SEX CRIMES IN NEVADA

  Sex offense accusations, even if later proven untrue, are like setting off a bomb in someone’s backyard; even if you survived the initial explosion of police investigations, criminal charges, and family/friend recriminations, the landscape of your life is completely changed. Sex Offenses are also charged differently from virtually every other type of criminal offense, for instance:

•  You can be arrested and charged with a sex offense based solely on a single statement from an alleged victim, even if there is evidence to the contrary and even if the victim later recants.
•    You can be forced to defend yourself against an allegation for a sex offense that occurred more than 20 years ago; and
•  You can be forced to defend yourself against a single allegation of sexual misconduct that occurred “some time” over a five-year period (for instance, you could be charged with inappropriately touching the alleged victim “some time” between January 2015 and January 2018). 

 This victim-centric criminal framework, coupled with the life imprisonment penalties for some sex offenses, make these some of the most difficult cases to defend against in the criminal justice system. False sex crime accusations are also more common than insurance fraud according to an F.B.I study, and frequently occur between individuals in an otherwise consensual sexual relationship. 

If you are found guilty of any sexual offense, once you get out of prison, you will probably have to register as a sex offender and can be required to register for the rest of your life (“lifetime supervision”). Sex registration not only carries a social stigma, but can limit where you live, work, and even where you are allowed to spend your vacation. If you’ve been accused of a sex crime contact an experienced lawyer to assist you in fighting the charges.

Sex Offender Registration in Nevada

 It is necessary for many people convicted of sex crimes to register as a sexual offender under NRS 179D.010-179D.850. If you are required to register as a sex offender, you can also be subject to lifetime registration, the sex offender tier system and the various categories of compliance. 

• NRS 200.366 Sexual Assault
• NRS 200.368 Statutory Sexual Seduction
• NRS 200.373 Sexual assault by spouse
• NRS 200.571 Harassment
• NRS 200.575 Stalking
• NRS 200.603 Peeping, Spying, Peering into a dwelling
• NRS 200.604 Capturing Image of Private area of Another Person
• NRS 200.710 Using a minor in a Pornography Production
• NRS 200.720 Advertising Child Pornography
• NRS 200.730 Child Pornography Possession
• NRS 201.180 Incest
• NRS 201.190 Commission of certain sexual acts in public
• NRS 201.210 Open or Gross Lewdness
• NRS 201.220 Indecent Exposure
• NRS 201.230 Lewdness with a child under 16 years old
• NRS 201.300 Sex Trafficking and Pandering
• NRS 201.354 Prostitution and Solicitation
• NRS 200.310 Kidnapping / Abduction for sexual purposes
• NRS 201.540  Sexual conduct between certain employees of school or volunteers at school and pupil.
• NRS 201.555 Sexual conduct between certain employees or contractors of or volunteers for entity providing services to children and children under care, custody, control or supervision of entity