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Nevada · Through 2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25) · Newer source version available

NRS 175.261: False pretenses: What evidence necessary.

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  1. TITLE 14 — PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES
  2. CHAPTER 175 - TRIAL
  3. CONDUCT OF TRIAL

Upon a trial for having, with an intent to cheat or defraud another designedly, by any false pretense, obtained the signature of any person, to a written instrument, or having obtained from any person any money, personal property, or valuable thing, the defendant shall not be convicted if the false pretense shall have been expressed in language, unaccompanied by a false token or writing, unless the pretense or some note or memorandum thereof be in writing, subscribed by or in the handwriting of the defendant, or unless the pretense be proved by the testimony of two witnesses, or that of one witness and corroborating circumstances; but this section shall not apply to a prosecution for falsely representing or personating another, and, in such assumed character, marrying, or receiving any money or property.

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