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NRS 459.595 - False statement, representation or certification; tampering with device.

NV Rev Stat § 459.595 (2019) (N/A)
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Any person who:

1. Knowingly makes any false statement, representation or certification on any application, record, report, manifest, plan or other document filed or required to be maintained by any provision of NRS 459.400 to 459.560, inclusive, NRS 459.590 or by any regulation adopted or permit or order issued pursuant to those sections; or

2. Falsifies, tampers with or knowingly renders inaccurate any device or method for continuing observation required by a provision of NRS 459.400 to 459.560, inclusive, or by any regulation adopted or permit or order issued pursuant to those sections,

is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 364 days, or by a fine of not more than $25,000, or by both fine and imprisonment. Each day the false document remains uncorrected or a device or method described in subsection 2 remains inaccurate constitutes a separate violation of this section for purposes of determining the maximum fine.

(Added to NRS by 1981, 887; A 1985, 904; 1991, 830; 2013, 988)

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