NRS 127D.500 Unlawful payments or offers to pay in connection with adoption; penalties.

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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, it is unlawful for any person to pay or offer to pay money or anything of value to the parent of a child in return for the parent’s placement of the child for adoption, for the execution of a specific consent to adoption or relinquishment or for the cooperation in the adoption of the child.

2. It is unlawful for any person to receive payment for medical and other necessary expenses related to the birth of a child from a prospective adoptive parent with the intent of not consenting to or completing the adoption of the child.

3. A person may pay the medical and other necessary living expenses related to the birth of a child of another as an act of charity so long as the payment is not contingent upon the parent’s placement of the child for adoption, the execution of a specific consent to adoption or relinquishment or cooperation in the adoption of the child.

4. This section does not prohibit a parent from refusing to place a child for adoption after its birth.

5. The provisions of this section do not apply if a woman enters into a lawful contract to act as a gestational carrier, as defined in NRS 126.580 .

6. A person who violates:

(a)The provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .

(b)The provisions of subsection 2 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

7. As used in this section, “person” includes a hospital.