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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.510

Definition; penalties; truth may be given in evidence; jury to determine law and fact

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NRS 200.510  Definition; penalties; truth may be given in evidence; jury to determine law and fact.

      1.  A libel is a malicious defamation, expressed by printing, writing, signs, pictures or the like, tending to blacken the memory of the dead, or to impeach the honesty, integrity, virtue, or reputation, or to publish the natural defects of a living person or persons, or community of persons, or association of persons, and thereby to expose them to public hatred, contempt or ridicule.

      2.  Every person, whether the writer or publisher, convicted of the offense is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

      3.  In all prosecutions for libel the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and, if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true and was published for good motive and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted, and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.

      [1911 C&P § 163; A 1915, 423; 1919 RL § 6428; NCL § 10110]—(NRS A 1967, 473)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 19 cases (13 in the last 5 years), 1994–2025 · leading case: Bongiovi v. Sullivan
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Bongiovi v. Sullivan (2006) nev · cites it 4× “Bongiovi also incorrectly compared the punitive damages award to the criminal punishment and fine available under the criminal libel statute, NRS 200.510, as supporting that the punitive damages award was excessive.”
Wynn v. Smith (2001) nev · cites it 4× “NRS 200.510(1). The statute further provides that "[e]very person, whether the writer or publisher, convicted of the offense is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.”
Phillips v. State (2005) nev · cites it 6× “" However, criminal libel is defined in NRS 200.510, [9] which states: 1. A libel is a malicious defamation, expressed by printing, writing, signs, pictures or the like, tending .”
Whitehead v. Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline (1994) nev · cites it 2× “320 Inducing lawsuit — a misdemeanor NRS 200.510 Criminal libel — a gross misdemeanor NRS 200.”
Sykes v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department of Clark County Nevada (2021) nvd · cites it 3× “Plaintiff has alleged that: (1) Officer Hunt wrote a false statement that Plaintiff 10 unlawfully called 911 in the police report and that a Roe record keeping agency published a false 11 statement about Plaintiff’s status as a twelve-time felon; (2) Officer Hunt published the…”
Sykes v. Henderson Police Department (2022) nvd · cites it 2× “Accordingly, the Court recommends dismissal of 24 Plaintiff’s § 1986 claim against the HPD without prejudice and with leave to amend.”
Sykes v. Henderson Police Department (2023) nvd · cites it 2× “2019) (citation omitted); see also NRS § 200.510(1) (defining libel). 4 Defamation may be stated based on the content of a police report if Plaintiff can identify a specific 5 statement contained in the report that is alleged to be false.”
Sykes v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department of Clark County Nevada (2023) nvd · cites it 2× “2019) (quotation omitted); see also 15 Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.510 (1) (defining libel).”
Motley v. J. Manzanedo 17753 (2024) nvd · cites it 2× “2019); see also Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.510 (1) (defining libel).”
Ellerbe v. Tuscan Highlands Apartments (2024) nvd · cites it 2× “2019); see also Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.510 (1) (defining libel).”
Ellerbe v. Tuscan Highlands LLC (2025) nvd · cites it 2× “2019); see also Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.510 (1) (defining libel).”
Danam v. Elaine Kelley (2019) nvd “25 Plaintiff appears to claim he was wrongfully terminated from his employment as a third 26 grade teacher by Elaine Kelley, Principal of Somerset Academy Aliante Charter School.”
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— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.510(1) — 8 cases
Wynn v. Smith (2001) nev “NRS 200.510(1). The statute further provides that "[e]very person, whether the writer or publisher, convicted of the offense is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.”
Sykes v. Henderson Police Department (2022) nvd “Accordingly, the Court recommends dismissal of 24 Plaintiff’s § 1986 claim against the HPD without prejudice and with leave to amend.”
Sykes v. Henderson Police Department (2023) nvd “2019) (citation omitted); see also NRS § 200.510(1) (defining libel). 4 Defamation may be stated based on the content of a police report if Plaintiff can identify a specific 5 statement contained in the report that is alleged to be false.”
Watson v. City of Henderson (2021) nvd
Sykes v. Henderson Police Department (2022) nvd
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.510(2) — 1 case
Wynn v. Smith (2001) nev “NRS 200.510(1). The statute further provides that "[e]very person, whether the writer or publisher, convicted of the offense is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.”
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