Fraudulent acts; penalties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 422A.700
in effect1. Unless a different penalty is provided pursuant to NRS 422.361 to 422.369 , inclusive, or 422.450 to 422.590 , inclusive, a person who knowingly and designedly, by any false pretense, false or misleading statement, impersonation or misrepresentation, obtains or attempts to obtain monetary or any other public assistance having a value of $100 or more, whether by one act or a series of acts, with the intent to cheat, defraud or defeat the purposes of this chapter or to enable a person to meet or appear to meet any requirements of eligibility prescribed by state law or by rule or regulation adopted by the Department for a grant or increase in a grant of any type of public assistance is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 . In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.
2. For the purposes of subsection 1, whenever a recipient of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families pursuant to the provisions of this chapter receives an overpayment of benefits for the third time and the overpayments have resulted from a false statement or representation by the recipient or from the failure of the recipient to notify the Division of a change in circumstances which would affect the amount of assistance the recipient receives, a rebuttable presumption arises that the payment was fraudulently received.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-422A.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026