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NRS 202.450 – Definition.

1. A public nuisance is a crime against the order and economy of the State. 2. Every place: (a) Wherein any gambling, bookmaking or pool selling is conducted without a license as provided by law, or wherein any swindling game or device, or bucket shop, or any agency therefor is conducted, or any article, apparatus […]

NRS 202.460 – Unequal damage.

An act which affects a considerable number of persons in any of the ways specified in NRS 202.450 is not less a public nuisance because the extent of the damage is unequal. [1911 C&P § 297; RL § 6562; NCL § 10245]

NRS 202.470 – Maintaining or permitting nuisance: Penalty.

Every person who: 1. Shall commit or maintain a public nuisance, for which no special punishment is prescribed; or 2. Shall willfully omit or refuse to perform any legal duty relating to the removal of such nuisance; or 3. Shall let, or permit to be used, any building or boat, or portion thereof, knowing that […]

NRS 202.480 – Abatement of nuisance; civil penalty.

1. Any court or magistrate before whom there may be pending any proceeding for a violation of NRS 202.470 shall, in addition to any fine or other punishment which it may impose for such a violation, order: (a) The defendant to abate the nuisance. The abatement must begin within 3 days after the court or […]