon the person to whom it is directed.

2. A peace officer, without a warrant, may arrest and take into custody a person when the peace officer has probable cause to believe that:

(a) An order has been issued pursuant to NRS 200.378 to the person to be arrested;

(b) The person to be arrested has been served with a copy of the order; and

3. Any law enforcement agency in this State may enforce a court order issued pursuant to NRS 200.378.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 230)

NRS 200.37835 Duty to transmit information concerning temporary or extended order to Central Repository. Any time a court issues a temporary or extended order for protection against a person alleged to have committed the crime of sexual assault and any time a person serves such an order, or receives any information or takes any other action pursuant to NRS 200.378 to 200.37835, inclusive, the court or person, as applicable, shall cause to be transmitted, in the manner prescribed by the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History, any information required by the Central Repository in a manner which ensures that the information is received by the Central Repository by the end of the next business day.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 2838)

NRS 200.3784 Victim to be given certain information and documents concerning case; clerk to keep record of order or condition restricting conduct of defendant.

1. Upon written request of the alleged victim, the prosecuting attorney in any trial brought against a person on a charge of sexual assault shall timely inform the alleged victim of:

(a) Any pretrial disposition of the case;

(b) The final disposition of the case; and

2. If the defendant is found guilty and the court issues an order or provides a condition of the sentence restricting the ability of the defendant to have contact with the victim or witnesses, the clerk of the court shall:

(a) Keep a record of the order or condition of the sentence; and

(b) Provide a certified copy of the order or condition of the sentence to the victim and other persons named in the order.

(Added to NRS by 2009, 230; A 2019, 2848)

NRS 200.3786 Sexual assault forensic evidence kits: Duties of medical provider, law enforcement agency and forensic laboratory.

1. Within 72 hours after conducting a forensic medical examination, a medical provider shall notify the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the alleged sexual assault of the victim and the law enforcement agency shall take possession of the sexual assault forensic evidence kit.

2. If a law enforcement agency determines it does not have jurisdiction over an alleged sexual assault, the law enforcement agency shall notify the law enforcement agency having proper jurisdiction of such an assault within 5 days after taking possession of the sexual assault forensic evidence kit. After receiving such notice, the law enforcement agency with proper jurisdiction shall take possession of the sexual assault forensic evidence kit.

3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a law enforcement agency shall, not later than 30 days after receiving notice pursuant to subsection 1 or 2 of a sexual assault forensic evidence kit, submit the sexual assault forensic evidence kit to the applicable forensic laboratory responsible for conducting a genetic marker analysis. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to any noninvestigatory sexual assault forensic evidence kit associated with a victim who has chosen to remain anonymous.

4. A law enforcement agency shall, not later than 5 days after receiving notice of a sexual assault forensic evidence kit, assign a criminal complaint number to the evidence.

5. Any law enforcement agency that submits a sexual assault forensic evidence kit to a forensic laboratory shall, immediately following such a submission, notify the victim of the information contained in subsections 1, 2 and 3.

6. A forensic laboratory shall, not later than 120 days after receiving a sexual assault forensic evidence kit from a law enforcement agency, test the sexual assault forensic evidence kit, unless the victim requests, in writing, to defer the genetic marker analysis of the sexual assault forensic evidence kit pursuant to NRS 178A.220.

7. Upon completion of a genetic marker analysis, the forensic laboratory shall include an eligible DNA profile obtained from the genetic marker analysis in the State DNA Database and CODIS.

8. As used in this section:

(a) “CODIS” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 176.09113.

(b) “State DNA Database” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 176.09119.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 2885; A 2019, 2848)

NRS 200.3788 Statewide program to track sexual assault forensic evidence kits: Requirements; annual report; participation; immunity from civil liability.

1. A statewide program to track sexual assault forensic evidence kits must be established in this State. The Attorney General shall, pursuant to the recommendation of the Sexual Assault Kit Working Group, designate a department or division of the Executive Department of State Government to establish the program. The designated department or division may contract with any appropriate public or private agency, organization or institution to carry out the provisions of this section.

2. The program to track sexual assault forensic evidence kits must:

(a) Track the location and status of sexual assault forensic evidence kits, including, without limitation, the initial forensic medical examination, receipt by a law enforcement agency and receipt and genetic marker analysis at a forensic laboratory.

(b) Allow providers of health care who perform forensic medical examinations, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, forensic laboratories and any other entities having sexual assault forensic evidence kits in their custody to track the status and location of sexual assault forensic evidence kits.

(c) Allow a victim of sexual assault to anonymously track or receive, by telephone or on an Internet website, updates regarding the status and location of his or her sexual assault forensic evidence kit.

3. The department or division designated pursuant to subsection 1 shall, on or before January 1 and July 1 of each year, submit to the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary and post on the Internet website maintained by the department or division a report concerning the statewide program to track sexual assault forensic evidence kits. The report must include:

(a) The number of sexual assault forensic evidence kits in the program in each county.

(b) The number of sexual assault forensic evidence kits for which genetic marker analysis has been completed for each county for the last 6 months.

(d) The number of sexual assault forensic evidence kits for which genetic marker analysis has been requested but not completed for each county.

(e) For this State as a whole and each county, the average and median time between a forensic medical examination and receipt of a sexual assault forensic evidence kit by a forensic laboratory for genetic marker analysis, overall and for the last 6 months.

(f) For this State as a whole and each county, the average and median time between receipt of a sexual assault forensic evidence kit by a forensic laboratory and genetic marker analysis, overall and for the last 6 months.

(g) The number of sexual assault forensic evidence kits in each county awaiting genetic marker analysis for more than 1 year and 6 months after forensic medical examination.

4. Each law enforcement agency, prosecutor, forensic laboratory and provider of health care who performs forensic medical examinations in this State shall participate in the statewide program to track sexual assault forensic evidence kits for the purpose of tracking the status of any sexual assault forensic evidence kits in the custody of the agency, prosecutor, laboratory or provider, or a third party under contract with such agency, prosecutor, laboratory or provider.

5. Any agency or person who acts pursuant to this section in good faith and without gross negligence is immune from civil liability for those acts.

6. The department or division designated pursuant to subsection 1 may apply for and accept any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money to carry out the provisions of this section.

7. As used in this section, “Sexual Assault Kit Working Group” means the statewide working group led by the Office of the Attorney General to create policies and procedures to address the backlog of sexual assault forensic evidence kits that have not been tested.

(Added to NRS by 2017, 2886; A 2019, 2850; 2021, 2517)

ROBBERY

NRS 200.380 Definition; penalty.

1. Robbery is the unlawful taking of personal property from the person of another, or in the person’s presence, against his or her will, by means of force or violence or fear of injury, immediate or future, to his or her person, or the person of a member of his or her family, or of anyone in his or her company at the time of the robbery. A taking is by means of force or fear if force or fear is used to:

(a) Obtain or retain possession of the property;

(b) Prevent or overcome resistance to the taking; or

Ê The degree of force used is immaterial if it is used to compel acquiescence to the taking of or escaping with the property. A taking constitutes robbery whenever it appears that, although the taking was fully completed without the knowledge of the person from whom taken, such knowledge was prevented by the use of force or fear.

2. A person who commits robbery is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years.

[1911 C&P § 162; RL § 6427; NCL § 10109]—(NRS A 1961, 53; 1967, 470; 1993, 253; 1995, 1187; 2019, 408)

ATTEMPTS TO KILL

NRS 200.390 Administration of poison: Penalty. A person who willfully and maliciously administers or causes to be administered to or taken by a person, any poison, or other noxious or destructive substance or liquid, with the intention to cause the death of the person, and being thereof duly convicted, is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison:

1. For life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 5 years has been served; or

2. For a definite term of 15 years, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 5 years has been served.

[1911 C&P § 139; RL § 6404; NCL § 10086]—(NRS A 1967, 471; 1995, 1188)

BATTERY WITH INTENT TO COMMIT A CRIME

NRS 200.400 Definition; penalties.

