NRS 205.445
Defrauding proprietor of hotel, inn, restaurant, motel or similar establishment.


1.

It is unlawful for a person:

(a)

To obtain food, foodstuffs, lodging, merchandise or other accommodations at any hotel, inn, trailer park, motor court, boardinghouse, rooming house, lodging house, furnished apartment house, furnished bungalow court, furnished automobile camp, eating house, restaurant, grocery store, market or dairy, without paying therefor, with the intent to defraud the proprietor or manager thereof;

(b)

To obtain credit at a hotel, inn, trailer park, motor court, boardinghouse, rooming house, lodging house, furnished apartment house, furnished bungalow court, furnished automobile camp, eating house, restaurant, grocery store, market or dairy by the use of any false pretense; or

(c)

After obtaining credit, food, lodging, merchandise or other accommodations at a hotel, inn, trailer park, motor court, boardinghouse, rooming house, lodging house, furnished apartment house, furnished bungalow court, furnished automobile camp, eating house, restaurant, grocery store, market or dairy, to abscond or surreptitiously, or by force, menace or threats, to remove any part of his or her baggage therefrom, without paying for the food or accommodations.

2.

A person who violates any of the provisions of subsection 1 shall be punished:

(a)

Where the total value of the credit, food, foodstuffs, lodging, merchandise or other accommodations received from any one establishment is $650 or more, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution.

(b)

Otherwise, for a misdemeanor.

3.

Proof that lodging, food, foodstuffs, merchandise or other accommodations were obtained by false pretense, or by false or fictitious show or pretense of any baggage or other property, or that the person refused or willfully neglected to pay for the food, foodstuffs, lodging, merchandise or other accommodations, or that the person gave in payment for the food, foodstuffs, lodging, merchandise or other accommodations negotiable paper on which payment was refused, or that the person absconded without paying or offering to pay for the food, foodstuffs, lodging, merchandise or other accommodations, or that the person surreptitiously removed or attempted to remove his or her baggage, is prima facie evidence of the fraudulent intent mentioned in this section.

4.

This section does not apply where there has been an agreement in writing for delay in payment for a period to exceed 10 days.

Source: Section 205.445 — Defrauding proprietor of hotel, inn, restaurant, motel or similar establishment., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-205.­html#NRS205Sec445.

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Fraudulent conveyances.
205.335
Sale or removal of goods subject to security interest by debtor in possession without consent of secured party.
205.340
Sale or creation of security interest in personal property subject to security interest or lien without informing purchaser or secured party.
205.345
Destruction or removal of personal property upon which security interest or lease exists.
205.350
Removal or sale of property to defraud creditors.
205.355
Fraudulent sale or concealment of personal property after action commenced or judgment rendered.
205.360
Knowingly receiving fraudulent conveyance.
205.365
Fraudulently selling real estate twice.
205.370
Swindling
205.372
Mortgage lending fraud
205.375
False written statements to obtain property or credit.
205.377
Multiple transactions involving fraud or deceit in course of enterprise or occupation
205.380
Obtaining money, property, rent or labor by false pretenses.
205.390
Obtaining signature by false pretense.
205.395
False representation concerning title
205.397
False representation concerning lien against property of public officer or employee, candidate for public office or participant in official proceeding or member of immediate family of such persons
205.400
Fraud by bailee of animal.
205.405
Falsifying accounts.
205.410
Improper use of insignia.
205.412
Stolen valor.
205.415
Collecting for benefit without authority.
205.420
Use of false permit, license or writing.
205.435
Fraudulent issue of stock.
205.440
Publishing false statement to affect market price.
205.445
Defrauding proprietor of hotel, inn, restaurant, motel or similar establishment.
205.450
Personating another.
205.455
Personating another same as stealing.
205.460
Preparation, transfer or use of false identification regarding person under 21 years of age
Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

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