As used in NRS 205.461 to 205.4657, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 205.4611 to 205.4629, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1355; A 2005, 1101, 2498; 2009, 762)
“Artificial person” means any corporation, limited-liability company, limited-liability partnership, limited partnership, limited-liability limited partnership, business trust or municipal corporation or any comparable entity which is created and existing under the laws of this State, any other state, territory or foreign government, or the Government of the United States and which is doing business in this […]
“Document” includes, without limitation, a photocopy print, photostat and other replica of a document. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1355)
“Older person” means a person who is 60 years of age or older. (Added to NRS by 2005, 2497)
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, “personal identifying information” means any information designed, commonly used or capable of being used, alone or in conjunction with any other information, to identify a living or deceased person or to identify the actions taken, communications made or received by, or other activities or transactions of a […]
“Public body” means: 1. The State of Nevada, or any agency, instrumentality or corporation thereof; 2. The Nevada System of Higher Education; 3. Any municipality, county, school district or other type of district, or a city or town, incorporated or unincorporated; or 4. Any other body corporate and politic comprising a political subdivision of this […]
“Public employee” means any person who is an employee or independent contractor of a public body. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1356)
“Public officer” means a person who: 1. Is elected or appointed to a position which is established by the Constitution or a statute of this state, or by a charter or ordinance of a political subdivision of this state; or 2. Otherwise serves as an officer for a public body. (Added to NRS by 2003, […]
“Vulnerable person” means a person who: 1. Suffers from a condition of physical or mental incapacitation because of a developmental disability, organic brain damage or mental illness; or 2. Has one or more physical or mental limitations that restrict the ability of the person to perform the normal activities of daily living. (Added to NRS […]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, a person who knowingly: (a) Obtains any personal identifying information of another person; and (b) With the intent to commit an unlawful act, uses the personal identifying information: (1) To harm that other person; (2) To represent or impersonate that other person to obtain access […]
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a public officer or public employee who knowingly: (a) Obtains any personal identifying information of another person from any document, file, database, source or process used by a public body to collect, store, maintain, transfer, reproduce, manage or administer personal identifying information; and (b) Uses the personal […]
1. It is unlawful for a person to possess, sell or transfer any document or personal identifying information for the purpose of establishing a false status, occupation, membership, license or identity for himself or herself or any other person. 2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person who: (a) Sells or transfers any […]
1. A person who is a victim of identity theft who is a: (a) Resident of this State and who has filed with a law enforcement agency in any state a signed written report stating that the person is a victim of identity theft; or (b) Nonresident of this State who has filed with a […]
1. A person shall not establish or possess a financial forgery laboratory with the intent to commit any unlawful act. 2. Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant to specific statute, a person who violates this section is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for […]
1. A person shall not knowingly, intentionally and for the purpose of committing fraud, identity theft or any other unlawful act: (a) Capture, store or read information from the radio frequency identification document of another person without the other person’s knowledge and prior consent; or (b) Retain, use or disclose information that the person knows […]
In any case in which a person is convicted of violating any provision of NRS 205.461 to 205.4657, inclusive, the court records must clearly reflect that the violation was committed by the person convicted of the violation and not by the person whose personal identifying information forms a part of the violation. (Added to NRS […]
A person who violates any provision of NRS 205.461 to 205.4657, inclusive, may be prosecuted for the violation whether or not the person whose personal identifying information forms a part of the violation: 1. Is living or deceased during the course of the violation or the prosecution. 2. Is an artificial person. 3. Suffers financial […]
The provisions of NRS 205.461 to 205.4657, inclusive, do not apply to any person who, without the intent to defraud or commit an unlawful act, possesses or uses any personal identifying information of another person: 1. In the ordinary course of his or her business or employment; or 2. Pursuant to a financial transaction entered […]
1. In any prosecution for a violation of any provision of NRS 205.461 to 205.4657, inclusive, the State is not required to establish and it is no defense that: (a) An accessory has not been convicted, apprehended or identified; or (b) Some of the acts constituting elements of the crime did not occur in this […]
