Showing all 100 Nevada criminal laws
Accessory After the Fact
An accessory after the fact is a person who, knowing that a felony has been committed, receives, relieves, comforts, or assists the offender to avoid arrest, trial, or conviction.
Aggravated Trespassing
Aggravated trespassing in Nevada involves entering or remaining on property after being warned to leave, or entering property with intent to commit a crime.
Aiding and Abetting
Aiding and abetting means assisting, encouraging, or facilitating another person in the commission of a crime.
Aiming a Firearm at a Human Being
Nevada law prohibits willfully aiming a firearm, whether loaded or unloaded, at or toward any human being.
Arson
Arson in Nevada is the willful and malicious burning of a building, structure, vehicle, or other property.
Assault
Assault in Nevada is intentionally placing another person in reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.
Assault with a Deadly Weapon
Assault with a Deadly Weapon under NRS 200.
Attempted Crime
An attempt occurs when a person intentionally takes a direct, unequivocal step toward committing a crime but does not complete it.
Bad Checks (Worthless Checks)
Writing a bad check under NRS 205.
Battery
Battery is the willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon another person.
Battery Domestic Violence
Battery domestic violence (BDV) is battery committed against a spouse, former spouse, romantic partner, co-parent, or other household member.
Battery on a Peace Officer
Battery on a Peace Officer under NRS 200.
Battery with a Deadly Weapon
Battery with a Deadly Weapon under NRS 200.
Battery with Substantial Bodily Harm
Battery with Substantial Bodily Harm under NRS 200.
Bigamy
Bigamy in Nevada is the act of marrying another person while already legally married to a living spouse.
Brandishing a Weapon in a Threatening Manner
Brandishing a weapon means drawing or exhibiting a firearm or other deadly weapon in the presence of two or more persons in a rude, angry, or threatening manner — or unlawfully using a weapon in a fight or quarrel.
Bribery of a Public Officer
Bribery in Nevada involves offering, giving, or promising anything of value to a public officer, employee, or juror with the intent to influence their official conduct.
Burglary
Burglary in Nevada is entering a building, vehicle, or other structure with the intent to commit a crime inside — typically theft, assault, or another felony.
Carrying Concealed Weapon Without Permit
Nevada requires a permit to carry a concealed firearm.
Casino Markers (Defaulting on Casino Credit)
A casino marker is an interest-free line of credit that Nevada casinos extend to gamblers, allowing them to draw chips against their bank account.
Child Abuse, Neglect & Endangerment
Nevada's child abuse statute prohibits willfully causing or permitting a child to suffer unjustifiable physical pain, mental suffering, or endangerment.
Child Neglect
Child neglect in Nevada involves a parent or guardian willfully causing or permitting a child to suffer unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering through neglect — failing to provide adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or supervision.
Cocaine Possession, Sale & Trafficking
Cocaine is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance in Nevada under NRS 453.
Coercion
Coercion in Nevada is compelling a person to do or abstain from doing something they have a legal right to do or not do, through the use of force, violence, or threats.
Computer Crime / Cybercrime
Nevada's computer crime statute prohibits unauthorized access to computer systems, networks, or data.
Conspiracy
Conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime, combined with an overt act in furtherance of that agreement.
Credit Card Fraud
Credit Card Fraud under NRS 205.
Criminal Contempt of Court
Criminal contempt is willful disobedience of a court order or willful disrespect of the court's authority.
Criminal Impersonation
Criminal impersonation in Nevada means assuming a false identity with the intent to gain a benefit, injure another person, or defraud.
Date Rape / Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault
Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault, commonly called 'date rape,' occurs under NRS 200.
Discharging a Firearm in Public
Discharging a Firearm in Public under NRS 202.
Disturbing the Peace
Disturbing the peace in Nevada covers a range of conduct that disrupts public order — including unlawful fighting, making unreasonable noise, using offensive language likely to provoke violence, and other conduct that disturbs the tranquility of a neighborhood or community.
Driving on a Suspended License
Driving on a Suspended License under NRS 483.
Driving Under the Influence (DUI)
DUI in Nevada is operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or any other intoxicating substance to a degree that renders the driver incapable of safely driving.
Drug Manufacturing / Cultivation
Nevada's drug manufacturing statute prohibits the production, preparation, compounding, conversion, or processing of controlled substances.
