Nevada Revised Statutes
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 202.840 (2026)
Bomb threats prohibited; penalties
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NRS 202.840 Bomb threats prohibited; penalties. A
person who through the use of the mail, written note, telephone, telegraph,
radio broadcast or other means of communication, willfully makes any threat, or
maliciously conveys false information knowing it to be false, concerning an
attempt or alleged attempt being made, or to be made, to kill, injure or intimidate
any person or unlawfully to damage or destroy any building, vehicle, aircraft
or other real or personal property by means of any explosive, bomb, spring trap
or mechanism known or commonly thought to be dangerous to human life, limb or
safety is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment
in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum
term of not more than 6 years, and may be further punished by a fine of not
more than $5,000.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1282; A 1973, 552; 1979, 1436; 1995, 1211)
REPORTING OF CERTAIN OFFENSES AGAINST CHILDREN
Notes of Decisions
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case, 1984–1984 · leading case: Hargrove v. State, 686 P.2d 222 (Nev. 1984).
Hargrove v. State, 686 P.2d 222 (Nev. 1984). “1 On February 1, 1982, appellant entered a plea of guilty to one count of making a bomb threat, NRS 202.840. In exchange, the state agreed to dismiss a second and more serious charge of unlawful transportation of explosives, and agreed not to seek enhanced punishment of…”
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