2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 197 - Crimes By and Against the Executive Power of This State
NRS 197.200 - Oppression under color of office.
1. An officer, or a person pretending to be an officer, who unlawfully and maliciously, under pretense or color of official authority:
(a) Arrests or detains a person against the person s will;
(b) Seizes or levies upon another s property;
(c) Dispossesses another of any lands or tenements; or
(d) Does any act whereby the person, property or rights of another person are injured,
commits oppression.
2. An officer or person committing oppression shall be punished:
(a) Where physical force or the immediate threat of physical force is used, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
(b) Where no physical force or immediate threat of physical force is used, for a gross misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P 541; RL § 6806; NCL § 10487] (NRS A 1967, 462; 1995, 1172)
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