NRS 202.885 – Limitation on prosecution or conviction for failure to report.
1. A person may not be prosecuted or convicted pursuant to NRS 202.882 unless a court in this State or any other jurisdiction has entered a judgment of conviction against a culpable actor for: (a) The violent or sexual offense against the child; or (b) Any other offense arising out of the same facts as […]
NRS 202.888 – Persons exempt from duty to report.
The provisions of NRS 202.882 do not apply to a person who: 1. Is less than 16 years of age; 2. Is, by blood or marriage, the spouse, brother, sister, parent, grandparent, child or grandchild of: (a) The child who is the victim of the violent or sexual offense; or (b) The person who committed […]
NRS 202.891 – Immunity from civil or criminal liability; presumption that report was made in good faith.
1. If a person who is required to make a report pursuant to NRS 202.882 makes such a report in good faith and in accordance with that section, the person is immune from civil or criminal liability for any act or omission related to that report, but the person is not immune from civil or […]
NRS 202.894 – Report deemed report of abuse or neglect of child made pursuant to NRS 432B.220 or report of commercial sexual exploitation of child made pursuant to NRS 432C.110.
If a person reports to a law enforcement agency that another person has committed a violent or sexual offense against a child, whether or not the person is required to make such a report pursuant to NRS 202.882, and the violent or sexual offense against the child would constitute abuse or neglect of a child, […]
NRS 202.830 – Use of explosives to damage or destroy property prohibited; penalties.
1. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to subsection 2, a person who maliciously damages or destroys, attempts to damage or destroy, or conspires with another person to damage or destroy, by means of an explosive, any building, vehicle or real property in the State: (a) If no substantial bodily harm results, is guilty […]
NRS 202.840 – Bomb threats prohibited; penalties.
A person who through the use of the mail, written note, telephone, telegraph, radio broadcast or other means of communication, willfully makes any threat, or maliciously conveys false information knowing it to be false, concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made, or to be made, to kill, injure or intimidate any person or unlawfully […]
NRS 202.870 – Definitions.
As used in NRS 202.870 to 202.894, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 202.873 and 202.876 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3521)
NRS 202.873 – “Law enforcement agency” defined.
“Law enforcement agency” means: 1. The Office of the Attorney General or the office of a district attorney within this State and any attorney, investigator, special investigator or employee who is acting in his or her professional or occupational capacity for such an office; or 2. Any other law enforcement agency within this State and […]
NRS 202.876 – “Violent or sexual offense” defined.
“Violent or sexual offense” means any act that, if prosecuted in this State, would constitute any of the following offenses: 1. Murder or voluntary manslaughter pursuant to NRS 200.010 to 200.260, inclusive. 2. Mayhem pursuant to NRS 200.280. 3. Kidnapping pursuant to NRS 200.310 to 200.340, inclusive. 4. Sexual assault pursuant to NRS 200.366. 5. […]
NRS 202.879 – “Reasonable cause to believe” and “as soon as reasonably practicable” defined; authorized manner of making report and communicating information.
For the purposes of NRS 202.870 to 202.894, inclusive, a person: 1. Has “reasonable cause to believe” if, in light of all the surrounding facts and circumstances which are known or which reasonably should be known to the person at the time, a reasonable person would believe, under those facts and circumstances, that an act, […]