{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-539.780","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 539.780","heading":"Unlawful interference with officer, agent or employee of district; criminal and civil penalties.","body":"1. Any person who wrongfully and maliciously interferes with any officer, agent or employee of the district in the proper discharge of his or her duties, is guilty of a public offense, as prescribed in NRS 193.155, proportionate to the value of any property damaged or destroyed and in no event less than a misdemeanor.\n2. The irrigation district damaged by any such act may also bring a civil action for damages sustained by any such act, and in such proceeding the prevailing party is entitled to attorney’s fees and costs of court.","path":["TITLE 48 — WATER","CHAPTER 539 - IRRIGATION DISTRICTS","UNLAWFUL ACTS AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-539.html#NRS539Sec780","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:42Z","sha256":"28a143f26b41c57e623a5e843a7ea609b6e57425bdbea93fdeac2fa7acbbc497","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-539.777","next":"us-nv/nrs-539.783"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}