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Nevada Revised Statutes Title 15. Crimes and Punishments § 207.030. Prohibited acts;  penalty

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1. It is unlawful to:

(a) Offer or agree to engage in or engage in lewd or dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view;

(b) Offer or agree to engage in, engage in or aid and abet any act of prostitution;

(c) Be a pimp, panderer or procurer or live in or about houses of prostitution;

(d) Seek admission to a house upon frivolous pretexts for no other apparent motive than to see who may be therein, or to gain an insight of the premises;

(e) Keep a place where lost or stolen property is concealed;

(f) Loiter in or about any toilet open to the public for the purpose of engaging in or soliciting any lewd or lascivious or any unlawful act;  or

(g) Lodge in any building, structure or place, whether public or private:

(1) Where a notice of default and election to sell has been recorded, unless the person is the owner, tenant or entitled to the possession or control thereof;

(2) Which has been placed on a registry of vacant, abandoned or foreclosed property by a local government, unless the person is the owner, tenant or entitled to the possession or control thereof;  or

(3) Without the permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession or in control thereof.

2. A person who violates a provision of subsection 1 shall be punished:

(a) For the first violation of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 and for each subsequent violation of the same paragraph occurring more than 3 years after the first violation, for a misdemeanor.

(b) For the second violation of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 within 3 years after the first violation of the same paragraph, by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months and by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.

(c) For the third or subsequent violation of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 within 3 years after the first violation of the same paragraph, by imprisonment in the county jail for 6 months and by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.

(d) For a violation of any provision of paragraphs (d) to (g), inclusive, of subsection 1, for a misdemeanor.

3. The terms of imprisonment prescribed by subsection 2 must be imposed to run consecutively.

4. A local government may enact an ordinance which regulates the time, place or manner in which a person or group of persons may beg or solicit alms in a public place or place open to the public.

Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 15. Crimes and Punishments § 207.030. Prohibited acts;  penalty - last updated January 01, 2020 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-15-crimes-and-punishments/nv-rev-st-207-030.html


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