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2017 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 207 - Miscellaneous Crimes
NRS 207.280 - False reporting of crimes unlawful.
Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 207.280 (2017)
Every person who deliberately reports to any police officer, sheriff, district attorney, deputy sheriff, deputy district attorney or member of the Department of Public Safety that a felony or misdemeanor has been committed, which causes a law enforcement agency to conduct a criminal or internal investigation, knowing such report to be false, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 409; A 1967, 523; 2005, 939)
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