Title 15

NRS 205.360 Knowingly receiving fraudulent conveyance. Every person who shall receive any property or conveyance thereof from another, knowing that the same is transferred or delivered in violation of, or with the intent to violate, any provision of NRS 205.345, 205.350 and 205.3…

NRS 205.365 Fraudulently selling real estate twice. A person, after once selling, bartering or disposing of any tract of land, town lot, or executing any bond or agreement for the sale of any land or town lot, who again, knowingly and fraudulently, sells, barters or disposes of t…

NRS 205.370 Swindling; credit by false representations; defenses not available. 1. A person who, by false representations of his or her own wealth, or mercantile correspondence and connections, obtains a credit thereby and defrauds any person of money, goods, chattels or any valu…

NRS 205.372 Mortgage lending fraud; penalties; civil action. 1. A person who is a participant in a mortgage lending transaction and who: (a) Knowingly makes a false statement or misrepresentation concerning a material fact or knowingly conceals or fails to disclose a material fac…

NRS 205.375 False written statements to obtain property or credit. Any person: 1. Who shall knowingly make or cause to be made, either directly or indirectly, or through any agency whatsoever, any false statement in writing, with intent that it shall be relied upon, respecting th…

NRS 205.377 Multiple transactions involving fraud or deceit in course of enterprise or occupation; penalty; investigation and prosecution by Attorney General. 1. A person shall not, in the course of an enterprise or occupation, knowingly and with the intent to defraud, engage in …

NRS 205.380 Obtaining money, property, rent or labor by false pretenses. 1. A person who knowingly and designedly by any false pretense obtains from any other person any chose in action, money, goods, wares, chattels, effects or other valuable thing, including rent or the labor o…

NRS 205.390 Obtaining signature by false pretense. A person who, with the intent to cheat or defraud another, designedly by color or aid of any false token or writing or other false pretense, representation or presentation obtains the signature of any person to a written instrume…

NRS 205.395 False representation concerning title; penalties; civil action. 1. Every person who: (a) Claims an interest in, or a lien or encumbrance against, real property in a document that is recorded in the office of the county recorder in which the real property is located an…

NRS 205.397 False representation concerning lien against property of public officer or employee, candidate for public office or participant in official proceeding or member of immediate family of such persons; penalties; civil action. 1. A person shall not file, register or recor…

NRS 205.400 Fraud by bailee of animal. Every person who shall obtain from another the possession or use of any horse or other draft animal without paying therefor, with intent to defraud the owner thereof, or who shall obtain the possession or use thereof, by color or aid of any …

NRS 205.405 Falsifying accounts. Every person who shall, willfully or maliciously and with intent to defraud, make any false entry, or fail to make an entry, of any material matter which it is his or her duty to make, with intent to injure another, in any private book or private …

NRS 205.410 Improper use of insignia. Every person who shall willfully wear the badge, button, insigne or rosette of any military order or of any secret order or society, or any similitude thereof; or who shall use any such badge, button, insigne or rosette to obtain aid or assis…

NRS 205.412 Stolen valor. 1. A person commits the crime of stolen valor if he or she knowingly, with the intent to obtain money, property or another tangible benefit: (a) Fraudulently represents himself or herself to be a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Distinguish…

NRS 205.415 Collecting for benefit without authority. A person who sells one or more tickets to any ball, benefit or entertainment, or asks or receives any subscription or promise thereof, for the benefit or pretended benefit of any person, association or order, without being aut…

NRS 205.420 Use of false permit, license or writing. Every person who conducts any business or performs any act under color of, or files for record with any public officer, any false or fraudulent permit, license or writing, or any permit, license or writing not lawfully belongin…

NRS 205.435 Fraudulent issue of stock. Unless a greater penalty is imposed by a specific statute, an officer, agent or other person in the service of a joint-stock company or corporation, domestic or foreign, who, willfully and knowingly with the intent to defraud: 1. Sells, pled…

NRS 205.440 Publishing false statement to affect market price. Every person who, with intent to affect the market price of any property, shall put off, circulate or publish any false or misleading writing, statement or intelligence, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. [1911 C&P § 4…

NRS 205.445 Defrauding proprietor of hotel, inn, restaurant, motel or similar establishment. 1. It is unlawful for a person: (a) To obtain food, foodstuffs, lodging, merchandise or other accommodations at any hotel, inn, trailer park, motor court, boardinghouse, rooming house, lo…

NRS 205.450 Personating another. Every person who shall falsely represent or personate another, and, in such assumed character, shall marry another, become bail or surety for any party, in any proceeding, civil or criminal, before any court or officer authorized to take such bail…

NRS 205.455 Personating another same as stealing. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 205.463, a person who falsely represents or personates another, and, in such assumed character, receives any money or valuable property of any description intended to be deliver…

NRS 205.460 Preparation, transfer or use of false identification regarding person under 21 years of age; penalties; demand of proof of age as defense to certain proceedings. 1. Every person who counterfeits, forges, alters, erases or obliterates, or who attempts to counterfeit, f…

