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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 the authorized user of the payment card; and
(2) With the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the payment card or any other person.
(b) Use a reencoder to place information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe of a different card:
(1) Without the permission of the authorized user of the card from which the information is being reencoded; and
(2) With the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the payment card or any other person.
2. A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order a person who violates any provision of this section to pay restitution, including, without limitation, any attorney’s fees and costs incurred to:
(a) Repair the credit history or rating of each person who is a victim of the violation; and
(b) Satisfy a debt, lien or other obligation incurred by each person who is a victim of the violation.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1354; A 2019, 4439)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 use the scanning device for an unlawful purpose;
(b) Access, by electronic or any other means, a scanning device with the intent to use the scanning device for an unlawful purpose; or
(c) Possess a scanning device or reencoder with the intent to use the scanning device or reencoder for an unlawful purpose.
2. A person who violates any provision of 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, "machine" means a machine used to conduct financial transactions, including, without limitation, an automated teller or fuel pump. As used in this subsection, "automated teller" means an electronic device that dispenses cash in connection with an account maintained in a financial institution or with another business.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1355; A 2019, 680, 4439)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 his or her business or employment; or
2. Pursuant to a financial transaction entered into with an authorized user of a payment card who has given permission for the financial transaction.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1355; A 2019, 680, 4440)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 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.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1355)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 else of value on credit.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 359)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › 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 value, subject to the issuer removing money from the checking account or savings account of the cardholder.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 46)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.670 - "Revoked credit card or debit card" defined.

"Revoked credit card or debit card" means a credit card or debit card that is no longer valid because permission to use it has been suspended or terminated by the issuer.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 360; A 1999, 47)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.680 - False statement to procure issuance of credit card or debit card.

Any person who, for the purpose of procuring the issuance of a credit card or debit card, makes or causes to be made, either directly or indirectly, any false statement in writing, knowing it to be false, with intent that it be relied on respecting his or her identity or financial condition or the identity or financial condition of any other person, firm or corporation is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 360; A 1999, 47)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.690 - Obtaining or possessing credit card or debit card, or identifying description of credit card, credit account or debit card without consent of cardholder; presumption from possession; exemptions.

1. A person who steals, takes or removes a credit card or debit card from the person, possession, custody or control of another without the cardholder’s consent or who, with knowledge that a credit card or debit card has been so taken, removed or stolen receives the credit card or debit card with the intent to circulate, use or sell it or to transfer it to a person other than the issuer or the cardholder, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
2. A person who possesses a credit card or debit card without the consent of the cardholder and with the intent to circulate, use, sell or transfer the credit card or debit card with the intent to defraud is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
3. A person who has in his or her possession or under his or her control two or more credit cards or debit cards issued in the name of another person is presumed to have obtained and to possess the credit cards or debit cards with the knowledge that they have been stolen and with the intent to circulate, use, sell or transfer them with the intent to defraud. The presumption established by this subsection does not apply to the possession of two or more credit cards or debit cards used in the regular course of the possessor’s business or employment or where the possession is with the consent of the cardholder.
4. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person employed by or operating a business, including, but not limited to, a bank or other financial institution, credit bureau, collection agency or credit reporting agency, who, without the intent to defraud, lawfully furnishes to another person or obtains the number or other identifying physical or electronic description of a credit card, debit card or credit account in the ordinary course of that business or employment or pursuant to a financial transaction entered into with a customer.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Credit card" includes, without limitation, the number or other identifying physical or electronic description of a credit card or credit account.
(b) "Debit card" includes, without limitation, the number or other identifying physical or electronic description of a debit card.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 360; A 1977, 266; 1979, 1451; 1981, 9; 1985, 1456; 1991, 155; 1995, 1231; 1999, 47; 2009, 171)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.710 - Sale or purchase of credit card or debit card, or identifying description of credit card, debit card or credit account; exemptions.

