NRS 201.085: Definition; penalty.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 15 — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
- CHAPTER 201 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS
- 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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