Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property
NRS 205.0813 - Housebreaking; penalty.


1. A person who forcibly enters an uninhabited or vacant dwelling, knows or has reason to believe that such entry is without permission of the owner of the dwelling or an authorized representative of the owner and has the intent to take up residence or provide a residency to another therein is guilty of housebreaking.
2. A person is presumed to know that an entry described in subsection 1 is without the permission of the owner of the dwelling or an authorized representative of the owner unless the person provides a written rental agreement that:
(a) Is notarized or is signed by an authorized agent of the owner who at the time of signing holds a permit to engage in property management pursuant to chapter 645 of NRS; and
(b) Includes the current address and telephone number of the owner or his or her authorized representative.
3. A person convicted of housebreaking is guilty of:
(a) For a first offense, a gross misdemeanor; and
(b) For a second and any subsequent offense, a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
4. A person convicted of housebreaking and who has previously been convicted three or more times of housebreaking must not be released on probation or granted a suspension of sentence.
5. As used in this section, "forcibly enters" means an entry involving:
(a) Any act of physical force resulting in damage to the structure; or
(b) The changing or manipulation of a lock to gain access.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 3136; A 2017, 2157)

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Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 205 - Crimes Against Property

NRS 205.005 - "Set fire to" defined.

NRS 205.010 - First degree.

NRS 205.015 - Second degree.

NRS 205.020 - Third degree.

NRS 205.025 - Fourth degree.

NRS 205.030 - Burning or aiding and abetting burning of property with intent to defraud insurer; penalty.

NRS 205.034 - Additional penalties.

NRS 205.045 - Contiguous fires.

NRS 205.050 - Ownership of building.

NRS 205.055 - Preparation is attempt to commit arson.

NRS 205.060 - Residential burglary, burglary of a business, burglary of a motor vehicle and burglary of a structure: Definitions; penalties; venue.

NRS 205.065 - Inference of burglarious intent.

NRS 205.067 - Invasion of the home: Definition; penalties; venue.

NRS 205.070 - Commission of another crime while committing burglary or invasion of the home.

NRS 205.075 - Burglary with explosives; penalty.

NRS 205.080 - Possession of instrument with burglarious intent; making, alteration or repair of instrument for committing offense; penalty.

NRS 205.081 - "Dwelling" defined.

NRS 205.0813 - Housebreaking; penalty.

NRS 205.0817 - Unlawful occupancy; penalty.

NRS 205.082 - Unlawful reentry; penalty.

NRS 205.0821 - Definitions.

NRS 205.0822 - "Check" defined.

NRS 205.0823 - "Control" defined.

NRS 205.0824 - "Deprive" defined.

NRS 205.0825 - "Draw" defined.

NRS 205.08255 - "Intangible property" defined.

NRS 205.0826 - "Issue" defined.

NRS 205.0827 - "Obtain" defined.

NRS 205.0828 - "Property of another person" defined.

NRS 205.0829 - "Services" defined.

NRS 205.083 - "Transfer" defined.

NRS 205.0831 - "Value" defined.

NRS 205.0832 - Actions which constitute theft.

NRS 205.0833 - Theft constitutes single offense embracing certain separate offenses; specification of charge in indictment or information.

NRS 205.0834 - Determination of amount involved in particular theft.

NRS 205.08345 - Organized retail theft; penalties; determination of amount involved in thefts committed by organized retail theft; venue.

NRS 205.0835 - Penalties.

NRS 205.085 - Definitions.

NRS 205.090 - Forgery of conveyances, negotiable instruments, stock certificates, wills and other instruments; utterance of forged instrument.

NRS 205.095 - Other acts constituting forgery.

NRS 205.100 - Making, uttering or possessing with intent to utter fictitious bill, note or check.

NRS 205.105 - Forgery of instrument purporting to have been issued by corporation or state.

NRS 205.110 - Uttering forged instruments: Forgery.

NRS 205.115 - True writing signed by wrongdoer’s name or name of person not in existence.

NRS 205.120 - False certificate to certain instruments punishable as forgery.

NRS 205.125 - Misconduct in signing, filing or altering petition; penalties.

NRS 205.130 - Issuance of check or draft without sufficient money or credit: Penalties.

NRS 205.132 - Issuance of check or draft without sufficient money or credit: Presumptions of intent to defraud and knowledge of insufficiency; malice in causing prosecution.

NRS 205.134 - Issuance of check or draft without sufficient money or credit: Posting notices.

NRS 205.160 - Possessing or receiving forged instruments or bills.

NRS 205.165 - General reputation may be used to prove incorporation in trial for forgery of bill or note of incorporated company or bank.

NRS 205.170 - Expert may prove forgery or counterfeit.

