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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 453.011 (2026)

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NRS 453.011  Short title; purpose.

      1.  NRS 453.011 to 453.348, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.

      2.  The Uniform Controlled Substances Act (1990) is substituted in a continuing way for the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.348, inclusive, except as those provisions are specifically amended.

      (Added to NRS by 1971, 1999; A 1987, 1653; 1991, 1648)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 29 cases, 1972–2020 · leading case: Figueroa-beltran Vs. U.S. of Am. (nrap 5), 467 P.3d 615 (Nev. 2020).
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Figueroa-beltran Vs. U.S. of Am. (nrap 5), 467 P.3d 615 (Nev. 2020). · cites it 2× “570 provides that "[t]he amount of a controlled substance needed to sustain a conviction of a person for an offense prohibited by the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552 . . . is that amount necessary for identification as a controlled substance by a witness qualified to make…”
State v. Lucero, 249 P.3d 1226 (Nev. 2011). “3385 provides the statutory minimum penalty, unless otherwise authorized by "the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552, inclusive." NRS 453.”
Dawkins v. State, 547 A.2d 1041 (Md. 1988). “§§ 28-401 to 28-445 (1943); Nev.Rev.Stat. §§ 453.011 to 453.361 (1986); NJ.”
Goodson v. State, 654 P.2d 1006 (Nev. 1982). · cites it 2× “Whenever any person who has not previously been convicted of any offense under the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.551, inclusive, or under any statute of the United States or of any state relating to narcotic drugs, marihuana or stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic drugs…”
Greene v. State, 612 P.2d 686 (Nev. 1980). “Except as authorized by the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.551, inclusive, it is unlawful for any person to import, transport, manufacture, compound, sell, exchange, barter, supply, give away or administer a controlled or counterfeit substance or to offer or attempt to do any…”
Sparkman v. State, 590 P.2d 151 (Nev. 1979). · cites it 2× “341, a statute relating solely to drug convictions, provides: Prosecution for any violation of law occurring prior to January 1, 1972, is not affected or abated by the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.551, inclusive. If the offense being prosecuted is similar to one set out in…”
United States v. Gibran Figueroa-Beltran, 892 F.3d 997 (9th Cir. 2018). “337 provides in pertinent part: Except as otherwise authorized by the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552, inclusive, it is unlawful for a person to possess for the purpose of sale flunitrazepam, gamma-hydroxybutyrate, any substance for which flunitrazepam or…”
Andrews v. State, 412 P.3d 37 (Nev. 2018). “An examination of other statutes within Nevada's Uniform Controlled Substances Act (UCSA), codified as NRS 453.011 et seq. , sheds some light as to NRS 453.”
A 1983 Volkswagen v. Cnty. of Washoe, 699 P.2d 108 (Nev. 1985). · cites it 3× “301 1 the state must prove *225 (1) a violation of, not conviction under, the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, NRS 453.011 to 453.551 inclusive, and (2) that the vehicle was used to facilitate that violation.”
Dickson v. State, 822 P.2d 1122 (Nev. 1992). · cites it 2× “The amount of a controlled substance needed to sustain a conviction of a person for an offense prohibited by the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552, inclusive, is that amount necessary for identification as a controlled substance by a witness qualified to make such…”
Levingston v. Washoe Cnty., 916 P.2d 163 (Nev. 1996). · cites it 2× “All real property and mobile homes used or intended to be used by any owner or tenant of the property or mobile home to facilitate a violation of the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.552, inclusive, except NRS 453.”
Sheriff, Clark Cnty. v. Luqman, 697 P.2d 107 (Nev. 1985). “146 expressly authorized the state pharmacy board to “administer the provisions of NRS 453.011 to 453.551, inclusive, and . .”
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