Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 212 - Offenses Relating to Prisons and Prisoners
NRS 212.220 - Penalties for absence without authorization or tampering with electronic device; restitution.


1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 213.400, a person who has been arrested for, charged with or convicted of a felony or a gross misdemeanor, who is being supervised electronically pursuant to such an arrest, charge or conviction and who:
(a) Is absent or attempts to be absent from his or her residence, employment or other activity authorized by the supervising agency without authorization; or
(b) Removes or disables or attempts to remove or disable the electronic device used to supervise the person,
is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. A person who has been arrested for, charged with or convicted of a misdemeanor, who is supervised electronically pursuant to such an arrest, charge or conviction and who:
(a) Is absent or attempts to be absent from his or her residence, employment or other activity authorized by the supervising agency without authorization; or
(b) Removes or disables or attempts to remove or disable the electronic device used to supervise the person,
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution for any damage to or loss of the electronic device used to supervise the person.
4. A sentence imposed pursuant to this section must run consecutively with the sentence imposed for the original offense.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1225)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 212 - Offenses Relating to Prisons and Prisoners

NRS 212.010 - Punishment for unauthorized injury of prisoner; forfeiture abolished except when statutorily authorized.

NRS 212.020 - Inhumanity to prisoners.

NRS 212.030 - Warrant for arrest of escaped prisoner.

NRS 212.040 - Expenses of recapture and return of escaped prisoners.

NRS 212.050 - Authority to offer reward in certain cases.

NRS 212.070 - Expenses of prosecuting prisoner and person acting in concert with prisoner who escapes or commits crime while incarcerated.

NRS 212.080 - Recapture and imprisonment.

NRS 212.090 - Penalties for prisoner who escapes.

NRS 212.093 - Manufacture or possession by prisoner of items adapted, designed or commonly used to escape prohibited; penalty; exception.

NRS 212.095 - Unauthorized absences which constitute escape from prison; punishment; exception.

NRS 212.100 - Aiding prisoner to escape.

NRS 212.110 - Custodian permitting escape.

NRS 212.120 - Ministerial officer permitting escape.

NRS 212.130 - Concealing escaped prisoner.

NRS 212.135 - Definitions.

NRS 212.137 - "Contractor" defined.

NRS 212.138 - "Employee" defined.

NRS 212.139 - "Volunteer" defined.

NRS 212.140 - Unauthorized communication with prisoner.

NRS 212.150 - Communication with person charged or convicted of felony in county jail.

NRS 212.160 - Furnishing weapon, facsimile, intoxicant or controlled substance to state prisoner; possession of controlled substance, marijuana or marijuana paraphernalia by state prisoner.

NRS 212.165 - Prohibition on furnishing portable telecommunications device to prisoner and on possession of such devices in jail or institution or facility of Department of Corrections; penalties; petition for modification of sentence.

NRS 212.170 - Furnishing intoxicant to person lawfully confined in jail or detention facility.

NRS 212.180 - Sale of liquor within half mile of institution of Department of Corrections unlawful; restriction on granting of new licenses; exception.

NRS 212.185 - Possession or control of dangerous weapon or facsimile by incarcerated person prohibited.

NRS 212.187 - Voluntary sexual conduct between prisoner and person other than employee of or contractor or volunteer for prison; penalty.

NRS 212.188 - Sexual abuse of prisoner or unauthorized custodial conduct by employee of or contractor or volunteer for prison; penalties.

NRS 212.189 - Unlawful acts related to human excrement or bodily fluid; penalty; investigation; testing for communicable diseases; plea bargaining prohibited.

NRS 212.1895 - Applicability of certain provisions to custodian and prisoner assigned to private facility or institution; training to perform duties of correctional officer at private facility or institution; reimbursement to State for expenses relat...

NRS 212.190 - Penalty.

NRS 212.220 - Penalties for absence without authorization or tampering with electronic device; restitution.