- 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.
(Added to NRS by 2025, 1523)