Nevada · Nevada Revised Statutes — Title 15, Crimes and Punishments

NRS (Crimes) § 207.185: Penalty for commission of certain unlawful acts because of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression of another person or group of persons; burden of proof; comments as evidence

Gross Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who commits certain crimes motivated by the victim's actual or perceived race, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, requiring proof that the protected characteristic was the primary cause.

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