Nevada § 197.100 - Influencing public officer

§ 197.100. Influencing public officer

1. Every person who shall ask or receive any compensation, gratuity or reward, or

any promise thereof: (a) Upon the representation that the person can, directly or indirectly, or in consideration

that the person shall, or shall attempt to, directly or indirectly, influence any

public officer, whether executive, administrative, judicial or legislative, to refuse,

neglect, or defer the performance of any official duty; (b) The right to retain or receive which shall be conditioned that such person shall,

directly or indirectly, successfully influence by any means whatever any executive,

administrative or legislative officer, in respect to any act, decision, vote, opinion

or other proceeding, as such officer; or (c) Upon the representation that the person can, directly or indirectly, or in consideration

that the person shall, or shall attempt to, directly or indirectly, influence any

public officer, whether executive, administrative, judicial or legislative, in respect

to any act, decision, vote, opinion or other proceeding, as such officer, unless it

be clearly understood and agreed in good faith between the parties thereto, on both

sides, that no means or influence shall be employed except explanation and argument

upon the merits, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 2. In any prosecution under paragraph (c) of subsection 1, evidence of the means actually

employed to influence such officer shall be admitted as proof of the means originally

contemplated by the defendant.