1. As used in this section:

(a) “Battery” means any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another.

(b) “Strangulation” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.481.

2. A person who is convicted of battery with the intent to commit mayhem, robbery or grand larceny 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, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.

3. A person who is convicted of battery with the intent to kill 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.

4. A person who is convicted of battery with the intent to commit sexual assault shall be punished:

(a) If the crime results in substantial bodily harm to the victim or is committed by strangulation, for a category A felony by imprisonment in the state prison:

(1) For life without the possibility of parole; or

(2) For life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served.

(b) If the crime does not result in substantial bodily harm to the victim and the victim is 16 years of age or older, for a category A felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of life with the possibility of parole.

(c) If the crime does not result in substantial bodily harm to the victim and the victim is a child under the age of 16, for a category A felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 5 years and a maximum term of life with the possibility of parole.

Ê In addition to any other penalty, a person convicted pursuant to this subsection may be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.

[1911 C&P § 148; RL § 6413; NCL § 10095]—(NRS A 1967, 471; 1971, 1385; 1973, 1805; 1977, 1628; 1979, 1426; 1981, 903; 1985, 247; 1991, 123; 1995, 1188; 2005, 2875; 2009, 87; 2015, 2236)

ADMINISTRATION OF DRUG TO AID COMMISSION OF CRIME

NRS 200.405 Administration of drug to aid commission of felony: Penalty. Unless a greater penalty is provided in NRS 200.408, a person who administers to another person any chloroform, ether, laudanum, or any controlled substance, anesthetic, or intoxicating or emetic agent, with the intent thereby to enable or assist himself or herself or any other person to commit a felony, 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 10 years.

(Added to NRS by 1987, 1624; A 1995, 1189; 1997, 903)

NRS 200.408 Administration of controlled substance to aid commission of crime of violence: Penalty; definitions.

1. A person who causes to be administered to another person any controlled substance without that person’s knowledge and with the intent thereby to enable or assist himself or herself or any other person to commit a crime of violence against that person or the property of that 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 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 20 years.

2. As used in this section:

(a) “Controlled substance” includes flunitrazepam and gamma-hydroxybutyrate and each substance for which flunitrazepam or gamma-hydroxybutyrate is an immediate precursor as defined in NRS 453.086.

(b) “Crime of violence” means:

(1) Any offense involving the use or threatened use of force or violence against the person or property of another; or

(2) Any felony for which there is a substantial risk that force or violence may be used against the person or property of another in the commission of the felony.

(c) “Without a person’s knowledge” means the person is unaware that a substance that can alter the person’s ability to appraise conduct or to decline participation in or communicate an unwillingness to participate in conduct has been administered to the person.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 902)

DUELS AND CHALLENGES

NRS 200.410 Death resulting from duel; penalty. If a person fights, by previous appointment or agreement, a duel with a rifle, shotgun, pistol, bowie knife, dirk, smallsword, backsword or other dangerous weapon, and in so doing kills his or her antagonist, or any person, or inflicts such a wound that the party or parties injured die thereof, each such offender is guilty of murder in the first degree, which is a category A felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in subsection 4 of NRS 200.030.

[1911 C&P § 157; RL § 6422; NCL § 10104]—(NRS A 1959, 10; 1995, 1189; 1999, 2)

NRS 200.430 Incriminating testimony; witness’s privilege. Any person who is present at the time of fighting any duel with deadly weapons, as second, aid, surgeon or spectator, or who advises or gives assistance to such a duel, is a competent witness against any person offending against any of the provisions of NRS 200.410 and may be compelled to appear and give evidence before any justice of the peace, grand jury or court, in the same manner as other witnesses; but the testimony so given may not be used in any prosecution or proceeding, civil or criminal, against the person so testifying.

[1911 C&P § 159; RL § 6424; NCL § 10106]—(NRS A 1979, 1426)

NRS 200.440 Posting for not fighting; use of contemptuous language. If any person posts another, or in writing, print or orally uses any reproachable or contemptuous language to or concerning another, for not fighting a duel, or for not sending or accepting a challenge, the person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

[1911 C&P § 160; RL § 6425; NCL § 10107]—(NRS A 1959, 10; 1967, 471)

NRS 200.450 Challenges to fight; penalties.

1. If a person, upon previous concert and agreement, fights with any other person or gives, sends or authorizes any other person to give or send a challenge verbally or in writing to fight any other person, the person giving, sending or accepting the challenge to fight any other person shall be punished:

(a) If the fight does not involve the use of a deadly weapon, for a gross misdemeanor; or

(b) If the fight involves the use of a deadly weapon, 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, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.

2. A person who acts for another in giving, sending, or accepting, either verbally or in writing, a challenge to fight any other person shall be punished:

(a) If the fight does not involve the use of a deadly weapon, for a gross misdemeanor; or

3. Should death ensue to a person in such a fight, or should a person die from any injuries received in such a fight, the person causing or having any agency in causing the death, either by fighting or by giving or sending for himself or herself or for any other person, or in receiving for himself or herself or for any other person, the challenge to fight, is guilty of murder in the first degree which is a category A felony and shall be punished as provided in subsection 4 of NRS 200.030.

[1911 C&P § 161; RL § 6426; NCL § 10108]—(NRS A 1967, 472; 1977, 884; 1979, 1426; 1995, 1189; 1999, 2)

FALSE IMPRISONMENT

NRS 200.460 Definition; penalties.

1. False imprisonment is an unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another, and consists in confinement or detention without sufficient legal authority.

2. A person convicted of false imprisonment shall pay all damages sustained by the person so imprisoned, and, except as otherwise provided in this section, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

3. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to subsection 4, if the false imprisonment is committed:

(a) By a prisoner in a penal institution without a deadly weapon; or

(b) By any other person with the use of a deadly weapon,

Ê the person convicted of such a false imprisonment 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.

4. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to subsection 5, if the false imprisonment is committed by using the person so imprisoned as a shield or to avoid arrest, the person convicted of such a false imprisonment 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 15 years.

5. If the false imprisonment is committed by a prisoner who is in lawful custody or confinement with the use of a deadly weapon, the person convicted of such a false imprisonment 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 20 years.

[1911 C&P § 175; RL § 6440; NCL § 10122]—(NRS A 1967, 472; 1981, 614; 1995, 1190; 2003, 387)

INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE; PURCHASE OR SALE OF PERSON

NRS 200.463 Involuntary servitude; penalties.

1. A person who knowingly subjects, or attempts to subject, another person to forced labor or services by:

(a) Causing or threatening to cause physical harm to any person;

(b) Physically restraining or threatening to physically restrain any person;

(d) Knowingly destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating or possessing any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document, of the person;

(e) Extortion;

(f) Causing or threatening to cause financial harm to any person;

(g) Debt bondage;

(h) Peonage; or

(i) Using a scheme, plan or pattern intended to cause the person to believe that the failure to perform an act would result in serious harm or physical restraint against any person,

Ê is guilty of holding a person in involuntary servitude.

2. Unless a greater penalty is provided in NRS 200.4631, a person who is found guilty of holding a person in involuntary servitude is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished:

(a) Where the victim suffers substantial bodily harm while held in involuntary servitude or in attempted escape or escape therefrom, by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 7 years and a maximum term of not more than 20 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $50,000.

(b) Where the victim suffers no substantial bodily harm as a result of being held in involuntary servitude, by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 5 years and a maximum term of not more than 20 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $50,000.

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Debt bondage” has the meaning ascribed to it in 22 U.S.C. § 7102.

(b) “Peonage” means a status or condition of compulsory service based upon real or alleged indebtedness.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 87; A 2013, 1853; 2023, 208)

NRS 200.4631 Involuntary servitude of minors; penalties.

