2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 200 - Crimes Against the Person
NRS 200.240 - Owner of animal that kills human being guilty of manslaughter under certain circumstances; penalty.

Universal Citation:
NV Rev Stat § 200.240 (2022)
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If the owner or custodian of any vicious or dangerous animal, knowing its propensities, willfully or negligently allows it to go at large, and the animal while at large kills a human being who is not in fault, the owner or custodian commits manslaughter and shall be punished for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.

[1911 C&P § 142; RL § 6407; NCL § 10089]—(NRS A 1967, 469; 1995, 1183)

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