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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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, lodging house, furnished apartment house, furnished bungalow court, furnished automobile camp, eating house, restaurant, grocery store, market or dairy, without paying therefor, with the intent to defraud the proprietor or manager thereof;
(b) To obtain credit at a hotel, inn, trailer park, motor court, boardinghouse, rooming house, lodging house, furnished apartment house, furnished bungalow court, furnished automobile camp, eating house, restaurant, grocery store, market or dairy by the use of any false pretense; or
(c) After obtaining credit, food, lodging, merchandise or other accommodations at a hotel, inn, trailer park, motor court, boardinghouse, rooming house, lodging house, furnished apartment house, furnished bungalow court, furnished automobile camp, eating house, restaurant, grocery store, market or dairy, to abscond or surreptitiously, or by force, menace or threats, to remove any part of his or her baggage therefrom, without paying for the food or accommodations.
2. A person who violates any of the provisions of subsection 1 shall be punished:
(a) Where the total value of the credit, food, foodstuffs, lodging, merchandise or other accommodations received from any one establishment is $1,200 or more, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
(b) Otherwise, for a misdemeanor.
3. Proof that lodging, food, foodstuffs, merchandise or other accommodations were obtained by false pretense, or by false or fictitious show or pretense of any baggage or other property, or that the person refused or willfully neglected to pay for the food, foodstuffs, lodging, merchandise or other accommodations, or that the person gave in payment for the food, foodstuffs, lodging, merchandise or other accommodations negotiable paper on which payment was refused, or that the person absconded without paying or offering to pay for the food, foodstuffs, lodging, merchandise or other accommodations, or that the person surreptitiously removed or attempted to remove his or her baggage, is prima facie evidence of the fraudulent intent mentioned in this section.
4. This section does not apply where there has been an agreement in writing for delay in payment for a period to exceed 10 days.
[1:132:1939; 1931 NCL § 3333.01] + [1911 C&P § 461; A 1917, 35; 1931, 391; 1949, 109; 1943 NCL § 10414]—(NRS A 1967, 505; 1979, 1448; 1989, 1437; 1995, 1226; 2011, 169; 2019, 4437)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 or surety, or confess any judgment, or acknowledge the execution of any conveyance of real property, or of any other instrument which, by law, may be recorded, or do any other act in the course of any suit, proceeding or prosecution, whereby the person so represented or personated may be made liable, in any event, to the payment of any debt, damages, cost or sum of money, or his or her right or interest may, in any manner be affected, is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
[1911 C&P § 470; RL § 6735; NCL § 10419]—(NRS A 1967, 506; 1999, 1344)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 delivered to the person so personated, shall be punished in the same manner and to the same extent as if the person stole the money or property so received.
[1911 C&P § 471; RL § 6736; NCL § 10420]—(NRS A 1979, 1448; 1999, 1345)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 unless the person is authorized or required to do so by specific federal or state law or regulation.
2. This section does not:
(a) Prevent the use of a social security number for internal verification or administrative purposes.
(b) Apply to documents that are recorded or required to be open to the public pursuant to federal or state law or regulation.
3. Unless a greater penalty is provided by specific statute, a person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. A person whose social security number has been willfully and intentionally posted or displayed in violation of this section may bring a civil cause of action against the person who commits such a violation. The court may award actual damages, reasonable attorney’s fees and costs to the person whose social security number has been willfully and intentionally posted or displayed in violation of this section.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Person" includes a government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government.
(b) "Post or display in any public manner" means to communicate or otherwise make available to the general public. The term includes, without limitation:
(1) Printing the social security number of another person on any card required for the other person to access products or services provided by the person or entity printing the social security number.
(2) Requiring another person to transmit his or her social security number over the Internet, unless the connection is secure or the social security number is encrypted.
(3) Requiring another person to use his or her social security number to access an Internet website, unless a password or unique personal identification number or other authentication device is also required to access the Internet website.
(4) Printing the social security number of another person on any material that is mailed to the person, if the social security number is visible to the public.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2608)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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; 2009, 762)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 created and existing under the laws of this State, any other state, territory or foreign government, or the Government of the United States and which is doing business in this State.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2497)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 living or deceased person or to identify the actions taken, communications made or received by, or other activities or transactions of a living or deceased person, including, without limitation:
(a) The current or former name, driver’s license number, identification card number, social security number, checking account number, savings account number, credit card number, debit card number, financial services account number, date of birth, place of employment and maiden name of the mother of a person.
(b) The unique biometric data of a person, including, without limitation, the fingerprints, facial scan identifiers, voiceprint, retina image and iris image of a person.
