2013 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 473 - Fire Protection Districts Receiving Federal Aid
NRS 473.070 - Liability for damage by fire within district.
Except as otherwise provided in NRS 527.126, within the boundaries of any fire protection district organized under this chapter, any person, firm, association or agency which, personally or through another, willfully, negligently or in violation of the law:
1. Sets fire to the property, whether privately or publicly owned, of another;
2. Allows fire to be set to the property, whether privately or publicly owned, of another; or
3. Allows a fire kindled or attended by the person, firm, association or agency to escape to the property, whether privately or publicly owned, of another,
is liable to the owner of such property for the damages thereto caused by such fire.
[9.1:149:1945; added 1953, 119] (NRS A 1993, 1203)
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