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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 217.070 (2026)

“Victim” defined

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NRS 217.070  “Victim” defined.

      1.  “Victim” means a person who suffers direct or threatened physical, financial or psychological harm as a result of the commission of a crime, including, without limitation:

      (a) A person who is injured or killed as the direct result of a criminal act;

      (b) A minor who was involved in the production of child sexual abuse material in violation of NRS 200.710, 200.720, 200.725 or 200.730;

      (c) A minor who was sexually abused, as “sexual abuse” is defined in NRS 432B.100;

      (d) A person who is physically injured or killed as the direct result of a violation of NRS 484C.110 or any act or neglect of duty punishable pursuant to NRS 484C.430 or 484C.440;

      (e) A pedestrian who is physically injured or killed as the direct result of a driver of a motor vehicle who failed to stop at the scene of a crash involving the driver and the pedestrian in violation of NRS 484E.010;

      (f) An older person or a vulnerable person who is abused, neglected, exploited, isolated or abandoned in violation of NRS 200.5099 or 200.50995;

      (g) A person who is physically injured or killed as the direct result of an act of international terrorism as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2331(1);

      (h) A person who is trafficked in violation of subsection 2 of NRS 201.300;

      (i) A veteran who experienced an act of sexual assault while serving on active duty, active duty for training or inactive duty training;

      (j) A person who is subjected to facilitating sex trafficking in violation of subsection 1 of NRS 201.301;

      (k) A person who is the victim of a crime for which an additional penalty is imposed pursuant to NRS 193.1675 or an enhanced penalty is imposed pursuant to NRS 207.185; or

      (l) A person who is an immediate family member of a victim who:

             (1) Is a minor;

             (2) Is physically or mentally incompetent; or

             (3) Was killed.

      2.  The term includes any person who was harmed by an act listed in subsection 1, regardless of whether:

      (a) The person is a resident of this State, a citizen of the United States or is lawfully entitled to reside in the United States; or

      (b) The act was committed by an adult or a minor.

      (Added to NRS by 1969, 1151; A 1975, 1789; 1981, 1667; 1983, 818; 1985, 2099; 1987, 2270; 1995, 953; 1997, 192, 787; 2005, 167; 2007, 748; 2013, 2435; 2015, 826, 1659; 2017, 2769; 2019, 474, 1823, 3491, 4147, 4460; 2025, 779, 2852)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1999–1999 · leading case: Martinez v. State, 974 P.2d 133 (Nev. 1999).
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Martinez v. State, 974 P.2d 133 (Nev. 1999). “015 referred to the definition of “victim” set forth at NRS 213.005, which was practically identical to present NRS 176.”
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 217.070(2): 1 case
Martinez v. State, 974 P.2d 133 (Nev. 1999). “015 referred to the definition of “victim” set forth at NRS 213.005, which was practically identical to present NRS 176.”
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