NRS 205.175 - Counterfeiting seals; forgery of signatures of public officers; sale or possession of counterfeit badge or identification of law enforcement agency.

NRS 205.180 - Counterfeiting gold dust, bars or other articles; making or possessing instruments.

NRS 205.185 - Possessing or receiving counterfeit gold dust, silver, bullion or bars.

NRS 205.195 - Counterfeiting stamps and labels.

NRS 205.200 - Goods containing forged stamps.

NRS 205.205 - Counterfeiting trademark or design.

NRS 205.210 - Selling, displaying or advertising goods with false trademark.

NRS 205.215 - Fraudulent registration of trademark.

NRS 205.216 - Unlawful operation of audiovisual recording function in motion picture theater.

NRS 205.217 - Unlawful reproduction or sale of sound recordings.

NRS 205.2175 - Definitions.

NRS 205.218 - "Domesticated animals" defined.

NRS 205.2185 - "Domesticated birds" defined.

NRS 205.219 - "Livestock" defined.

NRS 205.2195 - "Property" defined.

NRS 205.220 - Grand larceny: Definition.

NRS 205.222 - Grand larceny: Penalties.

NRS 205.226 - Grand larceny of firearm; penalty.

NRS 205.228 - Grand larceny of motor vehicle; penalty.

NRS 205.230 - Duties of peace officer concerning grand larceny of animal.

NRS 205.240 - Petit larceny; penalty.

NRS 205.251 - Determination of value of property involved in larceny offense.

NRS 205.260 - Negotiable and other instruments subjects of larceny.

NRS 205.265 - Commission or part ownership no defense for larceny.

NRS 205.267 - Penalty for theft of scrap metal or utility property.

NRS 205.270 - Penalty for taking property from person of another under circumstances not amounting to robbery; limitation on granting of probation or suspension of sentence.

NRS 205.2705 - Use of unlawful coin or cheating device in vending machine, telephone or other coin operated device prohibited; penalty.

NRS 205.2707 - Penalty for theft of money or property of value of $650 or more from vending machines; determination of value of property taken includes cost to repair any damage to vending machine.

NRS 205.271 - "Owner" defined.

NRS 205.2715 - Unlawful taking of vehicle: Inference; penalty.

NRS 205.273 - Offense involving stolen vehicle: Definition; penalty; restitution.

NRS 205.274 - Injuring or tampering with vehicle; penalties.

NRS 205.2741 - Throwing substance at bicycle, electric bicycle, electric scooter or motor vehicle; willfully damaging bicycle, electric bicycle or motor vehicle; penalty.

NRS 205.2745 - Owning or operating premises on which illegally obtained motor vehicle is altered, destroyed, disassembled, reassembled or stored for certain purposes; penalties.

NRS 205.2747 - Unlawful transfer or assignment of right or interest in motor vehicle; penalty.

NRS 205.275 - Offense involving stolen property: Definition; penalty; restitution; prima facie evidence; determination of value of property.

NRS 205.290 - Restoration of stolen property to owner.

NRS 205.295 - Restoration of stolen property: Duties of officers.

NRS 205.300 - Definition; punishment.

NRS 205.305 - Prima facie evidence of embezzlement.

NRS 205.310 - Contractor failing to pay for labor or material.

NRS 205.312 - Inference of embezzlement for willful or intentional failure to return leased or rented vehicle to owner; penalty for embezzlement of vehicle; restitution.

NRS 205.320 - Threats.

NRS 205.322 - Extortionate collection of debt.

NRS 205.330 - Fraudulent conveyances.

NRS 205.335 - Sale or removal of goods subject to security interest by debtor in possession without consent of secured party.

NRS 205.340 - Sale or creation of security interest in personal property subject to security interest or lien without informing purchaser or secured party.

NRS 205.345 - Destruction or removal of personal property upon which security interest or lease exists.

NRS 205.350 - Removal or sale of property to defraud creditors.

NRS 205.355 - Fraudulent sale or concealment of personal property after action commenced or judgment rendered.

NRS 205.360 - Knowingly receiving fraudulent conveyance.

NRS 205.365 - Fraudulently selling real estate twice.

NRS 205.370 - Swindling; credit by false representations.

NRS 205.372 - Mortgage lending fraud; penalties; civil action.

NRS 205.375 - False written statements to obtain property or credit.

NRS 205.377 - Multiple transactions involving fraud or deceit in course of enterprise or occupation; penalty.

NRS 205.380 - Obtaining money, property, rent or labor by false pretenses.

NRS 205.390 - Obtaining signature by false pretense.

NRS 205.395 - False representation concerning title; penalties; civil action.

