Nevada § 201.360 - Placing person in house of prostitution; penalties

Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 201.360 — Placing person in house of prostitution; penalties, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 201.360. Placing person in house of prostitution; penalties

1. A person who: (a) Places another in the charge or custody of a third person with the intent that

the other person engage in prostitution or who compels the other person to reside

with him or her or with any third person for purposes of prostitution, or who compels

another person to reside in a house of prostitution; (b) Asks or receives any compensation, gratuity or reward, or promise thereof, for

or on account of placing in a house of prostitution or elsewhere a person for the

purpose of causing that person to cohabit with someone who is not the person's spouse; (c) Gives, offers or promises any compensation, gratuity or reward, to procure a person

to engage in any act of prostitution in any house of prostitution, or elsewhere, against

the person's will; (d) Is the spouse, parent, guardian or other legal custodian of a person under the

age of 18 and permits, connives at or consents to the minor's being or remaining in

any house of prostitution; (e) Lives with or accepts any earnings of a common prostitute, or entices or solicits

a person to go to a house of prostitution to engage in sexual conduct with a common

prostitute; (f) Decoys, entices, procures or in any manner induces a person to become a prostitute

or to become an inmate of a house of prostitution, for purposes of prostitution, or

for purposes of employment, or for any purpose whatever, when that person does not

know that the house is one of prostitution; or (g) Decoys, entices, procures or in any manner induces a person, under the age of

21 years, to go into or visit, upon any pretext or for any purpose whatever, any house

of ill fame or prostitution, or any room or place inhabited or frequented by any prostitute,

or used for purposes of prostitution, is guilty of a felony. 2. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 shall be punished: (a) Where physical force or the immediate threat of physical force is used upon the

other person, for a category C felony as provided in NRS 193.130 . (b) Where no physical force or immediate threat of physical force is used, for a category

D felony as provided in NRS 193.130 .

Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 201.360 ("Placing person in house of prostitution; penalties") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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