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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 193.019 (2026)

“Officer” and “public officer” defined

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NRS 193.019  “Officer” and “public officer” defined.  “Officer” and “public officer” include all officers, members and employees of:

      1.  The State of Nevada;

      2.  Any political subdivision of this State;

      3.  Any other special district, public corporation or quasi-public corporation of this State; and

      4.  Any agency, board or commission established by this State or any of its political subdivisions,

Ê and all persons exercising or assuming to exercise any of the powers or functions of a public officer.

      [Part 1911 C&P § 29; RL § 6294; NCL § 9978]—(NRS A 1973, 355; 1983, 815; 1985, 510)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1985–2012 · leading case: Mazzeo v. Gibbons, 649 F. Supp. 2d 1182 (D. Nev. 2009).
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Mazzeo v. Gibbons, 649 F. Supp. 2d 1182 (D. Nev. 2009). “520; see also NRS 193.019(2) & 280.080, and disclosure of the identity of the victim of sexual assault, NRS 200.”
Walker v. State, 720 P.2d 700 (Nev. 1986). “A prison guard is an employee of the State of Nevada and therefore a public officer as defined by NRS 193.019. See NRS 193.010. In the instant case the testimony of some of the other prison inmates could have led a reasonable jury to conclude that Walker merely resisted Jacobs…”
State v. Rhodig, 707 P.2d 549 (Nev. 1985). “NRS 193.019 (definition of public officer); State v.”
United States v. Manzo, 851 F. Supp. 2d 797 (D.N.J. 2012). “while a public servant,” he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept a bribe, and not naming candidates in its definition of "public servant”) (emphasis added); Nevada: Nev.Rev.Stat. §§ 193.019, 197.030, 197.040 (proscribing bribe receipt by any "executive or administrative officer…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 193.019(2) — 1 case
Mazzeo v. Gibbons, 649 F. Supp. 2d 1182 (D. Nev. 2009). “520; see also NRS 193.019(2) & 280.080, and disclosure of the identity of the victim of sexual assault, NRS 200.”
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