{"id":"DUT-NV-006","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Nevada","state":"NV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Nevada Legislature","authority":"Nev. Const. art. 4, s. 1; 1911 Crimes and Punishments Act ss. 298-299 (public nuisance); Stats. 1995 (NRS 202.595)","instrument":"Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 202 (Crimes Against Public Health and Safety), NRS 202.450, 202.470, 202.480, 202.595","title":"NRS Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety (chapter page as published by the Nevada Legislature)","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing law in force throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","OTHER"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners and lessors of buildings (202.470(3)); persons under a legal duty (202.470(2), 202.595)"],"clause":"Every act unlawfully done and every omission to perform a duty, which act or omission: (a) Annoys, injures or endangers the safety, health, comfort or repose of any considerable number of persons;... or (d) In any way renders a considerable number of persons insecure in life or the use of property, -- is a public nuisance.","enforcement":"NRS 202.470: misdemeanor (NRS 193.150: 6 months and $1,000); NRS 202.480: mandatory abatement order within 3 days and civil penalty; NRS 202.595: gross misdemeanor, or category C felony (NRS 193.130: 1 to 5 years and up to $10,000) where the act or neglect results in substantial bodily harm or death","functions":[],"notes":"Any unlawful act or omission of a duty that endangers the health or safety of a considerable number of persons is a public nuisance, \u0027a crime against the order and economy of the State\u0027 (202.450(1)); whoever commits or maintains it, willfully omits a legal duty relating to its removal, or lets a building knowing it is used for it is guilty of a misdemeanor (202.470) and must abate it (202.480); and any person who performs an act or neglects a legal duty \u0027in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property\u0027 commits a gross misdemeanor, or a category C felony where substantial bodily harm or death results (202.595).","sourceUrl":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-202.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1661515,"grade":"primary","character":"sanitary_code_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-NV","url":"/library/DUT-NV-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NV-006","citation":"Nevada Legislature, Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 202 (Crimes Against Public Health and Safety), NRS 202.450, 202.470, 202.480, 202.595 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NV-006)","stateName":"Nevada","related":["NV-009"]}