1. A person, except the issuer, who:
(a) Sells a credit card or debit card or the number or other identifying physical or electronic description of a credit card, debit card or credit account; or
(b) Buys a credit card, debit card or the number or other identifying physical or electronic description of a credit card, debit card or credit account from a person other than the issuer,
is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person employed by or operating a business, including, but not limited to, a bank or other financial institution, credit bureau, collection agency or credit reporting agency, who, without the intent to defraud, lawfully furnishes to another person or obtains the number or other identifying physical or electronic description of a credit card, debit card or credit account in the ordinary course of that business or employment or pursuant to a financial transaction entered into with a customer.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 360; A 1985, 1457; 1991, 156; 1995, 1232; 1999, 48; 2009, 172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.715 - Sale of identifying information on telephone calling card.

1. It is unlawful for a person to sell, offer to sell, or otherwise make available, without the authority of the lawful holder:
(a) A number on a telephone calling card;
(b) A personal identification number for use of a telephone calling card;
(c) An account number; or
(d) Any other code or number,
that can be used to obtain telephone service.
2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 205.710, any person violating the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1205; A 1995, 1232)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.720 - Obtaining control of credit card or debit card as security for debt.

A person who, with the intent to defraud, obtains control over a credit card or debit card as security for debt is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 360; A 1985, 1457; 1995, 1232; 1999, 48)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.740 - Forgery of credit card or debit card; presumption from possession.

1. A person who, with the intent to defraud, falsely makes or falsely embosses a purported credit card or debit card or utters such a credit card or debit card is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
2. A person, except the purported issuer, who possesses two or more credit cards or debit cards that are falsely made or falsely embossed is presumed to have violated this section.
3. For the purpose of this section:
(a) A person "falsely makes" a credit card or debit card when the person alters a validly issued credit card or debit card or makes or draws, in whole or in part, a device or instrument which purports to be the credit card or debit card of a named issuer where the issuer did not authorize the making or drawing.
(b) A person "falsely embosses" a credit card or debit card when, without the authorization of the named issuer, the person completes a credit card or debit card by adding any matter, except the signature of the cardholder, which the issuer requires to appear on the credit card or debit card before the credit card or debit card can be used by a cardholder.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 360; A 1979, 1451; 1995, 1232; 1999, 48)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.750 - Unauthorized signing of credit card, debit card or related document with intent to defraud.

A person, except the cardholder or a person authorized by the cardholder, who signs a credit card, debit card, sales slip, sales draft or instrument for the payment of money which evidences a credit card or debit card transaction with the intent to defraud is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 361; A 1973, 1035; 1979, 1452; 1995, 1233; 1999, 48)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.760 - Fraudulent use of credit card or debit card, or identifying description of credit account or debit card; presumption of knowledge of revocation of credit card or debit card.

1. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 205.222 for a violation of subsection 2 of NRS 205.220, a person who, with the intent to defraud:
(a) Uses a credit card or debit card to obtain money, goods, property, services or anything of value where the credit card or debit card was obtained or retained in violation of NRS 205.690 to 205.750, inclusive, or where the person knows the credit card or debit card is forged or is the expired or revoked credit card or debit card of another;
(b) Uses the number or other identifying physical or electronic description of a credit account, customarily evidenced by a credit card or the number or other identifying physical or electronic description of a debit card, to obtain money, goods, property, services or anything of value without the consent of the cardholder; or
(c) Obtains money, goods, property, services or anything else of value by representing, without the consent of the cardholder, that the person is the authorized holder of a specified card or that the person is the holder of a card where the card has not in fact been issued,
is guilty of a public offense and shall be punished 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. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 205.222 for a violation of subsection 2 of NRS 205.220, a person who, with the intent to defraud, uses a credit card or debit card to obtain money, goods, property, services or anything of value where the credit card or debit card was issued in his or her name and which the person knows is revoked or expired, or when the person knows he or she does not have sufficient money or property with which to pay for the extension of credit or to cover the debit from the account linked to his or her debit card, shall be punished, where the amount of money or the value of the goods, property, services or other things of value so obtained in any 6-month period is:
(a) One hundred dollars 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) Less than $100, for a misdemeanor.
3. A person is presumed to have knowledge of the revocation of a credit card or debit card 4 days after notice of the revocation has been mailed to the person by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at the address set forth on the credit card or debit card or at the person’s last known address. If the address is more than 500 miles from the place of mailing, notice must be sent by airmail. If the address is located outside the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone and Canada, notice may be presumed to have been received 10 days after the mailing.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 361; A 1979, 1452; 1985, 1457; 1987, 1192; 1991, 156; 1995, 1233; 1999, 49; 2009, 172)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.765 - Presumption of intent to defraud and knowledge that holder of credit card or debit card has insufficient money or property.