NRS 205.4605 Posting or displaying social security number of another person; penalties; civil action. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not willfully and intentionally post or display in any public manner the social security number of another person …

NRS 205.461 Definitions. As used in NRS 205.461 to 205.4657, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 205.4611 to 205.4629, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1355; A 2005, 1101, 2498…

NRS 205.4611 “Artificial person” defined. “Artificial person” means any corporation, limited-liability company, limited-liability partnership, limited partnership, limited-liability limited partnership, business trust or municipal corporation or any comparable entity which is cre…

NRS 205.4613 “Document” defined. “Document” includes, without limitation, a photocopy print, photostat and other replica of a document. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1355)

NRS 205.4615 “Older person” defined. “Older person” means a person who is 60 years of age or older. (Added to NRS by 2005, 2497)

NRS 205.4617 “Personal identifying information” defined. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, “personal identifying information” means any information designed, commonly used or capable of being used, alone or in conjunction with any other information, to identify a l…

NRS 205.462 “Public body” defined. “Public body” means: 1. The State of Nevada, or any agency, instrumentality or corporation thereof; 2. The Nevada System of Higher Education; 3. Any municipality, county, school district or other type of district, or a city or town, incorporated…

NRS 205.4623 “Public employee” defined. “Public employee” means any person who is an employee or independent contractor of a public body. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1356)

NRS 205.4627 “Public officer” defined. “Public officer” means a person who: 1. Is elected or appointed to a position which is established by the Constitution or a statute of this state, or by a charter or ordinance of a political subdivision of this state; or 2. Otherwise serves …

NRS 205.4629 “Vulnerable person” defined. “Vulnerable person” means a person who: 1. Suffers from a condition of physical or mental incapacitation because of a developmental disability, organic brain damage or mental illness; or 2. Has one or more physical or mental limitations t…

NRS 205.463 Obtaining and using personal identifying information of another person to harm or impersonate person, to obtain certain nonpublic records or for other unlawful purpose; penalties; rebuttable inference that possessor of personal identifying information intended to unla…

NRS 205.464 Obtaining, using, possessing or selling personal identifying information for unlawful purpose by public officer or public employee; penalties; rebuttable inference that possessor of personal identifying information intended to unlawfully use such information. 1. Excep…

NRS 205.465 Possession, sale or transfer of document or personal identifying information to establish false status or identity; penalties; rebuttable inference that possessor of personal identifying information intended to unlawfully use such information. 1. It is unlawful for a …

NRS 205.4651 Identity theft program card: Application; issuance; presentation to law enforcement agency or creditors; discretion to accept or reject program card; application not public record; regulations; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations. 1. A person who is a victim of…

NRS 205.46513 Establishing or possessing financial forgery laboratory unlawful; penalty; expert testimony. 1. A person shall not establish or possess a financial forgery laboratory with the intent to commit any unlawful act. 2. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to spe…

NRS 205.46515 Capturing, storing, reading, retaining, using or disclosing information from radio frequency identification document of another person; penalty. 1. A person shall not knowingly, intentionally and for the purpose of committing fraud, identity theft or any other unlaw…

NRS 205.46517 Court records. In any case in which a person is convicted of violating any provision of NRS 205.461 to 205.4657, inclusive, the court records must clearly reflect that the violation was committed by the person convicted of the violation and not by the person whose p…

NRS 205.4653 Prosecution regardless of whether person whose personal identifying information was stolen is living or deceased, is artificial person or suffers financial loss or injury. A person who violates any provision of NRS 205.461 to 205.4657, inclusive, may be prosecuted fo…

NRS 205.4655 Exempt persons. The provisions of NRS 205.461 to 205.4657, inclusive, do not apply to any person who, without the intent to defraud or commit an unlawful act, possesses or uses any personal identifying information of another person: 1. In the ordinary course of his o…

NRS 205.4657 Defenses not available; jurisdiction. 1. In any prosecution for a violation of any provision of NRS 205.461 to 205.4657, inclusive, the State is not required to establish and it is no defense that: (a) An accessory has not been convicted, apprehended or identified; o…

NRS 205.4659 Posting or display of personal identifying information without consent prohibited; penalty. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person shall not willfully and intentionally post or display in any public manner the personal identifying information of an…

NRS 205.466 Creation and operation of program; acceptance of person in program. 1. A district attorney may create within the office of the district attorney a program for restitution for persons referred to the district attorney by a law enforcement officer who has probable cause…

NRS 205.467 Notice to persons accepted into program. 1. After the acceptance of a person to the program for restitution, a notice must be sent by registered or certified mail to that person by a representative of the program. 2. The notice must contain: (a) The date and amount of…

NRS 205.468 Actions required of persons accepted into program. A person accepted to the program for restitution must: 1. Voluntarily agree to participate in the program; and 2. Contact the designated representative of the program concerning the check or draft on or before the dat…