Nevada Revised Statutes
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 207.280 (2026)
False reporting of crimes unlawful
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NRS 207.280 False reporting of crimes unlawful. Every
person who deliberately reports to any police officer, sheriff, district
attorney, deputy sheriff, deputy district attorney or member of the Department
of Public Safety that a felony or misdemeanor has been committed, which causes
a law enforcement agency to conduct a criminal or internal investigation,
knowing such report to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 409; A 1967, 523; 2005, 939)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2020–2020 · leading case: Bracho v. Hernandez (D. Nev. 2020).
Bracho v. Hernandez (D. Nev. 2020). “3 NRS 207.280 False reporting of crimes unlawful.”
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