In a criminal action for using a credit card or debit card to obtain money, goods, property, services or anything of value with insufficient money or property with which to pay for the extension of credit, with intent to defraud, that intent and the knowledge that the holder of the credit card has insufficient money or property is presumed to exist if payment is refused by the issuer or other creditor when it is presented in the usual course of business, unless within 5 days after payment is refused by the issuer if the action involves the use of a debit card or within 10 days after payment is refused by the issuer if the action involves the use of a credit card, the holder of the credit card pays the full amount due plus any handling charges.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1191; A 1999, 49)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.770 - Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services: Furnishing goods or services upon presentation of credit card or debit card illegally obtained or possessed.

A person who is authorized by an issuer to furnish money, goods, services or anything else of value upon presentation of a credit card or debit card by the cardholder, or an agent or employee of the authorized person, who, with the intent to defraud, furnishes money, goods, property, services or anything else of value upon presentation of a credit card or debit card that the person, employee or agent knows was obtained or retained in violation of NRS 205.690 to 205.750, inclusive, or is forged, expired or revoked is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 361; A 1979, 1452; 1985, 1458; 1995, 1234; 1999, 50)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.780 - Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services: Misrepresentation to issuer.

A person who is authorized by an issuer to furnish money, goods, property, services or anything of value upon presentation of a credit card or debit card by the cardholder, or an agent or employee of the authorized person, who, with the intent to defraud, misrepresents to the issuer the value of the goods the person furnishes or who fails to furnish money, goods, property, services or anything else of value which the person represents in writing to the issuer that he or she has furnished is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 362; A 1979, 1453; 1985, 1458; 1995, 1234; 1999, 50)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.790 - Possession of incomplete credit cards or debit cards or equipment to produce cards.

1. A person, except the cardholder, who possesses two or more incomplete credit cards or debit cards with the intent to complete them without the consent of the issuer, or a person who, with knowledge of its character, possesses machinery, plates or any other contrivance designed to produce instruments which purport to be the credit cards or debit cards of an issuer who has not consented to the preparation of such credit cards or debit cards is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. As used in this section, a credit card or debit card is "incomplete" if part of the matter, except the signature of the cardholder, required by an issuer to appear on the credit card or debit card has not yet been stamped, embossed, imprinted or written on the credit card or debit card.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 362; A 1985, 1459; 1995, 1234; 1999, 50)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.800 - Receiving property or services obtained by unlawful use of credit card or debit card; presumption of knowledge.

1. A person who receives money, property, goods, services or anything of value obtained in violation of NRS 205.760, knowing or believing that the money, property, goods, services or other things of value were so obtained, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. A person who obtains at a discount price from a source other than the issuing company a ticket issued by an airline, railroad, steamship or other transportation company and acquired in violation of NRS 205.760 under such circumstances as to cause a reasonable person to believe that the ticket was obtained in violation of this section is presumed to know that the ticket was obtained in violation of NRS 205.760.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 362; A 1979, 1453; 1985, 1459; 1995, 1235; 1997, 1602)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.810 - Defenses not available.

In any prosecution for violation of NRS 205.610 to 205.800, 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 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.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 362)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.830 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 205.830 to 205.860, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Cart" means a small, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by hand which has a basket and which is used by customers or employees:
(a) In a retail store, to transport goods of any kind; or
(b) In a laundry or establishment for dry cleaning, to transport fabrics and the supplies necessary to clean or launder them.
2. "Premises" includes the area within a retail store, laundry or establishment for dry cleaning and any area provided for a customer’s use to park a vehicle.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 976)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.840 - Owner of cart required to place sign on premises.

The owner of any cart shall place a sign on his or her premises which contains:
1. The name, address and telephone number of his or her business; and
2. A statement that the unauthorized removal or possession of the cart is a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 977)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.850 - Retrieval of carts: Permit from owner.

