Nevada § 205.370 - Swindling; credit by false representations; defenses not available
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 205.370 — Swindling; credit by false representations; defenses not available, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 205.370. Swindling; credit by false representations; defenses not available
1. A person who, by false representations of his or her own wealth, or mercantile
correspondence and connections, obtains a credit thereby and defrauds any person of
money, goods, chattels or any valuable thing, or if a person causes or procures another
to report falsely of his or her wealth or mercantile character, and by thus imposing
upon any person obtains credit and thereby fraudulently gets into the possession of
goods, wares or merchandise, or other valuable thing, is a swindler, and must be sentenced
to return the property fraudulently obtained, if it can be done, or to pay restitution
and shall be punished: (a) Where the amount of money or the value of the chattels, goods, wares or merchandise,
or other valuable thing so obtained is $1,200 or more, for a category D felony as
provided in NRS 193.130 . (b) Otherwise, for a misdemeanor. 2. In any prosecution for a violation of this section, the State is not required to
establish that all of the acts constituting the crime occurred in this State or within
a single city, county or local jurisdiction of this State, and it is no defense that
not all of the acts constituting the crime occurred in this State or within a single
city, county or local jurisdiction of this State.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About Nevada § 205.370
What does Nevada Revised Statutes § 205.370 cover?
Section 205.370 ("Swindling; credit by false representations; defenses not available") 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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