(c) The electronic signature, unique electronic identification number, address or routing code, telecommunication identifying information or access device of a person.
(d) The personal identification number or password of a person.
(e) The alien registration number, government passport number, employer identification number, taxpayer identification number, Medicaid account number, food stamp account number, medical identification number or health insurance identification number of a person.
(f) The number of any professional, occupational, recreational or governmental license, certificate, permit or membership of a person.
(g) The number, code or other identifying information of a person who receives medical treatment as part of a confidential clinical trial or study, who participates in a confidential clinical trial or study involving the use of prescription drugs or who participates in any other confidential medical, psychological or behavioral experiment, study or trial.
(h) The utility account number of a person.
2. To the extent that any information listed in subsection 1 is designed, commonly used or capable of being used, alone or in conjunction with any other information, to identify an artificial person, "personal identifying information" includes information pertaining to an artificial person.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1355; A 2005, 2498; 2007, 2169)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 or unincorporated; or
4. Any other body corporate and politic comprising a political subdivision of this State or acting on behalf thereof.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1355)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 as an officer for a public body.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1356)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 that restrict the ability of the person to perform the normal activities of daily living.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2497)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 person to possess, sell or transfer any document or personal identifying information for the purpose of establishing a false status, occupation, membership, license or identity for himself or herself or any other person.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person who:
(a) Sells or transfers any such document or personal identifying information in violation of subsection 1; or
(b) Possesses any such document or personal identifying information in violation of subsection 1 to commit any of the crimes set forth in NRS 205.085 to 205.217, inclusive, 205.473 to 205.513, inclusive, or 205.610 to 205.810, inclusive,
is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. A person who violates subsection 2 by:
(a) Selling or transferring the personal identifying information of an older person or a vulnerable person;
(b) Selling or transferring the personal identifying information of five or more persons; or
(c) Causing another person to suffer a financial loss or injury of $3,000 or more as a result of the violation,
is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 20 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $100,000.
4. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subsections 2 and 3, a person who possesses any such document or personal identifying information in violation of subsection 1 is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. If a person possesses any such document or personal identifying information in violation of subsection 1 for the sole purpose of establishing false proof of age, including, without limitation, establishing false proof of age to game, purchase alcoholic beverages or purchase cigarettes or other tobacco products, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor.
5. Subsection 1 does not:
(a) Preclude the adoption by a city or county of an ordinance prohibiting the possession of any such document or personal identifying information; or
(b) Prohibit the possession or use of any such document or personal identifying information by officers of local police, sheriff and metropolitan police departments and by agents of the Investigation Division of the Department of Public Safety while engaged in undercover investigations related to the lawful discharge of their duties.
6. Proof of possession of the personal identifying information of five or more persons in a manner not set forth in NRS 205.4655 permits a rebuttable inference that the possessor intended to use such information in violation of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1460; A 1981, 2012; 1985, 1980; 1995, 1227; 1999, 1345; 2001, 2581; 2003, 1358, 2462; 2005, 2501; 2007, 2172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 specific statute, a person who violates this section is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 20 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $100,000.
3. For the purposes of prosecuting a violation of this section, the prosecuting attorney may present expert testimony to provide a prima facie case that any computer, system, program or electronic or mechanical device, or any combination thereof, is specifically configured for any purpose set forth in subparagraph (1) or (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 4.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Computer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.4735.
(b) "Financial forgery laboratory" means any computer, system, program or other electronic or mechanical device, or any combination thereof, that is specifically configured for the purpose of unlawfully:
(1) Obtaining personal identifying information of another person to commit an unlawful act; or
(2) Manufacturing any forged or fraudulent financial instrument, document or item, including, without limitation, any negotiable instrument, check, draft, bond, credit card, debit card, stock certificate, annuity, bank bill or note, draft, bill of exchange, contract, promissory note, traveler’s check or money order.
(c) "Personal identifying information" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.4617.
(d) "Program" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.475.
(e) "System" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.476.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2497)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 unlawful act:
(a) Capture, store or read information from the radio frequency identification document of another person without the other person’s knowledge and prior consent; or
(b) Retain, use or disclose information that the person knows to have been obtained from the radio frequency identification document of another person without the other person’s knowledge and prior consent.
2. A person who violates this section is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Identity theft" means a violation of the provisions of NRS 205.463, 205.464 or 205.465.
(b) "Radio frequency identification" means the use of electromagnetic radiating waves or reactive field coupling in the radio frequency portion of the spectrum to read or communicate personal identifying information to or from a radio frequency identification document through a variety of modulation and encoding schemes.
