A person commits the crime of indecent exposure by exposing the person’s body or private parts (usually genitals, anus, buttocks, or female breasts) in a public place and in the presence of another person who might be offended, alarmed, or annoyed. Laws vary from state to state—including definitions of exposed body parts—and some states require the exposure to have been made with the intent to attract attention or to sexually gratify the person making the indecent exposure, or to sexually gratify another person, or to offend another person.

Indecent exposure laws are generally located in a state’s statutes—often in the penal or criminal code.

In Nevada, indecent exposure is addressed under Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 201.220. According to this statute, a person who makes any open and indecent or obscene exposure of his or her person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, is guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense. If the person has previously been convicted of indecent exposure or a crime listed in NRS 179D.097, the subsequent offense is treated as a category D felony. Nevada law does not explicitly require the exposure to be made with the intent to sexually gratify or offend another person, which means that the mere act of exposure in a public place or where others are present can constitute indecent exposure. However, the context and circumstances of the act are typically considered in legal proceedings to determine the nature and severity of the offense.