Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.450
Challenges to fight; penalties
Nevada · Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 200 — Crimes Against the Person · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.450, Challenges to fight; penalties, Nevada, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2089214
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:2089214@1- SHA-256
f181b8aa97f84cd7251209b91d2a3b2877d85f0e1809c9f8236b778888feb82d
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
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
(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.
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.