2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 15 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Chapter 207 Miscellaneous Crimes
NRS 207.030 Prohibited acts; penalty.

NRS 207.030 Prohibited acts; penalty.

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;

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

[1911 C&P 354; A 1915, 32; 1923, 224; NCL 10302]-(NRS A 1963, 696; 1967, 517; 1971, 2025; 1973, 1061; 1979, 353; 1985, 749, 931; 1993, 808)