Title 201 · NRS Chapter 201

Open or gross lewdness; penalty.

Citation: NRS 201.210

Section: 201.201.210

NRS

201.210

Open or gross lewdness; penalty.

1. A person who commits any act of open or gross lewdness is guilty:

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, for the first offense, of a gross misdemeanor.

(b) For any subsequent offense, or if the person has previously been convicted of a sexual offense as defined in NRS 179D.097 , of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .

(c) For an offense committed by a person 18 years of age or older in the presence of a child under the age of 18 years or a vulnerable person as defined in paragraph (a) of subsection 8 of NRS 200.5092 , of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .

2. For the purposes of this section, the breast feeding of a child by the mother of the child does not constitute an act of open or gross lewdness.

[Part 1911 C&P § 195; A 1921, 112 ; NCL § 10142]—(NRS A 1963, 63 ; 1965, 1465 ; 1967, 476 ; 1973, 95 , 255 ,

1406 ;

1977, 866 ; 1979, 1429 ; 1983, 206 ; 1991, 1008 ; 1995, 127 , 1199 ,

1327 ;

1997, 2501 , 3188 ;

2015, 2240 ; 2017, 1380 , 2983 )