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

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 chapters 127A to 127E, inclusive, 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; 2025, 1554)