Full question:
What is the penalty for soliciting prostitution in Las Vegas Nevada for a 3 time offense?
- Category: Criminal
- Subcategory: Sentences
- Date:
- State: Utah
Answer:
Please see the following Nevada statutes to determine applicability:
NRS 201.354 Engaging in prostitution or solicitation for prostitution:
Penalty; exception.
**Update notice: This section has been amended by
Chapter 291 of 2009
1. It is unlawful for any person to engage in prostitution or
solicitation therefor, except in a licensed house of prostitution.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a
person who violates subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. A person who violates subsection 1 by soliciting a child for
prostitution is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as
provided in NRS 193.130.
NRS 193.150 Punishment of misdemeanors.
1. Every person convicted of a misdemeanor shall be punished by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or by a fine of
not more than $1,000, or by both fine and imprisonment, unless the statute
in force at the time of commission of such misdemeanor prescribed a
different penalty.
2. In lieu of all or a part of the punishment which may be imposed
pursuant to subsection 1, the convicted person may be sentenced to perform
a fixed period of community service pursuant to the conditions prescribed
in NRS 176.087.
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