Title 15

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 …

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…

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 …

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 int…

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…

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 hi…

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 infli…

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 a…

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 perso…

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…

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 pe…

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 restra…

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…

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.…

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 c…

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 pro…

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…

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 kno…

NRS 200.4685 Trafficking in children; penalty. [Effective until the date on which the 35th state ratifies and enters into the version of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children set forth in NRS 127F.030.] 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall…

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 pro…

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) “Child protec…

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. (c) “Child protective services” has the meaning ascribe…

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; pena…

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, 47…

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…

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 th…

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 200.50…

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 o…

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 …

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 ab…

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) W…

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 whi…

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 o…

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 o…

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, certified prevention specialists or p…

NRS 200.50955 Law enforcement agency: Required to act promptly in obtaining certain warrants. A law enforcement agency shall promptly seek to obtain a warrant for the arrest of any person the agency has probable cause to believe is criminally responsible for the abuse, neglect, e…

NRS 200.50957 Person named on account held in joint tenancy may be prosecuted for exploitation. 1. The mere fact that an account of an older person or a vulnerable person is held in joint tenancy pursuant to NRS 100.085 does not, in and of itself, convey to all persons named on t…

NRS 200.5096 Immunity from civil or criminal liability for reporting, investigating or submitting information; exception. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, immunity from civil or criminal liability extends to every person who, pursuant to NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995,…

NRS 200.5097 Admissibility of evidence. In any proceeding resulting from a report made or action taken pursuant to NRS 200.5091 to 200.50995, inclusive, or in any other proceeding, the report or its contents or any other fact related thereto or to the condition of the older perso…

NRS 200.5098 Duties of Aging and Disability Services Division of Department of Human Services regarding older persons or vulnerable persons; organization and operation of teams for provision of assistance. 1. The Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Human S…

NRS 200.50981 Sheriff to designate point of contact for Aging and Disability Services Division of Department of Human Services. 1. The sheriff of each county shall designate one employee as a point of contact for the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Hum…

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…

NRS 200.50984 Inspection of records pertaining to older person or vulnerable person on whose behalf investigation is conducted. 1. Notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary, the local office of the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Human Services…

NRS 200.50986 Petition for removal of guardian of older person or vulnerable person. The local office of the Aging and Disability Services Division of the Department of Human Services or the county’s office for protective services may petition a court in accordance with NRS 159.1…

NRS 200.5099 Penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, any person who abuses an older person or a vulnerable person is guilty: (a) For the first offense, of either of the following, as determined by the court: (1) A category C felony and shall be punished as pro…

NRS 200.50995 Penalties for conspiracy. 1. A person who conspires with another to commit abuse, exploitation or isolation of an older person or a vulnerable person as prohibited by NRS 200.5099 shall be punished: (a) For the first offense, for a gross misdemeanor by imprisonment …