(c) "Radio frequency identification document" means any document containing data which is issued to an individual and which that individual, and only that individual, uses alone or in conjunction with any other information for the primary purpose of establishing his or her identity.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 761)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 personal identifying information forms a part of the violation.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2497; A 2009, 762)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 for the violation whether or not the person whose personal identifying information forms a part of the violation:
1. Is living or deceased during the course of the violation or the prosecution.
2. Is an artificial person.
3. Suffers financial loss or injury as the result of the violation.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1356; A 2005, 2501; 2009, 762)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 or her business or employment; or
2. Pursuant to a financial transaction entered into with an authorized user of a payment card.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1357; A 2009, 762)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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; or
(b) Some of the acts constituting elements of the crime did not occur in this State or that where such acts did occur they were not a crime or elements of a crime.
2. In any prosecution for a violation of any provision of NRS 205.461 to 205.4657, inclusive, the violation shall be deemed to have been committed and may be prosecuted in any jurisdiction in this State in which:
(a) The person whose personal identifying information forms a part of the violation currently resides or is found; or
(b) Any act constituting an element of the crime occurred, regardless of whether the defendant was ever physically present in that jurisdiction.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1357; A 2005, 2502; 2009, 762)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 to believe the person violated paragraph (i) of subsection 1 of NRS 205.0832 or NRS 205.130 or 205.380. The program may be conducted by the district attorney in conjunction with the county sheriff, police department or any other law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction a violation of paragraph (i) of subsection 1 of NRS 205.0832 or NRS 205.130 or 205.380 has occurred, or by a private entity under contract with the district attorney.
2. The district attorney may adopt standards for the law enforcement agency which indicate the minimum requirements of investigation by the agency for its referral of a person to the district attorney for acceptance in the program.
3. If such a person is referred to the district attorney, the district attorney shall determine if the person is appropriate for acceptance in the program. The district attorney may consider:
(a) The amount of the check or draft drawn or passed without sufficient money or credit to pay it in full;
(b) The prior criminal record of the person;
(c) Prior referrals of the person to the program;
(d) The number of times the person has violated paragraph (i) of subsection 1 of NRS 205.0832 or NRS 205.130 or 205.380;
(e) Whether other allegations of drawing or passing checks or drafts without sufficient money or credit to pay them in full are pending against the person; and
(f) The strength of the evidence, if any, of the person’s intent to defraud the alleged victim.
4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 205.469, this section does not limit the authority of the district attorney to prosecute violations of paragraph (i) of subsection 1 of NRS 205.0832 or NRS 205.130 or 205.380.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 607; A 1989, 1206; 2001, 3025)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 the check or draft the person is alleged to have drawn or passed;
(b) The name of the payee;
(c) The date before which the person must contact the designated representative of the program concerning the check or draft;
(d) A demand for full restitution of the face amount of the check or draft and any fees authorized pursuant to NRS 205.469 and 205.471; and
(e) A statement that failure to pay restitution and fees may result in criminal prosecution.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 607)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 date required in the notice pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 205.467.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 608)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 district attorney, but in no case to exceed 6 months, pending the following:
(a) Completion by the person of a class conducted by the district attorney, a designee of the district attorney or a private entity under contract with the district attorney, which offers instruction in dealing with a checking account and developing a budget;
(b) Payment by the person of the fee required to participate in the class;
(c) Full restitution made to the alleged victim; and
(d) Full payment of the fee authorized by NRS 205.471, if required.
2. As additional consideration for the agreement, the district attorney shall agree not to file criminal charges if the person accepted to the program completes the conditions of the agreement.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 608)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 a check or draft in violation of a provision of this chapter, if the office of the district attorney collects and processes the check or draft.
2. The amount of the fee must not exceed:
(a) Twenty-five dollars if the face amount of the check or draft does not exceed $100;
(b) Fifty dollars if the face amount of the check or draft is greater than $100 but does not exceed $300;
(c) Seventy-five dollars if the face amount of the check or draft is greater than $300 but does not exceed $1,000;
(d) One hundred and fifty dollars if the face amount of the check or draft is greater than $1,000 but does not exceed $2,500;
(e) Five hundred dollars if the face amount of the check or draft is greater than $2,500 but does not exceed $10,000; or
(f) Ten percent of the face amount of the check or draft if the face amount of the check or draft is greater than $10,000.
