Unlawful act; penalty.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 201.450
in effect1. A person who commits a sexual penetration on the dead body of a human being is guilty of a category A felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life with the possibility of parole, with eligibility for parole beginning when a minimum of 5 years has been served, and shall be further punished by a fine of not more than $20,000.
2. For the purposes of this section, sexual penetration means cunnilingus, fellatio or any intrusion, however slight, of any part of a persons body or any object manipulated or inserted by a person into the genital or anal openings of the body of another, including, without limitation, sexual intercourse in what would be its ordinary meaning if practiced upon the living.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-201.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026