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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 197.090 (2026)

Interfering with public officer

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NRS 197.090  Interfering with public officer.  Except under circumstances where a greater penalty is provided in NRS 200.481, any person who, by means of any threat, force or violence, attempts to deter or prevent any executive or administrative officer from performing any duty imposed upon the officer by law, or who knowingly resists by force or violence any executive or administrative officer in the performance of the officer’s duty, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

      [1911 C&P § 64; RL § 6329; NCL § 10013]—(NRS A 1981, 11)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1969–2025 · leading case: State v. Javier C., 289 P.3d 1194 (Nev. 2012).
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State v. Javier C., 289 P.3d 1194 (Nev. 2012). “485, a person convicted of a battery, other than a battery committed by an adult upon a child which constitutes child abuse, shall be punished: (a) If the battery is not committed with a deadly weapon, and no substantial bodily harm to the victim results, except under…”
Colle v. State, 454 P.2d 21 (Nev. 1969). · cites it 3× “: John Ernest Colle was tried by jury and convicted of interfering with a public officer in the performance of his duty, a violation of NRS 197.090, 1 which offense is a gross misdemeanor.”
Colle v. State, 455 P.2d 917 (Nev. 1969). “Colle had been earlier tried and convicted in the district court for a violation of NRS 197.090 (interfering with a police officer in the performance of his duties), which offense is a gross misdemeanor.”
Anderson (D. Nev. 2025). · cites it 2× “officer from performing any duty 16 imposed upon the officer by law, or who knowingly resists by force or violence any 17 executive .”
LaChance v. Wickham (D. Nev. 2021). “Consequently, 1 under circumstances where a greater penalty is provided in this section or NRS 197.090, for a misdemeanor. 2 (b) If the battery is not committed with a deadly weapon, and 3 either substantial bodily harm to the victim results or the battery is committed by…”
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