Self Defense
NRS 200.120 — no duty to retreat, on three conditions
Justifiable homicide in Nevada is a killing in necessary self-defense, or in defense of an occupied home, an occupied motor vehicle or a person, against someone who manifestly intends or endeavors to commit a crime of violence; or against someone who manifestly intends and endeavors, in a violent, riotous, tumultuous or surreptitious manner, to enter an occupied home or vehicle to assault or offer violence to a person inside.
No duty to retreat, if all three are true. A person is not required to retreat before using deadly force in those circumstances if the person is not the original aggressor, has a right to be where the force is used, and is not actively engaged in conduct furthering criminal activity at the time.
A crime of violence, for this section, is any felony with a substantial risk that force or violence may be used against the person or property of another while it is committed.
Sources for this section (1)
- NRS 200.120 — “Justifiable homicide” defined
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed Nevada attorney.