1. A person who has physical custody of a minor, allows a minor to reside in his or her residence, is in a position of authority over a minor or provides care for any length of time to a minor and who knowingly:

(a) Obtains labor or services from the minor by causing or threatening to cause serious harm to the minor or by engaging in a pattern of conduct that results in physical injury to the minor, sexual abuse of the minor or sexual assault of the minor pursuant to NRS 200.366;

(b) Benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value other than sexual gratification from the labor or services obtained by the conduct specified in paragraph (a); or

(c) Uses a scheme, plan or pattern intended to cause the minor to believe that the failure to perform an act would result in serious harm or physical restraint against any person,

Ê is guilty of holding a minor in involuntary servitude.

2. A person who is found guilty of holding a minor in involuntary servitude is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 15 years has been served, and may be further punished by a fine of at least $50,000.

3. Consent of the victim to the performance of any labor or services is not a valid defense to a prosecution conducted pursuant to this section.

4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a parent or guardian of a child from requiring his or her child to perform common household chores under the threat of the reasonable exercise of discipline by the parent or guardian of the child.

5. For the purposes of this section:

(a) “Physical injury” includes, without limitation:

(1) A sprain or dislocation;

(2) Damage to cartilage;

(3) A fracture of a bone or the skull;

(4) An injury causing an intracranial hemorrhage or injury to another internal organ;

(5) Permanent or temporary disfigurement, including, without limitation, a burn, scalding, cut, laceration, puncture or bite; or

(6) Permanent or temporary loss or impairment of a part or organ of the body.

(b) “Serious harm” means any harm, whether physical or nonphysical, including, without limitation, psychological, financial or reputational harm, that is sufficiently serious, under the circumstances, to compel a reasonable person of the same background and in the same circumstances as the victim to perform or to continue to provide labor or services to avoid incurring that harm.

(1) Lewdness with a child pursuant to NRS 201.230;

(2) Sado-masochistic abuse pursuant to NRS 201.262;

(3) Sexual assault pursuant to NRS 200.366;

(4) Open or gross lewdness pursuant to NRS 201.210; and

(5) Mutilation of the genitalia of a female child, aiding, abetting, encouraging or participating in the mutilation of the genitalia of a female child, or removal of a female child from this State for the purpose of mutilating the genitalia of the child pursuant to NRS 200.5083.

(Added to NRS by 2013, 1852; A 2023, 209)

NRS 200.464 Recruiting, enticing, harboring, transporting, providing or obtaining another person to be held in involuntary servitude; benefiting from another person being held in involuntary servitude; penalty. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 200.4631 or 200.468, a person who knowingly:

1. Recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides or obtains by any means, or attempts to recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide or obtain by any means, another person, intending or knowing that the person will be held in involuntary servitude; or

2. Benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participating in a violation of NRS 200.463 or 200.4631,

Ê 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 15 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $50,000.

(Added to NRS by 2005, 88; A 2007, 1268; 2013, 1854)

NRS 200.465 Assuming rights of ownership over another person; purchase or sale of person; penalty. A person who:

1. Assumes or attempts to assume rights of ownership over another person;

2. Sells or attempts to sell a person to another;

3. Receives money or anything of value in consideration of placing a person in the custody or under the control of another;

4. Buys or attempts to buy a person;

5. Except as otherwise provided in chapter 127 of NRS, pays money or delivers anything of value to another in consideration of having a person placed in his or her custody or under his or her power or control; or

6. Knowingly aids or assists in any manner a person who violates any provision of this section,

Ê 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 5 years and a maximum term of not more than 20 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $50,000.

(Added to NRS by 1989, 1186; A 1995, 1190; 2005, 88)

NRS 200.466 Power of court to order restitution for violation of NRS 200.463, 200.464 or 200.465.

1. In addition to any other penalty, the court may order a person convicted of a violation of any provision of NRS 200.463, 200.464 or 200.465 to pay restitution to the victim as provided in subsection 2.

2. Restitution ordered pursuant to this section may include, without limitation:

(a) The cost of medical and psychological treatment, including, without limitation, physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation;

(b) The cost of transportation, temporary housing and child care;

(c) The return of property, the cost of repairing damaged property or the full value of the property if it is destroyed or damaged beyond repair;

(d) Expenses incurred by a victim in relocating away from the defendant or his or her associates, if the expenses are verified by law enforcement to be necessary for the personal safety of the victim;

(e) The cost of repatriation of the victim to his or her home country, if applicable; and

(f) Any and all other losses suffered by the victim as a result of the violation of any provision of NRS 200.463, 200.464 or 200.465.

3. The return of the victim to his or her home country or other absence of the victim from the jurisdiction does not prevent the victim from receiving restitution.

4. As used in this section, “victim” means any person:

(a) Against whom a violation of any provision of NRS 200.463, 200.464 or 200.465 has been committed; or

(b) Who is the surviving child of such a person.

(Added to NRS by 2013, 2425)

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

NRS 200.467 Trafficking in persons for financial gain; penalties.

1. A person shall not transport, procure transportation for or assist in the transportation of or procurement of transportation for another person into the State of Nevada who the person knows or has reason to know does not have the legal right to enter or remain in the United States in exchange for money or other financial gain.

2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of trafficking in persons and, unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 200.464 or 200.468, shall be punished 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 $50,000.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 1267)

NRS 200.468 Trafficking in persons for illegal purposes; penalty.

1. A person shall not transport, procure transportation for or assist in the transportation of or procurement of transportation for another person into the State of Nevada whom the person knows or has reason to know does not have the legal right to enter or remain in the United States with the intent to:

(a) Subject the person to involuntary servitude or any other act prohibited pursuant to NRS 200.463, 200.4631 or 200.465;

(b) Violate any state or federal labor law, including, without limitation, 8 U.S.C. § 1324a; or

2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of trafficking in persons for illegal purposes and shall be punished 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 20 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $50,000.

(Added to NRS by 2007, 1267; A 2013, 1854)

NRS 200.4685 Trafficking in children; penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not:

(a) Recruit, transport, transfer, harbor, provide, obtain, maintain or solicit a child in furtherance of a transaction, or advertise or facilitate a transaction, pursuant to which a parent of the child or a person with custody of the child places the child in the physical custody of another person who is not a relative of the child, for the purpose of permanently avoiding or divesting himself or herself of responsibility for the child.

(b) Sell, transfer or arrange for the sale or transfer of a child to another person for money or anything of value or receive a child in exchange for money or anything of value.

2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to:

(a) A placement of a child with a relative, stepparent, child-placing agency or an agency which provides child welfare services;

(b) A placement of a child by a child-placing agency or an agency which provides child welfare services;

(c) A temporary placement of a child with another person by a parent of the child or a person with legal or physical custody of the child, with an intent to return for the child, including, without limitation, a temporary placement of a child while the parent of the child or the person with legal or physical custody of the child is on vacation, incarcerated, serving in the military, receiving medical treatment or incapacitated;

(d) A placement of a child in accordance with NRS 127.330, 159A.205 or 159A.215;

(e) A placement of a child that is approved by a court of competent jurisdiction; or

(f) Delivery of a child to a provider of emergency services pursuant to NRS 432B.630.

3. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of trafficking in children and shall be punished for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130.

4. As used in this section:

(a) “Advertise” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 127.310.

(b) “Agency which provides child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.030.

(d) “Child-placing agency” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 127.220.

(Added to NRS by 2015, 2017; A 2017, 889)

NRS 200.469 Power of court to order restitution for violation of NRS 200.467, 200.468 or 200.4685.

1. In addition to any other penalty, the court may order a person convicted of violation of any provision of NRS 200.467, 200.468 or 200.4685 to pay restitution to the victim as provided in subsection 2.

2. Restitution ordered pursuant to this section may include, without limitation:

(a) The cost of medical and psychological treatment, including, without limitation, physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation;

(b) The cost of transportation, temporary housing and child care;

(c) The return of property, the cost of repairing damaged property or the full value of the property if it is destroyed or damaged beyond repair;

(e) The cost of repatriation of the victim to his or her home country, if applicable; and

(f) Any and all other losses suffered by the victim as a result of the violation of any provision of NRS 200.467, 200.468 or 200.4685.

