2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 62B - General Administration; Jurisdiction
NRS 62B.320 - Child in need of supervision.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this title, the juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction in proceedings concerning any child living or found within the county who is alleged or adjudicated to be in need of supervision because the child:

(a) Is subject to compulsory school attendance and is a habitual truant from school;

(b) Habitually disobeys the reasonable and lawful demands of the parent or guardian of the child and is unmanageable;

(c) Deserts, abandons or runs away from the home or usual place of abode of the child and is in need of care or rehabilitation; or

(d) Uses an electronic communication device to transmit or distribute a sexual image of himself or herself to another person or to possess a sexual image in violation of NRS 200.737.

2. A child who is subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to this section must not be considered a delinquent child.

3. As used in this section:

(a) Electronic communication device has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.737.

(b) Sexual image has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.737.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 1028; A 2011, 1062)