Nevada § 357.040 - Liability for damages and civil penalty for certain acts

§ 357.040. Liability for damages and civil penalty for certain acts

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 357.050 , a person who, with or without specific intent to defraud, does any of the following

listed acts is liable to the State or a political subdivision, whichever is affected,

for the amounts set forth in subsection 2: (a) Knowingly presents or causes to be presented a false or fraudulent claim for payment

or approval. (b) Knowingly makes or uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or statement

that is material to a false or fraudulent claim. (c) Has possession, custody or control of public property or money used or to be used

by the State or a political subdivision and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered

to the State or a political subdivision less money or property than the amount of

which the person has possession, custody or control. (d) Is authorized to prepare or deliver a document that certifies receipt of money

or property used or to be used by the State or a political subdivision and knowingly

prepares or delivers such a document without knowing that the information on the document

is true. (e) Knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge or security for an obligation or debt,

public property from a person who is not authorized to sell or pledge the property. (f) Knowingly makes or uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or statement

that is material to an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the State

or a political subdivision. (g) Knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly avoids or decreases an obligation

to pay or transmit money or property to the State or a political subdivision. (h) Is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim and, after discovering

the falsity of the claim, fails to disclose the falsity to the State or political

subdivision within a reasonable time. (i) Conspires to commit any of the acts set forth in this subsection. 2. For each act described in subsection 1 that is committed by a person, the person

is liable for: (a) Three times the amount of damages sustained by the State or political subdivision,

whichever is affected, because of the act of the person; (b) The costs of a civil action brought to recover the damages described in paragraph

(a); and (c) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a civil penalty of not less than

$5,500 or more than $11,000. A civil penalty imposed pursuant to this paragraph must correspond to any adjustments

in the monetary amount of a civil penalty for a violation of the federal False Claims

Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a) , made by the Attorney General of the United States in accordance with the Federal

Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-410 , as amended. 3. As used in this section, a person acts “knowingly” with respect to information

if he or she: (a) Has knowledge of the information; (b) Acts in deliberate ignorance of whether the information is true or false; or (c) Acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.