3. The return of the victim to his or her home country or other absence of the victim from the jurisdiction does not prevent the victim from receiving restitution.

4. As used in this section, “victim” means any person:

(a) Against whom a violation of any provision of NRS 200.467, 200.468 or 200.4685 has been committed; or

(b) Who is the surviving child of such a person.

(Added to NRS by 2013, 2426; A 2015, 2018)

ASSAULT AND BATTERY

NRS 200.471 Assault: Definitions; penalties.

1. As used in this section:

(a) “Assault” means:

(1) Unlawfully attempting to use physical force against another person; or

(2) Intentionally placing another person in reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.

(b) “Fire-fighting agency” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 239B.020.

(c) “Health care facility” means a facility licensed pursuant to chapter 449 of NRS, an office of a person listed in NRS 629.031, a clinic or any other location, other than a residence, where health care is provided.

(d) “Officer” means:

(1) A person who possesses some or all of the powers of a peace officer;

(2) A person employed in a full-time salaried occupation of fire fighting for the benefit or safety of the public;

(3) A member of a volunteer fire department;

(4) A jailer, guard or other correctional officer of a city or county jail;

(5) A prosecuting attorney of an agency or political subdivision of the United States or of this State;

(6) A justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, district judge, justice of the peace, municipal judge, magistrate, court commissioner, master or referee, including a person acting pro tempore in a capacity listed in this subparagraph;

(7) An employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State whose official duties require the employee to make home visits;

(8) A civilian employee or a volunteer of a law enforcement agency whose official duties require the employee or volunteer to:

(I) Interact with the public;

(II) Perform tasks related to law enforcement; and

(III) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee or volunteer as working or volunteering for the law enforcement agency;

(9) A civilian employee or a volunteer of a fire-fighting agency whose official duties require the employee or volunteer to:

(I) Interact with the public;

(II) Perform tasks related to fire fighting or fire prevention; and

(III) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee or volunteer as working or volunteering for the fire-fighting agency; or

(10) A civilian employee or volunteer of this State or a political subdivision of this State whose official duties require the employee or volunteer to:

(I) Interact with the public;

(II) Perform tasks related to code enforcement; and

(III) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee or volunteer as working or volunteering for this State or a political subdivision of this State.

(e) “Provider of health care” means:

(1) A physician, a medical student, a perfusionist, an anesthesiologist assistant or a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 of NRS, a practitioner of respiratory care, a homeopathic physician, an advanced practitioner of homeopathy, a homeopathic assistant, an osteopathic physician, a physician assistant or anesthesiologist assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 633 of NRS, a podiatric physician, a podiatry hygienist, a physical therapist, a medical laboratory technician, an optometrist, a chiropractic physician, a chiropractic assistant, a naprapath, a doctor of Oriental medicine, a nurse, a student nurse, a certified nursing assistant, a nursing assistant trainee, a medication aide - certified, a person who provides health care services in the home for compensation, a dentist, a dental student, a dental hygienist, a dental hygienist student, an expanded function dental assistant, an expanded function dental assistant student, a pharmacist, a pharmacy student, an intern pharmacist, an attendant on an ambulance or air ambulance, a psychologist, a social worker, a marriage and family therapist, a marriage and family therapist intern, a clinical professional counselor, a clinical professional counselor intern, a behavior analyst, an assistant behavior analyst, a registered behavior technician, a mental health technician, a licensed dietitian, the holder of a license or a limited license issued under the provisions of chapter 653 of NRS, a public safety officer at a health care facility, an emergency medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, a paramedic or a participant in a program of training to provide emergency medical services; or

(2) An employee of or volunteer for a health care facility who:

(I) Interacts with the public;

(II) Performs tasks related to providing health care; and

(III) Wears identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the person as an employee or volunteer of the health care facility.

(f) “School employee” means a licensed or unlicensed person employed by a board of trustees of a school district pursuant to NRS 391.100 or 391.281.

(g) “Sporting event” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.630.

(h) “Sports official” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.630.

(i) “Taxicab” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 706.8816.

(j) “Taxicab driver” means a person who operates a taxicab.

(k) “Transit operator” means a person who operates a bus or other vehicle as part of a public mass transportation system.

(l) “Utility worker” means an employee of a public utility as defined in NRS 704.020 who official duties require the employee to:

(1) Interact with the public;

(2) Perform tasks related to the operation of the public utility; and

(3) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee as working for the public utility.

2. A person convicted of an assault shall be punished:

(a) If paragraph (c) or (d) does not apply to the circumstances of the crime and the assault is not made with the use of a deadly weapon or the present ability to use a deadly weapon, for a misdemeanor.

(b) If the assault is made with the use of a deadly weapon or the present ability to use a deadly weapon, 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.

(1) Is committed upon:

(I) An officer, a school employee, a taxicab driver, a transit operator or a utility worker who is performing his or her duty;

(II) A provider of health care while the provider of health care is performing his or her duty or is on the premises where he or she performs that duty; or

(III) A sports official based on the performance of his or her duties at a sporting event; and

(2) The person charged knew or should have known that the victim was an officer, a provider of health care, a school employee, a taxicab driver, a transit operator, a utility worker or a sports official,

Ê for a gross misdemeanor, unless the assault is made with the use of a deadly weapon or the present ability to use a deadly weapon, then 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.

(d) If the assault:

(1) Is committed by a probationer, a prisoner who is in lawful custody or confinement or a parolee upon:

(I) An officer, a school employee, a taxicab driver, a transit operator or a utility worker who is performing his or her duty;

(II) A provider of health care while the provider of health care is performing his or her duty or is on the premises where he or she performs that duty; or

(III) A sports official based on the performance of his or her duties at a sporting event; and

(2) The probationer, prisoner or parolee charged knew or should have known that the victim was an officer, a provider of health care, a school employee, a taxicab driver, a transit operator, a utility worker or a sports official,

Ê for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130, unless the assault is made with the use of a deadly weapon or the present ability to use a deadly weapon, then 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.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1384; A 1981, 903; 1985, 248; 1989, 1010; 1991, 124, 774; 1995, 21, 1190, 1321; 1997, 434; 1999, 140; 2001, 380, 986, 987; 2003, 354; 2005, 176; 2007, 1848, 3078; 2009, 74, 2991; 2011, 1336, 1513; 2013, 292, 952, 1763; 2017, 226; 2019, 1810, 2711; 2023, 933, 1587, 1688, 2970, 3431)

NRS 200.481 Battery: Definitions; penalties.

1. As used in this section:

(a) “Battery” means any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon the person of another.

(b) “Child” means a person less than 18 years of age.

(d) “Officer” means:

(1) A person who possesses some or all of the powers of a peace officer;

(2) A person employed in a full-time salaried occupation of fire fighting for the benefit or safety of the public;

(3) A member of a volunteer fire department;

(4) A jailer, guard, matron or other correctional officer of a city or county jail or detention facility;

(5) A prosecuting attorney of an agency or political subdivision of the United States or of this State;

(6) A justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, district judge, justice of the peace, municipal judge, magistrate, court commissioner, master or referee, including, without limitation, a person acting pro tempore in a capacity listed in this subparagraph;

(7) An employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State whose official duties require the employee to make home visits;

(8) A civilian employee or a volunteer of a law enforcement agency whose official duties require the employee or volunteer to:

(I) Interact with the public;

(II) Perform tasks related to law enforcement; and

(III) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee or volunteer as working or volunteering for the law enforcement agency;

(9) A civilian employee or a volunteer of a fire-fighting agency whose official duties require the employee or volunteer to:

(I) Interact with the public;

(II) Perform tasks related to fire fighting or fire prevention; and

(III) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee or volunteer as working or volunteering for the fire-fighting agency; or

(10) A civilian employee or volunteer of this State or a political subdivision of this State whose official duties require the employee or volunteer to:

(I) Interact with the public;

(II) Perform tasks related to code enforcement; and

(III) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee or volunteer as working or volunteering for this State or a political subdivision of this State.

