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NRS 205.570 - Obtaining or negotiating document of title for goods with intent to defraud. [Effective July 1, 2020.]

NV Rev Stat § 205.570 (2019) (N/A)
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A person who, with the intent to defraud, obtains a negotiable document of title for goods to which the person does not have title, or which are subject to a security interest, and negotiates the document for value, without disclosing the want of title or the existence of the security interest, shall be punished:

1. Where the value of the goods purported to be covered by the document of title 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.

2. Where the value is less than $1,200, for a misdemeanor.

(Added to NRS by 1965, 927; A 1967, 511; 1979, 1450; 1989, 1439; 1995, 1230; 2011, 171; 2019, 4438, effective July 1, 2020)

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