Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 207.030 (2026)

Prohibited acts; penalty

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NRS 207.030  Prohibited acts; penalty.

      1.  It is unlawful to:

      (a) Offer or agree to engage in or engage in lewd or dissolute conduct in any public place or in any place open to the public or exposed to public view;

      (b) Offer or agree to engage in, engage in or aid and abet any act of prostitution;

      (c) Be a pimp, panderer or procurer or live in or about houses of prostitution;

      (d) Seek admission to a house upon frivolous pretexts for no other apparent motive than to see who may be therein, or to gain an insight of the premises;

      (e) Keep a place where lost or stolen property is concealed;

      (f) Loiter in or about any toilet open to the public for the purpose of engaging in or soliciting any lewd or lascivious or any unlawful act; or

      (g) Lodge in any building, structure or place, whether public or private:

             (1) Where a notice of default and election to sell has been recorded, unless the person is the owner, tenant or entitled to the possession or control thereof;

             (2) Which has been placed on a registry of vacant, abandoned or foreclosed property by a local government, unless the person is the owner, tenant or entitled to the possession or control thereof; or

             (3) Without the permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession or in control thereof.

      2.  A person who violates a provision of subsection 1 shall be punished:

      (a) For the first violation of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 and for each subsequent violation of the same paragraph occurring more than 3 years after the first violation, for a misdemeanor.

      (b) For the second violation of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 within 3 years after the first violation of the same paragraph, by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months and by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.

      (c) For the third or subsequent violation of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection 1 within 3 years after the first violation of the same paragraph, by imprisonment in the county jail for 6 months and by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.

      (d) For a violation of any provision of paragraphs (d) to (g), inclusive, of subsection 1, for a misdemeanor.

      3.  The terms of imprisonment prescribed by subsection 2 must be imposed to run consecutively.

      4.  A local government may enact an ordinance which regulates the time, place or manner in which a person or group of persons may beg or solicit alms in a public place or place open to the public.

      [1911 C&P § 354; A 1915, 32; 1923, 224; NCL § 10302]—(NRS A 1963, 696; 1967, 517; 1971, 2025; 1973, 1061; 1979, 353; 1985, 749, 931; 1993, 808; 2013, 2988)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1967–2015 · leading case: Dinitz v. Christensen, 577 P.2d 873 (Nev. 1978).
Dinitz v. Christensen, 577 P.2d 873 (Nev. 1978). · cites it 14× “Petitioner challenges the statute, NRS 207.030, on five different premises. She contends that the statute denies due process in that it makes status a crime; is vague requiring a person of ordinary intelligence to guess at its proscriptions; places unfettered discretion at the…”
State of Nevada v. Father Richard, 836 P.2d 622 (Nev. 1992). · cites it 4× “Specifically, subsection (1) of NRS 207.030 lists certain acts and character traits which define a person as a vagrant; subsection (2) states that “[e]very vagrant shall be punished.”
United States v. Williams, 82 F. Supp. 3d 1183 (D. Nev. 2015). · cites it 4× “In the residential complex, approximately 40 feet away from the Ford was a sign that said “No Loitering” referencing “NRS 207.030”. The Court finds, however, that this sign would not have been visible from the Ford at the time the officers encountered the Ford since it was very…”
Parker v. Mun. Judge of City of Las Vegas, 427 P.2d 642 (Nev. 1967). · cites it 2× “458, [1] which amended NRS 207.030. The clear purport of the amendment is to make certain defined acts the crime rather than status.”
Unknown, 598 F.3d 592. · cites it 6× “440(1) provides: In any county, city or town where prostitution is prohibited by local ordinance or where the licensing of a house of prostitution is prohibited by state statute, it is unlawful for any person, company, association or corporation knowingly to allow any person…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 207.030(1)(b) — 1 case
Dinitz v. Christensen, 577 P.2d 873 (Nev. 1978). “Petitioner challenges the statute, NRS 207.030, on five different premises. She contends that the statute denies due process in that it makes status a crime; is vague requiring a person of ordinary intelligence to guess at its proscriptions; places unfettered discretion at the…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 207.030(1)(i) — 1 case
State of Nevada v. Father Richard, 836 P.2d 622 (Nev. 1992). “Specifically, subsection (1) of NRS 207.030 lists certain acts and character traits which define a person as a vagrant; subsection (2) states that “[e]very vagrant shall be punished.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 207.030(g)(3) — 1 case
United States v. Williams, 82 F. Supp. 3d 1183 (D. Nev. 2015). “In the residential complex, approximately 40 feet away from the Ford was a sign that said “No Loitering” referencing “NRS 207.030”. The Court finds, however, that this sign would not have been visible from the Ford at the time the officers encountered the Ford since it was very…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 207.030(l)(b) — 1 case
Dinitz v. Christensen, 577 P.2d 873 (Nev. 1978). “Petitioner challenges the statute, NRS 207.030, on five different premises. She contends that the statute denies due process in that it makes status a crime; is vague requiring a person of ordinary intelligence to guess at its proscriptions; places unfettered discretion at the…”
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