{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-205.132","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 205.132","heading":"Issuance of check or draft without sufficient money or credit: Presumptions of intent to defraud and knowledge of insufficiency; malice in causing prosecution.","body":"1. In a criminal action for issuing a check or draft against insufficient or no funds with intent to defraud, that intent and the knowledge that the drawer has insufficient money, property or credit with the drawee is presumed to exist if:\n(a) The instrument is drawn on a purported account which does not exist.\n(b) Payment of the instrument is refused by the drawee when it is presented in the usual course of business, unless within 5 days after receiving notice of this fact from the drawee or the holder, the drawer pays the holder of the instrument the full amount due plus any handling charges. For the purposes of this paragraph, presentation of a check or draft that constitutes a credit instrument, as defined in NRS 463.01467, occurs in the usual course of business if the presentation occurs not more than 2 years after the date on which the credit instrument is issued.\n(c) Notice of refusal of payment, sent to the drawer by registered or certified mail at an address printed or written on the instrument, is returned because of nondelivery.\n2. If a complainant causes a criminal action to be commenced for issuing a check or draft with intent to defraud and refuses to testify in the action, the complainant is presumed to have acted maliciously and without probable cause.","path":["TITLE 15 — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS","CHAPTER 205 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY","FORGERY, COUNTERFEITING AND ISSUANCE OF CHECK OR DRAFT WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-205.html#NRS205Sec132","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:34Z","sha256":"e3dda3e24f108e43187a53ebd4c2b63a1f8341eb2c2a3fa6002291ccec152d6b","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-205.130","next":"us-nv/nrs-205.134"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}