62E.010 - Adjudication is not conviction and does not impose civil disabilities; exceptions.

62E.010  Adjudication is not conviction and does not impose civil disabilities; exceptions.

      1.  A child who is adjudicated pursuant to the provisions of this title is not a criminal and any adjudication is not a conviction, and a child may be charged with a crime or convicted in a criminal proceeding only as provided in this title.

      2.  Except as otherwise provided by specific statute, an adjudication pursuant to the provisions of this title upon the status of a child does not impose any of the civil disabilities ordinarily resulting from conviction, and the disposition of a child or any evidence given in the juvenile court must not be used to disqualify the child in any future application for or appointment to the civil service.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 1062)