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Current as of January 01, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A person who:
1. Steals, embezzles, corrupts, alters, withdraws, falsifies or avoids any record, process, charter, gift, grant, conveyance, bond or contract;
2. Knowingly or willfully, takes off, discharges or conceals any issue, forfeited recognizance or other forfeiture;
3. Forges, defaces or falsifies any document or instrument recorded or filed in any court, or any registered acknowledgment or certificate; or
4. Steals, alters, defaces or falsifies any minute, document, book or any proceedings of or belonging to any public office within this state,
is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 19. Miscellaneous Matters Related to Government and Public Affairs § 239.300. Stealing, altering or defacing records, documents or instruments - last updated January 01, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-19-miscellaneous-matters-related-to-government-and-public-affairs/nv-rev-st-239-300/
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