Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 171 · 111 active provisions
Every person, whether an inhabitant of this state, or any other state, or of a territory or district of the United States, is liable to punishment by the laws of this state for a public offense committed therein, except where it is by law cognizable exclusively in the courts of the United States.
When the commission of a public offense, commenced without the State, is consummated within its boundaries, the defendant is liable to punishment therefor in this State, though the defendant was out of the State at the time of the commission of the offense charged. If the defendant consummated it in this State, through…
Whenever a person, with intent to commit a crime, does any act within this State in execution or part execution of such intent, which culminates in the commission of a crime, either within or without this State, such person is punishable for such crime in this State in the same manner as if the same had been committed…
When an inhabitant or resident of this state, by previous appointment or engagement, fights a duel or is concerned as second therein, out of the jurisdiction of this state, and in the duel a wound is inflicted upon a person, whereof the person dies in this state, the jurisdiction of the offense is in the county where t…
When a public offense is committed in part in one county and in part in another or the acts or effects thereof constituting or requisite to the consummation of the offense occur in two or more counties, the venue is in either county.
When an offense is committed on the boundary of two or more counties, or within 500 yards thereof, the venue is in either county.
When an offense is committed in this state: 1. On board a vessel navigating a river, slough, lake or canal, or lying therein, in the prosecution of a voyage, the venue is in any county through which the vessel is navigated in the course of the voyage, or in the county where the voyage terminates; 2. On a railroad train…
When a public offense concerns any neat cattle, horse, mule or other animal running at large upon any range which extends into more than one county of this state, such offense may be prosecuted in either of the counties, and, upon the trial of any such offense, proof that such animal is the property of the owner, or pe…
When the offense, either of bigamy or incest, is committed in one county and the defendant is apprehended in another, the venue is in either county.
When property taken in one county by burglary, robbery, larceny or embezzlement has been brought into another, the venue of the offense is in either county, but if, at any time before the conviction of the defendant in the latter, the defendant is indicted in the former county, the sheriff of the latter county must, up…
In the case of an accessory in the commission of a public offense, the venue is in either the county where the offense of the accessory was committed, or where the principal offense was committed.
When an act charged as a public offense is within the jurisdiction of another state or territory, as well as of this state, a conviction or acquittal thereof in the former is a bar to the prosecution or indictment therefor in this state.
When an offense is within the venue of two or more counties, a conviction or acquittal thereof in one county is a bar to the prosecution or indictment therefor in another.
The California-Nevada Compact for Jurisdiction on Interstate Waters, set forth in full in NRS 171.077, is hereby enacted into law.
The California-Nevada Compact for Jurisdiction on Interstate Waters is as follows: ARTICLE I—Purpose and Policy 1. The Legislature finds that law enforcement has been impaired in sections of Lake Tahoe and Topaz Lake forming an interstate boundary between California and Nevada because of difficulty in determining preci…
The Interstate Compact for Jurisdiction on the Colorado River, set forth in full in NRS 171.079, is hereby enacted into law.
The Interstate Compact for Jurisdiction on the Colorado River is as follows: ARTICLE I—Purpose and Policy 1. The Legislature finds that law enforcement has been impaired in sections of the Colorado River forming an interstate boundary because of difficulty in determining precisely where a criminal act was committed. 2.…
There is no limitation of the time within which a prosecution for: 1. Murder, or a sexual assault arising out of the same facts and circumstances as a murder, must be commenced. It may be commenced at any time after the death of the person killed. 2. A violation of NRS 202.445 must be commenced. It may be commenced at…
1. If the identity of a person who is accused of committing a sexual assault is established by conducting a genetic marker analysis of a biological specimen and obtaining a DNA profile, the period of limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085 is removed and there is no limitation of the time within which a prosecution for th…
1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 171.080, if, at any time during the period of limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085 and 171.095, a victim of a sexual assault, a person authorized to act on behalf of a victim of a sexual assault, or a victim of sex trafficking or a person authorized to act on behalf of a victim of…
1. If, at any time during the period of limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085 and 171.095, a victim of kidnapping or attempted murder, or a person authorized to act on behalf of such a victim, files with a law enforcement officer a written report concerning the offense, the period of limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085…
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 171.080 to 171.084, inclusive, and 171.095, an indictment for: 1. Theft, robbery, burglary, forgery, arson, a violation of NRS 90.570, a violation punishable pursuant to paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive, of subsection 3 of NRS 598.0999 or a violation of NRS 205.377 must be found, or…
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 171.095, 202.885 and 624.800, an indictment for: 1. A gross misdemeanor must be found, or an information or complaint filed, within 2 years after the commission of the offense. 2. Any other misdemeanor must be found, or an information or complaint filed, within 1 year after the commi…
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 171.082, 171.083 and 171.084: (a) If a felony, gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor is committed in a secret manner, an indictment for the offense must be found, or an information or complaint filed, within the periods of limitation prescribed in NRS 171.085, 171.090…
An indictment is found, within the meaning of this chapter, when it is presented by the grand jury in open court, and there received and filed.