Oppression under color of office.

NRS 197.200 Oppression under color of office. 1. An officer, or a person pretending to be an officer, who unlawfully and maliciously, under pretense or color of official authority: (a) Arrests or detains a person against the person’s will; (b) Seizes or levies upon another’s property; (c) Dispossesses another of any lands or tenements; or (d) Does any act whereby the person, property or rights of another person are injured, Ê commits oppression. 2. An officer or person committing oppression shall be punished: (a) Where physical force or the immediate threat of physical force is used, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130. (b) Where no physical force or immediate threat of physical force is used, for a gross misdemeanor. [1911 C&P § 541; RL § 6806; NCL § 10487]—(NRS A 1967, 462; 1995, 1172)