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§ 424.278 — Penalty for operating receiving center, facility or other entity without valid license or certificate; authority of Division to bring action

Nevada § 424.278
JurisdictionNevada
Title 38PUBLIC WELFARE
Ch. 424Foster
SERVICES FOR COMMERCIALLY SEXUALLY EXPLOITED CHILDREN

This text of Nevada § 424.278 (Penalty for operating receiving center, facility or other entity without valid license or certificate; authority of Division to bring action) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Nevada primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 424.278 (2026).

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1. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he or she operates:

(a)A receiving center without holding a valid license; or
(b)A facility or other entity for which a certificate is required by the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 424.277 without such a certificate. 2. The Division may bring an action in the name of the State of Nevada to enjoin any person or entity from operating a receiving center or a facility or other entity for which a certificate is required by the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 424.277 without a valid license or certificate, as applicable. 3. It is sufficient in an action brought pursuant to subsection 2 to allege that the defendant did, on a certain date, operate:
(a)A receiving center without a valid license; or
(b)A facility or other entity for which a cer

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§ 424.277
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Legislative History

(Added to NRS by 2021, 2647 )

Nearby Sections

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§ 424.010
Definitions
§ 424.011
“Agency which provides child welfare services” defined
§ 424.0113
“Child” defined. [Effective on the earlier of July 1, 2025, or the date on which the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that there is sufficient money available to carry out the amendatory provisions of sections 1 to 34, inclusive, of chapter 419, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 2713, and an agency which provides child welfare services is prepared to participate in the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program.]
§ 424.0115
“Commercially sexually exploited child” defined
§ 424.012
“Division” defined
§ 424.013
“Family foster home” defined. [Effective until the earlier of June 30, 2025, or the date on which the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that there is sufficient money available to carry out the amendatory provisions of sections 1 to 34, inclusive, of chapter 419, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 2713, and an agency which provides child welfare services is prepared to participate in the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program.]
§ 424.0135
“Foster care agency” defined
§ 424.014
“Foster home” defined
§ 424.0145
“Gender identity or expression” defined
§ 424.015
“Group foster home” defined. [Effective until the earlier of June 30, 2025, or the date on which the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that there is sufficient money available to carry out the amendatory provisions of sections 1 to 34, inclusive, of chapter 419, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 2713, and an agency which provides child welfare services is prepared to participate in the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program.]
§ 424.0153
“Independent living foster home” defined. [Effective until the earlier of June 30, 2025, or the date on which the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services notifies the Governor and the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau that there is sufficient money available to carry out the amendatory provisions of sections 1 to 34, inclusive, of chapter 419, Statutes of Nevada 2021, at page 2713, and an agency which provides child welfare services is prepared to participate in the Extended Young Adult Support Services Program.]
§ 424.0157
“Juvenile court” defined
§ 424.016
“Licensing authority” defined
§ 424.017
“Provider of foster care” defined
§ 424.0175
“Receiving center” defined
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