Title 200 · NRS Chapter 200
Manslaughter defined.
Citation: NRS 200.040
Section: 200.200.040
NRS
200.040
Manslaughter defined.
1. Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being, without malice express or implied, and without any mixture of deliberation.
2. Manslaughter must be voluntary, upon a sudden heat of passion, caused by a provocation apparently sufficient to make the passion irresistible, or involuntary, in the commission of an unlawful act, or a lawful act without due caution or circumspection.
3. Manslaughter does not include vehicular manslaughter as described in NRS 484B.657 .
[1911 C&P § 122; RL § 6387; NCL § 10069]—(NRS A 1983, 1014 ; 1995, 1725 ; 2005, 79 )