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Nevada demerit points remain on your driver’s license for 12 months before disappearing. Accruing 12 or more points in a 12-month period of time typically triggers a six-month license suspension by the Nevada DMV. Though you can usually get a restricted license after three months. Here are five things to know: All moving violations carry …
If a person in Nevada appears at high risk of self-harm or harming others, the state’s red flag law allows police or certain family members to ask the court for a protection order preventing the high-risk person from having guns. Emergency high-risk orders last for seven days, but they can be extended for one year …
Nevada Revised Statute § 202.487 makes it a misdemeanor to leave your pet in a car under dangerous conditions. Penalties include up to 6 months in jail and/or up to $1,000 in fines. Plus law enforcement officers may break into your vehicle to rescue the animal without being responsible to cover car repairs. 1 Here …
The Nevada smoking age is 21 years old. The minimum tobacco age limit was recently raised from 18 years old to 21 years old to align with federal law.1 The purpose of the new laws raising the state- and federal minimum age to sell tobacco products and purchase tobacco products is to promote public health, …
If you are injured while under 18 years old in Nevada, you generally have until your 20th birthday to file suit against the at-fault parties. Though in medical malpractice cases, the statute of limitations to sue health care providers can be as short as one year after your injury. Meanwhile, there is no time limit …
Fake driver’s licenses can be doctored versions of real people’s licenses or totally fabricated licenses of fictional people. Both are common in Nevada and particularly in Las Vegas, where IDs are necessary to access most attractions. There are many reasons people seek out fake driver’s licenses, such as: people under 21 trying to purchase marijuana, …
Can I legally record someone in Nevada without them knowing? We often hear questions from clients about Nevada recording consent laws. Some clients wonder, “can you record someone without their consent in Nevada”, or “what are the Nevada recording consent laws”? Under Nevada law, it is illegal to secretly record an oral communication without the …
Transmitting HIV is a misdemeanor in Nevada if the following three conditions are true: You know you have HIV; and You intentionally conduct yourself in a manner that is specifically intended to transmit HIV to another person and has a high probability of transmitting HIV to another person; and You transmit HIV to another person. …
Nevada is a “stand your ground” state in terms of self-defense. This means you are not obligated to withdraw before resorting to lethal force in self-defense or defense of others, so long as you are not the instigator of the conflict, you are not engaged in unlawful activity, and you are present in a location …
If you are at least 21 years old in Nevada, you may possess up to 1/8 of an ounce of concentrated cannabis for your personal use at a private residence or licensed social use venue. You may not sell concentrated cannabis unless you are a licensed dealer.1 What is concentrated cannabis? Concentrated cannabis is extracted …
Hiding a fugitive from the police is illegal in Nevada if you know the person has escaped jail, prison, or police custody. If you are truly unaware that the person is on the run, you should not face charges for concealing them.1 Example: After escaping from a prison bus, Jim runs into a motel and …
In Nevada state criminal cases, the terms of probation are a set of rules and conditions that you are legally required to adhere to while serving your sentence outside of jail. Violating a term of probation can cause the judge to impose the original jail or prison sentence. What are probation terms in Nevada? If …
It is rare in my experience for depositions to come into evidence during Nevada criminal trials because judges prefer that witnesses give live testimony. Though if witnesses cannot appear in person, I have seen judges admit into evidence transcripts of their past depositions. Specifically, there are six circumstances where a witness’s past deposition (“depo”) may …
Nevada gun laws do not require gun owners to store their firearms in a safe or to put a lock on the trigger. Though gun dealers are required to provide locking devices with the firearms they sell or transfer. Nevada law encourages safe gun storage by making it a misdemeanor when: you negligently store or …
Las Vegas hotel security guards are not police. Therefore, they are not bound by the Fourth Amendment. They do not need search warrants – or a constitutional exception to the search warrant requirement – to search a hotel patron for drugs. However, hotel security rarely searches patrons for drugs without their permission. In practice, hotel …
Adults 21 and older may possess up to 1/8 of an ounce of hashish for personal use in Nevada. Only licensed dealers may sell hashish. Hashish (“hash”) is a type of concentrated cannabis. It comes from the dried resin (“kief”) of the tops of cannabis plants. Hashish can be smoked or used in edibles. Prohibited …
On November 8, 2016, Nevada voters approved Question 2, the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act (the “Act”). Effective January 1, 2017, the Act makes it legal for adults aged 21 and over to buy and use recreational marijuana in Nevada. Nevada is now one of eight U.S. states in which the recreational use of …
Misdemeanor in Nevada under NRS 453.566 to possess drug paraphernalia in casinos (or any location). Penalties include: up to 6 months in jail, and/or up to $1,000 in fines Housekeeping staff who find paraphernalia in hotel rooms might inform their bosses, who may then call the police. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that tourists not bring, …
Nevada presentence investigations (PSIs) are reports conducted by the Division of Parole and Probation (NPP) on each defendant who gets convicted of a felony. First the NPP interviews the defendant. Then it composes the PSI report for the court, which relies on it to determine criminal sentences and whether the defendant can get probation instead …
The Nevada crime of battery domestic violence (BDV) with strangulation is a category C felony in Nevada under NRS 200.485. The punishment is: 1 to 5 years in Nevada State Prison, and up to $10,000 in fines The judge may not grant probation in lieu of prison. There is a ten (10) year waiting period …
NRS 207.200 is the Nevada statute that defines the crime of trespassing. A violation of this law is a misdemeanor offense punishable by up to six months in jail. 1. How does Nevada law define “trespassing”? Under NRS 207.200, trespass in Las Vegas comprises either: going onto another’s property to annoy the owner or occupant …
Every summer dozens of drug busts mar the Electric Daisy Carnival (“EDC”). People caught with up to 1 ounce of marijuana will probably just be cited. But possessing other types of narcotics will result in being arrested and booked at the Clark County Detention Center. And defendants will face charges for drug possession (NRS 453.336). …
No. Nevada law limits the recreational use of weed to private residences. That does not include dorm rooms or any university-owned student housing, nor anywhere else on college campuses. Smoking pot on campus is not only a misdemeanor, but it also makes the student vulnerable to discipline or expulsion. The same rules hold true for …
Electric Daisy Carnival (“EDC”) is a three-day dusk-to-dawn electronic music festival held each June at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Despite EDC’s “zero-tolerance” policy for drug use and possession and the presence at the festival of numerous Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers, there were a total of 73 felony narcotics arrests at EDC in 2016. …
In Nevada criminal cases, an Alford plea is when you deny you are guilty while admitting sufficient evidence exists to find you guilty. This way you get to maintain your innocence and still accept a plea deal sentence that will likely be laxer than if you were convicted at trial.1 What is the purpose of …