Nev. Rev. Stat. § 11.NEW

Current through 82nd (2023) Legislative Session Chapter 535 and 34th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1 and 35th (2023) Special Session Chapter 1
Section 11.NEW - [Commencement of civil action to recover damages for injury arising from sexual assault]
1. An action to recover damages for an injury to a person arising from the sexual assault of the plaintiff which occurred when the plaintiff was 18 years of age or older may be commenced against the alleged perpetrator or person convicted of the sexual assault at any time after the sexual assault occurred. In such an action, if the alleged injury to the plaintiff is the result of a series of two or more acts constituting sexual assault, the plaintiff is not required to identify which specific act in the series of acts caused the alleged injury.
2. As used in this section, "sexual assault" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.366.

NRS 11.NEW

Added by 2023, Ch. 112,§1, eff. 5/31/2023, app. retroactively to any act constituting sexual assault that occurred before 5/31/2023, regardless of any statute of limitations that was in effect at the time the act constituting sexual assault occurred, including, without limitation, any civil action that would have been barred by the statute of limitations that was in effect before 5/31/2023.