{ "batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "articles": [ { "id": "learn_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_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. NRS 201.235 to 201.265 are the obscenity and harmful-to-minors sections.", "body": "The Nevada Legislature's official NRS site publishes NRS chapter 201 under the heading quoted. NRS 201.235 to 201.265 are the obscenity and harmful-to-minors sections.\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": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_s201235", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.235: Obscene defined: prurient appeal", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.235(4)(a): obscene means an item, material or performance that an average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest (and meets the other two parts of the definition).", "body": "NRS 201.235(4)(a): obscene means an item, material or performance that an average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest (and meets the other two parts of the definition).\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“An average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest;”\n\nNote: The definition has three cumulative parts: (a) prurient appeal, (b) lack of serious value, (c) one of three kinds of content.", "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": "An average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "NRS 201.235", "topic": "Obscene defined: prurient appeal", "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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_s201235_b", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.235: Obscene defined: lack of serious value", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.235(4)(b): an item is obscene only if, taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.", "body": "NRS 201.235(4)(b): an item is obscene only if, taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Taken as a whole lacks 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": "Taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "NRS 201.235", "topic": "Obscene defined: lack of serious value", "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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_s201235_c", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.235: Obscene defined: depicts ultimate sexual acts", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.235(4)(c)(1): the content element is met if the item depicts or describes in a patently offensive way ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated.", "body": "NRS 201.235(4)(c)(1): the content element is met if the item depicts or describes in a patently offensive way ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated.”", "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": "Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "NRS 201.235", "topic": "Obscene defined: depicts ultimate sexual acts", "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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_s201235_item", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.235: 'Item' includes film and videotape", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.235(2): item includes a picture, photograph, film, motion picture, recording, videotape or videodisc.", "body": "NRS 201.235(2): item includes a picture, photograph, film, motion picture, recording, videotape or videodisc.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Item includes any book, leaflet, pamphlet, magazine, booklet, picture, drawing, photograph, film, negative, slide, motion picture, figure, object, article, novelty device, recording, transcription, phonograph record or tape recording, videotape or videodisc, with or without music, or other similar items.”", "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": "Item includes any book, leaflet, pamphlet, magazine, booklet, picture, drawing, photograph, film, negative, slide, motion picture, figure, object, article, novelty device, recording, transcription, phonograph record or tape recording, videotape or videodisc, with or without music, or other similar items.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "NRS 201.235", "topic": "'Item' includes film and videotape", "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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_s201249", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.249: Producing, selling and distributing obscene items", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.249: knowingly printing, producing or reproducing an obscene item for sale or commercial distribution, or publishing, selling, renting or commercially distributing or exhibiting one, or possessing it with intent to sell, is a misdemeanor.", "body": "NRS 201.249: knowingly printing, producing or reproducing an obscene item for sale or commercial distribution, or publishing, selling, renting or commercially distributing or exhibiting one, or possessing it with intent to sell, is a misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“a person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly:”\n\nNote: Subsections 1 to 3 list the acts: production for sale or commercial distribution, publication/sale/rental/commercial distribution, and possession with intent to sell. Only a legally obscene item is covered (the three-part test in 201.235(4)); the section has no age-of-buyer limit.", "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 who knowingly:", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "NRS 201.249", "topic": "Producing, selling and distributing obscene items", "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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_s201253", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.253: Obscene, indecent or immoral shows", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.253: knowingly causing to be performed or exhibited, or engaging in the performance or exhibition of, an obscene, indecent or immoral show, act or performance is a misdemeanor.", "body": "NRS 201.253: knowingly causing to be performed or exhibited, or engaging in the performance or exhibition of, an obscene, indecent or immoral show, act or performance is a misdemeanor.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“every person who knowingly causes to be performed or exhibited, or engages in the performance or exhibition of, any obscene, indecent or immoral show, act or performance is guilty of a misdemeanor.”", "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": "every person who knowingly causes to be performed or exhibited, or engages in the performance or exhibition of, any obscene, indecent or immoral show, act or performance is guilty of a misdemeanor.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "NRS 201.253", "topic": "Obscene, indecent or immoral shows", "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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_s201239", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.239: Local ordinances may further regulate obscenity", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.239: the state obscenity sections do not preclude a county, city or town from adopting an ordinance further regulating obscenity if it does not conflict with them.", "body": "NRS 201.239: the state obscenity sections do not preclude a county, city or town from adopting an ordinance further regulating obscenity if it does not conflict with them.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“do not preclude any county, city or town from adopting an ordinance further regulating obscenity if its provisions do not conflict with these statutes.”", "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": "do not preclude any county, city or town from adopting an ordinance further regulating obscenity if its provisions do not conflict with these statutes.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "NRS 201.239", "topic": "Local ordinances may further regulate obscenity", "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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_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": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_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": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_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": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_s2012565", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.2565: Distribute defined", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.2565: distribute means to transfer possession with or without consideration.", "body": "NRS 201.2565: distribute means to transfer possession with or without consideration.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Distribute means to transfer possession with or without consideration.”", "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": "Distribute means to transfer possession with or without consideration.