NRS
200.700 Definitions. As
used in
NRS 200.700 to
200.760, inclusive, unless the context
otherwise requires:
1. “Computer-generated child sexual abuse
material” means:
(a) Any visual depiction of:
(1) An actual child that has been created,
adapted or modified to depict the child as the subject of a sexual portrayal or
engaging in, or simulating, or assisting others to engage in or simulate,
sexual conduct; or
(2) An actual person who is 18 years of
age or older that has been created, adapted or modified to depict the person as
a child and:
(I) As the subject of a sexual
portrayal; or
(II) Engaging in, or simulating, or
assisting others to engage in or simulate, sexual conduct; or
(b) Any visual representation that appears to
depict a child as the subject of a sexual portrayal or engaging in, or
simulating, or assisting others to engage in or simulate, sexual conduct, if
the representation is:
(1) Created by the use of artificial
intelligence or other computer technology capable of processing and
interpreting specific data inputs to create a visual depiction; and
(2) Indistinguishable from a minor.
2. “Indistinguishable” means virtually
indistinguishable, such that an ordinary person viewing the visual depiction
would conclude that the visual depiction is of an actual minor.
3. “Performance” means any play, film,
photograph, computer-generated image, electronic representation, dance or other
visual presentation.
4. “Promote” means to produce, direct,
procure, manufacture, sell, give, lend, publish, distribute, exhibit, advertise
or possess for the purpose of distribution.
5. “Sexual conduct” means sexual
intercourse, lewd exhibition of the genitals, fellatio, cunnilingus,
bestiality, anal intercourse, excretion, sado-masochistic abuse, masturbation,
or the penetration of any part of a person’s body or of any object manipulated or
inserted by a person into the genital or anal opening of the body of another.
6. “Sexual portrayal” means the depiction
of a person in a manner which appeals to the prurient interest in sex and which
does not have serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.
(Added to NRS by 1983,
814; A 1995,
950; 2009,
2662; 2025,
2556)
Notes of Decisions
Sena (christopher) v. State, 2022 NV 34 (Nev. 2022).
· cites it 18× “710 and NRS 200.700 were last amended in 1995, prior to when any of the crimes of which Sena has been convicted occurred.”
Wilson v. State, 114 P.3d 285 (Nev. 2005).
· cites it 3× “17 As such, the intent of the Legislature in passing NRS 200.700 to 200.760, inclusive, was to criminalize the use of children in the production of child pornography, not to punish a defendant for multiple counts of production dictated by the number of images taken of one child,…”
State v. Hughes, 261 P.3d 1067 (Nev. 2011).
· cites it 2× “710 nor NRS 200.700the applicable definition section defines the term "minor.”
Castaneda (anthony) Vs. State, 2016 NV 44 (Nev. 2016).
· cites it 24× “730 is one of a series of statutes, NRS 200.700 through NRS 200.760, codified under the heading "Pornography Involving Minors.”
Shue (joshua) Vs. State, 2017 NV 99 (Nev. 2017).
· cites it 8× “NRS 200.700(4) defines "[s]exual portrayal" as "the depiction of a person in a manner which appeals to the prurient interest in sex and which does not have serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.”
Castaneda (anthony) Vs. State, 2016 NV 44 (Nev. 2016).
· cites it 8× “730 is one of a series of statutes, NRS 200.700 through NRS 200.760, codified under the heading "Pornography Involving Minors.”
Shue (joshua) Vs. State, 2017 NV 99 (Nev. 2017).
· cites it 4× “700(4) defines "[s]exual portrayal" as "the depiction of a person in a manner which appeals to the prurient interest in sex and which does not have serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.”
Sprowson Jr v. Baker (D. Nev. 2023).
· cites it 3× “Ground 4 16 In ground 4, Sprowson alleges that because NRS § 200.700(4) is unconstitutional, 17 his convictions under NRS § 200.”
Gillen (Martin) Vs. State, 486 P.3d 725 (Nev. 2021).
· cites it 2× “" See NRS 200.700(3), (4) (defining "sexual conduce and "sexual portrayar).”
Hood v. Johnson (D. Nev. 2024).
“11 NRS 200.700(4) defines sexual portrayal as “the depiction of a person in a manner which appeal to 12 the prurient interest in sex and which does not have a serious literary, artistic, political or 13 scientific value.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.700(1) — 3 cases
Wilson v. State, 114 P.3d 285 (Nev. 2005).
“17 As such, the intent of the Legislature in passing NRS 200.700 to 200.760, inclusive, was to criminalize the use of children in the production of child pornography, not to punish a defendant for multiple counts of production dictated by the number of images taken of one child,…”
Castaneda (anthony) Vs. State, 2016 NV 44 (Nev. 2016).
“730 is one of a series of statutes, NRS 200.700 through NRS 200.760, codified under the heading "Pornography Involving Minors.”
Castaneda (anthony) Vs. State, 2016 NV 44 (Nev. 2016).
“730 is one of a series of statutes, NRS 200.700 through NRS 200.760, codified under the heading "Pornography Involving Minors.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.700(3) — 2 cases
Gillen (Martin) Vs. State, 486 P.3d 725 (Nev. 2021).
“" See NRS 200.700(3), (4) (defining "sexual conduce and "sexual portrayar).”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.700(4) — 7 cases
Sena (christopher) v. State, 2022 NV 34 (Nev. 2022).
“710 and NRS 200.700 were last amended in 1995, prior to when any of the crimes of which Sena has been convicted occurred.”
Shue (joshua) Vs. State, 2017 NV 99 (Nev. 2017).
“NRS 200.700(4) defines "[s]exual portrayal" as "the depiction of a person in a manner which appeals to the prurient interest in sex and which does not have serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.”
Shue (joshua) Vs. State, 2017 NV 99 (Nev. 2017).
“700(4) defines "[s]exual portrayal" as "the depiction of a person in a manner which appeals to the prurient interest in sex and which does not have serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.”
Sprowson Jr v. Baker (D. Nev. 2023).
“Ground 4 16 In ground 4, Sprowson alleges that because NRS § 200.700(4) is unconstitutional, 17 his convictions under NRS § 200.”
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