Nevada Revised Statutes
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 475.040 (2026)
Destruction of timber, crops or vegetation by fire caused by gross negligence; criminal penalty; civil action
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NRS 475.040 Destruction of timber, crops or vegetation by fire caused by
gross negligence; criminal penalty; civil action. Every
person who, with gross negligence, lights a fire for any purpose along the road
through any woodland, or upon the same, or at any other place in the open, and
thereby, or by any other means, sets fire to any growing timber or forest,
shrubbery, crops, grass or vegetation, and thereby causes the destruction of
any timber, forest, crops, grass, vegetation or property not his or her own, is
guilty of a public offense, as prescribed in NRS
193.155, proportionate to the value of the loss resulting therefrom, in
addition to being liable to the owner of such property for the full value
thereof in a civil action.
[1911 C&P § 368; RL § 6633; NCL § 10318]—(NRS A 1967, 589; 1979, 329)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1995–2020 · leading case: Batt v. State, 901 P.2d 664 (Nev. 1995).
Batt v. State, 901 P.2d 664 (Nev. 1995). “020); destruction of timber by fire caused by gross negligence, a felony (NRS 475.040 and NRS 193.155); and conspiracy to possess or use fireworks, a gross misdemeanor (NRS 199.”
State Vs. Dist. Ct. (radonski, (david)), 2020 NV 23 (Nev. 2020). “020), and one count of &PROM Coum OF NEVADA 2 (0) 1907A 441* destruction by fire of timber, crops, or vegetation (NRS 475.040). Only the arson counts are at issue here.”
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