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2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 217 - Aid to Certain Victims of Crime
NRS 217.070 - "Victim" defined. [Effective July 1, 2020.]

Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 217.070 (2020)
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1. "Victim" means a person who suffers direct or threatened physical, financial or psychological harm as a result of the commission of a crime, including, without limitation:

(a) A person who is injured or killed as the direct result of a criminal act;

(b) A minor who was involved in the production of pornography in violation of NRS 200.710, 200.720, 200.725 or 200.730;

(c) A minor who was sexually abused, as "sexual abuse" is defined in NRS 432B.100;

(d) 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;

(e) 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 a crash involving the driver and the pedestrian in violation of NRS 484E.010;

(f) An older person or a vulnerable person who is abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned in violation of NRS 200.5099 or 200.50995;

(g) A person 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);

(h) A person who is trafficked in violation of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300;

(i) A veteran who experienced an act of sexual assault while serving on active duty, active duty for training or inactive duty training;

(j) A person who is subjected to facilitating sex trafficking in violation of subsection 1 of NRS 201.301; or

(k) A person who is an immediate family member of a victim who:

(1) Is a minor;

(2) Is physically or mentally incompetent; or

(3) Was killed.

2. The term includes any person who was harmed by an act listed in subsection 1, regardless of whether:

(a) The person is a resident of this State, a citizen of the United States or is lawfully entitled to reside in the United States; or

(b) 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; 2015, 826, 1659; 2017, 2769; 2019, 474, 1823, 3491, 4147, 4460, effective July 1, 2020)

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