Any person who retrieves carts from areas not on the owner’s premises, whether as a volunteer or for compensation, must obtain a permit from the owner authorizing the person to retrieve carts. Each vehicle used to retrieve carts must have a copy of the permit from the owner of the carts.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 977)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.860 - Wrongful possession, abandonment or alteration of cart or serial number.

1. Any person who:
(a) Knowingly possesses a cart that has been removed from the owner’s premises;
(b) Possesses a cart with the serial numbers removed, obliterated or altered with the intent to deprive the owner of the cart of its possession either temporarily or permanently;
(c) Leaves or abandons a cart at a location other than the owner’s premises with the intent to deprive the owner of its possession either temporarily or permanently;
(d) Alters, converts or tampers with a cart; or
(e) Removes, obliterates or alters the cart’s serial numbers,
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. This section does not apply to:
(a) The owner of the cart or the owner’s agents or employees;
(b) A customer of the retail store, laundry or establishment for dry cleaning who has written permission from the owner of the cart or the owner’s agents or employees to possess the cart or remove it from the premises; or
(c) The operator of a service to retrieve carts if the operator has complied with NRS 205.850.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 977)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.870 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 205.880 and 205.890, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Care" includes board, laundry, lodging, teaching, incidental materials and supplies, necessary articles of apparel or clothing and necessary medical, nursing or hospital service for which a child care establishment is liable.
2. "Child care establishment" includes any children’s home, day nursery, kindergarten, nursery school or other similar establishment however designated, maintained or operated for the care of children for compensation or hire.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1302)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.880 - Obtaining care for child in child care establishment with intent to defraud keeper or proprietor; penalty; exception.

1. Any person who obtains care for any child in any child care establishment with intent to defraud the keeper or proprietor of that establishment is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. This section does not apply where there has been an agreement in writing for delay in payment for a period exceeding 10 days.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1302)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.890 - Prima facie evidence of intent to defraud.

The obtaining of care for a child in a child care establishment by means of any false pretense or representation, knowingly made, or the refusal or willful neglect to pay for that care, or the giving in payment for that care of any negotiable paper on which payment is refused, or the removal of a child from such an establishment without paying or offering to pay for the child’s care, or the surreptitious removal or attempt to remove a child from that establishment, is prima facie evidence of intent to defraud the keeper or proprietor of that establishment.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 1302)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.900 - Unlawful use of hotel key; penalty.

1. Any person who has unauthorized possession of a key or other device used by a guest in a hotel or by the hotel to gain entrance to a room in a hotel, under circumstances which demonstrate the person’s intent to use or to allow the use of the device in the commission of a crime is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. As used in this section, "hotel" means every building used as or held out to the public to be a place where accommodations for sleeping or rooming are furnished to the public, either with or without meals.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 545)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.910 - Unlawful use of television or radio signals; unlawful manufacture or sale of devices to intercept or decode signals; penalty; exceptions.

1. Any person who without authority:
(a) Leads or attempts to lead from its uses or make use of the electrical signal or any portion thereof from any posts, wires, towers or other materials or fixtures employed in the construction or use of any line of a television coaxial cable or a microwave radio system;
(b) Attaches any device to a television receiver of any kind for the purpose of intercepting or decoding the transmission of any pay program of a multipoint distribution system in a manner not authorized by the system; or
(c) Knowingly or willfully and for profit manufactures, distributes or sells any device, kit or plan designed to intercept or decode the transmission of a multipoint distribution system in a manner not authorized by the system,
is guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to the interception by a person of any direct transmission of a television signal from a communication satellite if the person does not charge a fee for admission to view the television show.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 9; A 1965, 63; 1967, 507; 1979, 1448; 1981, 2058; 1985, 1828)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 205.470)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.920 - Obtaining or attempting to obtain telephone or telegraph service with intent to avoid payment; penalty.

