Nev. Rev. Stat. § 197.200
Oppression under color of office
Nevada · Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 197 — Crimes by and Against the Executive Power of This State · Status: effective
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- Nev. Rev. Stat. § 197.200, Oppression under color of office, Nevada, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2088926
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1. An officer, or a person pretending to be an officer, who unlawfully and maliciously, under pretense or color of official authority:
(a) Arrests or detains a person against the person’s will;
(b) Seizes or levies upon another’s property;
(c) Dispossesses another of any lands or tenements; or
(d) Does any act whereby the person, property or rights of another person are injured,
Ê commits oppression.
2. An officer or person committing oppression shall be punished:
(a) Where physical force or the immediate threat of physical force is used, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
(b) Where no physical force or immediate threat of physical force is used, for a gross misdemeanor.