41.690 - Cause of action for damages resulting from criminal violation if perpetrator was motivated by certain characteristics of victim. - Nevada Statutes

41.690  Cause of action for damages resulting from criminal violation if perpetrator was motivated by certain characteristics of victim.

      1.  A person who has suffered injury as the proximate result of the willful violation of the provisions of NRS 200.280, 200.310, 200.366, 200.380, 200.400, 200.460, 200.463, 200.464, 200.465, 200.467, 200.468, 200.471, 200.481, 200.508, 200.5099, 200.571, 200.575, 203.010, 203.020, 203.030, 203.060, 203.080, 203.090, 203.100, 203.110, 203.119, 206.010, 206.040, 206.140, 206.200, 206.310, 207.180, 207.200 or 207.210 by a perpetrator who was motivated by the injured person’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation may bring an action for the recovery of his or her actual damages and any punitive damages which the facts may warrant. If the person who has suffered injury prevails in an action brought pursuant to this subsection, the court shall award the person costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.

      2.  The liability imposed by this section is in addition to any other liability imposed by law.

      (Added to NRS by 1995, 2706; A 2005, 89; 2007, 1269)