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NRS 205.2705 - Use of unlawful coin or cheating device in vending machine, telephone or other coin operated device prohibited; penalty.

NV Rev Stat § 205.2705 (2019) (N/A)
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1. It is unlawful for any person, in using any lawful vending machine, coin box, telephone or other receptacle designed to receive or be operated by lawful coin of the United States of America in furtherance of or in connection with the sale, use or enjoyment of property or service:

(a) To use other than lawful coin, legal tender of the United States of America, or coin not of the same denomination as the coin intended to be used in such device; or

(b) To use or have on his or her person any cheating or thieving device to facilitate removing from any lawful vending machine, coin box, telephone or other receptacle any part of the contents thereof.

2. Every person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 446)

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