{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-357.040","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 357.040","heading":"Liability for damages and civil penalty for certain acts.","body":"1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 357.050, a person who, with or without specific intent to defraud, does any of the following listed acts is liable to the State or a political subdivision, whichever is affected, for the amounts set forth in subsection 2:\n(a) Knowingly presents or causes to be presented a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval.\n(b) Knowingly makes or uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or statement that is material to a false or fraudulent claim.\n(c) Has possession, custody or control of public property or money used or to be used by the State or a political subdivision and knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered to the State or a political subdivision less money or property than the amount of which the person has possession, custody or control.\n(d) Is authorized to prepare or deliver a document that certifies receipt of money or property used or to be used by the State or a political subdivision and knowingly prepares or delivers such a document without knowing that the information on the document is true.\n(e) Knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge or security for an obligation or debt, public property from a person who is not authorized to sell or pledge the property.\n(f) Knowingly makes or uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or statement that is material to an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the State or a political subdivision.\n(g) Knowingly conceals or knowingly and improperly avoids or decreases an obligation to pay or transmit money or property to the State or a political subdivision.\n(h) Is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim and, after discovering the falsity of the claim, fails to disclose the falsity to the State or political subdivision within a reasonable time.\n(i) Conspires to commit any of the acts set forth in this subsection.\n2. For each act described in subsection 1 that is committed by a person, the person is liable for:\n(a) Three times the amount of damages sustained by the State or political subdivision, whichever is affected, because of the act of the person;\n(b) The costs of a civil action brought to recover the damages described in paragraph (a); and\n(c) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, a civil penalty of not less than $5,500 or more than $11,000. A civil penalty imposed pursuant to this paragraph must correspond to any adjustments in the monetary amount of a civil penalty for a violation of the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a), made by the Attorney General of the United States in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-410, as amended.\n3. As used in this section, a person acts “knowingly” with respect to information if he or she:\n(a) Has knowledge of the information;\n(b) Acts in deliberate ignorance of whether the information is true or false; or\n(c) Acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.","path":["TITLE 31 — PUBLIC FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 357 - SUBMISSION OF FALSE CLAIMS TO STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT","LIABILITY"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-357.html#NRS357Sec040","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:37Z","sha256":"237922ac3f425acba4151b48b3c545011e09fbf91d2b214d58f199ab08c89c83","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-357.030","next":"us-nv/nrs-357.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}