{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-199.120","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 199.120","heading":"Definition; penalties.","body":"A person, having taken a lawful oath or made affirmation in a judicial proceeding or in any other matter where, by law, an oath or affirmation is required and no other penalty is prescribed, who:\n1. Willfully makes an unqualified statement of that which the person does not know to be true;\n2. Swears or affirms willfully and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question;\n3. Suborns any other person to make such an unqualified statement or to swear or affirm in such a manner;\n4. Executes an affidavit pursuant to NRS 15.010 which contains a false statement, or suborns any other person to do so; or\n5. Executes an affidavit or other instrument which contains a false statement before a person authorized to administer oaths or suborns any other person to do so,\nÊ is guilty of perjury or subornation of perjury, as the case may be, which is a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.","path":["TITLE 15 — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","CHAPTER 199 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE","PERJURY AND SUBORNATION OF PERJURY"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-199.html#NRS199Sec120","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:34Z","sha256":"7bb91a028b5c364bed659e6215001e0d9423ca172a92012a3de4a8d15becdb8b","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-199.110","next":"us-nv/nrs-199.125"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}