1.  Any person who brings into or leaves within, or aids another person in bringing into or leaving within any county, an indigent person who is a nonresident or whose county of residence is another county, knowingly and for the purpose of imposing the indigent person as a public charge on the county to which the person is brought or left is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 428.110

  • county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039

2.  Any person who brings into or leaves within any county, an indigent person who is a nonresident or whose county of residence is another county, knowing him or her to be an indigent person, shall forfeit and pay the sum of $100 for each offense, to be sued for and recovered by and to the use of the county in a civil action before any court of competent jurisdiction.

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