Drug Possession for Sale
Drug Possession for Sale under NRS 453.
Drug Trafficking
Drug trafficking in Nevada involves the manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance in quantities that exceed specified thresholds.
DUI Causing Substantial Bodily Harm or Death
When a DUI results in substantial bodily harm or death to another person, Nevada elevates the charge from a standard DUI to a Category B felony.
Elder Abuse
Elder abuse in Nevada is the willful and unjustified infliction of pain, injury, or mental anguish upon an older person (age 60 or older), or the exploitation of an older person's financial resources without their consent.
Eluding Police (Fleeing from Law Enforcement)
Eluding Police under NRS 484B.
Embezzlement
Embezzlement is the fraudulent taking of property by a person who was entrusted with it.
Ex-Felon in Possession of a Firearm
Nevada law prohibits convicted felons from owning, possessing, or having custody or control of any firearm.
Extortion (Blackmail)
Extortion — commonly called blackmail — is threatening to expose information, accuse someone of a crime, or cause other harm in order to obtain money, property, or other benefits.
Failure to Appear
Failure to appear (FTA) occurs when a person who has been released on bail or on their own recognizance willfully fails to appear at a required court date.
False Imprisonment
False imprisonment is the unlawful violation of the personal liberty of another person — restraining someone against their will without legal authority to do so.
Felony Murder
Felony murder occurs when a person is killed during the commission of certain dangerous felonies — such as robbery, burglary, kidnapping, arson, or sexual assault — regardless of whether the defendant intended to kill anyone.
Forgery
Forgery in Nevada is the fraudulent making, altering, or uttering of a written instrument with the intent to defraud.
Gaming Fraud / Cheating at Gambling
Cheating at gambling under NRS 465.
Grand Larceny (Theft)
Grand larceny is the intentional stealing, taking, or carrying away of another person's property valued at $650 or more.
Harassment
Harassment in Nevada is knowingly threatening to cause bodily injury, physical confinement, or substantial harm to another person in a way that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or harassed.
Hate Crime Enhancement
Nevada's hate crime law provides sentence enhancements for crimes committed because of the victim's actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
Heroin Possession, Sale & Trafficking
Heroin is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance in Nevada.
Hit and Run (Leaving the Scene of an Accident)
Nevada law requires drivers involved in accidents to stop, provide identification, and render reasonable assistance.
Identity Theft
Identity theft in Nevada is knowingly using another person's personal identifying information — name, Social Security number, credit card number, date of birth, etc.
Indecent Exposure
Indecent exposure is the intentional exposure of one's genitals in a public place or in the presence of others who would be offended or annoyed by such exposure.
Insurance Fraud
Insurance Fraud under NRS 686A.
Involuntary Manslaughter
Involuntary manslaughter is the unintentional killing of a human being without malice, either through criminal negligence or while committing an unlawful act not amounting to a felony.
Kidnapping
Kidnapping is the willful seizure, confinement, abduction, or carrying away of a person by force, threat, or deception.
Lewdness with a Child
Lewdness with a child under 16 in Nevada involves any lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body of a child with the intent to arouse or gratify sexual desire.
Luring a Child
Luring a Child under NRS 201.
Machine Guns & Short-Barreled Shotguns
Under NRS 202.
Mayhem
Mayhem in Nevada involves unlawfully and maliciously depriving a person of a member of their body, disabling or disfiguring a member, or cutting out or disabling the tongue, eye, ear, nose, or lip.
Methamphetamine Possession, Sale & Trafficking
Methamphetamine is a Schedule I controlled substance in Nevada.
Money Laundering
Money laundering in Nevada involves knowingly conducting or attempting to conduct a financial transaction with proceeds from criminal activity, with the intent to conceal the source of the funds or to evade reporting requirements.
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought — meaning with intent to kill or with reckless disregard for human life.
Obtaining Money by False Pretenses (Fraud)
Fraud in Nevada — obtaining money or property by false pretenses — involves knowingly making a false representation of fact with intent to defraud another person, causing them to part with money or property.
Open or Gross Lewdness
Open or gross lewdness in Nevada involves committing a lewd or dissolute act in a public place or in a private place where others are present and may be offended.
Pandering / Pimping
Pandering under NRS 201.
Perjury
Perjury is willfully making a false statement under oath in a judicial proceeding, knowing the statement to be false.
