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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 193.140

Punishment of gross misdemeanors

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NRS 193.140  Punishment of gross misdemeanors.  Every person convicted of a gross misdemeanor shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days, or by a fine of not more than $2,000, or by both fine and imprisonment, unless the statute in force at the time of commission of such gross misdemeanor prescribed a different penalty.

      [1911 C&P § 19; RL § 6284; NCL § 9968]—(NRS A 1967, 459; 1981, 652; 2013, 977)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1978–2025 · leading case: State v. Yanez
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State v. Yanez (1998) ri · cites it 2× “2d 1063 (1994); Nev.Rev.Stat.Ann. §§ 193.140, 200.366(3)(b) (Michie 1997) (oneyear maximum if defendant under age twentyone); New Hampshire: Goodrow v.”
State v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada ex rel. County of Clark (2013) nev “113; see also NRS 193.140 (gross misdemeanor punishable by not more than one year in jail); NRS 199.”
Hector Mancilla-Delafuente v. Loretta E. Lynch (2015) ca9 · cites it 2× “On June 21, 2011, the Immigration Judge (“IJ”) found that Mancilla had been convicted of a CIMT and was thus ineligible for cancellation of removal under 8 U.”
State v. SECOND JUDICIAL DIST. CT.(PULLIN) (2008) nev “130, to all gross misdemeanors under NRS 193.140, and to all misdemeanors under NRS 193.”
Ferreira v. City of Las Vegas (1990) nev “120(2) (a felony is a crime punishable by death or imprisonment in the state prison) with NRS 193.”
Oliver (Vaneshia) v. State (2022) nev · cites it 2× “130; NRS 193.140; NRS 193.153; NRS 199.480; NRS 200.”
Smith v. Dockery (2023) nvd · cites it 2× “25 NRS § 193.140. A “reasonable police officer” could have easily found sufficient evidence to satisfy 26 1 the probable cause requirement of NRS § 207.”
Sykes v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department of Clark County Nevada (2025) nvd · cites it 2× “Nev. Rev. Stat. § 193.140 . Nevada law defines an emergency for purposes of calling 5 911 as “a situation in which immediate intervention is necessary to protect the physical safety of 6 a person or others from an immediate threat of physical injury or to protect against an…”
LaChance v. State (2014) nev · cites it 2× “(c) For the third offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.140. (d) For a fourth or subsequent offense, is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.”
Oliver (Vaneshia) v. State (2022) nev “130; NRS 193.140; NRS 193.153; NRS 199.480: NRS 200.”
Wirth v. LeGrand (2022) nvd “130(2)(d); NRS 193.140; NRS 193.330(1)(a); NRS 1 200.”
Pineda v. State (2013) nev “100(1)(c); NRS 193.140; NRS 199.480(3)(a); Houk v. State, 103 Nev.”
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