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

NRS 451.590: Sale or purchase of parts prohibited; penalties.

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  1. TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
  2. CHAPTER 451 - DEAD BODIES
  3. ANATOMICAL GIFTS (UNIFORM ACT)

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person shall not knowingly, for valuable consideration, purchase or sell a part of a natural person for transplantation or therapy if removal of the part from the natural person is or was intended to occur after the natural person’s death.

2. A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation or disposal of a part.

3. A person who violates this section is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, or by a fine of not more than $50,000, or by both fine and the punishment provided in NRS 193.130.

Collected 2026-09-03T05:51:40Z. Source file · JSON

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