{ "batch": "699-nevada-age-verification-laws", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r699_nevada_age_verification_laws_699_nevada_age_verification_laws_anchor_nrs201", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Nevada Revised Statutes: NRS chapter 201 heading (anchor)", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Nevada Legislature's official NRS site publishes NRS chapter 201 under the heading quoted. The harmful-to-minors sections NRS 201.256-201.2655 sit under the heading 'Exhibition and Sale of Obscene Material to Minors'.", "body": "The Nevada Legislature's official NRS site publishes NRS chapter 201 under the heading quoted. The harmful-to-minors sections NRS 201.256-201.2655 sit under the heading 'Exhibition and Sale of Obscene Material to Minors'.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“CHAPTER 201 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS”\n\nNote: Anchor record: the legislature's own statute site, leg.state.nv.us (state domain).", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-201.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "CHAPTER 201 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "699-nevada-age-verification-laws", "subject": "Nevada Revised Statutes", "topic": "NRS chapter 201 heading (anchor)", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NV", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nv" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r699_nevada_age_verification_laws_699_nevada_age_verification_laws_av_none", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] No age-verification statute for adult content in NRS chapter 201", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The NRS chapter 201 index lists only the 'Exhibition and Sale of Obscene Material to Minors' sections (NRS 201.256-201.2655) on this subject; none requires age verification, a verification method, data retention or deletion, or a threshold of material, and a search of NRS 41, 200, 202, 205, 598, 598A, 603 and 603A found no age-verification statute for adult websites.", "body": "The NRS chapter 201 index lists only the 'Exhibition and Sale of Obscene Material to Minors' sections (NRS 201.256-201.2655) on this subject; none requires age verification, a verification method, data retention or deletion, or a threshold of material, and a search of NRS 41, 200, 202, 205, 598, 598A, 603 and 603A found no age-verification statute for adult websites.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“EXHIBITION AND SALE OF OBSCENE MATERIAL TO MINORS”\n\nNote: ABSENCE RECORD (inferred from an index/listing or page that does not mention it, not from operative text). Searched the text of NRS 41, 200, 201, 205, 598, 598A, 603 and 603A for 'age verification', 'verify age' and 'harmful to minors'. The only hits for harmful to minors are NRS 201.256-201.265. NRS 202 mentions age verification only in firearm/ammunition sales. The Nevada Legislature's bill pages for 2023 and 2025 were not searched.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-201.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "EXHIBITION AND SALE OF OBSCENE MATERIAL TO MINORS", "volatility": "medium", "from_batch": "699-nevada-age-verification-laws", "subject": "NRS chapter 201", "topic": "No age-verification statute for adult content in NRS chapter 201", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NV", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nv" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r699_nevada_age_verification_laws_699_nevada_age_verification_laws_s201257", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.257: Harmful to minors defined", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.257: harmful to minors is the quality of any description or representation of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sado-masochistic abuse that predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of minors, is patently offensive to prevailing adult-community standards for minors, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.", "body": "NRS 201.257: harmful to minors is the quality of any description or representation of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sado-masochistic abuse that predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of minors, is patently offensive to prevailing adult-community standards for minors, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Harmful to minors means that quality of any description or representation, whether constituting all or a part of the material considered, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sado-masochistic abuse which predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of minors, is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community with respect to what is suitable material for minors, and is without serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-201.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "Harmful to minors means that quality of any description or representation, whether constituting all or a part of the material considered, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement or sado-masochistic abuse which predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful or morbid interest of minors, is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community with respect to what is suitable material for minors, and is without serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "699-nevada-age-verification-laws", "subject": "NRS 201.257", "topic": "Harmful to minors defined", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NV", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nv" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r699_nevada_age_verification_laws_699_nevada_age_verification_laws_s201265", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.265: Harmful-to-minors offences", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.265: a person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly distributes harmful-to-minors material to a minor, exhibits it to an adult in a way that lets a minor view or access it, sells a minor a ticket to a presentation of it, misrepresents his or her age as 18 or over to obtain it, or sells or rents motion pictures containing it in a business open to minors without a screened Adults Only area.", "body": "NRS 201.265: a person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly distributes harmful-to-minors material to a minor, exhibits it to an adult in a way that lets a minor view or access it, sells a minor a ticket to a presentation of it, misrepresents his or her age as 18 or over to obtain it, or sells or rents motion pictures containing it in a business open to minors without a screened Adults Only area.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person knowingly:”\n\nNote: Applies to distribution to a minor or access by a minor; it is not a prohibition on sale to adults.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-201.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person knowingly:", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "699-nevada-age-verification-laws", "subject": "NRS 201.265", "topic": "Harmful-to-minors offences", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NV", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nv" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r699_nevada_age_verification_laws_699_nevada_age_verification_laws_s201265_2", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.265: Harmful-to-minors: exhibiting where a minor can access it", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.265(2): exhibiting for distribution to an adult, in such a manner or location as to allow a minor to view or have access to examine material that is harmful to minors, is an offence unless the person is the minor's parent, guardian or spouse.", "body": "NRS 201.265(2): exhibiting for distribution to an adult, in such a manner or location as to allow a minor to view or have access to examine material that is harmful to minors, is an offence unless the person is the minor's parent, guardian or spouse.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Exhibits for distribution to an adult in such a manner or location as to allow a minor to view or to have access to examine material that is harmful to minors, unless the person is the parent, guardian or spouse of the minor.”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-201.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "Exhibits for distribution to an adult in such a manner or location as to allow a minor to view or to have access to examine material that is harmful to minors, unless the person is the parent, guardian or spouse of the minor.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "699-nevada-age-verification-laws", "subject": "NRS 201.265", "topic": "Harmful-to-minors: exhibiting where a minor can access it", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NV", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nv" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "failed", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "hollow_body", "strong_label_on_weak_content" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r699_nevada_age_verification_laws_699_nevada_age_verification_laws_av_defence", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.265: Closest provision: misrepresenting age is itself an offence", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.265(5): a person who misrepresents his or her age as 18 or over to obtain harmful-to-minors material or admission to a presentation of it commits the offence.", "body": "NRS 201.265(5): a person who misrepresents his or her age as 18 or over to obtain harmful-to-minors material or admission to a presentation of it commits the offence.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Misrepresents his or her age as 18 or over for the purpose of obtaining:”\n\nNote: Nevada places a duty on the minor who lies about age and on distributors who give material to a minor; the statute does not prescribe a verification method.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-201.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes)", "evidence_quote": "Misrepresents his or her age as 18 or over for the purpose of obtaining:", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "699-nevada-age-verification-laws", "subject": "NRS 201.265", "topic": "Closest provision: misrepresenting age is itself an offence", "applies_to_country": "US", "applies_to_scope": "NV", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "setting_up", "region": [ "us-nv" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "unclassified" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }