Every person who shall maliciously
and willfully disturb the peace or quiet of any neighborhood or person or
family by loud or unusual noises, or by tumultuous and offensive conduct,
threatening, traducing, quarreling, challenging to fight, or fighting,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 327; RL § 6592; NCL § 10275]—(NRS A 1967, 489; 1971,
150)
If two or more persons assemble for the purpose of disturbing the public
peace, or committing any unlawful act, and do not disperse, on being
desired or commanded so to do by a judge, justice of the peace, sheriff,
coroner, constable or other public officer, the persons so offending are
guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 328; RL § 6593; NCL § 10276]—(NRS A 1967, 489)
Every person
who shall by word, sign or gesture willfully provoke, or attempt to
provoke, another person to commit a breach of the peace shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor.
[Part 1911 C&P § 150; RL § 6415; NCL § 10097]
1. Every person who shall willfully print, publish, edit, issue,
or knowingly circulate, sell, distribute or display any book, paper,
document or written or printed matter, in any form, advocating,
encouraging or inciting or having a tendency to encourage or incite the
commission of any crime, breach of the peace, or act of violence, or
which shall tend to encourage or advocate disrespect for law or for any
court or courts of justice, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. Every editor or proprietor of a book, newspaper or serial and
every manager of a partnership, corporation or association by which a
book, newspaper or serial is issued, is chargeable with the publication
of any matter contained in such book, newspaper or serial. But in every
prosecution therefor, the defendant may show in his defense that the
matter complained of was published without his knowledge or fault and
against his wishes by another who had no authority from him to make the
publication, and was retracted by him as soon as known with an equal
degree of publicity.
[1911 C&P § 352; RL § 6617; NCL § 10300] + [1911 C&P § 353; RL §
6618; NCL § 10301]
If two or more persons shall, by agreement,
fight in a public place, to the terror of the citizens of this state, the
persons so offending commit an affray and are guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 329; RL § 6594; NCL § 10277]—(NRS A 1967, 489)
If two or more persons shall
assemble together to do an unlawful act, and separate without doing or
advancing toward it, such persons commit an unlawful assembly, and are
guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 330; RL § 6595; NCL § 10278]—(NRS A 1967, 490)
1. If two or more persons shall meet to do an unlawful act, upon a
common cause of quarrel, and make advances toward it, they commit a rout,
and are guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. If two or more persons shall actually do an unlawful act of
violence, either with or without a common cause of quarrel or even do a
lawful act, in a violent, tumultuous and illegal manner, they commit a
riot, and are guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 331; RL § 6596; NCL § 10279]—(NRS A 1967, 490)
1. It shall be unlawful for any body of men other than municipal
police, university or public school cadets or companies, militia of the
State or troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as
a military company with arms without the consent of the Governor; but
members of social and benevolent associations are not prohibited from
wearing swords.
2. Every person who shall associate with others in violation of
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 339; RL § 6604; NCL § 10287]—(NRS A 1967, 1341)
Every person who, without
authority of law, shall willfully disturb any assembly or meeting not
unlawful in its character, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 342; RL § 6607; NCL § 10290]
Every person who
shall willfully use profane, offensive or indecent language or engage in
any quarrel in any public conveyance, or interfere with or annoy any
passenger therein, or having refused to pay the proper fare shall fail to
leave any such conveyance upon demand, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 346; RL § 6611; NCL § 10294]
Every person who shall
unlawfully use, or encourage or assist another in unlawfully using, any
force or violence in entering upon or detaining any lands or other
possessions of another; and every person who, having removed or been
removed therefrom pursuant to the order or direction of any court,
tribunal or officer, shall afterward unlawfully return to settle or
reside upon, or take possession of, such lands or possessions, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 478; RL § 6743; NCL § 10427]
1. Criminal anarchy is the doctrine that organized government
should be overthrown by force or violence, or by assassination of the
executive head or of any of the executive officials of government, or by
any unlawful means.
2. It is unlawful:
(a) For any person, by word of mouth or writing, to advocate,
advise or teach the duty, necessity or propriety of overthrowing or
overturning organized government by force or violence, or by
assassination of the executive head or of any of the executive officials
of government, or by any unlawful means;
(b) For any person to print, publish, edit, issue or knowingly to
circulate, sell, distribute or publicly to display any book, paper,
document, or written or printed matter in any form, containing or
advocating, advising or teaching the doctrine that organized government
should be overthrown by force, violence or any unlawful means;
(c) For any person openly, willfully and deliberately to justify by
word of mouth or writing the assassination or unlawful killing or
assaulting of any executive or other officer of the United States or of
any state or of any civilized nation having an organized government
because of his official character, or any other crime, with the intent to
teach, spread or advocate the propriety of the doctrines of criminal
anarchy;
(d) For any person to organize or help to organize or become a
member of or voluntarily to assemble with any society, group or assembly
of persons formed to teach or advocate such a doctrine;
(e) For two or more persons to assemble for the purpose of
advocating or teaching the doctrines of criminal anarchy as defined in
subsection 1; or
(f) For any owner, agent, superintendent, janitor, caretaker or
occupant of any place, building or room willfully and knowingly to permit
therein any assemblage of persons prohibited by paragraph (e), or, after
notification that the premises are so used, to permit such use to be
continued.
3. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 2 is guilty
of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state
prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of
not more than 6 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more
than $10,000.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 490; A 1979, 1437; 1995, 1211)
1. Criminal syndicalism is the doctrine which advocates or teaches
crime, sabotage, violence or unlawful methods of terrorism as a means of
accomplishing industrial or political reform.
2. It is unlawful:
(a) For any person, by word of mouth or writing, to advocate or
teach the duty, necessity or propriety of crime, sabotage, violence or
other unlawful methods of terrorism as a means of accomplishing
industrial or political reform;
(b) For any person to print, publish, edit, issue or knowingly to
circulate, sell, distribute or publicly to display any book, paper,
document or written matter in any form, containing or advocating,
advising or teaching the doctrine that industrial or political reform
should be brought about by crime, sabotage, violence or other unlawful
methods of terrorism;
(c) For any person openly, willfully and deliberately to justify,
by word of mouth or writing, the commission or the attempt to commit
crime, sabotage, violence or other unlawful methods of terrorism with the
intent to exemplify, spread or advocate the propriety of the doctrine of
criminal syndicalism;
(d) For any person to organize or help to organize or become a
member of, or voluntarily to assemble with, any society, group or
assemblage of persons formed to teach or advocate the doctrine of
criminal syndicalism;
(e) For two or more persons to assemble for the purpose of
advocating or teaching the doctrines of criminal syndicalism as defined
in subsection 1; or
(f) For any owner, agent, superintendent, janitor, caretaker or
occupant of any place, building or room, willfully and knowingly to
permit therein any assemblage of persons prohibited by the provisions of
paragraph (e), or, after notification that the premises are so used, to
permit such use to be continued.
3. A person who violates the provisions of subsection 2 is guilty
of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state
prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of
not more than 6 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more
than $5,000.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 491; A 1979, 1437; 1995, 1212)
1. A person shall not commit any act in a public building or on
the public grounds surrounding the building which interferes with the
peaceful conduct of activities normally carried on in the building or on
the grounds.
2. Any person whose conduct is prohibited by subsection 1 who
refuses to leave the building or grounds upon request by the proper
official is guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. Any person who aids, counsels or abets another to commit an act
prohibited by subsection 2 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. For the purpose of this section:
(a) “Proper official” means the person or persons designated by the
administrative officer or board in charge of the building.
(b) “Public building” means any building owned by:
(1) Any component of the Nevada System of Higher Education
and used for any purpose related to the System.
(2) The State of Nevada or any county, city, school district
or other political subdivision of the State and used for any public
purpose.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 582; A 1985, 335; 1993, 365)
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