Nevada Revised Statutes Title 15. Crimes and Punishments § 207.285. Making false or misleading statement to cause activation of Statewide Alert System for the Safe Return of Abducted Children or Statewide Alert System for the Safe Return of Missing Endangered Older Persons

1. A person who intentionally makes any false or misleading statement, including, without limitation, any statement that conceals facts, omits facts or contains false or misleading information concerning any material fact, to any police officer, sheriff, district attorney, deputy sheriff, deputy district attorney or member of the Department of Public Safety to cause the Statewide Alert System for the Safe Return of Abducted Children created by NRS 432.340 or the Statewide Alert System for the Safe Return of Missing Endangered Older Persons created by NRS 427A.867 to be activated is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

2. The Attorney General or the district attorney of the county in which a person made a false or misleading statement may investigate and prosecute any violation of the provisions of this section.