LEWDNESS AND INDECENT EXPOSURE
NRS 201.210 Open or gross lewdness; penalty.
- A person who commits any act of open or gross lewdness is guilty:
(a) For the first offense, of a gross misdemeanor.
(b) For any subsequent offense, of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. For the purposes of this section, the breast feeding of a child by the mother of the child does not constitute an act of open or gross lewdness.
Indecent or obscene exposure; penalty.
- A person who makes any open and indecent or obscene exposure of his person, or of the person of another, is guilty:
(a) For the first offense, of a gross misdemeanor.
(b) For any subsequent offense, of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. For the purposes of this section, the breast feeding of a child by the mother of the child does not constitute an act of open and indecent or obscene exposure of her body.
201.230 Lewdness with child under 14 years; penalties.
- A person who willfully and lewdly commits any lewd or lascivious act, other than acts constituting the crime of sexual assault, upon or with the body, or any part or member thereof, of a child under the age of 14 years, with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust or passions or sexual desires of that person or of that child, is guilty of lewdness with a child.
- Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person who commits lewdness with a child is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for:
(a) Life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000; or
(b) A definite term of 20 years, with eligibility for parole after a minimum of 2 years has been served, and may further be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.
3. A person who commits lewdness with a child and who has been previously convicted of:
(a) Lewdness with a child pursuant to this section or any other sexual offense against a child; or
(b) An offense committed in another jurisdiction that, if committed in this State, would constitute lewdness with a child pursuant to this section or any other sexual offense against a child, is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life without the possibility of parole.
4. For the purpose of this section, “other sexual offense against a child” has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection 5 of NRS 200.366.
