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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 179.455 (2026)

“Wire communication” defined

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NRS 179.455  “Wire communication” defined.  “Wire communication” means any aural transfer made in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the transmission of communications by the aid of wire, cable or other like connection between the point of origin and the point of reception, including the use of such connection in a switching station, furnished or operated by any person engaged in providing or operating such facilities for the transmission of intrastate, interstate or foreign communications.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 1743; A 2015, 2489)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1976–2015 · leading case: Summers v. State, 718 P.2d 676 (Nev. 1986).
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Summers v. State, 718 P.2d 676 (Nev. 1986). “2 NRS 179.455 defines “Wire communication” as: [A]ny communication made in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the transmission of communications by the aid of wire, cable or other like connection between the point of origin and the point of reception furnished or…”
Sharpe (phillip) Vs. State, 2015 NV 32 (Nev. 2015). · cites it 14× “Once passed, Senate Bill 262 provided for Nevada's wiretap statutes and introduced the two statutes at issue in this appeal, what are today NRS 179.455 and NRS 179.460. See 1973 Nev.”
State v. Bonds, 550 P.2d 409 (Nev. 1976). “” 4 NRS 179.455 reads: “ ‘Wire communication’ means any communication made in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the transmission of communications by the aid of wire, cable or other like connection between the point of origin and the point of reception furnished…”
Sharpe (phillip) Vs. State, 2015 NV 32 (Nev. 2015). · cites it 7× “Once passed, Senate Bill 262 provided for Nevada's wiretap statutes and introduced the two statutes at issue in this appeal, what are today NRS 179.455 and NRS 179.460. See 1973 Nev.”
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