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2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 40 - Actions and Proceedings in Particular Cases Concerning Property
NRS 40.230 - Forcible entry defined.

Universal Citation:
NV Rev Stat ยง 40.230 (2011)
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Every person is guilty of a forcible entry who either:

1. By breaking open doors, windows or other parts of a house, or by fraud, intimidation or stealth, or by any kind of violence or circumstance of terror, enters upon or into any real property; or

2. Who, after entering peaceably upon real property, turns out by force, threats or menacing conduct, the party in natural possession.

[1911 CPA 644; RL 5586; NCL 9133]

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