Nevada § 205.090 - Forgery of conveyances, negotiable instruments, stock certificates, wills and other instruments; utterance of forged instrument
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 205.090 — Forgery of conveyances, negotiable instruments, stock certificates, wills and other instruments; utterance of forged instrument, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 205.090. Forgery of conveyances, negotiable instruments, stock certificates, wills and other instruments; utterance of forged instrument
A person who falsely makes, alters, forges or counterfeits any record, or other authentic
matter of a public nature, or any charter, letters patent, deed, lease, indenture,
writing obligatory, will, testament, codicil, annuity, bond, covenant, bank bill or
note, post note, check, draft, bill of exchange, contract, promissory note, traveler's
check, money order, due bill for the payment of money or property or for the payment
of any labor claim, receipt for money or property, power of attorney, any auditor's
warrant for the payment of the money at the treasury, county order or warrant, or
request for the payment of money, or the delivery of goods or chattels of any kind,
or for the delivery of any instrument of writing, or acquittance, release, or receipt
for money, goods, or labor claim, or any acquittance, release, or discharge for any
debt, account, suit, action, demand, or other thing, real or personal, or any transfer
or assurance of money, stock, goods, chattels, or other property whatever, or any
letter of attorney, or other power to receive money, or to receive or transfer stock
or annuities, or to let, lease, dispose of, alien or convey any goods or chattels,
lands or tenements, or other estate, real or personal, or any acceptance or endorsement
of any bill of exchange, promissory note, draft, order or assignment of any bond,
writing obligatory, or promissory note, for money or other property, or any order,
writ or process lawfully issued by any court or public officer, or any document or
paper recorded or filed in any court or with any public officer, or in the Senate
or Assembly, or counterfeits or forges the seal or handwriting of another, with the
intent to damage or defraud any person, body politic or corporate, whether the person,
body politic or corporate, resides in or belongs to this State or not, or utters,
publishes, passes or attempts to pass, as true and genuine, any of the above-named
false, altered, forged or counterfeited matters, as above specified and described,
knowing it to be false, altered, forged or counterfeited with the intent to prejudice,
damage or defraud any person, body politic or corporate, whether the person, body
politic or corporate, resides in this State or not, is guilty of forgery, and shall
be punished for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130 . In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Nevada Revised Statutes § 205.090 cover?
Section 205.090 ("Forgery of conveyances, negotiable instruments, stock certificates, wills and other instruments; utterance of forged instrument") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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