Nevada criminalizes the straw purchase of a firearm by making it a felony to:

• Sell , transfer or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to another person, or
• Purchase a firearm on behalf of another person with the intent to transfer the firearm to that person,

if he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the other person is

• Under indictment for, or has been convicted of, a felony in this or any other state;
• Prohibited from possessing a firearm; or
• Is a known member of a criminal gang.¹

Nevada has no other laws aimed at firearms trafficking.

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1. Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 202.362.[↩]