(e) “Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.471.

(f) “School employee” means a licensed or unlicensed person employed by a board of trustees of a school district pursuant to NRS 391.100 or 391.281.

(g) “Sporting event” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.630.

(h) “Sports official” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 41.630.

(i) “Strangulation” means intentionally applying sufficient pressure to another person to make it difficult or impossible for the person to breathe, including, without limitation, applying pressure to the neck, throat or windpipe that may prevent or hinder breathing or reduce the intake of air, or applying any pressure to the neck on either side of the windpipe, but not the windpipe itself, to stop the flow of blood to the brain via the carotid arteries.

(j) “Taxicab” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 706.8816.

(k) “Taxicab driver” means a person who operates a taxicab.

(l) “Transit operator” means a person who operates a bus or other vehicle as part of a public mass transportation system.

(m) “Utility worker” means an employee of a public utility as defined in NRS 704.020 whose official duties require the employee to:

(1) Interact with the public;

(2) Perform tasks related to the operation of the public utility; and

(3) Wear identification, clothing or a uniform that identifies the employee as working for the public utility.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 200.485, a person convicted of a battery, other than a battery committed by an adult upon a child which constitutes child abuse, shall be punished:

(a) If the battery is not committed with a deadly weapon, and no substantial bodily harm to the victim results, except under circumstances where a greater penalty is provided in this section or NRS 197.090, for a misdemeanor.

(b) If the battery is not committed with a deadly weapon, and either substantial bodily harm to the victim results or the battery is committed by strangulation, for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130.

(1) The battery is committed upon:

(I) An officer, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator or utility worker who was performing his or her duty;

(II) A provider of health care while the provider of health care is performing his or her duty or is on the premises where he or she performs that duty; or

(III) A sports official based on the performance of his or her duties at a sporting event;

(2) The officer, provider of health care, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator, utility worker or sports official suffers substantial bodily harm or the battery is committed by strangulation; and

(3) The person charged knew or should have known that the victim was an officer, provider of health care, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator, utility worker or sports official,

Ê for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.

(d) If the battery:

(1) Is committed upon:

(I) An officer, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator or utility worker who is performing his or her duty;

(II) A provider of health care while the provider of health care is performing his or her duty or is on the premises where he or she performs that duty; or

(III) A sports official based on the performance of his or her duties at a sporting event; and

(2) The person charged knew or should have known that the victim was an officer, provider of health care, school employee, taxicab driver, transit operator, utility worker or sports official,

Ê for a gross misdemeanor, except under circumstances where a greater penalty is provided in this section.

(e) If the battery is committed with the use of a deadly weapon, and:

(1) No substantial bodily harm to the victim results, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.

(2) Substantial bodily harm to the victim results or the battery is committed by strangulation, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.

(f) If the battery is committed by a probationer, a prisoner who is in lawful custody or confinement or a parolee, without the use of a deadly weapon, whether or not substantial bodily harm results and whether or not the battery is committed by strangulation, 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.

(g) If the battery is committed by a probationer, a prisoner who is in lawful custody or confinement or a parolee, with the use of a deadly weapon, and:

(Added to NRS by 1971, 1385; A 1973, 1444; 1975, 1063; 1977, 736; 1979, 213, 1427; 1981, 12, 614; 1983, 673; 1985, 248, 2171; 1987, 515; 1989, 1178; 1991, 154, 774; 1995, 22, 903, 1191, 1321, 1335; 1997, 435, 1180, 1813; 1999, 141; 2001, 381; 2003, 355; 2005, 178; 2009, 87; 2013, 1764; 2017, 228; 2019, 1812; 2023, 936, 2004, 2972)

1. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to subsections 2 to 5, inclusive, or NRS 200.481, a person convicted of a battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018:

(a) For the first offense within 7 years, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by:

(1) Imprisonment in the city or county jail or detention facility for not less than 2 days, but not more than 6 months; and

(2) Performing not less than 48 hours, but not more than 120 hours, of community service.

Ê The person shall be further punished by a fine of not less than $200, but not more than $1,000. A term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to this paragraph may be served intermittently at the discretion of the judge or justice of the peace, except that each period of confinement must be not less than 12 consecutive hours and must occur at a time when the person is not required to be at his or her place of employment or on a weekend.

(b) For the second offense within 7 years, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by:

(1) Imprisonment in the city or county jail or detention facility for not less than 20 days, but not more than 6 months; and

(2) Performing not less than 100 hours, but not more than 200 hours, of community service.

Ê The person shall be further punished by a fine of not less than $500, but not more than $1,000. A term of imprisonment imposed pursuant to this paragraph may be served intermittently at the discretion of the judge or justice of the peace, except that each period of confinement must not be less than 12 consecutive hours and must occur at a time when the person is not required to be at his or her place of employment or on a weekend.

(c) For the third offense within 7 years, 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 less than $1,000, but not more than $5,000.

2. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to subsection 3 or NRS 200.481, a person convicted of a battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018, if the battery is committed by strangulation as described in NRS 200.481, is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

3. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 200.481, a person who has been previously convicted of:

(a) A felony that constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018;

(b) A battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018, if the battery is committed with the use of a deadly weapon as described in NRS 200.481; or

(c) A violation of the law of any other jurisdiction that prohibits the same or similar conduct set forth in paragraph (a) or (b),

Ê and who commits a battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018 is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, and shall be further punished by a fine of not less than $2,000, but not more than $5,000.

4. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 200.481, a person convicted of a battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018, if the battery is committed against a victim who was pregnant at the time of the battery and the person knew or should have known that the victim was pregnant:

(a) For the first offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 20 days and may be further punished by a fine of not less than $500, but not more than $1,000.

(b) For the second or any subsequent offense, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison of 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 less than $1,000, but not more than $5,000.

5. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 200.481, a person convicted of a battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018, if the battery causes substantial bodily harm, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison of 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 less than $1,000, but not more than $5,000.

6. In addition to any other penalty, if a person is convicted of a battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018, the court shall:

(a) For the first offense within 7 years, require the person to participate in weekly counseling sessions of not less than 1 1/2 hours per week for not less than 6 months, at his or her expense, in a program for the treatment of persons who commit domestic violence that has been certified pursuant to NRS 439.258.

(b) For the second offense within 7 years, require the person to participate in weekly counseling sessions of not less than 1 1/2 hours per week for not less than 12 months, at his or her expense, in a program for the treatment of persons who commit domestic violence that has been certified pursuant to NRS 439.258.

Ê If the person resides in this State but the nearest location at which counseling services are available is in another state, the court may allow the person to participate in counseling in the other state in a program for the treatment of persons who commit domestic violence that has been certified pursuant to NRS 439.258.

7. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an offense that occurred within 7 years immediately preceding the date of the principal offense or after the principal offense constitutes a prior offense for the purposes of this section:

(a) When evidenced by a conviction; or

(b) If the offense is conditionally dismissed or the judgment of conviction is set aside pursuant to NRS 176A.240, 176A.260 or 176A.290 or dismissed in connection with successful completion of a diversionary program or specialty court program,

Ê without regard to the sequence of the offenses and convictions. An offense which is listed in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 3 that occurred on any date preceding the date of the principal offense or after the principal offense constitutes a prior offense for the purposes of this section when evidenced by a conviction, without regard to the sequence of the offenses and convictions. The facts concerning a prior offense must be alleged in the complaint, indictment or information, must not be read to the jury or proved at trial but must be proved at the time of sentencing and, if the principal offense is alleged to be a felony, must also be shown at the preliminary examination or presented to the grand jury.

8. In addition to any other penalty, the court may require such a person to participate, at his or her expense, in a program of treatment for an alcohol or other substance use disorder that has been certified by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.