3. Money collected pursuant to this section must be deposited in the county treasury in an account to be administered by the district attorney. The district attorney may use the money in the account only to:
(a) Carry out the purposes of NRS 205.466 to 205.472, inclusive;
(b) Defray the cost of:
(1) A program of instruction in managing a checking account and developing a budget; or
(2) Any other program of education or instruction designed to prevent the drawing or passing of a check or draft in violation of the provisions of this chapter; and
(c) Assist a victim of a crime. As used in this paragraph, "victim" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 176.015.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 608; A 1997, 177)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 program and no statement made or information given by that person while participating in the program is admissible in any civil or criminal action or proceeding.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 608)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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, 2707; 2001, 1240)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 be contaminated, corrupted, consumed, damaged, destroyed, disrupted, modified, recorded or transmitted,
any other data, information, image, program, signal or sound contained in a computer, system or network without the knowledge or consent of the person who owns the other data, information, image, program, signal or sound or the computer, system or network.
2. The term includes, without limitation:
(a) A virus, worm or Trojan horse;
(b) Spyware that tracks computer activity and is capable of recording and transmitting such information to third parties; or
(c) Any other similar data, information, image, program, signal or sound that is designed or has the capability to prevent, impede, delay or disrupt the normal operation or use of any component, device, equipment, system or network.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "On-line solicitation" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 332.025.
(b) "Spyware" does not include:
(1) An Internet browser;
(2) Software for transmitting messages instantly that informs the user whether other users are on-line at the same time;
(3) Software that is designed to detect or prevent the use of computer contaminants;
(4) Software that is designed to detect fraudulent on-line solicitation;
(5) Software that is designed to prevent children from accessing pornography on the Internet;
(6) Software that conducts remote maintenance or repair of a computer or its systems;
(7) Software that is designed to manage or to perform maintenance on a network of computers;
(8) Software for media players; and
(9) Software that authenticates a user.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2703; A 2005, 2509; 2005, 22nd Special Session, 97; 2019, 786)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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, program, signal or sound;
2. Cause or make any data, information, image, program, signal or sound unintelligible or unusable; or
3. Prevent, impede, delay or disrupt the normal operation or use of any component, device, equipment, system or network.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2704)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 means of any component, device, equipment, system or network, including, without limitation, by means of:
(a) A computer, computer system, computer network, modem or scanner.
(b) A telephone, cellular phone, satellite phone, pager, personal communications device or facsimile machine.
(c) Any type of transmitter or receiver.
(d) Any other component, device, equipment, system or network that uses analog, digital, electronic, electromagnetic, magnetic or optical technology.
2. The term does not include video service, as defined in NRS 711.141.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2704; A 2007, 1377)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 a Uniform Resource Location;
(c) A site on a network that is owned, operated, administered or controlled by a provider of Internet service;
(d) An electronic bulletin board;
(e) A list server;
(f) A newsgroup; or
(g) A chat room.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1240)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 global computer network.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1203; A 1999, 2707)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 the facts surrounding the crime;
(b) Ascertain or calculate any past or future loss, injury or other damage;
(c) Remedy, mitigate or prevent any past or future loss, injury or other damage; or
(d) Test, examine, restore or verify the integrity of or the normal operation or use of any Internet or network site, electronic mail address, computer, system, network, component, device, equipment, data, information, image, program, signal or sound.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 1240)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 subsections 3 and 4, a person who knowingly, willfully, maliciously and without authorization interferes with, denies or causes the denial of access to or use of a computer, system or network to a person who has the duty and right to use it is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, a person who knowingly, willfully, maliciously and without authorization uses, causes the use of, accesses, attempts to gain access to or causes access to be gained to a computer, system, network, telecommunications device, telecommunications service or information service is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
3. If the violation of any provision of this section:
(a) Was committed to devise or execute a scheme to defraud or illegally obtain property;
(b) Caused response costs, loss, injury or other damage in excess of $500; or
(c) Caused an interruption or impairment of a public service, including, without limitation, a governmental operation, a system of public communication or transportation or a supply of water, gas or electricity,
the person is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $100,000. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
4. It is an affirmative defense to a charge made pursuant to this section that at the time of the alleged offense the defendant reasonably believed that:
(a) The defendant was authorized to use or access the computer, system, network, telecommunications device, telecommunications service or information service and such use or access by the defendant was within the scope of that authorization; or
(b) The owner or other person authorized to give consent would authorize the defendant to use or access the computer, system, network, telecommunications device, telecommunications service or information service.
5. A defendant who intends to offer an affirmative defense described in subsection 4 at a trial or preliminary hearing must, not less than 14 days before the trial or hearing or at such other time as the court may direct, file and serve on the prosecuting attorney a written notice of that intent.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1204; A 1991, 51; 1995, 1229; 1999, 2709; 2001, 1242; 2011, 3650)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 contained in any computer, system or network which, if done on a written or printed document or instrument, would constitute forgery pursuant to NRS 205.090 or 205.095, is guilty of forgery which is a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 49; A 1995, 1229; 1999, 2709)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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) Conceal the commission of any criminal offense;
(d) Conceal or protect the identity of a person who has committed any criminal offense; or
(e) Delay, hinder or obstruct the administration of the law.
