Nevada · statute · Nev. Rev. Stat. ch. 207 · 70 active provisions
1. Unless the person is prosecuted pursuant to NRS 207.012 or 207.014, a person convicted in this State of: (a) Any felony, who has previously been five times convicted, whether in this State or elsewhere, of any crime which under the laws of the situs of the crime or of this State would amount to a felony is a habitua…
1. A person who: (a) Has been convicted in this State of a felony listed in subsection 2; and (b) Before the commission of that felony, was twice convicted of any crime which under the laws of the situs of the crime or of this State would be a felony listed in subsection 2, whether the prior convictions occurred in thi…
1. A person who: (a) Has been convicted in this State of any felony committed on or after July 1, 1995, of which fraud or intent to defraud is an element; and (b) Has previously been two times convicted, whether in this State or elsewhere, of any felony of which fraud or intent to defraud is an element before the commi…
1. A conviction pursuant to NRS 207.010, 207.012 or 207.014 operates only to increase, not to reduce, the sentence otherwise provided by law for the principal crime. 2. If a count pursuant to NRS 207.010, 207.012 or 207.014 is included in an information charging the primary offense, each previous conviction must be all…
1. It is unlawful to: (a) Offer or agree to engage in or engage in lewd or dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view; (b) Offer or agree to engage in, engage in or aid and abet any act of prostitution; (c) Be a pimp, panderer or procurer or live in or about house…
All persons having the physical ability to work, convicted of violating NRS 207.030 and imprisoned therefor, may be required to perform labor on the public works, buildings, grounds or ways in the county, and the sheriff or other person having them in charge while performing such labor may employ any usual, reasonable,…
For each day’s work willingly and faithfully performed by a person convicted of violating NRS 207.030, the person must receive credit for 2 days’ time, which must be applied upon and deducted from the term of imprisonment by the sheriff.
The sheriff shall, during fair and reasonable weather, when the same can be done without extra expense to the county, procure employment for and set at work such persons convicted of violating NRS 207.030 who are serving out their term of imprisonment; and to this end, upon application of any road supervisor, superinte…
As used in NRS 207.163: 1. “Emergency call” means a situation in which property or human life is in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential. 2. “Public telephone” means a telephone which is made available to the public upon the deposit of a coin, currency or other monetary instrument or through the use of…
1. It is unlawful for a person to refuse to relinquish a public telephone immediately when the person has been informed that it is needed for an emergency call and in fact the line is needed for an emergency call and there is no other reasonably apparent and immediately accessible telephone from which to make the call.…
1. It is unlawful for a person, firm or corporation providing telephone service to distribute or cause to be distributed in this State copies of any telephone directory if such directory fails to contain the notice required by this section. 2. Every telephone directory published and distributed after September 1, 1973,…
1. As used in this section “emergency” means a situation in which a natural person is or is reasonably believed by the person transmitting the communication to be in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or in which property is or is reasonably believed by the person transmitting the communication to be in imminent…
As used in NRS 207.170 to 207.177, inclusive, “false, deceptive or misleading advertising” as applied to a telephone communication includes, but is not limited to, any communication which is so made with the intent to solicit any person to purchase any merchandise, property or services, without initially disclosing suc…
It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association or any agent or employee thereof to use, publish, disseminate, display or make or cause directly or indirectly to be used, published, disseminated, displayed or made, in any newspaper, magazine or other publication, by any radio, television or other advert…
NRS 207.170 to 207.177, inclusive, do not apply to: 1. Any radio or television broadcasting station which broadcasts; or 2. Any publisher, printer, distributor or owner of any newspaper or magazine, billboard or other advertising medium, or to any owner, operator, agent or employee of any advertising agency or other bu…
It is sufficient in bringing any action pursuant to NRS 207.170 to 207.177, inclusive, that any statement referred to in NRS 207.171 has a tendency to deceive or mislead the public because of its false or deceptive or misleading character even though no member of the public is actually deceived or misled by such statem…
Any person, firm, corporation or association or any other organization which violates any provision of NRS 207.170 to 207.177, inclusive, is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 for each violation, which shall be recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the State of Nevada by the Attorney General o…
Any person, firm, or any officer or managing agent of any corporation or association who knowingly and willfully violates the provisions of NRS 207.171 shall be punished: 1. For the first or second offense, for a misdemeanor. 2. For the third offense and all subsequent offenses, for a gross misdemeanor.
The Attorney General or any district attorney may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the State of Nevada on his or her own complaint or on the complaint of any board, officer, person, corporation or association to enjoin any violation or proposed violation of the provisions of NRS 207…
Any person, firm, or any officer or managing agent of any corporation or association who violates any order or injunction issued pursuant to NRS 207.170 to 207.177, inclusive, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
1. Any person who knowingly sends or delivers any letter or writing: (a) Threatening to accuse another of a crime or misdemeanor, or to expose or publish any of the other person’s infirmities or failings, with intent to extort money, goods, chattels or other valuable thing; or (b) Threatening to maim, wound, kill or mu…
1. Unless a greater penalty is provided by law, a person who, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression of another person or group of persons, willfully violates any provision of NRS 200.471, 200.481, 200…
1. It is unlawful for a person, with the intent to compel another to do or abstain from doing an act which the other person has a right to do or abstain from doing, to: (a) Use violence or inflict injury upon the other person or any of the other person’s family, or upon the other person’s property, or threaten such vio…
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, if a person is convicted of coercion or attempted coercion in violation of paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 207.190, the court shall, at the request of the prosecuting attorney, conduct a separate hearing to determine whether the offense was sexually motivated. A req…
1. If a monetary instrument or other property represents the proceeds of or is directly or indirectly derived from any unlawful activity, it is unlawful for a person, having knowledge of that fact: (a) To conduct or attempt to conduct a financial transaction involving the monetary instrument or other property: (1) With…