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- Title 1. State Judicial Department. Chapter 3. District Courts
- Mediation of Cases Involving Custody or Visitation of Child
- Title 3. Remedies; Special Actions and Proceedings. Chapter 33. Injunctions
- General Provisions
- Orders for Protection Against Domestic Violence
- Orders for Protection Against Harassment in the Workplace
- Orders for Protection of Children
- Title 6. Justice Courts and Civil Procedure Therein
- Title 11. Domestic Relations
- Chapter 125. Dissolution of Marriage
- Divorce
- Custody of Children
- Orders for Protection Against Domestic Violence
- Chapter 125A. Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
- Article 1. General Provisions
- Article 2. Jurisdiction
- Article 3. Enforcement
- Article 4. Miscellaneous Provisions
- Chapter 125B. Obligation of Support
- Chapter 125C. Custody and Visitation
- Visitation
- Miscellaneous Provisions
- Chapter 126. Parentage
- Title 14. Procedure in Criminal Cases.
- Chapter 171. Proceedings to Commitment
- Investigation of Suspected Criminal Activity; Detention of Suspects
- Arrest: By Whom and How Made
- Title 15. Crimes and Punishments
- Chapter 193. General Provisions
- Chapter 200. Crimes Against the Person
- Chapter 202. Crimes Against Public Health and Safety
- Weapons
- Dangerous Weapons and Firearms
Chapter 200. Crimes Against the Person
back to top200.571. Harassment: Definition; penalties
1. A person is guilty of harassment if:
(a) Without lawful authority, the person knowingly threatens:
(1) To cause bodily injury in the future to the person threatened or to any other person;
(2) To cause physical damage to the property of another person;
(3) To subject the person threatened or any other person to physical confinement or restraint; or
(4) To do any act which is intended to substantially harm the person threatened or any other person with respect to his physical or mental health or safety; and
(b) The person by words or conduct places the person receiving the threat in reasonable fear that the threat will be carried out.
2. Except where the provisions of subsection 2 or 3 of NRS 200.575 are applicable, a person who is guilty of harassment:
(a) For the first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) For the second or any subsequent offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
3. The penalties provided in this section do not preclude the victim from seeking any other legal remedy available.
Added by Laws 1989, p. 897. Amended by Laws 1993, p. 510; Laws 2001, c. 560, § 2, eff. June 13, 2001.