205.4657 - Defenses not available; jurisdiction. - Nevada Statutes

205.4657  Defenses not available; jurisdiction.

      1.  In any prosecution for a violation of any provision of NRS 205.461 to 205.4657, inclusive, the State is not required to establish and it is no defense that:

      (a) An accessory has not been convicted, apprehended or identified; or

      (b) Some of the acts constituting elements of the crime did not occur in this State or that where such acts did occur they were not a crime or elements of a crime.

      2.  In any prosecution for a violation of any provision of NRS 205.461 to 205.4657, inclusive, the violation shall be deemed to have been committed and may be prosecuted in any jurisdiction in this State in which:

      (a) The person whose personal identifying information forms a part of the violation currently resides or is found; or

      (b) Any act constituting an element of the crime occurred, regardless of whether the defendant was ever physically present in that jurisdiction.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 1357; A 2005, 2502; 2009, 762)