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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful for any person, unless the person was licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at that address before July 1, 1983, to sell by wholesale or retail any alcoholic beverage within one-half mile of any institution under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections which is designed to house 125 or more offenders within a secure perimeter, and no license may be granted authorizing the sale of any alcoholic beverage within one-half mile of such an institution.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not prohibit the sale or consumption of beer and wine at any event held pursuant to a special use permit or agreement with the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society, or any successor or similar nonprofit corporation, within the historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison so long as the beer and wine is served in temporary containers and beer or wine is not stored at the historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison.
3. As used in this section:
(a) “Beer” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 369.010.
(b) “Historic structures, buildings and other property of the Nevada State Prison” means the structures, buildings and other property described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 321.004.
(c) “Wine” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 369.140.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 16. Correctional Institutions; Aid to Victims of Crime § 212.180. Sale of liquor within half mile of institution of Department of Corrections unlawful; restriction on granting of new licenses; exception - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-16-correctional-institutions-aid-to-victims-of-crime/nv-rev-st-212-180/
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