9. If it appears from information presented to the court that a child under the age of 18 years may need counseling as a result of the commission of a battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018, the court may refer the child to an agency which provides child welfare services. If the court refers a child to an agency which provides child welfare services, the court shall require the person convicted of a battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018 to reimburse the agency for the costs of any services provided, to the extent of the convicted person’s ability to pay.

10. If a person is charged with committing a battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018 that is punishable as a misdemeanor and may prohibit the person from owning, possessing or having under his or her control or custody any firearm pursuant to NRS 202.360, the person is entitled to a trial by jury pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 175.011, regardless of whether the person was previously prohibited from owning, possessing or having under his or her control or custody any firearm pursuant to NRS 202.360.

11. A court shall not grant probation to or suspend the sentence of a person convicted of a battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018 that is punishable as a felony.

12. In every judgment of conviction or admonishment of rights issued pursuant to this section, the court shall:

(a) Inform the person convicted that he or she is prohibited from owning, possessing or having under his or her custody or control any firearm pursuant to NRS 202.360; and

(b) Order the person convicted to permanently surrender, sell or transfer any firearm that he or she owns or that is in his or her possession or under his or her custody or control in the manner set forth in NRS 202.361.

13. A person who violates any provision included in a judgment of conviction or admonishment of rights issued pursuant to this section concerning the surrender, sale, transfer, ownership, possession, custody or control of a firearm 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. The court must include in the judgment of conviction or admonishment of rights a statement that a violation of such a provision in the judgment or admonishment is 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.

14. As used in this section:

(a) “Agency which provides child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.030.

(b) “Battery” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 200.481.

(c) “Offense” includes a battery which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018 or a violation of the law of any other jurisdiction that prohibits the same or similar conduct.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 1811; A 1999, 1880; 2001, 11, 432, 2485, 2922, 2932; 2003, 1481; 2005, 29, 533; 2007, 1436, 1438; 2009, 89, 91; 2017, 2457, 3026, 3121, 3183; 2019, 1815, 2857, 4420; 2021, 660, 1316, 2484; 2023, 1607)

NRS 200.490 Provoking assault: Penalty. Every person who shall, by word, sign or gesture, willfully provoke, or attempt to provoke, another person to commit an assault shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.

[Part 1911 C&P § 150; RL § 6415; NCL § 10097]—(NRS A 1967, 473)

CRIMINAL NEGLECT OF PATIENTS

NRS 200.495 Definitions; penalties.

1. A professional caretaker who fails to provide such service, care or supervision as is reasonable and necessary to maintain the health or safety of a patient is guilty of criminal neglect of a patient if:

(a) The act or omission is aggravated, reckless or gross;

(b) The act or omission is such a departure from what would be the conduct of an ordinarily prudent, careful person under the same circumstances that it is contrary to a proper regard for danger to human life or constitutes indifference to the resulting consequences;

(d) The danger to human life was not the result of inattention, mistaken judgment or misadventure, but the natural and probable result of an aggravated reckless or grossly negligent act or omission.

2. Unless a more severe penalty is prescribed by law for the act or omission which brings about the neglect, a person who commits criminal neglect of a patient:

(a) If the neglect results in death, 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 20 years.

(b) If the neglect results in substantial bodily harm, 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. For the purposes of this section, a patient is not neglected for the sole reason that:

(a) According to the patient’s desire, the patient is being furnished with treatment by spiritual means through prayer alone in accordance with the tenets and practices of a church or religious denomination. Subsection 1 does not authorize or require any medical care or treatment over the implied or express objection of such a patient.

(b) Life-sustaining treatment was withheld or withdrawn in accordance with a valid declaration by the patient or his or her agent pursuant to NRS 162A.790.

4. Upon the conviction of a person for a violation of the provisions of subsection 1, the Attorney General shall give notice of the conviction to the licensing boards which:

(a) Licensed the facility in which the criminal neglect occurred; and

(b) If applicable, licensed the person so convicted.

5. As used in this section:

(a) “Medical facility” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0151.

(b) “Patient” means a person who resides or receives health care in a medical facility.

(1) Holds a license, registration or permit issued pursuant to title 54 or chapter 449 of NRS;

(2) Is employed by, an agent of or under contract to perform services for, a medical facility; and

(3) Has responsibility to provide care to patients.

Ê The term does not include a person who is not involved in the day-to-day operation or management of a medical facility unless that person has actual knowledge of the criminal neglect of a patient and takes no action to cure such neglect.

(Added to NRS by 1993, 2497; A 1995, 1192; 2009, 207; 2021, 1604)

ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF CHILDREN

NRS 200.508 Abuse, neglect or endangerment of child: Penalties; definitions.

1. A person who willfully causes a child who is less than 18 years of age to suffer unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering as a result of abuse or neglect or to be placed in a situation where the child may suffer physical pain or mental suffering as the result of abuse or neglect:

(a) If substantial bodily or mental harm results to the child:

(1) If the child is less than 14 years of age and the harm is the result of sexual abuse or exploitation, is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 15 years has been served; or

(2) In all other such cases to which subparagraph (1) does not apply, 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

(b) If substantial bodily or mental harm does not result to the child:

(1) If the person has not previously been convicted of a violation of this section or of a violation of the law of any other jurisdiction that prohibits the same or similar conduct, 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

(2) If the person has previously been convicted of a violation of this section or of a violation of the law of any other jurisdiction that prohibits the same or similar conduct, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years,

Ê unless a more severe penalty is prescribed by law for an act or omission that brings about the abuse or neglect.

2. A person who is responsible for the safety or welfare of a child pursuant to NRS 432B.130 and who permits or allows that child to suffer unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering as a result of abuse or neglect or to be placed in a situation where the child may suffer physical pain or mental suffering as the result of abuse or neglect:

(a) If substantial bodily or mental harm results to the child:

(b) If substantial bodily or mental harm does not result to the child:

(2) If the person has previously been convicted of a violation of this section or of a violation of the law of any other jurisdiction that prohibits the same or similar conduct, is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130,

Ê unless a more severe penalty is prescribed by law for an act or omission that brings about the abuse or neglect.

3. A person does not commit a violation of subsection 1 or 2 by virtue of the sole fact that the person delivers or allows the delivery of a child to a provider of emergency services pursuant to NRS 432B.630.

4. As used in this section:

(a) “Abuse or neglect” means physical or mental injury of a nonaccidental nature, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child under the age of 18 years, as set forth in paragraph (d) and NRS 432B.070, 432B.100, 432B.110, 432B.140 and 432B.150, under circumstances which indicate that the child’s health or welfare is harmed or threatened with harm.

(b) “Allow” means to do nothing to prevent or stop the abuse or neglect of a child in circumstances where the person knows or has reason to know that the child is abused or neglected.

(c) “Permit” means permission that a reasonable person would not grant and which amounts to a neglect of responsibility attending the care, custody and control of a minor child.

(d) “Physical injury” means:

(1) Permanent or temporary disfigurement; or

(2) Impairment of any bodily function or organ of the body.

(e) “Substantial mental harm” means an injury to the intellectual or psychological capacity or the emotional condition of a child as evidenced by an observable and substantial impairment of the ability of the child to function within his or her normal range of performance or behavior.

(Added to NRS by 1971, 772; A 1975, 1141; 1977, 738, 1629; 1985, 1399; 1989, 866, 1510, 1512; 1995, 1193; 1997, 850, 1720; 1999, 470, 472; 2001, 1138, 1264; 2003, 22; 2015, 2237)

NRS 200.5081 District attorney may refer person suspected of violating NRS 200.508 for treatment or counseling.

1. A district attorney may, if the circumstances indicate that treatment or counseling is needed, refer a person who is suspected of violating a provision of NRS 200.508 to an appropriate public or private agency for treatment or counseling. The district attorney shall obtain the consent of the agency to which the district attorney intends to refer the person before doing so.

2. Nothing in this section limits the discretion of the district attorney to undertake prosecution of a person who has been referred for treatment or counseling pursuant to subsection 1.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 1228)

NRS 200.5083 Mutilation of genitalia of female child: Penalties; definitions.

