Nevada Revised Statutes
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 202.363 (2026)
Unlawful to possess, purchase, transport or receive unfinished frame or receiver: Exceptions; penalties
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NRS 202.363 Unlawful to possess, purchase, transport or receive unfinished
frame or receiver: Exceptions; penalties.
1. A person shall not possess, purchase, transport or receive an unfinished frame or receiver unless:
(a) The person is a firearms importer or manufacturer; or
(b) The unfinished frame or receiver is required by federal law to be imprinted with a serial number issued by a firearms importer or manufacturer and the unfinished frame or receiver has been imprinted with the serial number.
2. A person who violates this section:
(a) For the first offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor; and
(b) For the second or any subsequent offense, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 3223)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Sisolak v. Polymer80, Inc., 546 P.3d 819 (Nev. 2024).
Sisolak v. Polymer80, Inc., 546 P.3d 819 (Nev. 2024). “3625, and NRS 202.363. NRS 202.253(9) defines "unfinished frame or receiver": "Unfinished frame or receiver" means a blank, a casting or a machined body that is intended to be turned into the frame or lower receiver of a firearm with additional machining and which has been…”
Palmer v. Sisolak (D. Nev. 2024). “As a starting point, NRS § 202.363 provides that “[a] person shall not 15 possess, purchase, transport or receive an unfinished frame or receiver unless” the person 16 is either a firearms importer or manufacturer or “[t]he unfinished frame or receiver is 17 required by federal…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 202.363(1) — 1 case
Sisolak v. Polymer80, Inc., 546 P.3d 819 (Nev. 2024). “3625, and NRS 202.363. NRS 202.253(9) defines "unfinished frame or receiver": "Unfinished frame or receiver" means a blank, a casting or a machined body that is intended to be turned into the frame or lower receiver of a firearm with additional machining and which has been…”
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