213.107 - Definitions. - Nevada Statutes

213.107  Definitions.  As used in NRS 213.107 to 213.157, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:

      1.  “Board” means the State Board of Parole Commissioners.

      2.  “Chief” means the Chief Parole and Probation Officer.

      3.  “Division” means the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety.

      4.  “Residential confinement” means the confinement of a person convicted of a crime to his or her place of residence under the terms and conditions established by the Board.

      5.  “Sex offender” means any person who has been or is convicted of a sexual offense.

      6.  “Sexual offense” means:

      (a) A violation of NRS 200.366, subsection 4 of NRS 200.400, NRS 200.710, 200.720, subsection 2 of NRS 200.730, NRS 201.180, paragraph (a) or subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 201.195, NRS 201.230 or 201.450, or paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 4 or paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection 5 of NRS 201.560;

      (b) An attempt to commit any offense listed in paragraph (a); or

      (c) An act of murder in the first or second degree, kidnapping in the first or second degree, false imprisonment, burglary or invasion of the home if the act is determined to be sexually motivated at a hearing conducted pursuant to NRS 175.547.

      7.  “Standards” means the objective standards for granting or revoking parole or probation which are adopted by the Board or the Chief.

      (Added to NRS by 1957, 738; A 1969, 181, 596; 1973, 190, 803; 1975, 84; 1977, 285; 1979, 657; 1987, 946, 2233; 1989, 1885, 1895; 1991, 1411, 2045; 1993, 1552, 2885; 1995, 28, 416, 730, 731, 1425, 2290, 2294; 1997, 526, 1030, 1560, 1686, 1691, 1723, 2507, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2657, 3338, 3362; 1999, 23, 69; 2001, 2589, 2798; 2003, 180, 1391)

      NRS 213.10705  Legislative declaration concerning parole, probation and residential confinement.  The Legislature finds and declares that the release or continuation of a person on parole or probation is an act of grace of the State. No person has a right to parole or probation, or to be placed in residential confinement, and it is not intended that the establishment of standards relating thereto create any such right or interest in liberty or property or establish a basis for any cause of action against the State, its political subdivisions, agencies, boards, commissions, departments, officers or employees.

      (Added to NRS by 1989, 1885; A 1991, 316)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 213.10989)