NRS 205.397 - False representation concerning lien against property of public officer or employee, candidate for public office or participant in official proceeding or member of immediate family of such persons; penalties; civil action.

NRS 205.400 - Fraud by bailee of animal.

NRS 205.405 - Falsifying accounts.

NRS 205.410 - Improper use of insignia.

NRS 205.412 - Stolen valor.

NRS 205.415 - Collecting for benefit without authority.

NRS 205.420 - Use of false permit, license or writing.

NRS 205.435 - Fraudulent issue of stock.

NRS 205.440 - Publishing false statement to affect market price.

NRS 205.445 - Defrauding proprietor of hotel, inn, restaurant, motel or similar establishment.

NRS 205.450 - Personating another.

NRS 205.455 - Personating another same as stealing.

NRS 205.460 - Preparation, transfer or use of false identification regarding person under 21 years of age; penalties; demand of proof of age as defense to certain proceedings.

NRS 205.4605 - Posting or displaying social security number of another person; penalties; civil action.

NRS 205.461 - Definitions.

NRS 205.4611 - "Artificial person" defined.

NRS 205.4613 - Document" defined.

NRS 205.4615 - "Older person" defined.

NRS 205.4617 - "Personal identifying information" defined.

NRS 205.462 - "Public body" defined.

NRS 205.4623 - "Public employee" defined.

NRS 205.4627 - "Public officer" defined.

NRS 205.4629 - "Vulnerable person" defined.

NRS 205.463 - Obtaining and using personal identifying information of another person to harm or impersonate person, to obtain certain nonpublic records or for other unlawful purpose; penalties; rebuttable inference that possessor of personal identify...

NRS 205.464 - Obtaining, using, possessing or selling personal identifying information for unlawful purpose by public officer or public employee; penalties; rebuttable inference that possessor of personal identifying information intended to unlawfull...

NRS 205.465 - Possession, sale or transfer of document or personal identifying information to establish false status or identity; penalties; rebuttable inference that possessor of personal identifying information intended to unlawfully use such infor...

NRS 205.4651 - Identity theft program card: Application; issuance; presentation to law enforcement agency or creditors; discretion to accept or reject program card; application not public record; regulations; acceptance of gifts, grants and donations...

NRS 205.46513 - Establishing or possessing financial forgery laboratory unlawful; penalty; expert testimony.

NRS 205.46515 - Capturing, storing, reading, retaining, using or disclosing information from radio frequency identification document of another person; penalty.

NRS 205.46517 - Court records.

NRS 205.4653 - Prosecution regardless of whether person whose personal identifying information was stolen is living or deceased, is artificial person or suffers financial loss or injury.

NRS 205.4655 - Exempt persons.

NRS 205.4657 - Defenses not available; jurisdiction.

NRS 205.466 - Creation and operation of program; acceptance of person in program.

NRS 205.467 - Notice to persons accepted into program.

NRS 205.468 - Actions required of persons accepted into program.

NRS 205.469 - Agreement to suspend prosecution of person accepted into program: Entry; conditions; completion.

NRS 205.471 - Collection of fee from offender; amount and disposition of fee.

NRS 205.472 - Statements by person referred to or participating in program inadmissible in civil and criminal proceedings.

NRS 205.473 - Definitions.

NRS 205.4732 - "Access" defined.

NRS 205.4735 - "Computer" defined.

NRS 205.4737 - "Computer contaminant" defined.

NRS 205.474 - "Data" defined.

NRS 205.4742 - "Encryption" defined.

NRS 205.4743 - "Information service" defined.

NRS 205.4744 - "Internet or network site" defined.

NRS 205.4745 - "Network" defined.

NRS 205.475 - "Program" defined.

NRS 205.4755 - "Property" defined.

NRS 205.4757 - "Provider" defined.

NRS 205.4758 - "Provider of Internet service" defined.

NRS 205.4759 - "Response costs" defined.

NRS 205.476 - "System" defined.

NRS 205.4765 - Unlawful acts regarding computers: Generally.

NRS 205.477 - Unlawful acts relating to interference with or denial of access to or use of computers, systems, networks, telecommunication devices, telecommunications devices, services or information services; penalties; affirmative defense.

NRS 205.481 - Forgery by creation, alteration or deletion of data, information, image, program, signal or sound contained in computer.

NRS 205.486 - Unlawful use of encryption.

NRS 205.492 - Unlawful acts involving electronic mail or transmission of other data, information, images, programs, signals or sounds to computer, system or network.

NRS 205.498 - Provider of Internet service required to keep certain information concerning subscribers confidential; notice required to be provided to subscribers.

NRS 205.506 - Unlawful acts regarding information services.

NRS 205.509 - Presumption of authority of employee.

