Editing Prostitution in Nevada (section)

== Legal brothels ==
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As of February 2018, 21 legal brothels exist in the state<ref name="Nevada Brothel List" /> employing about 200 women at any given time.<ref name="bloomberg.com">{{Cite web |last1=Vekshin |first1=Alison |date=August 28, 2013 |title=Brothels in Nevada Suffer as Web Disrupts Oldest Trade |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-28/brothels-in-nevada-shrivel-as-web-disrupts-oldest-trade.html |access-date=December 15, 2013 |publisher=Bloomberg}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=April 2025}} In some locales, there exist multi-unit complexes of several separate brothels run by the same owner. These include "The Line" in [[Winnemucca, Nevada|Winnemucca]], and [[Mustang Ranch]] in Storey County.

As of September 2023, only 19 legal brothels remain open in the state, located in just 6 rural counties.<ref name="DSW Nevada">{{Cite web|title=Nevada Prostitution Laws: Where is prostitution legal in Nevada?|date=April 20, 2020 |url=https://decriminalizesex.work/Nevada-prostitution-laws/|publisher=Decriminalize Sex Work|access-date=September 5, 2023}}</ref>

Mandatory HIV testing began in 1986 and a mandatory condom law was passed in 1988. A study conducted in 1995 in two brothels found that condom use in the brothels was consistent and sexually transmitted diseases were accordingly absent. The study also found that few of the prostitutes used condoms in their private lives.{{sfn|Albert|Warner|Hatcher|1998|pp=643–646}}