Fraudulent possession of dangerous drug or prescription; false or altered prescription; penalty.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 454.311
in effect1. A person, other than a peace officer or inspector of the Board in the performance of his or her official duty, who knowingly or intentionally obtains or attempts to obtain possession of a dangerous drug or a prescription for a dangerous drug by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, subterfuge or alteration is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .
2. A person who knowingly has in his or her possession any false, fictitious, forged or altered prescription for a dangerous drug is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .
3. A person who knowingly:
(a) Receives any dangerous drug from, or has in his or her possession or under his or her control any dangerous drug obtained by, another person as a result of any forged, false, fictitious or altered prescription; or
(b) Fills a prescription which is not genuine,
Ê is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 .
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-454.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026