NRS 205.511 - Victim authorized to bring civil action.

NRS 205.513 - Enforcement of provisions.

NRS 205.520 - Issue of document of title for goods not received.

NRS 205.530 - Issue of document of title containing false statement.

NRS 205.540 - Issuance of duplicate or additional negotiable document of title not so marked.

NRS 205.550 - Delivery of goods covered by outstanding negotiable document of title without obtaining negotiable document.

NRS 205.560 - Issue of negotiable warehouse receipt not stating fact of warehouseman’s ownership.

NRS 205.570 - Obtaining or negotiating document of title for goods with intent to defraud.

NRS 205.580 - Inducing bailee to issue negotiable document of title when goods have not been received.

NRS 205.590 - Negotiation of document of title when goods are not in bailee’s possession.

NRS 205.601 - Definitions.

NRS 205.602 - "Payment card" defined.

NRS 205.603 - "Reencoder" defined.

NRS 205.604 - "Scanning device" defined.

NRS 205.605 - Using scanning device or reencoder to defraud.

NRS 205.606 - Installing, affixing or accessing scanning device for unlawful purpose; possessing scanning device or reencoder for unlawful purpose.

NRS 205.607 - Exempt persons.

NRS 205.608 - Defenses not available.

NRS 205.610 - Definitions.

NRS 205.620 - "Cardholder" defined.

NRS 205.630 - "Credit card" defined.

NRS 205.635 - "Debit card" defined.

NRS 205.640 - "Expired credit card or debit card" defined.

NRS 205.650 - "Issuer" defined.

NRS 205.660 - "Receives" and "receiving" defined.

NRS 205.670 - "Revoked credit card or debit card" defined.

NRS 205.680 - False statement to procure issuance of credit card or debit card.

NRS 205.690 - Obtaining or possessing credit card or debit card, or identifying description of credit card, credit account or debit card without consent of cardholder; presumption from possession; exemptions.

NRS 205.710 - Sale or purchase of credit card or debit card, or identifying description of credit card, debit card or credit account; exemptions.

NRS 205.715 - Sale of identifying information on telephone calling card.

NRS 205.720 - Obtaining control of credit card or debit card as security for debt.

NRS 205.740 - Forgery of credit card or debit card; presumption from possession.

NRS 205.750 - Unauthorized signing of credit card, debit card or related document with intent to defraud.

NRS 205.760 - Fraudulent use of credit card or debit card, or identifying description of credit account or debit card; presumption of knowledge of revocation of credit card or debit card.

NRS 205.765 - Presumption of intent to defraud and knowledge that holder of credit card or debit card has insufficient money or property.

NRS 205.770 - Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services: Furnishing goods or services upon presentation of credit card or debit card illegally obtained or possessed.

NRS 205.780 - Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services: Misrepresentation to issuer.

NRS 205.790 - Possession of incomplete credit cards or debit cards or equipment to produce cards.

NRS 205.800 - Receiving property or services obtained by unlawful use of credit card or debit card; presumption of knowledge.

NRS 205.810 - Defenses not available.

NRS 205.830 - Definitions.

NRS 205.840 - Owner of cart required to place sign on premises.

NRS 205.850 - Retrieval of carts: Permit from owner.

NRS 205.860 - Wrongful possession, abandonment or alteration of cart or serial number.

NRS 205.870 - Definitions.

NRS 205.880 - Obtaining care for child in child care establishment with intent to defraud keeper or proprietor; penalty; exception.

NRS 205.890 - Prima facie evidence of intent to defraud.

NRS 205.900 - Unlawful use of hotel key; penalty.

NRS 205.910 - Unlawful use of television or radio signals; unlawful manufacture or sale of devices to intercept or decode signals; penalty; exceptions.

NRS 205.920 - Obtaining or attempting to obtain telephone or telegraph service with intent to avoid payment; penalty.

NRS 205.930 - Manufacture, possession, sale or other disposition of equipment or information for obtaining telephone or telegraph service with intent to avoid payment; penalty.

NRS 205.940 - Conversion of rented or leased personal property; penalty; defenses to civil action.

NRS 205.950 - Unlawful receipt of fee, salary, deposit or money to obtain loan for another; penalties.

NRS 205.960 - Qualified intermediaries of clients with certain property: Unlawful acts; criminal penalty; civil penalty.

NRS 205.965 - Unlawful possession, making, altering, forgery or counterfeiting of sales receipt or inventory pricing label; penalties.

NRS 205.970 - Unlawful possession, manufacture, sale or distribution of theft detection shielding device or theft detection device deactivator; penalty.

NRS 205.980 - Determination of value of loss from crime; notice to victim; order of restitution deemed judgment to collect damages.