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

NRS 201.085: Definition; penalty.

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  1. TITLE 15 — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
  2. CHAPTER 201 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS
  3. CONTRIBUTORY DELINQUENCY AND NEGLECT OF CHILDREN

1. A person is guilty of paternity fraud if the person:

(a) Is ordered by a court to submit, or agrees to submit, to a test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a child and knowingly assists, aids, abets, solicits or conspires with another person to have someone other than himself submit to the test for the purpose of preventing a determination that he is the father of the child;

(b) Submits to a test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a child in place of the person who has been ordered to submit, or who has agreed to submit, to a test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a child for the purpose of preventing a determination that the person for whom he is taking the test is the father of the child; or

(c) Knowingly assists, aids, abets, solicits or conspires with another person:

(1) To commit a violation of paragraph (a) or (b); or

(2) To render inaccurate the results of a test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a child.

2. A person who violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

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