Title 15

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…

NRS 205.469 Agreement to suspend prosecution of person accepted into program: Entry; conditions; completion. 1. The district attorney may enter into an agreement with a person accepted to the program for restitution to suspend prosecution for a period to be determined by the dist…

NRS 205.471 Collection of fee from offender; amount and disposition of fee. 1. The district attorney, the designated representative of the program for restitution or a private entity under contract with the district attorney, may collect a fee from any person who draws or passes …

NRS 205.472 Statements by person referred to or participating in program inadmissible in civil and criminal proceedings. No statement made by a person referred to the program for restitution in connection with the determination of the person’s eligibility for participation in the…

NRS 205.473 Definitions. As used in NRS 205.473 to 205.513, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 205.4732 to 205.476, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1983, 1203; A 1991, 50; 1999, 27…

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…