Title 15

NRS 205.4732 “Access” defined. “Access” means to intercept, instruct, communicate with, store data in, retrieve from or otherwise make use of any resources of a computer, network or data. (Added to NRS by 1991, 49)

NRS 205.4735 “Computer” defined. “Computer” means an electronic device which performs logical, arithmetic and memory functions by manipulations of electronic or magnetic impulses and includes all equipment related to the computer in a system or network. (Added to NRS by 1983, 120…

NRS 205.4737 “Computer contaminant” defined. 1. “Computer contaminant” means any data, information, image, program, signal or sound that is designed or has the capability to: (a) Contaminate, corrupt, consume, damage, destroy, disrupt, modify, record or transmit; or (b) Cause to …

NRS 205.474 “Data” defined. “Data” means a representation in any form of information, knowledge, facts, concepts or instructions which is being prepared or has been formally prepared and is intended to be processed, is being processed or has been processed in a system or network.…

NRS 205.4742 “Encryption” defined. “Encryption” means the use of any protective or disruptive measure, including, without limitation, cryptography, enciphering, encoding or a computer contaminant, to: 1. Prevent, impede, delay or disrupt access to any data, information, image, pr…

NRS 205.4743 “Information service” defined. 1. “Information service” means a service that is designed or has the capability to generate, process, store, retrieve, convey, emit, transmit, receive, relay, record or reproduce any data, information, image, program, signal or sound by…

NRS 205.4744 “Internet or network site” defined. 1. “Internet or network site” means any identifiable site on the Internet or on a network. 2. The term includes, without limitation: (a) A website or other similar site on the World Wide Web; (b) A site that is identifiable through…

NRS 205.4745 “Network” defined. “Network” means a set of related, remotely connected devices and facilities, including more than one system, with the capability to transmit data among any of the devices and facilities. The term includes, without limitation, a local, regional or g…

NRS 205.475 “Program” defined. “Program” means an ordered set of data representing coded instructions or statements which can be executed by a computer and cause the computer to perform one or more tasks. (Added to NRS by 1983, 1203)

NRS 205.4755 “Property” defined. “Property” means anything of value and includes a financial instrument, information, electronically produced data, program and any other tangible or intangible item of value. (Added to NRS by 1983, 1203)

NRS 205.4757 “Provider” defined. “Provider” means any person who provides an information service. (Added to NRS by 1999, 2704)

NRS 205.4758 “Provider of Internet service” defined. “Provider of Internet service” means any provider who provides subscribers with access to the Internet or an electronic mail address, or both. (Added to NRS by 1999, 2704)

NRS 205.4759 “Response costs” defined. 1. “Response costs” means any reasonable costs that arise in response to and as a proximate result of a crime described in NRS 205.473 to 205.513, inclusive. 2. The term includes, without limitation, any reasonable costs to: (a) Investigate …

NRS 205.476 “System” defined. “System” means a set of related equipment, whether or not connected, which is used with or for a computer. (Added to NRS by 1983, 1203)

NRS 205.4765 Unlawful acts regarding computers: Generally. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, a person who knowingly, willfully and without authorization: (a) Modifies; (b) Damages; (c) Destroys; (d) Discloses; (e) Uses; (f) Transfers; (g) Conceals; (h) Takes; (i) R…

NRS 205.477 Unlawful acts relating to interference with or denial of access to or use of computers, systems, networks, telecommunication devices, telecommunications devices, services or information services; penalties; affirmative defense. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subse…

NRS 205.481 Forgery by creation, alteration or deletion of data, information, image, program, signal or sound contained in computer. A person who knowingly, willfully and without authorization creates, alters or deletes any data, information, image, program, signal or sound conta…

NRS 205.486 Unlawful use of encryption. 1. A person shall not willfully use or attempt to use encryption, directly or indirectly, to: (a) Commit, facilitate, further or promote any criminal offense; (b) Aid, assist or encourage another person to commit any criminal offense; (c) C…

NRS 205.492 Unlawful acts involving electronic mail or transmission of other data, information, images, programs, signals or sounds to computer, system or network. 1. A person shall not willfully falsify or forge any data, information, image, program, signal or sound that: (a) Is…

NRS 205.498 Provider of Internet service required to keep certain information concerning subscribers confidential; notice required to be provided to subscribers. 1. A provider of Internet service shall keep confidential: (a) All information concerning a subscriber, other than the…

NRS 205.506 Unlawful acts regarding information services. 1. It is unlawful for a person knowingly and with the intent to avoid payment in full for the service obtained to: (a) Obtain or attempt to obtain an information service from a provider by deception, use of an illegal devi…

NRS 205.509 Presumption of authority of employee. An employee is presumed to have the authority to access and use: 1. A computer, system or network owned or operated by his or her employer; and 2. Any supporting document to and any data, information, image, program, signal or sou…