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "NRS 201.2565", "topic": "Distribute 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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_s201263", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.263: Sexual conduct defined", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.263: sexual conduct means acts of masturbation, sexual penetration or physical contact with a person's unclothed genitals or pubic area.", "body": "NRS 201.263: sexual conduct means acts of masturbation, sexual penetration or physical contact with a person's unclothed genitals or pubic area.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“Sexual conduct means acts of masturbation, sexual penetration or physical contact with a persons unclothed genitals or pubic area.”", "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": "Sexual conduct means acts of masturbation, sexual penetration or physical contact with a persons unclothed genitals or pubic area.", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "NRS 201.263", "topic": "Sexual conduct 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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_s201261", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.261: Nudity defined", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.261: nudity includes the showing of the human male or female genitals or pubic area with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof.", "body": "NRS 201.261: nudity includes the showing of the human male or female genitals or pubic area with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“The showing of the human male or female genitals or pubic area with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof;”", "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": "The showing of the human male or female genitals or pubic area with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof;", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "NRS 201.261", "topic": "Nudity 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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_s201237", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.237: Exemption for public institutions", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.237: NRS 201.235 to 201.254 do not apply to state or political-subdivision universities, schools, museums or libraries or their employees.", "body": "NRS 201.237: NRS 201.235 to 201.254 do not apply to state or political-subdivision universities, schools, museums or libraries or their employees.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislature (Nevada Revised Statutes) actually says:\n\n“do not apply to those universities, schools, museums or libraries which are operated by or are under the direct control of the State”", "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": "do not apply to those universities, schools, museums or libraries which are operated by or are under the direct control of the State", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "NRS 201.237", "topic": "Exemption for public institutions", "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_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_702_nv_anchor", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Nevada Revised Statutes: statutory code index", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 201 (Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals) contains the obscenity definition, distribution/sale offense, and harmful-to-minors provisions, published on the official Nevada Legislature site at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov under NRS-201.html", "body": "Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 201 (Crimes Against Public Decency and Good Morals) contains the obscenity definition, distribution/sale offense, and harmful-to-minors provisions, published on the official Nevada Legislature site at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov under NRS-201.html\n\nWhat Nevada State Legislature actually says:\n\n“CHAPTER 201 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS”\n\nNote: Anchor record: Chapter 201 is the official Nevada obscenity and distribution statute chapter, as published on the Nevada Legislature's verified site.", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-201.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-15", "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Nevada State Legislature", "evidence_quote": "CHAPTER 201 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Nevada Revised Statutes", "topic": "statutory code index", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-nv" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "money.fees" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "legal_fetch_over_cap" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } }, { "id": "learn_r702_nevada_obscenity_and_distribution_nv_201_235", "category": "Safety", "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Nevada Revised Statutes: obscenity definition statute", "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] NRS 201.235 defines 'obscene' as any item, material, or performance that (a) an average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest, (b) taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value, and (c) depicts or describes ultimate sexual acts, masturbation, excretory functions, sadism or masochism in a patently offensive way, lewdly exhibits the genitals, or is an appeal judged with reference to ordinary adults unless designed for children.", "body": "NRS 201.235 defines 'obscene' as any item, material, or performance that (a) an average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest, (b) taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value, and (c) depicts or describes ultimate sexual acts, masturbation, excretory functions, sadism or masochism in a patently offensive way, lewdly exhibits the genitals, or is an appeal judged with reference to ordinary adults unless designed for children.\n\nWhat Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau actually says:\n\n“NRS–201.235‑Definitions.” In [NRS 201.235](#NRS201Sec235) to [201.254](#NRS201Sec254), inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:\n...\n4.‑Obscene” means any item, material or performance which:\n(a) An average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest;\n(b) Taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; and\n(c) Does one of the following:\n(1) Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated.\n(2) Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way masturbation, excretory functions, sadism or masochism.\n(3) Lewdly exhibits the genitals.\n Appeal shall be judged with reference to ordinary adults, unless it appears, from the character of the material or the circumstances of its dissemination, to be designed for children or a clearly defined deviant group.\n5.‑Performance” means any play, motion picture, dance or other exhibition performed before an audience.\n(Added to NRS by [1979, 363](../Statutes/60th/Stats197902.html#Stats197902page363); A [1981, 1689](../Statutes/61st/Stats198109.html#Stats198109page1689); [1995, 951](../Statutes/68th/Stats199505.html#Stats199505page951))”", "source_type": "official", "source_link": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-201.html", "last_verified": "2026-10-15", "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE", "source_tier": "A", "source_publisher": "Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau", "evidence_quote": "NRS–201.235‑Definitions.” In [NRS 201.235](#NRS201Sec235) to [201.254](#NRS201Sec254), inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:\n...\n4.‑Obscene” means any item, material or performance which:\n(a) An average person applying contemporary community standards would find, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interest;\n(b) Taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value; and\n(c) Does one of the following:\n(1) Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated.\n(2) Depicts or describes in a patently offensive way masturbation, excretory functions, sadism or masochism.\n(3) Lewdly exhibits the genitals.\n Appeal shall be judged with reference to ordinary adults, unless it appears, from the character of the material or the circumstances of its dissemination, to be designed for children or a clearly defined deviant group.\n5.‑Performance” means any play, motion picture, dance or other exhibition performed before an audience.\n(Added to NRS by [1979, 363](../Statutes/60th/Stats197902.html#Stats197902page363); A [1981, 1689](../Statutes/61st/Stats198109.html#Stats198109page1689); [1995, 951](../Statutes/68th/Stats199505.html#Stats199505page951))", "volatility": "low", "from_batch": "702-nevada-obscenity-and-distribution", "subject": "Nevada Revised Statutes", "topic": "obscenity definition statute", "tags": { "lane": "any", "stage": "any", "region": [ "us-nv" ], "platform": "any", "topic": [ "safety.legal" ], "explicitness": "any" }, "verification": { "status": "unverified", "label": "Unverified - being checked", "reasons": [ "thin_body", "source_unverifiable:fetch_failed:budget" ], "checked_utc": "20261021-123916Z" } } ] }