2. A person who violates any provision of this section:
(a) Is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, unless the encryption was used or attempted to be used to commit a crime for which a greater penalty is provided by specific statute. If the encryption was used or attempted to be used to commit a crime for which a greater penalty is provided by specific statute, the person shall be punished as prescribed by statute for that crime.
(b) Commits a criminal offense that is separate and distinct from any other criminal offense and may be prosecuted and convicted pursuant to this section whether or not the person or any other person is or has been prosecuted or convicted for any other criminal offense arising out of the same facts as the violation of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2704; A 2001, 2789)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 electronic mail address of the subscriber, unless the subscriber gives permission, in writing or by electronic mail, to the provider of Internet service to disclose the information.
(b) The electronic mail address of a subscriber, if the subscriber requests, in writing or by electronic mail, to have the electronic mail address of the subscriber kept confidential. Upon receiving such a request from a subscriber, a provider of Internet service shall keep confidential the electronic mail address of the subscriber, unless the subscriber gives permission, in writing or by electronic mail, to the provider of Internet service to disclose the electronic mail address of the subscriber.
2. A provider of Internet service shall provide notice of the requirements of subsection 1 to each of its subscribers. The notice must include, without limitation, a conspicuous statement that a subscriber may request, in writing or by electronic mail, to have the electronic mail address of the subscriber kept confidential.
3. A provider of Internet service who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 or more than $500 for each violation.
4. As used in this section, "provider of Internet service" means a provider of Internet service who charges a subscriber for access to the Internet or the electronic mail address of the subscriber.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2705)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 sound contained in such a computer, system or network,
unless the presumption is overcome by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 50; A 1999, 2710)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 205.485)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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) Costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in bringing the civil action.
2. A victim of a crime described in NRS 205.473 to 205.513, inclusive, may bring a civil action pursuant to this section whether or not the person who committed the crime is or has been charged with or convicted or acquitted of the crime or any other offense arising out of the facts surrounding the crime.
3. The provisions of this section do not abrogate or limit the right of a victim of a crime described in NRS 205.473 to 205.513, inclusive, to bring a civil action pursuant to any other statute or the common law.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2706; A 2001, 1244)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 court of competent jurisdiction to prevent the occurrence or continuance of that act or practice.
2. An injunction:
(a) May be issued without proof of actual damage sustained by any person.
(b) Does not preclude the criminal prosecution and punishment of a violator.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 50; A 1999, 2710; 2001, 1244)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 his or her control at the time the document is issued, shall be punished:
1. Where the value of the goods purported to be covered by the document of title is $1,200 or more, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
2. Where the value is less than $1,200, for a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 927; A 1967, 510; 1979, 1450; 1989, 1439; 1995, 1230; 2011, 170; 2019, 4438)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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; A 1967, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 negotiable document of title, knowing that a former negotiable document for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, shall be punished:
1. Where the value of the goods purported to be covered by the document of title is $1,200 or more, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
2. Where the value is less than $1,200, for a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 927; A 1967, 510; 1979, 1450; 1989, 1439; 1995, 1230; 2011, 170; 2019, 4438)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 are covered by an outstanding document of title, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to possession thereof, without obtaining the negotiable document, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 927; A 1967, 511)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 therefor, without noting such ownership on the receipt, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 927; A 1967, 511)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 the document for value, without disclosing the want of title or the existence of the security interest, shall be punished:
1. Where the value of the goods purported to be covered by the document of title is $1,200 or more, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
2. Where the value is less than $1,200, for a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 927; A 1967, 511; 1979, 1450; 1989, 1439; 1995, 1230; 2011, 171; 2019, 4438)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 possession of the bailee, by inducing the bailee to believe that the goods are in the bailee’s possession, shall be punished:
1. Where the value of the goods purported to be covered by the document of title is $1,200 or more, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
2. Where the value is less than $1,200, for a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 927; A 1967, 511; 1979, 1450; 1989, 1440; 1995, 1230; 2011, 171; 2019, 4438)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 document, knowing that the bailee is not in possession of the goods or any part thereof, without disclosing this fact, shall be punished:
1. Where the value of the goods purported to be covered by the document of title is $1,200 or more, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
2. Where the value is less than $1,200, for a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 928; A 1967, 511; 1979, 1450; 1989, 1440; 1995, 1231; 2011, 171; 2019, 4438)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 by 2003, 1354)