2022 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety
NRS 202.3635 - Unlawful to manufacture, cause to be manufactured, assemble or cause to be assembled firearm without serial number: Exceptions; penalties.
1. A person shall not manufacture or cause to be manufactured or assemble or cause to be assembled a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number issued by a firearms importer or manufacturer in accordance with federal law and any regulations adopted thereunder unless the firearm:
(a) Has been rendered permanently inoperable;
(b) Is an antique firearm; or
(c) Has been determined to be a collector’s item pursuant to 26 U.S.C. Chapter 53 or a curio or relic pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44.
2. A person who violates this section:
(a) For the first offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor; and
(b) For the second or any subsequent offense, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Assemble" means to fit together component parts.
(b) "Manufacture" means to fabricate, make, form, produce or construct by manual labor or machinery.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3223)
