Nevada § 392.915 - Threatening to cause bodily harm or death to pupil or school employee by means of oral, written or electronic communication; penalties
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 392.915 — Threatening to cause bodily harm or death to pupil or school employee by means of oral, written or electronic communication; penalties, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 392.915. Threatening to cause bodily harm or death to pupil or school employee by means of oral, written or electronic communication; penalties
1. A person shall not, through the use of any means of oral, written or electronic
communication, including, without limitation, through the use of cyber-bullying, knowingly
threaten to cause bodily harm or death to a pupil or employee of a school district
or charter school with the intent to: (a) Intimidate, harass, frighten, alarm or distress a pupil or employee of a school
district or charter school; (b) Cause panic or civil unrest; or (c) Interfere with the operation of a public school, including, without limitation,
a charter school. 2. Unless a greater penalty is provided by specific statute, a person who violates
the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of: (a) A misdemeanor, unless the provisions of paragraph (b) apply to the circumstances. (b) A gross misdemeanor, if the threat causes: (1) Any pupil or employee of a school district or charter school who is the subject
of the threat to be intimidated, harassed, frightened, alarmed or distressed; (2) Panic or civil unrest; or (3) Interference with the operation of a public school, including, without limitation,
a charter school. 3. As used in this section: (a) “ Cyber-bullying ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 388.123 . (b) “ Oral, written or electronic communication ” includes, without limitation, any of the following: (1) A letter, note or any other type of written correspondence. (2) An item of mail or a package delivered by any person or postal or delivery service. (3) A telegraph or wire service, or any other similar means of communication. (4) A telephone, cellular phone, satellite phone, page or facsimile machine, or any
other similar means of communication. (5) A radio, television, cable, closed-circuit, wire, wireless, satellite or other
audio or video broadcast or transmission, or any other similar means of communication. (6) An audio or video recording or reproduction, or any other similar means of communication. (7) An item of electronic mail, a modem or computer network, or the Internet, or any
other similar means of communication.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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