Petty Larceny (Misdemeanor Theft)
Petty larceny is the intentional theft of property valued at less than $650.
Possession of a Controlled Substance
Possession of a controlled substance in Nevada means knowingly and intentionally possessing a Schedule I, II, III, IV, or V controlled substance without a valid prescription.
Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Nevada prohibits possessing, using, or delivering drug paraphernalia — equipment, products, or materials used to plant, cultivate, manufacture, compound, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, store, contain, or use a controlled substance.
Prostitution / Solicitation
Prostitution in Nevada is the exchange of sexual acts for money or other consideration.
Public Intoxication
Public Intoxication under NRS 207.
Receiving Stolen Property
Receiving stolen property in Nevada means knowingly buying, receiving, possessing, or withholding property that was obtained through theft or robbery.
Reckless Driving
Reckless driving in Nevada is driving a vehicle in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property.
Reckless Endangerment
Reckless Endangerment under NRS 202.
Resisting Arrest
Resisting arrest in Nevada is willfully resisting, delaying, or obstructing a public officer in the discharge of their official duties.
Robbery
Robbery is the unlawful taking of personal property from another person against their will, by means of force or violence or fear of injury.
Second Degree Murder
Second degree murder in Nevada is an intentional killing that does not meet the elements of first degree murder — it lacks premeditation and deliberation.
Sex Trafficking
Sex trafficking in Nevada involves recruiting, enticing, harboring, transporting, or obtaining a person for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation through force, fraud, or coercion.
Sexting by a Minor
Nevada's sexting law under NRS 200.
Sexual Assault
Sexual assault in Nevada is defined as subjecting another person to sexual penetration, or forcing another person to make a sexual penetration on themselves or another, against their will or under conditions where they cannot consent.
Shoplifting / Retail Theft
Nevada's shoplifting statute prohibits willfully taking merchandise from a retail establishment with intent to deprive the merchant of its value without paying.
Stalking
Stalking is willfully and maliciously engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, or harassed.
Statutory Sexual Seduction (Age of Consent)
Statutory sexual seduction — commonly called statutory rape — occurs when a person age 18 or older engages in sexual intercourse or sexual penetration with a person who is 14 or 15 years old.
Terrorist Threats
Terrorist Threats under NRS 202.
Threatening Letters / Written Threats
Nevada law prohibits sending threatening letters, emails, or other written communications with the intent to frighten, intimidate, or threaten another person with bodily harm or property damage.
Trespassing
Trespassing in Nevada is knowingly entering or remaining on the property of another person without permission or after being told to leave.
Unlawful Dissemination of Intimate Images (Revenge Porn)
Nevada's revenge porn law prohibits the intentional disclosure of intimate images of another person without their consent, with the intent to harm, harass, intimidate, or coerce the person depicted.
Unlawful Interception of Communications (Wiretapping)
Nevada's wiretapping law prohibits the intentional interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications without consent.
Unlawful Possession of Explosive Device
Nevada law prohibits the unlawful possession, manufacture, or use of explosive devices, including bombs, Molotov cocktails, and improvised explosive devices.
Unlawful Use of a Weapon
Nevada's unlawful use of a weapon statute covers a range of prohibited weapon-related conduct beyond simple possession, including using a weapon to commit a crime, discharging a firearm in a prohibited area, and using a weapon to threaten or intimidate.
Vandalism / Malicious Destruction of Property
Vandalism in Nevada — formally called malicious destruction of property — involves willfully and maliciously damaging, defacing, or destroying property belonging to another person.
Vehicular Homicide
Vehicular homicide in Nevada applies to habitual DUI offenders — those with three or more prior DUI convictions — who cause the death of another person while driving under the influence.
Violation of a Protective Order
Violating a protective order (restraining order) in Nevada is a criminal offense.
Voluntary Manslaughter
Voluntary manslaughter is an intentional killing that occurs in the heat of passion following adequate provocation — meaning something that would cause a reasonable person to lose self-control.
Voyeurism
Voyeurism in Nevada involves intentionally observing, photographing, or recording another person in a private place without their consent, where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Weapons on School Property
Under NRS 202.
Wire Fraud / Electronic Fraud
Nevada's wire fraud statute prohibits using electronic communications — phone, email, internet, or wire transfers — to execute a scheme to defraud another person of money, property, or services.
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