Debunking the "Brothel Law" Myth

[UGAalum94]

Are you under the impression that they are all illegal as they are elsewhere?

Perhaps you should have clicked on this link http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-2...l#NRS244Sec345.

It appears to be a link to the state code there in the wiki article, and hey, what da ya know, it mentions how you can legally seek license for a house of prostitution. What is it that you thought brothels were?

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

Are you under the impression that they are all illegal as they are elsewhere?

No. I know they're legal. I just don't think bringing up a Wiki article is helping the cause.

I know what a brothel is.

[UGAalum94]

As far as I know, in 49 of 50 states, we can unequivocally say there are no brothel laws. In one state, it helps the cause to say, "In Nevada, there are no brothel laws that impede Greek housing" instead because they really do have laws about where brothels can and can't be located. Some poor gullible kid who might be willing to believe the typical brothel definition rule has even more reason to accept it as truth because he or she knows Nevada is not like the other states.

(I never understood the brothel law idea to begin with since women's dorms would have also fit the same definition it seems to me. I'm also not buying the number of "an important donor gave ookazillion dollars as long as they never had Greek housing for women" stories out there. But I'm not interested in debunking them one by one.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

(I never understood the brothel law idea to begin with since women's dorms would have also fit the same definition it seems to me.

Seems like that to me, too.

I'm really amazed by the "logic" that because there are no sorority (or fraternity) houses at a given school there must be a so called brothel law.

As SWTXBelle says, if laws restricting numbers of people in a house are almost certainly zoning laws.

Of course in some cases the effect may be the same.

[Tom Earp]

Attempting to contact a District Court Judge of Nevada to get the real deal!

More later if and when He gets back to me!

Have a cool day!

[VandalSquirrel]

So anyone able to back up their claim of Nevada outlawing greek housing due to prostitution and brothels?

Here's a freebie that took about two minutes on the Nevada State website.

http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-2...l#NRS244Sec345

http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-3...l#NRS361Sec100

Gee, maybe I should get a job with Snopes.

[Drolefille]

For the lazy...

NRS 361.100 Exemption of property of university fraternities and sororities. All real property owned by any fraternity or sorority, or chapter thereof, which is composed of students of the University of Nevada, Reno, or the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and used as a home for its members is exempt from taxation.

[Part 1:344:1953; A 1954, 29; 1955, 340]—(NRS A 1967, 982; 1969, 1432; 1979, 132; 1991, 2093)

Clearly not illegal to have them or they wouldn't be mentioned.

And the other law is for licensure of houses of prostitution, suggesting that you're not one unless you're licensed as one (or illegally acting as one without a license.) No sorority house is going to fall under those guidelines