Simulation of summons, complaint, judgment, order or other legal process; rebuttable presumption; penalty.

NRS 207.337 Simulation of summons, complaint, judgment, order or other legal process; rebuttable presumption; penalty. 1. Any person who causes to be prepared or delivered to another person any document that simulates a summons, complaint, judgment, order or other legal process with the intent to: (a) Induce payment of a claim from another person; or (b) Induce another person to: (1) Submit to the putative authority of the document; or (2) Take any action or refrain from taking any action: (I) In response to or on the basis of the document; or (II) To comply with the document, Ê is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. 2. There is a rebuttable presumption that a person intended to violate the provisions of this section if the person files with or presents or delivers to any court in this State any document that simulates a summons, complaint, judgment, order or other legal process. 3. It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that a document that simulates a summons, complaint, judgment, order or other legal process states that the document is not legal process or purports to have been issued or authorized by a person or entity who does not have the lawful authority to issue or authorize the document. 4. As used in this section, “action” includes, without limitation: (a) Making a court appearance; (b) Obtaining legal counsel; (c) Acting upon a perceived conflict created by a document that simulates a summons, complaint, judgment, order or other legal process; or (d) Recusal. (Added to NRS by 2019, 1798)