NRS 205.511 Victim authorized to bring civil action. 1. Any victim of a crime described in NRS 205.473 to 205.513, inclusive, may bring a civil action to recover: (a) Damages for any response costs, loss or injury suffered as a result of the crime; (b) Punitive damages; and (c) C…

NRS 205.513 Enforcement of provisions. 1. If it appears that a person has engaged in or is about to engage in any act or practice which violates any provision of NRS 205.473 to 205.513, inclusive, the Attorney General or the appropriate district attorney may file an action in any…

NRS 205.520 Issue of document of title for goods not received. A bailee, or any officer, agent or servant of a bailee, who issues or aids in issuing a document of title, knowing that the goods covered by the document of title have not been received by him or her, or are not under…

NRS 205.530 Issue of document of title containing false statement. A bailee, or any officer, agent or servant of a bailee, who issues or aids in issuing a document of title, knowing that it contains any false statement, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (Added to NRS by 1965, 927…

NRS 205.540 Issuance of duplicate or additional negotiable document of title not so marked. Except as otherwise provided in chapters 104 to 104C, inclusive, of NRS, a bailee, or any officer, agent or servant of a bailee, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional neg…

NRS 205.550 Delivery of goods covered by outstanding negotiable document of title without obtaining negotiable document. Except as provided in chapters 104 to 104C, inclusive, of NRS, a bailee, or any officer, agent or servant of a bailee, who delivers goods, knowing that they ar…

NRS 205.560 Issue of negotiable warehouse receipt not stating fact of warehouseman’s ownership. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, in possession of goods which he or she owns in part, wholly or jointly, who issues a negotiable warehouse receipt th…

NRS 205.570 Obtaining or negotiating document of title for goods with intent to defraud. A person who, with the intent to defraud, obtains a negotiable document of title for goods to which the person does not have title, or which are subject to a security interest, and negotiates…

NRS 205.580 Inducing bailee to issue negotiable document of title when goods have not been received. A person who, with the intent to defraud, secures the issue by a bailee of a negotiable document of title, knowing at the time of issue that any or all of the goods are not in pos…

NRS 205.590 Negotiation of document of title when goods are not in bailee’s possession. A person who, with the intent to defraud, negotiates or transfers for value a document of title, which by the terms thereof represents that goods are in possession of the bailee who issued the…

NRS 205.601 Definitions. As used in NRS 205.601 to 205.608, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 205.602, 205.603 and 205.604 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1354)

NRS 205.602 “Payment card” defined. “Payment card” means a credit card, charge card, debit card or any other card that: 1. Is issued to an authorized card user; and 2. Allows the user to obtain, purchase or receive credit, money, a good, a service or anything of value. (Added to …

NRS 205.603 “Reencoder” defined. “Reencoder” means an electronic device that places encoded information from the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe of a different payment card. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1354)

NRS 205.604 “Scanning device” defined. “Scanning device” means a scanner, reader or any other electronic device that is used to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card. (Added…

NRS 205.605 Using scanning device or reencoder to defraud. 1. A person shall not: (a) Use a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card: (1) Without the permission of…

NRS 205.606 Installing, affixing or accessing scanning device for unlawful purpose; possessing scanning device or reencoder for unlawful purpose. 1. A person shall not: (a) Install or affix, temporarily or permanently, a scanning device within or upon a machine with the intent to…

NRS 205.607 Exempt persons. The provisions of NRS 205.601 to 205.608, inclusive, do not apply to any person who, without the intent to defraud or commit an unlawful act, installs, affixes, accesses, possesses or uses a scanning device or reencoder: 1. In the ordinary course of hi…

NRS 205.608 Defenses not available. In any prosecution for a violation of any provision of NRS 205.601 to 205.608, inclusive, the State is not required to establish and it is no defense that: 1. An accessory has not been convicted, apprehended or identified; or 2. Some of the act…

NRS 205.610 Definitions. As used in NRS 205.610 to 205.810, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 205.620 to 205.670, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1971, 359; A 1977, 155; 1999, 46)

NRS 205.620 “Cardholder” defined. “Cardholder” means the person or organization named on the face of a credit card or debit card to whom or for whose benefit the credit card or debit card is issued by an issuer. (Added to NRS by 1971, 359; A 1999, 46)

NRS 205.630 “Credit card” defined. “Credit card” means any instrument or device, whether known as a credit card, credit plate, or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in obtaining money, property, goods, services or anything els…

NRS 205.635 “Debit card” defined. “Debit card” means any instrument or device, whether known as a debit card or by any other name, that is issued with or without a fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in obtaining money, property, goods, services or anything else of val…

NRS 205.640 “Expired credit card or debit card” defined. “Expired credit card or debit card” means a credit card or debit card that is no longer valid because the term shown on it has elapsed. (Added to NRS by 1971, 360; A 1999, 47)

NRS 205.650 “Issuer” defined. “Issuer” means the business organization, financial institution or a duly authorized agent of a business organization or financial institution which issues a credit card or debit card. (Added to NRS by 1971, 360; A 1999, 47)