Loitering for the purpose of engaging in drug-related activity.
North Las Vegas Municipal Code § 9.16.020
in effect9.16.020 - Loitering for the purpose of engaging in drug-related activity.
A. Definitions.
1. For the purposes of this section, "drug- related activity" means any conduct involving the sale, offer for sale, purchase, offer to purchase, transfer, offer to transfer, possession, ingestion or other use of any controlled substance, drug or immediate precursor enumerated in NRS Chapter 453, or any device, implement or tool which is primarily adapted or designed for the transportation, processing or use of any such controlled substance.
2. For the purposes of this section, "public place" means any street, sidewalk, bridge, alley or alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot or transportation facility or the doorways and entrance ways to any building that fronts on any of the aforesaid places, or a motor vehicle in or on any such place.
B. Any person who remains or wanders about in a public place, or on private property not owned by or in the lawful control of such person, and repeatedly beckons to, or repeatedly stops, or repeatedly attempts to stop, or repeatedly attempts to engage passers-by in conversation, or repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicles, or repeatedly interferes with the free passage of other persons, or congregates with others, for the purpose of engaging in drug-related activity is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2293 § 1, 2006: Ord. 907 § 2, 1988: prior code §§ 7.12.010, 7.12.020)
Source: City of North Las Vegas, Nevada, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/nv/north_las_vegas/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT9PUPEMOWE_CH9.16COSU_9.16.020LOPUENDRLAACFetched: 11/1/2026