{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-207.030","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 207.030","heading":"Prohibited acts; penalty.","body":"1. It is unlawful to:\n(a) Offer or agree to engage in or engage in lewd or dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view;\n(b) Offer or agree to engage in, engage in or aid and abet any act of prostitution;\n(c) Be a pimp, panderer or procurer or live in or about houses of prostitution;\n(d) Seek admission to a house upon frivolous pretexts for no other apparent motive than to see who may be therein, or to gain an insight of the premises;\n(e) Keep a place where lost or stolen property is concealed;\n(f) Loiter in or about any toilet open to the public for the purpose of engaging in or soliciting any lewd or lascivious or any unlawful act; or\n(g) Lodge in any building, structure or place, whether public or private:\n(1) Where a notice of default and election to sell has been recorded, unless the person is the owner, tenant or entitled to the possession or control thereof;\n(2) Which has been placed on a registry of vacant, abandoned or foreclosed property by a local government, unless the person is the owner, tenant or entitled to the possession or control thereof; or\n(3) Without the permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession or in control thereof.\n2. A person who violates a provision of subsection 1 shall be punished:\n(a) For the first violation of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 and for each subsequent violation of the same paragraph occurring more than 3 years after the first violation, for a misdemeanor.\n(b) For the second violation of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 within 3 years after the first violation of the same paragraph, by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months and by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.\n(c) For the third or subsequent violation of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 within 3 years after the first violation of the same paragraph, by imprisonment in the county jail for 6 months and by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.\n(d) For a violation of any provision of paragraphs (d) to (g), inclusive, of subsection 1, for a misdemeanor.\n3. The terms of imprisonment prescribed by subsection 2 must be imposed to run consecutively.\n4. A local government may enact an ordinance which regulates the time, place or manner in which a person or group of persons may beg or solicit alms in a public place or place open to the public.","path":["TITLE 15 — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","CHAPTER 207 - MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES","VAGRANTS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-207.html#NRS207Sec030","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:34Z","sha256":"9419c7928d794ed7bb1a1293405ada8754cefea81b406cd0bdb3b3e7f92a461c","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-207.016","next":"us-nv/nrs-207.040"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}