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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 201.180

Incest: Definition; penalty

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NRS 201.180  Incest: Definition; penalty.  Persons being within the degree of consanguinity within which marriages are declared by law to be incestuous and void who intermarry with each other or who commit fornication or adultery with each other shall be punished for a category A felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of life with the possibility of parole, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.

      [1911 C&P § 193; RL § 6458; NCL § 10140]—(NRS A 1979, 1429; 1995, 1198; 2005, 2877)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1973–2025 · leading case: SENA (CHRISTOPHER) v. STATE
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SENA (CHRISTOPHER) v. STATE (2022) nev · cites it 26× “NRS 201.180 provides that it is a felony for IN ersons being within the degree of consanguinity within which marriages are declared by law to be incestuous and void who intermarry with each other or who commit fornication or adultery.”
Commonwealth v. Rahim (2004) mass “020 (2001); Nev. Rev. Stat. § 201.180 (2001); N.M. Stat.”
Brown v. State (1997) nev “Incest under NRS 201.180; 2. Lewdness with a child under NRS 201.”
Austin v. State (2007) nev · cites it 2× “730, inclusive; (f) Incest pursuant to NRS 201.180; (g) Solicitation of a minor to engage in acts constituting the infamous crime against nature pursuant to NRS 201.”
Douglas v. State (2014) nev · cites it 24× “NRS 201.180. Obviously, NRS 201.180 omits any express mutual consent requirement.”
Lundy v. Warden, Nevada State Prison (1973) nev “His retained counsel, through negotiations and plea bargaining, obtained an agreement with the prosecuting attorney whereby appellant would enter a guilty plea to the incest charge (NRS 201.180), and the other charges would not be pursued.”
Guitron v. State (2015) nevapp · cites it 2× “Incest NRS 201.180 defines incest as occurring when "[p] ersons being within the degree of consanguinity within which marriages are declared by law to be incestuous and void [either] intermarry with each other or.”
Douglas v. Gittere (2025) nvd “The Nevada Supreme Court’s expansion of NRS 201.180 during his direct appeal violated the fair warning principle of 20 due process.”
Guitron v. State (2015) nev “commit fornication or adultery with each other." A parent and natural child are within the degree of consanguinity wherein a marriage between the two would be declared by law incestuous and void.”
GUITRON (MIGUEL) VS. STATE (2015) nev “commit fornication or adultery with each other." A parent and natural child are within the degree of consanguinity wherein a marriage between the two would be declared by law incestuous and void.”
GUITRON (MIGUEL) VS. STATE (2015) nev “commit fornication or adultery with each other." A parent and natural child are within the degree of consanguinity wherein a marriage between the two would be declared by law incestuous and void.”
Douglas v. State (2008) nev “(f) Incest pursuant to NRS 201.180. (g) Solicitation of a minor to engage in acts constituting the infamous crime against nature pursuant to NRS 201.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 201.180(1) — 1 case
SENA (CHRISTOPHER) v. STATE (2022) nev “NRS 201.180 provides that it is a felony for IN ersons being within the degree of consanguinity within which marriages are declared by law to be incestuous and void who intermarry with each other or who commit fornication or adultery.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 201.180(2) — 1 case
SENA (CHRISTOPHER) v. STATE (2022) nev “NRS 201.180 provides that it is a felony for IN ersons being within the degree of consanguinity within which marriages are declared by law to be incestuous and void who intermarry with each other or who commit fornication or adultery.”
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