1. A person who willfully:

(a) Mutilates, or aids, abets, encourages or participates in the mutilation of the genitalia of a female child; or

(b) Removes a female child from this State for the purpose of mutilating the genitalia of the child,

Ê 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, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.

2. It is not a defense that:

(a) The person engaging in the conduct prohibited by subsection 1 believes that the conduct is necessary or appropriate as a matter of custom, ritual or standard practice; or

(b) The child, the parent or legal guardian of the child, or another person legally responsible for the child has consented to the conduct prohibited by subsection 1.

3. As used in this section:

(a) “Child” means a person who is under 18 years of age.

(b) “Mutilates the genitalia of a female child” means the removal or infibulation in whole or in part of the clitoris, vulva, labia major or labia minor for nonmedical purposes.

(Added to NRS by 1997, 678)

NRS 200.5085 Use of nonmedical remedial treatment. A child is not abused or neglected, nor is the child’s health or welfare harmed or threatened for the sole reason that his or her parent or guardian, in good faith, selects and depends upon nonmedical remedial treatment for such child, if such treatment is recognized and permitted under the laws of this State in lieu of medical treatment.

(Added to NRS by 1979, 437)

ABUSE, NEGLECT, EXPLOITATION, ISOLATION OR ABANDONMENT OF OLDER PERSONS AND VULNERABLE PERSONS

NRS 200.5091 Policy of State. It is the policy of this State to provide for the cooperation of law enforcement officials, courts of competent jurisdiction and all appropriate state agencies providing human services in identifying the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation and abandonment of older persons and vulnerable persons through the complete reporting of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation and abandonment of older persons and vulnerable persons.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 1334; A 1997, 1348; 2005, 1107; 2015, 804)

NRS 200.5092 Definitions. As used in NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Abandonment” means:

(a) Desertion of an older person or a vulnerable person in an unsafe manner by a caretaker or other person with a legal duty of care; or

(b) Withdrawal of necessary assistance owed to an older person or a vulnerable person by a caretaker or other person with an obligation to provide services to the older person or vulnerable person.

2. “Abuse” means willful:

(a) Infliction of pain or injury on an older person or a vulnerable person;

(b) Deprivation of food, shelter, clothing or services which are necessary to maintain the physical or mental health of an older person or a vulnerable person;

(c) Infliction of psychological or emotional anguish, pain or distress on an older person or a vulnerable person through any act, including, without limitation:

(1) Threatening, controlling or socially isolating the older person or vulnerable person;

(2) Disregarding the needs of the older person or vulnerable person; or

(3) Harming, damaging or destroying any property of the older person or vulnerable person, including, without limitation, pets;

(d) Nonconsensual sexual contact with an older person or a vulnerable person, including, without limitation:

(1) An act that the older person or vulnerable person is unable to understand or to which the older person or vulnerable person is unable to communicate his or her objection; or

(2) Intentional touching, either directly or through the clothing, of the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh or buttocks of the older person or vulnerable person; or

(e) Permitting any of the acts described in paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, to be committed against an older person or a vulnerable person.

3. “Exploitation” means any act taken by a person who has the trust and confidence of an older person or a vulnerable person or any use of the power of attorney or guardianship of an older person or a vulnerable person to:

(a) Obtain control, through deception, intimidation or undue influence, over the older person’s or vulnerable person’s money, assets or property with the intention of permanently depriving the older person or vulnerable person of the ownership, use, benefit or possession of his or her money, assets or property; or

(b) Convert money, assets or property of the older person or vulnerable person with the intention of permanently depriving the older person or vulnerable person of the ownership, use, benefit or possession of his or her money, assets or property.

Ê As used in this subsection, “undue influence” means the improper use of power or trust in a way that deprives a person of his or her free will and substitutes the objectives of another person. The term does not include the normal influence that one member of a family has over another.

4. “Isolation” means preventing an older person or a vulnerable person from having contact with another person by:

(a) Intentionally preventing the older person or vulnerable person from receiving visitors, mail or telephone calls, including, without limitation, communicating to a person who comes to visit the older person or vulnerable person or a person who telephones the older person or vulnerable person that the older person or vulnerable person is not present or does not want to meet with or talk to the visitor or caller knowing that the statement is false, contrary to the express wishes of the older person or vulnerable person and intended to prevent the older person or vulnerable person from having contact with the visitor;

(b) Physically restraining the older person or vulnerable person to prevent the older person or vulnerable person from meeting with a person who comes to visit the older person or vulnerable person; or

(c) Permitting any of the acts described in paragraphs (a) and (b) to be committed against an older person or a vulnerable person.

Ê The term does not include an act intended to protect the property or physical or mental welfare of the older person or vulnerable person or an act performed pursuant to the instructions of a physician of the older person or vulnerable person.

5. “Neglect” means the failure of a person or a manager of a facility who has assumed legal responsibility or a contractual obligation for caring for an older person or a vulnerable person or who has voluntarily assumed responsibility for his or her care to provide food, shelter, clothing or services which are necessary to maintain the physical or mental health of the older person or vulnerable person.

6. “Older person” means a person who is 60 years of age or older.

7. “Protective services” means services the purpose of which is to prevent and remedy the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation and abandonment of older persons or vulnerable persons. The services may include:

(a) The investigation, evaluation, counseling, arrangement and referral for other services and assistance; and

(b) Services provided to an older person or a vulnerable person who is unable to provide for his or her own needs.

8. “Vulnerable person” means a person 18 years of age or older who:

(a) Suffers from a condition of physical or mental incapacitation because of a developmental disability, organic brain damage or mental illness; or

(b) Has one or more physical or mental limitations that restrict the ability of the person to perform the normal activities of daily living.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 1334; A 1983, 1359, 1652; 1995, 2250; 1997, 1348; 1999, 3517; 2003, 491; 2005, 1108; 2015, 804; 2019, 3484; 2023, 1401)

NRS 200.50925 “Reasonable cause to believe” and “as soon as reasonably practicable” defined. For the purposes of NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive, a person:

1. Has “reasonable cause to believe” if, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances which are known or which reasonably should be known to the person at the time, a reasonable person would believe, under those facts and circumstances, that an act, transaction, event, situation or condition exists, is occurring or has occurred.

2. Acts “as soon as reasonably practicable” if, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances which are known or which reasonably should be known to the person at the time, a reasonable person would act within approximately the same period under those facts and circumstances.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 3517; A 2023, 1403)

NRS 200.5093 Report of abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older person or vulnerable person; voluntary and mandatory reports; investigation; penalty.

1. Any person who is described in subsection 4 and who, in a professional or occupational capacity, knows or has reasonable cause to believe that an older person or vulnerable person has been abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned shall:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, report the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of the older person or vulnerable person to:

(1) The local office of the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services;

(2) A police department or sheriff’s office; or

(3) A toll-free telephone service designated by the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services; and

(b) Make such a report as soon as reasonably practicable but not later than 24 hours after the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the older person or vulnerable person has been abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned.

2. If a person who is required to make a report pursuant to subsection 1 knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of the older person or vulnerable person involves an act or omission of the Aging and Disability Services Division, another division of the Department of Health and Human Services or a law enforcement agency, the person shall make the report to an agency other than the one alleged to have committed the act or omission.

3. Each agency, after reducing a report to writing, shall forward a copy of the report to the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Unit for the Investigation and Prosecution of Crimes.

