NRS 199.290: Compounding crimes.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 15 — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
- CHAPTER 199 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE
- OTHER OFFENSES
1. A person who asks or receives, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity or reward, or any promise thereof, upon an agreement or understanding that the person will compound or conceal a crime or violation of a statute, or abstain from testifying thereto, delay a prosecution therefor or withhold any evidence thereof, except in a case where a compromise is allowed by law, shall be punished:
(a) For a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
(b) For a gross misdemeanor, where the agreement or understanding relates to a gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor, or to a violation of statute for which a pecuniary penalty or forfeiture is prescribed.
2. In any proceeding against a person for compounding a crime, it is not necessary to prove that any person has been convicted of the crime or violation of statute in relation to which an agreement or understanding herein prohibited was made.
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