Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.001
Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 206.003, 206.005 and 206.007 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 206 — Malicious Mischief
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Provisions
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.003
“Estray” defined
“Estray” means any livestock running at large upon public or private lands in this State whose owner is unknown in the section where the animal is found.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.005
“Graffiti” defined
1. “Graffiti” means any unauthorized inscription, word, figure or design that is marked, etched, scratched, drawn, painted on or affixed to the public or private property, real or personal, of another, including, without limitation, an estray or one or more head of livestock, which defaces the property. 2. The term doe…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.007
“Livestock” defined
“Livestock” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 205.219.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.010
Destruction or damage of property by unlawful assembly
Whenever any persons unlawfully assembled pull down, damage or destroy any dwelling house or other building, or any shop, steamboat, vessel or other property, they severally are guilty of a public offense proportionate to the value of the property damaged or destroyed.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.015
Destruction or damage of crops, gardens, trees or shrubs
Every person who willfully and maliciously: 1. Cuts down, destroys or injures, other than by burning, any wood, timber, grain, grass or crop, standing or growing, or which has been cut down and is lying upon the lands of another, or of the State; 2. Cuts down, laps, girdles or otherwise injures or destroys, other than…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.040
Entering property with intention to damage or destroy property
Every person who willfully and maliciously enters, without the consent of the owner or occupant, any real property of another under circumstances not amounting to a burglary, with intent to take, injure or destroy any real or personal property there situated, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.045
Removing, concealing or destroying real property with intention to defraud secured party
1. A person who occupies real property, including a person with an ownership interest in the real property, who has personal knowledge of the pendency of an action for the foreclosure of a mortgage upon real property or a proceeding for the judicial or other foreclosure of a deed of trust given to secure a loan made to…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.125
Damage of property used for purpose of religion, for burial or memorializing of dead, for education, as transportation facility, as public transportation vehicle or as community center; damage of personal property contained therein; penalties; restitution
1. Unless a greater penalty is provided by law, a person who knowingly vandalizes, places graffiti on, defaces or otherwise damages: (a) Any church, synagogue or other building, structure or place used for religious worship or other religious purpose; (b) Any cemetery, mortuary or other facility used for the purpose of…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.140
Nuisance in building; trespass upon grounds; disturbing assembly
Every person who: 1. Commits any nuisance in any building, public or private; 2. Commits any trespass upon the grounds attached thereto, or any fixtures placed thereon, or any enclosure or sidewalk about the building; or 3. In any manner interferes with or disturbs those peaceably assembled within the building, Ê shall…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.150
Killing, maiming, disfiguring or poisoning animal of another person; killing estray or livestock
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, any person who willfully and maliciously kills, maims or disfigures any animal belonging to another, or exposes any poison or noxious substance with intent that it should be taken by the animal is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.160
Leading or driving horse away without authority
Every person who shall willfully and maliciously: 1. Untie, unfasten or liberate, without authority, the horse or team of another; or 2. Lead, ride or drive away, without authority, the horse or team of another from the place where left by the owner or person in charge thereof, Ê shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.200
Posting of bills, signs or posters unlawful
Any person who shall willfully, unlawfully or maliciously: 1. Without the consent of the owner, agent or occupant of the premises or property herein mentioned, deface, disfigure or cover up any fruit tree or ornamental tree, fence, wall, house, shop or building, the property of another, by pasting upon, or in any way f…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.220
Removal, alteration or destruction of monuments or landmarks designating boundaries
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, every person who willfully or maliciously: (a) Removes any monument of stone, wood or other durable material erected, or post or stake fixed or driven in the ground, for the purpose of designating the corner, or any other point, in the boundary of this state or any polit…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.260
Fraudulent and malicious destruction of writings
A person who fraudulently or maliciously tears, burns, effaces, cuts, or in any other way destroys, with the intent to defraud, prejudice or injure any person or body corporate: 1. Any deed, lease, bond, will, or any other sealed writing; 2. Any bank bill or note, check, warrant or certificate for the payment of money…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.270
Defacing proclamations and notices
1. If any person shall intentionally deface, obliterate, tear down or destroy, in whole or in part, any copy or transcript, or extract from or of any law of the United States, or of this state, or any proclamation, advertisement or notification, set up at any place in this state by authority of any law of the United St…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.280
Tampering with papers
Every person who shall willfully or maliciously and with intent to injure another destroy, alter, erase, obliterate or conceal any letter, telegraph message, book or record of account, or any writing or instrument by which any claim, privilege, right, obligation or authority, or any right or title to property, real or…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.290
Opening or publishing sealed letter or telegram
Every person who shall: 1. Willfully open or read, or cause to be read, any sealed letter, message or telegram, not addressed to such person, without being authorized so to do either by the writer of the same or by the person to whom it shall be addressed, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 2. Maliciously publish the wh…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.300
False signals endangering cars, vessels or motors
A person who, in such a manner as might, if not discovered, endanger a vessel, railway engine, motor, train or car, shows, masks, extinguishes, alters or removes any light or signal, or exhibits any false light or signal, shall be punished: 1. Where physical injury or property damage results therefrom, for a category B…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.310
Injury to other property
1. Every person who shall willfully or maliciously destroy or injure any real or personal property of another, for the destruction or injury of which no special punishment is otherwise specially prescribed, shall be guilty of a public offense proportionate to the value of the property affected or the loss resulting fro…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.320
Unlawful removal of petrified wood from posted or designated sites; duties of certain officers
1. The Board of Museums and History may, by itself or by its designated representative, post or otherwise properly designate a site containing petrified wood deemed of sufficient importance to preserve in its natural state. 2. It is unlawful to disturb or remove any petrified wood from a designated site. 3. Any violati…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.330
Placing graffiti on or otherwise defacing property: Fines and penalties; restitution; parent or guardian responsible for fines and penalties if person violating section is under age of 18 years; suspension of driver’s license
1. Unless a greater criminal penalty is provided by a specific statute, a person who places graffiti on or otherwise defaces the public or private property, real or personal, of another, without the permission of the owner: (a) Where the value of the loss is less than $250, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Where the val…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.335
Carrying graffiti implement at certain locations with intent to vandalize, place graffiti on or deface property
1. Any person who carries on his or her person a graffiti implement with the intent to vandalize, place graffiti on or otherwise deface public or private property, real or personal, of another: (a) While on or under any overpass or bridge or in any flood channel; (b) At any public facility, community center, park, play…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.340
Graffiti Reward Account created; administrative assessment to be imposed for certain violations; use of money in Account
1. The Graffiti Reward Account is hereby created in the State General Fund. 2. When a defendant pleads or is found guilty of violating NRS 206.125, 206.330 or 206.335, the court shall include an administrative assessment of $250 for each violation in addition to any other fine or penalty. The money collected must be pa…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.345
Counseling; person or entity to be paid if restitution is ordered for violation of NRS 206.125 or 206.330; civil action
1. A court may, in addition to any other fine or penalty imposed, order a person who places graffiti on or otherwise defaces public or private property in violation of NRS 206.125 or 206.330 to participate in counseling, and if the person is less than 18 years of age, order the parent or legal guardian of the person to…