NRS 432B.100

“Sexual abuse” defined

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case State v. Quinn (2001)

Most recently applied in 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 70 - MARTINEZ, JR. (JESUS) v. STATE (November 2024)

(Added to NRS by 1985, 1369; A 1991, 54; 1997, 677; 2003, 1396)

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“Sexual abuse” includes acts upon a child constituting:

1. Incest under NRS 201.180;

2. Lewdness with a child under NRS 201.230;

3. Sado-masochistic abuse under NRS 201.262;

4. Sexual assault under NRS 200.366;

5. Statutory sexual seduction under NRS 200.368;

6. Open or gross lewdness under NRS 201.210; and

7. Mutilation of the genitalia of a female child, aiding, abetting, encouraging or participating in the mutilation of the genitalia of a female child, or removal of a female child from this State for the purpose of mutilating the genitalia of the child under NRS 200.5083.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.