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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.465 (2026)

Assuming rights of ownership over another person; purchase or sale of person; penalty

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NRS 200.465  Assuming rights of ownership over another person; purchase or sale of person; penalty.  A person who:

      1.  Assumes or attempts to assume rights of ownership over another person;

      2.  Sells or attempts to sell a person to another;

      3.  Receives money or anything of value in consideration of placing a person in the custody or under the control of another;

      4.  Buys or attempts to buy a person;

      5.  Except as otherwise provided in chapters 127A to 127E, inclusive, of NRS, pays money or delivers anything of value to another in consideration of having a person placed in his or her custody or under his or her power or control; or

      6.  Knowingly aids or assists in any manner a person who violates any provision of this section,

Ê is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 5 years and a maximum term of not more than 20 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $50,000.

      (Added to NRS by 1989, 1186; A 1995, 1190; 2005, 88; 2025, 1554)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1992–1992 · leading case: Schoka v. Sheriff, 824 P.2d 290 (Nev. 1992).
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Schoka v. Sheriff, 824 P.2d 290 (Nev. 1992). “All personal property, including any tool, substance, weapon, machine, money or security, which is used as an instrumentality in the *91 commission of or attempted commission of the crime of murder, robbery, kidnaping, burglary, invasion of the home, grand larceny or pandering,…”
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