2005 Nevada Revised Statutes - Chapter 203 — Crimes Against the Public Peace
CHAPTER 203 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLICPEACE
NRS 203.010 Breachof peace.
NRS 203.020 Assemblingto disturb peace or to commit unlawful act.
NRS 203.030 Provokingcommission of breach of peace.
NRS 203.040 Publishingmatter inciting breach of peace or other crime.
NRS 203.050 Affray.
NRS 203.060 Unlawfulassembly.
NRS 203.070 Routand riot.
NRS 203.080 Armedassociation.
NRS 203.090 Disturbingmeeting.
NRS 203.100 Offensesin public conveyances.
NRS 203.110 Forcibleentry and detainer.
NRS 203.115 Criminalanarchy.
NRS 203.117 Criminalsyndicalism.
NRS 203.119 Commissionof act in public building or area interfering with peaceful conduct ofactivities.
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[1911 C&P 327; RL 6592; NCL 10275](NRS A1967, 489; 1971, 150)
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[1911 C&P 328; RL 6593; NCL 10276](NRS A1967, 489)
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[Part 1911 C&P 150; RL 6415; NCL 10097]
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1. Every person who shall willfully print, publish,edit, issue, or knowingly circulate, sell, distribute or display any book,paper, document or written or printed matter, in any form, advocating,encouraging or inciting or having a tendency to encourage or incite thecommission of any crime, breach of the peace, or act of violence, or whichshall tend to encourage or advocate disrespect for law or for any court orcourts of justice, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. Every editor or proprietor of a book, newspaper orserial and every manager of a partnership, corporation or association by whicha book, newspaper or serial is issued, is chargeable with the publication ofany matter contained in such book, newspaper or serial. But in everyprosecution therefor, the defendant may show in his defense that the mattercomplained of was published without his knowledge or fault and against hiswishes by another who had no authority from him to make the publication, andwas retracted by him as soon as known with an equal degree of publicity.
[1911 C&P 352; RL 6617; NCL 10300] + [1911C&P 353; RL 6618; NCL 10301]
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[1911 C&P 329; RL 6594; NCL 10277](NRS A1967, 489)
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[1911 C&P 330; RL 6595; NCL 10278](NRS A1967, 490)
1. If two or more persons shall meet to do an unlawfulact, upon a common cause of quarrel, and make advances toward it, they commit arout, and are guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. If two or more persons shall actually do anunlawful act of violence, either with or without a common cause of quarrel oreven do a lawful act, in a violent, tumultuous and illegal manner, they commita riot, and are guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P 331; RL 6596; NCL 10279](NRS A1967, 490)
1. It shall be unlawful for any body of men other thanmunicipal police, university or public school cadets or companies, militia ofthe State or troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as amilitary company with arms without the consent of the Governor; but members ofsocial and benevolent associations are not prohibited from wearing swords.
2. Every person who shall associate with others inviolation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P 339; RL 6604; NCL 10287](NRS A1967, 1341)
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[1911 C&P 342; RL 6607; NCL 10290]
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[1911 C&P 346; RL 6611; NCL 10294]
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[1911 C&P 478; RL 6743; NCL 10427]
1. Criminal anarchy is the doctrine that organizedgovernment should be overthrown by force or violence, or by assassination ofthe executive head or of any of the executive officials of government, or byany unlawful means.
2. It is unlawful:
(a) For any person, by word of mouth or writing, toadvocate, advise or teach the duty, necessity or propriety of overthrowing oroverturning organized government by force or violence, or by assassination ofthe executive head or of any of the executive officials of government, or byany unlawful means;
(b) For any person to print, publish, edit, issue orknowingly to circulate, sell, distribute or publicly to display any book,paper, document, or written or printed matter in any form, containing oradvocating, advising or teaching the doctrine that organized government shouldbe overthrown by force, violence or any unlawful means;
(c) For any person openly, willfully and deliberatelyto justify by word of mouth or writing the assassination or unlawful killing orassaulting of any executive or other officer of the United States or of anystate or of any civilized nation having an organized government because of hisofficial character, or any other crime, with the intent to teach, spread oradvocate the propriety of the doctrines of criminal anarchy;
(d) For any person to organize or help to organize orbecome a member of or voluntarily to assemble with any society, group orassembly of persons formed to teach or advocate such a doctrine;
(e) For two or more persons to assemble for the purposeof advocating or teaching the doctrines of criminal anarchy as defined insubsection 1; or
(f) For any owner, agent, superintendent, janitor,caretaker or occupant of any place, building or room willfully and knowingly topermit therein any assemblage of persons prohibited by paragraph (e), or, afternotification that the premises are so used, to permit such use to be continued.
3. A person who violates the provisions of subsection2 is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in thestate prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term ofnot more than 6 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than$10,000.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 490; A 1979, 1437; 1995, 1211)
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1. Criminal syndicalism is the doctrine whichadvocates or teaches crime, sabotage, violence or unlawful methods of terrorismas a means of accomplishing industrial or political reform.
2. It is unlawful:
(a) For any person, by word of mouth or writing, toadvocate or teach the duty, necessity or propriety of crime, sabotage, violenceor other unlawful methods of terrorism as a means of accomplishing industrialor political reform;
(b) For any person to print, publish, edit, issue orknowingly to circulate, sell, distribute or publicly to display any book,paper, document or written matter in any form, containing or advocating,advising or teaching the doctrine that industrial or political reform should bebrought about by crime, sabotage, violence or other unlawful methods ofterrorism;
(c) For any person openly, willfully and deliberatelyto justify, by word of mouth or writing, the commission or the attempt tocommit crime, sabotage, violence or other unlawful methods of terrorism withthe intent to exemplify, spread or advocate the propriety of the doctrine ofcriminal syndicalism;
(d) For any person to organize or help to organize orbecome a member of, or voluntarily to assemble with, any society, group orassemblage of persons formed to teach or advocate the doctrine of criminalsyndicalism;
(e) For two or more persons to assemble for the purposeof advocating or teaching the doctrines of criminal syndicalism as defined insubsection 1; or
(f) For any owner, agent, superintendent, janitor,caretaker or occupant of any place, building or room, willfully and knowinglyto permit therein any assemblage of persons prohibited by the provisions ofparagraph (e), or, after notification that the premises are so used, to permitsuch use to be continued.
3. A person who violates the provisions of subsection2 is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in thestate prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term ofnot more than 6 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than$5,000.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 491; A 1979, 1437; 1995, 1212)
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1. A person shall not commit any act in a publicbuilding or on the public grounds surrounding the building which interfereswith the peaceful conduct of activities normally carried on in the building oron the grounds.
2. Any person whose conduct is prohibited bysubsection 1 who refuses to leave the building or grounds upon request by theproper official is guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. Any person who aids, counsels or abets another tocommit an act prohibited by subsection 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. For the purpose of this section:
(a) Proper official means the person or personsdesignated by the administrative officer or board in charge of the building.
(b) Public building means any building owned by:
(1) Any component of the Nevada System of HigherEducation and used for any purpose related to the System.
(2) The State of Nevada or any county, city,school district or other political subdivision of the State and used for anypublic purpose.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 582; A 1985, 335; 1993, 365)
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