NRS
205.220 Grand larceny: Definition. Except
as otherwise provided in
NRS 205.226 and
205.228, a person commits grand larceny
if the person:
1. Intentionally steals, takes and carries
away, leads away or drives away:
(a) Personal goods or property, with a value of
$1,200 or more, owned by another person;
(b) Bedding, furniture or other property, with a
value of $1,200 or more, which the person, as a lodger, is to use in or with
his or her lodging and which is owned by another person; or
(c) Real property, with a value of $1,200 or
more, that the person has converted into personal property by severing it from
real property owned by another person.
2. Uses a card or other device for
automatically withdrawing or transferring money in a financial institution to
obtain intentionally money to which the person knows he or she is not entitled.
3. Intentionally steals, takes and carries
away, leads away, drives away or entices away:
(a) One or more head of livestock owned by
another person; or
(b) One or more domesticated animals or
domesticated birds, with an aggregate value of $1,200 or more, owned by another
person.
4. With the intent to defraud, steal,
appropriate or prevent identification:
(a) Marks or brands, causes to be marked or
branded, alters or defaces a mark or brand, or causes to be altered or defaced
a mark or brand upon one or more head of livestock owned by another person;
(b) Sells or purchases the hide or carcass of one
or more head of livestock owned by another person that has had a mark or brand
cut out or obliterated;
(c) Kills one or more head of livestock owned by
another person but running at large, whether or not the livestock is marked or
branded; or
(d) Kills one or more domesticated animals or
domesticated birds, with an aggregate value of $1,200 or more, owned by another
person but running at large, whether or not the animals or birds are marked or
branded.
[1911 C&P § 373; A 1915,
119; 1947,
85; 1949,
127; 1943 NCL § 10323]—(NRS A 1965,
1007; 1967,
499; 1969,
531; 1979,
155, 1444;
1983,
546; 1989,
71, 1433;
1995,
13, 1221,
1323;
1997,
341; 2011,
163; 2019,
4429)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
58
cases (
5 in the last 5 years), 1959–2024 · leading case:
Rummel v. Estelle, 445 U.S. 263 (1980).
Rummel v. Estelle, 445 U.S. 263 (1980).
· cites it 2× “, Nev. Rev. Stat. § 205.220 (1973). [27] The dissent draws some support for its belief that Rummel's sentence is unconstitutional by comparing it with punishments imposed by Texas for crimes other than those committed by Rummel.”
Stephans v. State, 262 P.3d 727 (Nev. 2011).
· cites it 3× “NRS 205.220(l)(a). 2 “Value” in larceny cases is statutorily de *716 fined.”
Deveroux v. State, 610 P.2d 722 (Nev. 1980).
· cites it 3× “*389 OPINION Per Curiam: Appellant was tried by a jury, convicted of grand larceny, a felony under NRS 205.220, and sentenced to a term of eight years in the Nevada State Prison.”
Grant v. State, 24 P.3d 761 (Nev. 2001).
· cites it 2× “NRS 205.220(1); NRS 205.222(2). 11 See NRS 173.”
Siragusa v. Brown, 971 P.2d 801 (Nev. 1998).
· cites it 2× “, crimes related to racketeering) of grand larceny (NRS 205.220), embezzlement (NRS 205.300), obtaining money or property under false pretenses (NRS 205.”
Guidry (ronneka) v. State, 2022 NV 39 (Nev. 2022).
· cites it 6× “380(1); NRS 205.220. And an element of grand larceny, but not of robbery, is the specific intent to Guidry appears to concede this in her reply brief, disavowing that she ever said that “the robbery was completed when [Osorio] jumped on her car.”
Calbert v. State, 670 P.2d 576 (Nev. 1983).
· cites it 2× “OPINION Per Curiam: This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of one count of grand larceny in violation of NRS 205.220. 1 The charge was based on the theft of goods from a retail department store.”
Martin v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 899 P.2d 551 (Nev. 1995).
· cites it 2× “300 and NRS 205.220, but certainly the admitted acts of Martin establish the mishandling of cash and failure to follow company policies.”
Stephen Comstock v. Stefanie Humphries, 786 F.3d 701 (9th Cir. 2015).
“However, Comstock was specifically charged with possession of stolen property “obtained by means of larceny” (emphasis added).”
Sims v. State, 814 P.2d 63 (Nev. 1991).
· cites it 2× “NRS 205.220. On the other hand, crimes which carry a mandatory or possible life sentence without the possibility of parole are of a more serious nature and include (1) first degree murder, (2) first degree kidnapping with substantial bodily harm, and (3) sexual assault with…”
Mayes v. State, 591 P.2d 250 (Nev. 1979).
· cites it 2× “: Appellant was convicted by a jury of grand larceny, NRS 205.220, 1 and sentenced to serve a term of 10 years in the Nevada State Prison.”
Ibarra v. State, 426 P.3d 16 (Nev. 2018).
· cites it 2× “Because Nevada law similarly does not distinguish between larceny by trespassory taking or larceny by trick, the larceny offenses it recognizes encompass both forms of larceny.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 205.220(1) — 4 cases
Grant v. State, 24 P.3d 761 (Nev. 2001).
“NRS 205.220(1); NRS 205.222(2). 11 See NRS 173.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 205.220(1)(a) — 10 cases
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 205.220(1)(c) — 1 case
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 205.220(l)(a) — 1 case
Stephans v. State, 262 P.3d 727 (Nev. 2011).
“NRS 205.220(l)(a). 2 “Value” in larceny cases is statutorily de *716 fined.”
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