Nevada Revised Statutes
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 475.010 (2026)
Willful or negligent failure to guard or extinguish fire; penalty
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NRS 475.010 Willful or negligent failure to guard or extinguish fire;
penalty. Every person who
willfully or negligently sets or fails to guard carefully or extinguish any
fire, whether on the person’s own land or the land of another, whereby the
timber or property of another is endangered is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 314; RL § 6579; NCL § 10262]—(NRS A 1971, 1458; 1979, 1480)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2016–2016 · leading case: Cornella (mary Lou) Vs. Churchill Co. (state), 2016 NV 58 (Nev. 2016).
Cornella (mary Lou) Vs. Churchill Co. (state), 2016 NV 58 (Nev. 2016). “firearm" in certain places), NRS 475.010 (making it a misdemeanor to "willfully or negligently set[ ] or fail[ ] to guard carefully or extinguish any fire"), NRS 475.”
Cornella (mary Lou) Vs. Churchill Co. (state), 2016 NV 58 (Nev. 2016). “firearm" in certain places), NRS 475.010 (making it a misdemeanor to "willfully or negligently set[ ] or fail[ ] to guard carefully or extinguish any fire"), NRS 475.”
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