Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 202.320 (2026)

Drawing deadly weapon in threatening manner

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NRS 202.320  Drawing deadly weapon in threatening manner.

      1.  Unless a greater penalty is provided in NRS 202.287, a person having, carrying or procuring from another person any dirk, dirk-knife, sword, sword cane, pistol, gun or other deadly weapon, who, in the presence of two or more persons, draws or exhibits any of such deadly weapons in a rude, angry or threatening manner not in necessary self-defense, or who in any manner unlawfully uses that weapon in any fight or quarrel, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

      2.  A sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, constable or other peace officer shall not be held to answer, under the provisions of subsection 1, for drawing or exhibiting any of the weapons mentioned therein while in the lawful discharge of his or her duties.

      [1911 C&P § 174; RL § 6439; NCL § 10121]—(NRS A 1967, 486; 1989, 1240)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1990–2018 · leading case: Cortes v. State, 260 P.3d 184 (Nev. 2011).
Cortes v. State, 260 P.3d 184 (Nev. 2011). “3 Cortes’s argument that the knife was not recovered and did not, from its description, qualify as a “deadly weapon” as defined in NRS 202.320 is without merit. “ ‘A Terry investigation .”
Asfeha (Filmon) v. State (Nev. 2018). · cites it 7× “NRS 202.320 defines drawing a deadly weapon in a threatening manner as: a person having, carrying or procuring from another person any .”
Asfeha v. State, 415 P.3d 14 (Nev. 2018). · cites it 7× “NRS 202.320 defines drawing a deadly weapon in a threatening manner as: a person having, carrying or procuring from another person any .”
Zgombic v. State, 798 P.2d 548 (Nev. 1990). · cites it 2× “activity first commenced or did the defendant merely grasp for it as a means of inflicting death or injury during the commission of the crime? (7) Did the defendant plan to use the instrument as a weapon of destruction in facilitating the successful objective of the crime? (8)…”
Brown (Anthony) v. State (Nev. 2016). “265; NRS 202.320; NRS 202.350. Accordingly, we conclude that this instruction is an incorrect statement of law.”
Martinez-Hernandez (Lazaro) v. State (Nev. 2014). “See NRS 202.320(1) (prohibiting exhibiting of a deadly weapon "in a rude, angry or threatening manner not in necessary self- defense").”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 202.320(1) — 1 case
Martinez-Hernandez (Lazaro) v. State (Nev. 2014). “See NRS 202.320(1) (prohibiting exhibiting of a deadly weapon "in a rude, angry or threatening manner not in necessary self- defense").”
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