NRS 127.300
Penalty for receipt of compensation by unlicensed person for placing or arranging placement of child.


1.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 127.275, 127.285, 200.463, 200.4631, 200.464 and 200.465, a person who, without holding a valid license to operate a child-placing agency issued by the Division, requests or receives, directly or indirectly, any compensation or thing of value for placing, arranging the placement of, or assisting in placing or arranging the placement of any child for adoption or permanent free care is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

2.

The natural parents and the adopting parents are not accomplices for the purpose of this section.

Source: Section 127.300 — Penalty for receipt of compensation by unlicensed person for placing or arranging placement of child., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-127.­html#NRS127Sec300.

127.220
Definitions.
127.230
Standards for and regulation of child-placing agencies
127.240
License: Requirement
127.250
License: Application
127.270
License: Refusal to issue or renew
127.275
Fees for services provided by agency which provides child welfare services.
127.280
Requirements for placement of child in home of prospective parents for trial period
127.281
Search for criminal record of prospective adoptive parent.
127.282
Petition for order to restrain and enjoin violation or threatened violation of chapter
127.283
Publication or broadcast of information concerning child.
127.285
Limitation on participation of attorneys in adoption proceedings
127.287
Payment to or acceptance by natural parent of compensation in return for placement for or consent to adoption of child.
127.288
Penalty for unlawful payment to or acceptance by natural parent of compensation.
127.290
Acceptance of fees or compensation for placing or arranging placement of child.
127.300
Penalty for receipt of compensation by unlicensed person for placing or arranging placement of child.
127.310
Unlawful placement or advertising
127.2805
Investigation of prospective adoptive parents.
127.2815
Placement of child during investigation
127.2817
Criteria for determination of suitability of prospective adoptive home
127.2825
Child-placing agency required to give preference to placement of child with siblings of child.
127.2827
Orders for visitation with sibling of child in custody of agency which provides child welfare services: Previous orders of such visitation to be provided to court during adoption proceedings
Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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