NRS 200.120
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NRS 200.120
Plain-English explanation
Nevada describes justifiable homicide as a necessary killing in specified self-defense, defense-of-person, occupied-home, or occupied-vehicle circumstances. The no-duty-to-retreat rule applies only when the person is not the original aggressor, has a right to be there, and is not furthering criminal activity.
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Plain-language rule
The section describes justifiable homicide in specified self-defense, defense-of-person, home, and vehicle circumstances and states when there is no duty to retreat before deadly force.
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