{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-454.311","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 454.311","heading":"Fraudulent possession of dangerous drug or prescription; false or altered prescription; penalty.","body":"1. A person, other than a peace officer or inspector of the Board in the performance of his or her official duty, who knowingly or intentionally obtains or attempts to obtain possession of a dangerous drug or a prescription for a dangerous drug by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, subterfuge or alteration is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.\n2. A person who knowingly has in his or her possession any false, fictitious, forged or altered prescription for a dangerous drug is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.\n3. A person who knowingly:\n(a) Receives any dangerous drug from, or has in his or her possession or under his or her control any dangerous drug obtained by, another person as a result of any forged, false, fictitious or altered prescription; or\n(b) Fills a prescription which is not genuine,\nÊ is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.","path":["TITLE 40 — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 454 - POISONS; DANGEROUS DRUGS AND HYPODERMICS","DANGEROUS DRUGS AND HYPODERMIC DEVICES","Dangerous Drugs"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-454.html#NRS454Sec311","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:40Z","sha256":"1cd98c8e62d3a9e77507378dba022fae6b4ac2a35f6b8ecf4f38974c8575c5c0","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-454.306","next":"us-nv/nrs-454.316"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}