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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 212.010 (2026)

Punishment for unauthorized injury of prisoner; forfeiture abolished except when statutorily authorized

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NRS 212.010  Punishment for unauthorized injury of prisoner; forfeiture abolished except when statutorily authorized.

      1.  Every person sentenced to imprisonment in any penal institution is under the protection of the law, and any unauthorized injury to his or her person shall be punished in the same manner as if he or she were not so convicted or sentenced.

      2.  A conviction of crime does not work a forfeiture of any property, real or personal, or of any right or interest therein unless otherwise specifically authorized by statute. All forfeitures in the nature of deodands, or in case of suicide or where a person flees from justice, are abolished.

      [1911 C&P § 13; RL § 6278; NCL § 9962]—(NRS A 1985, 1468)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1973–2022 · leading case: Salisbury v. List, 501 F. Supp. 105 (D. Nev. 1980).
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Salisbury v. List, 501 F. Supp. 105 (D. Nev. 1980). “Yet, NRS 212.010(2) directs, among other things: “A conviction of crime shall not work a forfeiture of any property, real or personal, or of any right or interest therein.”
Mears v. State of Nevada, 367 F. Supp. 84 (D. Nev. 1973). “§ 212.010), thereby allegedly violating the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers.”
Dillon v. Core Civic, Corr. Corp of Am. (NSDC) (D. Nev. 2022). “15 And to 2 the extent plaintiffs reference NRS 212.010 and NRS 212.020, those are state criminal statutes 3 that cannot serve as the bases of claims brought by private parties in this civil context.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 212.010(2) — 1 case
Salisbury v. List, 501 F. Supp. 105 (D. Nev. 1980). “Yet, NRS 212.010(2) directs, among other things: “A conviction of crime shall not work a forfeiture of any property, real or personal, or of any right or interest therein.”
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