1. It is unlawful for a person to obtain or attempt to obtain telephone or telegraph service with the intent to avoid payment for that service by himself or herself or to avoid payment for that service by any other person, by:
(a) Charging the service to an existing telephone number without authority of the subscriber, to a nonexistent telephone number or to a number associated with telephone service which is suspended or terminated after notice of suspension or termination has been given to the subscriber;
(b) Charging the service to a credit card without authority of the lawful holder, to a nonexistent credit card or to a revoked or cancelled, as distinguished from expired, credit card after notice of revocation or cancellation has been given to the holder;
(c) Using a code, prearranged scheme or other similar device to send or receive information;
(d) Rearranging, tampering with or making connection with any facilities or equipment, whether physically, electrically, acoustically, inductively or otherwise;
(e) Using any other deception, false token or other means to avoid payment for the service; or
(f) Concealing, or assisting another to conceal, from any telephone or telegraph company or from any lawful authority the existence or place of origin or destination of any message.
2. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. This section applies when the service involved either originates or terminates, or both originates and terminates, in the State of Nevada, or when the charges for the service would have been billable in the normal course by a person, firm or corporation providing the service in this state but for the fact that the service was obtained or attempted to be obtained by one or more of the means set forth in subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 324; A 1967, 507; 1979, 1449; 1989, 1438; 1993, 872, 1206; 1995, 1235; 1997, 492)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.930 - Manufacture, possession, sale or other disposition of equipment or information for obtaining telephone or telegraph service with intent to avoid payment; penalty.

1. It is unlawful to make or possess any instrument, apparatus or device or to sell, give or otherwise transfer to another or to offer or advertise for sale any instrument, apparatus, device or information, or plans or instructions for making or assembling such equipment, with knowledge or reason to believe that it is intended to be used to obtain telephone or telegraph service with intent to avoid payment therefor by any of the means listed in paragraph (c), (d) or (f) of subsection 1 of NRS 205.920, or to represent or imply that it may lawfully be so used.
2. A person who violates any of the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 325; A 1967, 508; 1993, 1206; 1997, 493)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.940 - Conversion of rented or leased personal property; penalty; defenses to civil action.

1. Any person who in renting or leasing any personal property obtains or retains possession of such personal property by means of any false or fraudulent representation, fraudulent concealment, false pretense or personation, trick, artifice or device, including, but not limited to, a false representation as to his or her name, residence, employment or operator’s license, is guilty of larceny and shall be punished as provided in NRS 205.2175 to 205.2705, inclusive. It is a complete defense to any civil action arising out of or involving the arrest or detention of any person renting or leasing personal property that any representation made by the person in obtaining or retaining possession of the personal property is contrary to the fact.
2. Any person who, after renting or leasing any personal property under an agreement in writing which provides for the return of the personal property to a particular place at a particular time fails to return the personal property to such place within the time specified, and who, with the intent to defraud the lessor or to retain possession of such property without the lessor’s permission, thereafter fails to return such property to any place of business of the lessor within 72 hours after a written demand for the return of such property is made upon the person by registered mail addressed to his or her address as shown in the written agreement, or in the absence of such address, to his or her last known place of residence, is guilty of larceny and shall be punished as provided in NRS 205.2175 to 205.2705, inclusive. The failure to return the personal property to the place specified in the agreement is prima facie evidence of an intent to defraud the lessor or to retain possession of such property without the lessor’s permission. It is a complete defense to any civil action arising out of or involving the arrest or detention of any person upon whom such demand was made that the person failed to return the personal property to any place of business of the lessor within 20 days after such demand.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1017; A 1997, 345; 2009, 1243; 2019, 4440)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.950 - Unlawful receipt of fee, salary, deposit or money to obtain loan for another; penalties.

1. It is unlawful for a person to receive an advance fee, salary, deposit or money to obtain a loan for another unless the person places the advance fee, salary, deposit or money in escrow pending completion of the loan or a commitment for the loan.
2. Advance payments to cover reasonably estimated costs paid to third persons are excluded from the provisions of subsection 1 if the person making them first signs a written agreement which specifies the estimated costs by item and the estimated aggregate cost, and which recites that money advanced for costs will not be refunded. If an itemized service is not performed and the estimated cost thereof is not refunded, the recipient of the advance payment is subject to the penalties provided in subsection 3.
3. A person who violates the provisions of this section:
(a) Is guilty of a misdemeanor if the amount is less than $1,200; or
(b) Is guilty of a category D felony if the amount is $1,200 or more and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 618; A 1979, 1396; 1989, 1439; 1991, 179; 1995, 1236; 1997, 519; 2011, 171; 2019, 4440)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.960 - Qualified intermediaries of clients with certain property: Unlawful acts; criminal penalty; civil penalty.

