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NRS 268.019 - Power to impose civil liability instead of criminal sanction.

NV Rev Stat § 268.019 (2019) (N/A)
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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the governing body of an incorporated city may by ordinance provide that the violation of a particular ordinance of such governing body imposes a civil liability to the city in an amount not to exceed $500 instead of a criminal sanction.

2. The governing body of an incorporated city may by ordinance provide that a violation of an ordinance adopted by the governing body pursuant to NRS 268.4122 by the owner of commercial property imposes a civil liability to the city in an amount not to exceed $1,000 instead of a criminal sanction.

(Added to NRS by 1973, 1781; A 2005, 1382)

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