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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 197.200

Oppression under color of office

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NRS 197.200  Oppression under color of office.

      1.  An officer, or a person pretending to be an officer, who unlawfully and maliciously, under pretense or color of official authority:

      (a) Arrests or detains a person against the person’s will;

      (b) Seizes or levies upon another’s property;

      (c) Dispossesses another of any lands or tenements; or

      (d) Does any act whereby the person, property or rights of another person are injured,

Ê commits oppression.

      2.  An officer or person committing oppression shall be punished:

      (a) Where physical force or the immediate threat of physical force is used, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.

      (b) Where no physical force or immediate threat of physical force is used, for a gross misdemeanor.

      [1911 C&P § 541; RL § 6806; NCL § 10487]—(NRS A 1967, 462; 1995, 1172)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1993–2025 · leading case: Raymond Watison v. Mary Carter
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Raymond Watison v. Mary Carter (2012) ca9 · cites it 2× “We reverse the court’s dismissal of Watison’s First Amendment retalia- tion claims against Associate Warden Carter and Officers Rosa Rodriguez, LaGier, and Santos, and remand those claims for further proceedings.”
Collins v. Palczewski (1993) nvd · cites it 11× “NRS § 197.200 is not the type of criminal statute contemplated within this narrowly created exception.”
Jordan v. State Ex Rel. Department of Motor Vehicles & Public Safety (2005) nev · cites it 2× “Oppression while using physical force This claim was purportedly made under NRS 197.200, which makes it a criminal offense for an officer to unlawfully and maliciously, under pretense or color of official authority, commit oppression by arresting or detaining another against his…”
Las Vegas Police Protective Ass'n Metro, Inc. v. Eighth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada Ex Rel. County of (2006) nev · cites it 2× “[9] For instance, the citizen complaint effectively alleges that the officers committed oppression under the color of law, as set forth in NRS 197.200; false imprisonment under NRS 200.”
Whitehead v. Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline (1994) nev · cites it 2× “170 Extortion of public officer — a felony NRS 197.200(2) (b) Oppression under color of office — a gross misdemeanor NRS 199.”
Barngrover v. Fourth Judicial District Court (1999) nev · cites it 3× “” No indictment or presentment accompanied the report. The report was critical of the manner in which the IMC issue had been resolved.”
Skinner v. Reed (2025) nvd · cites it 3× “Nev. Rev. Stat § 197.200 10 The supplemental jurisdiction statute provides that, “in any civil action of which the 11 district courts have original jurisdiction, the district courts shall have supplemental jurisdiction 12 over all other claims that are so related to claims in…”
Ingram v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (2024) nvd · cites it 2× “3d 30, 48 (2005) (finding that 8 NRS 197.200, which makes it a criminal offense for “an officer to unlawfully and maliciously, 9 under pretense or color of official authority, commit oppression by arresting or detaining another 10 against his will,” does not create a civil cause…”
Kohli v. Dayal (2024) nvd “2005) (finding that NRS 197.200—which 6 makes it a criminal offense for an officer to unlawfully and maliciously, under pretense or color 7 of official authority, commit oppression by arresting or detaining another against his will—did 8 not create a civil cause of action),…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 197.200(1) — 1 case
Barngrover v. Fourth Judicial District Court (1999) nev “” No indictment or presentment accompanied the report. The report was critical of the manner in which the IMC issue had been resolved.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 197.200(2) — 1 case
Whitehead v. Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline (1994) nev “170 Extortion of public officer — a felony NRS 197.200(2) (b) Oppression under color of office — a gross misdemeanor NRS 199.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 197.200(2)(b) — 1 case
Whitehead v. Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline (1994) nev “170 Extortion of public officer — a felony NRS 197.200(2) (b) Oppression under color of office — a gross misdemeanor NRS 199.”
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