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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 202.830 (2026)

Use of explosives to damage or destroy property prohibited; penalties

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NRS 202.830  Use of explosives to damage or destroy property prohibited; penalties.

      1.  Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to subsection 2, a person who maliciously damages or destroys, attempts to damage or destroy, or conspires with another person to damage or destroy, by means of an explosive, any building, vehicle or real property in the State:

      (a) If no substantial bodily harm results, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 10 years, or by a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $10,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.

      (b) If substantial bodily harm results, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 20 years, or by a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $20,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.

      2.  A person who maliciously damages or destroys, attempts to damage or destroy, or conspires with another person to damage or destroy, by means of an explosive, any building, vehicle or real property in the State, knowing or having reason to believe that a human being is therein at the time, is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison:

      (a) For life without the possibility of parole;

      (b) For life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served; or

      (c) For a definite term of 25 years, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 10 years has been served,

Ê in the discretion of the jury, or of the court upon a plea of guilty or guilty but mentally ill.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 1282; A 1973, 1807; 1995, 1210; 2009, 21)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2025 · leading case: Ewish v. State, 871 P.2d 306 (Nev. 1994).
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Ewish v. State, 871 P.2d 306 (Nev. 1994). · cites it 8× “At the close of evidence, Webb and Ewish introduced a jury instruction describing malicious destruction of property using an explosive device, codified in NRS 202.830 (hereinafter "explosive destruction").”
Ewish v. State, 904 P.2d 1038 (Nev. 1995). “In our prior opinion in this matter, we concluded that the district court correctly refused to instruct the jury on the lesser related offense of malicious destruction of property using an explosive device, as codified in NRS 202.830 (“explosive destruction”). Id.”
Owens v. Bean (D. Nev. 2025). · cites it 2× “June 6, 2005); Using explosives to destroy an occupied 27 property or vehicle (NRS § 202.830(2)(a)); Commission of felony to aid an act of terrorism resulting in substantial bodily harm or death (NRS § 193.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 202.830(2)(a) — 1 case
Owens v. Bean (D. Nev. 2025). “June 6, 2005); Using explosives to destroy an occupied 27 property or vehicle (NRS § 202.830(2)(a)); Commission of felony to aid an act of terrorism resulting in substantial bodily harm or death (NRS § 193.”
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