Nevada § 600A.035 - Theft of trade secrets prohibited; criminal penalties

Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 600A.035 — Theft of trade secrets prohibited; criminal penalties, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 600A.035. Theft of trade secrets prohibited; criminal penalties

A person who, with intent to injure an owner of a trade secret or with reason to believe

that his or her actions will injure an owner of a trade secret, without limitation: 1. Steals, misappropriates, takes or conceals a trade secret or obtains a trade secret

through fraud, artifice or deception; 2. Wrongfully copies, duplicates, sketches, draws, photographs, alters, destroys,

photocopies, replicates, transmits, delivers, sends, mails, communicates or conveys

a trade secret; 3. Receives, buys or possesses a trade secret with knowledge or reason to know that

the trade secret was obtained as described in subsection 1 or 2; 4. Attempts to commit an offense described in subsection 1, 2 or 3; 5. Solicits another person to commit an offense described in subsection 1, 2 or 3;

or 6. Conspires to commit an offense described in subsection 1, 2 or 3, and one of the

conspirators performs an act to further the conspiracy, is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state

prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than

10 years and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.

Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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