Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 199.130 (2026)

False affidavit or complaint to effect arrest or search

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NRS 199.130  False affidavit or complaint to effect arrest or search.

      1.  A person who makes, executes or signs or causes to be made, executed or signed, any false or fictitious affidavit, complaint, deposition, or other instrument in writing before any officer or person authorized to administer oaths, for the purpose or with the intent of securing a warrant for the arrest of any other person, or for the purpose of securing a warrant for the searching of the premises, goods, chattels or effects, or of seizing the goods, chattels or effects, or of seizing anything in the possession of any other person, is guilty of perjury which is a category D felony.

      2.  A person who commits any of the acts or offenses defined or set out in subsection 1 shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

      [1:10:1925; NCL § 10526] + [3:10:1925; NCL § 10528]—(NRS A 1967, 464; 1979, 1420; 1995, 1174)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1961–2024 · leading case: Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961).
Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961). · cites it 2× “, 1947, § 94-35-122; Nev. Rev. Stat. §§ 199.130 , 199.140; N. J.”
Mapp v. Ohio, 86 Ohio Law. Abs. 513 (1961). “, 1947, §94-35-122; Nev. Rev. Stat. §§199.130 , 199.140; N. J.”
Ingram v. Las Vegas Metro. Police Dep't (D. Nev. 2024). · cites it 2× “§ 249 , NRS § 199.130, NRS 24 § 197.200, NRS § 199.”
Palmieri v. Clark Cnty., 2015 NV 102 (Nev. 2015). “Arguably, the information the Informant provided could have subjected the Informant to prosecution for perjury, a category D felony under NRS 199.130, for "caus [in& to be made, executed or signed, any false or fictitious affidavit, .”
Palmieri Vs. Clark Co., 2015 NV 102 (Nev. 2015). “Arguably, the information the Informant provided could have subjected the Informant to prosecution for perjury, a category D felony under NRS 199.130, for "caus[ing] to be made, executed or signed, any false or fictitious affidavit.”
Palmieri v. Clark Cnty. (Nev. 2015). “Arguably, the information the Informant provided could have subjected the Informant to prosecution for perjury, a category D felony under NRS 199.130, for "caus[ing] to be made, executed or signed, any false or fictitious affidavit.”
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