1. It is unlawful for a person to enter into an agreement to act as a qualified intermediary, as defined in 26 C.F.R. § 1.1031(k)-1(g)(4), for a client whose relinquished property is located in this State unless:
(a) The proceeds from the disposition of the relinquished property are deposited into a qualified escrow account or qualified trust as defined in 26 C.F.R. § 1.1031(k)-1(g)(3).
(b) The money is held in such a manner that it may not be withdrawn from the qualified escrow account or qualified trust without the written approval of the intermediary and the client.
2. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. In addition to any other penalty imposed, the court shall order a person who violates subsection 1 to pay a civil penalty of not less than $10,000. The money so collected:
(a) Must not be deducted from any penal fine imposed by the court;
(b) Must be stated separately on the court’s docket; and
(c) Must be remitted forthwith to the Commissioner of Financial Institutions.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2021; A 1995, 668, 1236; 2007, 3120)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.965 - Unlawful possession, making, altering, forgery or counterfeiting of sales receipt or inventory pricing label; penalties.

1. A person shall not, with the intent to cheat or defraud a retailer, possess, make, alter, forge or counterfeit any sales receipt or inventory pricing label.
2. Unless a greater penalty is imposed by a specific statute and except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person who violates any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. Unless a greater penalty is imposed by a specific statute, a person who violates any provision of subsection 1 and who possesses 15 or more fraudulent sales receipts or inventory pricing labels is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
4. As used in this section, "inventory pricing label" includes, without limitation, any written or electronic record or label used by a retailer to identify, inventory or price any product or item it offers for sale.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 833)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.970 - Unlawful possession, manufacture, sale or distribution of theft detection shielding device or theft detection device deactivator; penalty.

1. A person shall not, with the intent to commit, aid or abet a theft, possess any theft detection shielding device or theft detection device deactivator.
2. A person shall not, with the intent to commit, aid or abet a theft, manufacture, sell or distribute any theft detection shielding device or theft detection device deactivator.
3. A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Theft detection device deactivator" includes, without limitation, any tool or device designed to allow, or capable of allowing, the deactivation or removal of a theft detection device from any merchandise.
(b) "Theft detection shielding device" includes, without limitation, any laminated or coated bag or device intended to shield merchandise from detection by an electronic or magnetic theft detector.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 834)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.975 - Mail theft; penalties; definitions.

1. A person commits the crime of mail theft if the person:
(a) Knowingly, willfully and with the intent to deprive, injure, damage or defraud another:
(1) Takes, destroys, hides or embezzles mail; or
(2) Obtains any mail by fraud or deception;
(b) Buys, receives, conceals or possesses:
(1) Mail and knows or reasonably should know that the mail was unlawfully taken or obtained;
(2) Any key suited to any lock adopted by the United States Postal Service that provides access to any mail receptacle in any neighborhood or apartment panel used for the purpose of centralized mail; or
(3) A counterfeit device or key designed to provide access to a lock described in subparagraph (2); or
(c) Knowingly, willfully and with the intent to steal any mail inside, damages, opens, tears down, takes or destroys any mail receptacle.
2. A person who violates any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
3. As used in this section:
(a) "Mail" means any letter, postal card, parcel, package, bag or other material, along with its contents, that:
(1) Has postage affixed by the postal customer or postal service;
(2) Has been accepted for delivery by the postal service;
(3) The postal customer leaves for collection by the postal service; or
(4) The postal service delivers to the postal customer.
(b) "Mail receptacle" means a mailbox, post office box, rural box, letter box, lock drawer or any place or area intended or used by postal customers or a postal service for the collection, deposit or delivery of mail.
(c) "Postal service" means the United States Postal Service or a private common mail carrier.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 1185)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property › NRS 205.980 - Determination of value of loss from crime; notice to victim; order of restitution deemed judgment to collect damages.

