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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 205.445

Defrauding proprietor of hotel, inn, restaurant, motel or similar establishment

Nevada · Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 205 — Crimes Against Property · Status: effective

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 205.445, Defrauding proprietor of hotel, inn, restaurant, motel or similar establishment, Nevada, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2089830
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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.