{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-197.200","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 197.200","heading":"Oppression under color of office.","body":"1. An officer, or a person pretending to be an officer, who unlawfully and maliciously, under pretense or color of official authority:\n(a) Arrests or detains a person against the person’s will;\n(b) Seizes or levies upon another’s property;\n(c) Dispossesses another of any lands or tenements; or\n(d) Does any act whereby the person, property or rights of another person are injured,\nÊ commits oppression.\n2. An officer or person committing oppression shall be punished:\n(a) Where physical force or the immediate threat of physical force is used, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.\n(b) Where no physical force or immediate threat of physical force is used, for a gross misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 15 — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","CHAPTER 197 - CRIMES BY AND AGAINST THE EXECUTIVE POWER OF THIS STATE"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-197.html#NRS197Sec200","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:34Z","sha256":"07ae13dec673957eead770c325ee6d3eae3e8a884f1ff2fdbb833149970edb8c","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-197.190","next":"us-nv/nrs-197.210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}