Any person, corporation or association, or the agent of any person, corporation or association, engaged in the milling, smelting, sampling, concentrating, reducing, shipping or purchasing of ores in this state, who shall in any manner knowingly alter or change the true value of any ores delivered to the person, corporation, association or agent so as to deprive the seller of the correct value of the same, or who shall substitute other ores for those delivered to the person, corporation, association or agent, or who shall issue any bill of sale, or certificate of purchase, that does not exactly and truthfully state the actual weight, assay value, and total amount paid for any lot or lots of ore purchased, or who, by any secret understanding or agreement with another shall issue a bill of sale or certificate of purchase that does not correctly and truthfully set forth the weight, assay value and total amount paid for any lot or lots of ore purchased by the person, corporation, association or agent, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 445; RL § 6710; NCL § 10398]—(NRS A 1967, 606)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 519 - Purchase, Assaying and Recovery of Ores
NRS 519.010 - Possessors of mining claims deemed lawful owners of ores therefrom.
NRS 519.020 - Purchasers in good faith deemed owners of ores.
NRS 519.030 - Notice to purchasers of their liability; institution of action to enforce title.
NRS 519.040 - Liability of claimant for failure to institute action after service of notice.
NRS 519.050 - Liability of purchaser after notice and institution of action.
NRS 519.060 - Payment for ores within 30 days after delivery, sale or settlement; penalty.
NRS 519.080 - Records of assayers and purchasers: Contents.
NRS 519.120 - Assayers to identify bullion or amalgam; penalty for refusal or neglect to comply.