Nev. Rev. Stat. § 202.055

Sale or furnishing of alcoholic beverage to minor; aiding minor to purchase or procure alcoholic beverage; policy to prevent minor from obtaining alcoholic beverage through use of Internet

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NRS 202.055  Sale or furnishing of alcoholic beverage to minor; aiding minor to purchase or procure alcoholic beverage; policy to prevent minor from obtaining alcoholic beverage through use of Internet.

      1.  Every person who knowingly:

      (a) Sells, gives or otherwise furnishes an alcoholic beverage to any person under 21 years of age;

      (b) Leaves or deposits any alcoholic beverage in any place with the intent that it will be procured by any person under 21 years of age; or

      (c) Furnishes, gives, or causes to be given any money or thing of value to any person under 21 years of age with the knowledge that the money or thing of value is to be used by the person under 21 years of age to purchase or procure any alcoholic beverage,

Ê is guilty of a misdemeanor.

      2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection 1 does not apply to a parent, guardian or physician of the person under 21 years of age.

      3.  Every person who sells, gives or otherwise furnishes alcoholic beverages through the use of the Internet shall adopt a policy to prevent a person under 21 years of age from obtaining an alcoholic beverage from the person through the use of the Internet. The policy must include, without limitation, a method for ensuring that the person who delivers the alcoholic beverages obtains the signature of a person who is over the age of 21 years when delivering the beverages and that the packaging or wrapping of the alcoholic beverages when they are shipped is clearly marked with words that describe the alcoholic beverages. A person who fails to adopt a policy pursuant to this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 482; A 1969, 22; 1987, 482; 2001, 2788)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2024 · leading case: Hinegardner v. Marcor Resorts, L.P.
Hinegardner v. Marcor Resorts, L.P. (1992) nev · cites it 6× “In Hamm , we also rejected the argument that the violation of penal statute NRS 202.055, regulating the sale of alcohol to minors, constituted negligence per se.”
Bell v. Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity (1982) nev · cites it 5× “The Bells requested an instruction that violation of NRS 202.055, 2 if the proximate cause of Rodney’s injuries, consitutes negligence as a matter of law.”
Garcia v. Sixth Judicial District Court (2001) nev · cites it 16× “*698 OPINION Per Curiam: We are asked today to interpret NRS 202.055, which proscribes the sale of alcohol to those who are under twenty-one years of age, to determine whether the phrase “knowingly .”
Yoscovitch v. Wasson (1982) nev · cites it 2× “Accordingly, we must conclude that an alleged violation of NRS 202.055 and City of Reno Municipal Code § 4.”
Morrison v. State (2024) nevapp · cites it 4× “In Garcia, the supreme court addressed NRS 202.055, which criminalizes the sale of alcohol to persons under 21 years of age.”
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