Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 205.025 (2026)

Fourth degree

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NRS 205.025 Fourth degree.

1. A person who willfully and maliciously attempts to set fire to or attempts to burn or to aid, counsel or procure the burning of any of the buildings or property mentioned in NRS 205.010, 205.015 and 205.020, or who commits any act preliminary thereto or in furtherance thereof, is guilty of arson in the fourth degree which is a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $5,000.

2. In any prosecution under this section the placing or distributing of any inflammable, explosive or combustible material or substance, or any device in any building or property mentioned in NRS 205.010, 205.015 and 205.020, in an arrangement or preparation eventually to set fire to or burn the building or property, or to procure the setting fire to or burning of the building or property, is prima facie evidence of a willful attempt to burn or set on fire the property.

[1911 C&P § 361 1/2; added 1927, 228; A 1943, 181; 1943 NCL § 10311]—(NRS A 1967, 493; 1979, 1439; 1995, 1214)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1969–2020 · leading case: Iverson v. State, 807 P.2d 1372 (Nev. 1991).

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Iverson v. State, 807 P.2d 1372 (Nev. 1991). · cites it 6× “SPRINGER, Justice, dissenting: Iverson has been sent to prison to be "punished" (NRS 205.025) for committing the crime of arson by burning his parents' home; yet, everyone knows [1] that Iverson was not guilty of "willful" (NRS 205.”

Mckenna v. Sheriff of Clark Cnty., 458 P.2d 358 (Nev. 1969). “NRS 205.025. He filed a petition for habeas corpus with that court alleging that insufficient evidence was presented by the state at the preliminary hearing to establish probable cause to hold him for trial.”

State Vs. Dist. Ct. (radonski, (david)), 2020 NV 23 (Nev. 2020). · cites it 2× “015 and NRS 205.025. SUPREME COURT OF NEvADA 7 (0) 1947A cktS3.”

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