2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 217 - Aid to Certain Victims of Crime
NRS 217.070 - Victim defined.


NV Rev Stat § 217.070 (2013) What's This?

Victim means:

1. A person who is physically injured or killed as the direct result of a criminal act;

2. A minor who was involved in the production of pornography in violation of NRS 200.710, 200.720, 200.725 or 200.730;

3. A minor who was sexually abused, as sexual abuse is defined in NRS 432B.100;

4. A person who is physically injured or killed as the direct result of a violation of NRS 484C.110 or any act or neglect of duty punishable pursuant to NRS 484C.430 or 484C.440;

5. A pedestrian who is physically injured or killed as the direct result of a driver of a motor vehicle who failed to stop at the scene of an accident involving the driver and the pedestrian in violation of NRS 484E.010;

6. An older person who is abused, neglected, exploited or isolated in violation of NRS 200.5099 or 200.50995;

7. A resident who is physically injured or killed as the direct result of an act of international terrorism as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2331(1); or

8. A person who is trafficked in violation of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300.

The term includes a person who was harmed by any of these acts whether the act was committed by an adult or a minor.

(Added to NRS by 1969, 1151; A 1975, 1789; 1981, 1667; 1983, 818; 1985, 2099; 1987, 2270; 1995, 953; 1997, 192, 787; 2005, 167; 2007, 748; 2013, 2435)

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