1. A person who is convicted of violating any provision of NRS 205.060 or 205.2175 to 205.2705, inclusive, is civilly liable for the value of any property stolen and not recovered in its original condition. The value of the property must be determined by its retail value or fair market value at the time the crime was committed, whichever is greater.
2. A person who is convicted of any other crime involving damage to property is civilly liable for the amount of damage done to the property.
3. The prosecutor shall notify the victim concerning the disposition of the criminal charges against the defendant within 30 days after the disposition. The notice must be sent to the last known address of the victim.
4. An order of restitution signed by the judge in whose court the conviction was entered shall be deemed a judgment against the defendant for the purpose of collecting damages.
5. Nothing in this section prohibits a victim from recovering additional damages from the defendant.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 77; A 2009, 1244; 2019, 4441)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205A - Technological Crime Advisory Board › NRS 205A.030 - "Technological crime" defined.

"Technological crime" means the commission of, attempt to commit or conspiracy to commit any crime that involves, directly or indirectly, any component, device, equipment, system or network that, alone or in conjunction with any other component, device, equipment, system or network, is designed or has the capability to:
1. Be programmed; or
2. Generate, process, store, retrieve, convey, emit, transmit, receive, relay, record or reproduce any data, information, image, program, signal or sound in a technological format, including, without limitation, a format that involves analog, digital, electronic, electromagnetic, magnetic or optical technology.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2701; A 2007, 206)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205A - Technological Crime Advisory Board › NRS 205A.040 - Creation; membership; terms of members; election of Chair and Vice Chair; vacancies; members serve without compensation; members holding public office or employed by governmental entity.

1. The Technological Crime Advisory Board is hereby created.
2. The Board consists of 13 members as follows:
(a) The Attorney General.
(b) The Chief of the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the Office of the Governor.
(c) One member of the Senate appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate.
(d) One member of the Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(e) Nine other persons appointed by the Governor as follows:
(1) Two or more persons who represent major sectors of the economy of this State that are impacted significantly by technological crimes.
(2) One or more persons who are employees of a law enforcement agency of this State.
(3) One or more persons who are employees of a public educational institution within this State.
(4) One or more persons who are residents of this State and who are employed by the Federal Government.
3. Each member of the Board who is appointed to the Board serves for a term of 4 years. A vacancy on the Board in an appointed position must be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. A member may be reappointed to the Board.
4. The members of the Board shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair by majority vote. After the initial election, the Chair and Vice Chair shall hold office for a term of 1 year beginning on July 1 of each year. If the position of Chair or Vice Chair becomes vacant, the members of the Board shall elect a Chair or Vice Chair, as appropriate, from among its members for the remainder of the unexpired term.
5. The members of the Board:
(a) Serve without compensation; and
(b) May, upon written request, receive the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally while engaged in the business of the Board.
6. A member of the Board who is an officer or employee of this State or a political subdivision of this State must be relieved from duties without loss of regular compensation so that the officer or employee may prepare for and attend meetings of the Board and perform any work necessary to carry out the duties of the Board in the most timely manner practicable. A state agency or political subdivision of this State shall not require an officer or employee who is a member of the Board to make up the time the officer or employee is absent from work to carry out duties as a member of the Board or use annual vacation or compensatory time for the absence.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2701; A 2007, 206; 2023, 3556)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 205A - Technological Crime Advisory Board › NRS 205A.050 - Meetings; designation of representative; quorum; effect of membership upon holding public office or public employment.

1. The Board shall meet at least once every quarter and at the times and places specified by a call of the Chair or a majority of the members of the Board.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a member of the Board may designate in writing a person to represent him or her at a meeting of the Board if it is impractical for the member of the Board to attend the meeting. A representative who has been so designated:
(a) Shall be deemed to be a member of the Board for the purpose of determining a quorum at the meeting; and
(b) May vote on any matter that is voted on by the regular members of the Board at the meeting.
3. The Attorney General may designate a representative to serve in his or her place on the Board or attend a meeting of the Board in his or her place. The Chief of the Office of the Chief Information Officer within the Office of the Governor may designate a representative to serve in his or her place on the Board or attend a meeting of the Board in his or her place.
4. Seven members of the Board constitute a quorum. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 205A.070 and 205A.080, a quorum may exercise all the power and authority conferred on the Board.
5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member of the Board:
(a) Is not disqualified from public employment or holding a public office because of membership on the Board; and
(b) Does not forfeit public office or public employment because of membership on the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2702; A 2007, 207; 2023, 3557)