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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 15. Crimes and Punishments § 202.255. Setting spring gun or other deadly weapon: Unlawful and permitted uses; penalties

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. A person who sets a so-called trap, spring pistol, rifle, or other deadly weapon shall be punished:

(a) If no injury results therefrom to any human being, for a gross misdemeanor.

(b) If injuries not fatal result therefrom to any human being, 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, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.

(c) If the death of a human being results therefrom:

(1) Under circumstances not rendering the act murder, 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 10 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000; or

(2) Otherwise, for murder which is a category A felony as provided in NRS 200.030.

2. Subsection 1 does not prevent the use of any loaded spring gun, set gun or other device for the destruction of gophers, moles, coyotes or other burrowing rodents or predatory animals by agents or employees of governmental agencies engaged in cooperative predatory animal and rodent control work, but:

(a) A loaded spring gun, set gun or other device must not be set within 15 miles of the boundaries of any incorporated city or unincorporated town; and

(b) Before setting any such loaded spring gun, set gun or other device on any real property permission must first be obtained from the owner, lessee or administrator thereof.

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