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Nevada · Through 2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25) · Newer source version available

NRS 200.040: “Manslaughter” defined.

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  1. TITLE 15 — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
  2. CHAPTER 200 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
  3. HOMICIDE

1. Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being, without malice express or implied, and without any mixture of deliberation.

2. Manslaughter must be voluntary, upon a sudden heat of passion, caused by a provocation apparently sufficient to make the passion irresistible, or involuntary, in the commission of an unlawful act, or a lawful act without due caution or circumspection.

3. Manslaughter does not include vehicular manslaughter as described in NRS 484B.657.

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