4. A report must be made pursuant to subsection 1 by the following persons:

(a) Every physician, dentist, dental hygienist, expanded function dental assistant, chiropractic physician, naprapath, optometrist, podiatric physician, medical examiner, resident, intern, professional or practical nurse, physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, anesthesiologist assistant, perfusionist, psychiatrist, psychologist, marriage and family therapist, clinical professional counselor, clinical alcohol and drug counselor, alcohol and drug counselor, music therapist, athletic trainer, driver of an ambulance, paramedic, licensed dietitian, holder of a license or a limited license issued under the provisions of chapter 653 of NRS, behavior analyst, assistant behavior analyst, registered behavior technician, peer recovery support specialist, as defined in NRS 433.627, peer recovery support specialist supervisor, as defined in NRS 433.629, or other person providing medical services licensed or certified to practice in this State, who examines, attends or treats an older person or vulnerable person who appears to have been abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned.

(b) Any personnel of a hospital or similar institution engaged in the admission, examination, care or treatment of persons or an administrator, manager or other person in charge of a hospital or similar institution upon notification of the suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person or vulnerable person by a member of the staff of the hospital.

(d) Every person who maintains or is employed by an agency to provide personal care services in the home.

(e) Every person who maintains or is employed by an agency to provide nursing in the home.

(f) Every person who operates, who is employed by or who contracts to provide services for an intermediary service organization as defined in NRS 449.4304.

(g) Any employee of the Department of Health and Human Services, except the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman appointed pursuant to NRS 427A.125 and any of his or her advocates or volunteers where prohibited from making such a report pursuant to 45 C.F.R. § 1321.11.

(h) Any employee of a law enforcement agency or a county’s office for protective services or an adult or juvenile probation officer.

(i) Any person who maintains or is employed by a facility or establishment that provides care for older persons or vulnerable persons.

(j) Any person who maintains, is employed by or serves as a volunteer for an agency or service which advises persons regarding the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person or vulnerable person and refers them to persons and agencies where their requests and needs can be met.

(k) Every social worker.

(l) Any person who owns or is employed by a funeral home or mortuary.

(m) Every person who operates or is employed by a community health worker pool, as defined in NRS 449.0028, or with whom a community health worker pool contracts to provide the services of a community health worker, as defined in NRS 449.0027.

(n) Every person who is enrolled with the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department of Health and Human Services to provide doula services to recipients of Medicaid pursuant to NRS 422.27177.

5. A report may be made by any other person.

6. If a person who is required to make a report pursuant to subsection 1 knows or has reasonable cause to believe that an older person or vulnerable person has died as a result of abuse, neglect, isolation or abandonment, the person shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, report this belief to the appropriate medical examiner or coroner, who shall investigate the cause of death of the older person or vulnerable person and submit to the appropriate local law enforcement agencies, the appropriate prosecuting attorney, the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Unit for the Investigation and Prosecution of Crimes his or her written findings. The written findings must include the information required pursuant to the provisions of NRS 200.5094, when possible.

7. A division, office or department which receives a report pursuant to this section shall cause the investigation of the report to commence within 3 working days. A copy of the final report of the investigation conducted by a division, office or department, other than the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services, must be forwarded within 30 days after the completion of the report to the:

(a) Aging and Disability Services Division;

(b) Repository for Information Concerning Crimes Against Older Persons or Vulnerable Persons created by NRS 179A.450; and

8. If the investigation of a report results in the belief that an older person or vulnerable person is abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned, the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Health and Human Services or the county’s office for protective services may provide protective services to the older person or vulnerable person if the older person or vulnerable person is able and willing to accept them.

9. A person who knowingly and willfully violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

10. As used in this section, “Unit for the Investigation and Prosecution of Crimes” means the Unit for the Investigation and Prosecution of Crimes Against Older Persons or Vulnerable Persons in the Office of the Attorney General created pursuant to NRS 228.265.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 1334; A 1983, 1653; 1985, 1491; 1987, 2130, 2218; 1989, 904; 1991, 135; 1993, 2226; 1995, 2250; 1997, 108, 1349, 2608, 2610, 2637, 2639; 1999, 137, 2242, 2245, 2248, 3518; 2001, 158, 161, 776; 2003, 905; 2005, 1109, 2172; 2007, 746, 1224, 1849, 3080; 2009, 2372, 2445, 2992; 2011, 1093, 1514; 2013, 141, 953; 2015, 806, 2167, 2178; 2017, 702; 2019, 2713, 3485; 2021, 1605, 2623, 2816, 3626; 2023, 1590, 1690, 3433)

NRS 200.5094 Reports: Manner of making; contents.

1. A person may make a report pursuant to NRS 200.5093 by telephone or, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances which are known or which reasonably should be known to the person at the time, by any other means of oral, written or electronic communication that a reasonable person would believe, under those facts and circumstances, is a reliable and swift means of communicating information to the person who receives the report. If the report is made orally, the person who receives the report must reduce it to writing as soon as reasonably practicable.

2. The report must contain the following information, when possible:

(a) The name and address of the older person or vulnerable person;

(b) The name and address of the person responsible for his or her care, if there is one;

(c) The name and address, if available, of the person who is alleged to have abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned the older person or vulnerable person;

(d) The nature and extent of the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of the older person or vulnerable person;

(e) Any evidence of previous injuries; and

(f) The basis of the reporter’s belief that the older person or vulnerable person has been abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 1335; A 1983, 1654; 1997, 1351; 1999, 3520; 2005, 1110; 2015, 809; 2019, 3487)

1. Reports made pursuant to NRS 200.5093 and 200.5094, and records and investigations relating to those reports, are confidential.

2. A person, law enforcement agency or public or private agency, institution or facility who willfully releases data or information concerning the reports and investigation of the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older persons or vulnerable persons, except:

(a) Pursuant to a criminal prosecution;

(b) Pursuant to NRS 200.50982; or

Ê is guilty of a misdemeanor.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 200.50982, data or information concerning the reports and investigations of the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person or a vulnerable person is available only to:

(a) A physician who is providing care to an older person or a vulnerable person who may have been abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned;

(b) An agency responsible for or authorized to undertake the care, treatment and supervision of the older person or vulnerable person;

(c) A district attorney or other law enforcement official who requires the information in connection with an investigation of the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of the older person or vulnerable person;

(d) A court which has determined, in camera, that public disclosure of such information is necessary for the determination of an issue before it;

(e) A person engaged in bona fide research, but the identity of the subjects of the report must remain confidential;

(f) A grand jury upon its determination that access to such records is necessary in the conduct of its official business;

(g) Any comparable authorized person or agency in another jurisdiction;

(h) A legal guardian of the older person or vulnerable person, if the identity of the person who was responsible for reporting the alleged abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of the older person or vulnerable person to the public agency is protected, and the legal guardian of the older person or vulnerable person is not the person suspected of such abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment;

(i) If the older person or vulnerable person is deceased, the executor or administrator of his or her estate, if the identity of the person who was responsible for reporting the alleged abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of the older person or vulnerable person to the public agency is protected, and the executor or administrator is not the person suspected of such abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment;

(j) The older person or vulnerable person named in the report as allegedly being abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned, if that person is not legally incapacitated;

(k) An attorney appointed by a court to represent a protected person in a guardianship proceeding pursuant to NRS 159.0485, if:

(1) The protected person is an older person or vulnerable person;

(2) The identity of the person who was responsible for reporting the alleged abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of the older person or vulnerable person to the public agency is protected; and

(3) The attorney of the protected person is not the person suspected of such abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment; or

(l) The State Guardianship Compliance Office created by NRS 159.341.

4. If the person who is reported to have abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned an older person or a vulnerable person is the holder of a license or certificate issued pursuant to chapters 449, 630 to 641B, inclusive, 641D, 653 or 654 of NRS, the information contained in the report must be submitted to the board that issued the license.

5. If data or information concerning the reports and investigations of the abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of an older person or a vulnerable person is made available pursuant to paragraph (b) or (j) of subsection 3 or subsection 4, the name and any other identifying information of the person who made the report must be redacted before the data or information is made available.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 1335; A 1983, 1654; 1995, 2252; 1997, 1351; 2003, 906; 2005, 1111; 2011, 1096, 1518; 2015, 810; 2019, 2716, 3488; 2021, 1607; 2023, 1693)