NRS 207.180
Threatening or obscene letters or writings.

1.

Any person who knowingly sends or delivers any letter or writing:

(a)

Threatening to accuse another of a crime or misdemeanor, or to expose or publish any of the other person’s infirmities or failings, with intent to extort money, goods, chattels or other valuable thing; or

(b)

Threatening to maim, wound, kill or murder, or to burn or destroy the house or other property of another person, or to accuse another of a crime or misdemeanor, or expose or publish any of the other person’s infirmities, though no money, goods, chattels or other valuable thing be demanded,
Ê is guilty of a misdemeanor.

2.

Any person who:

(a)

Writes and sends, or writes and delivers, either through the mail, express, by private parties or otherwise, any anonymous letter, or any letter bearing a fictitious name, charging any person with crime; or

(b)

Writes and sends any anonymous letter or letters bearing a fictitious name, containing vulgar or threatening language, obscene pictures, or containing reflections upon his or her standing in society or in the community,
Ê is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Source: Section 207.180 — Threatening or obscene letters or writings., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-207.­html#NRS207Sec180 (accessed May 26, 2025).

207.180
Threatening or obscene letters or writings. 207.185
Penalty for commission of certain unlawful acts by reason of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression of another person or group of persons. 207.190
Coercion. 207.193
Coercion: Hearing to determine whether sexually motivated. 207.195
Use of monetary instrument or other property representing proceeds or derived from unlawful activity 207.200
Unlawful trespass upon land 207.203
Unlawful trespass upon licensed gaming establishment by person previously convicted of prostitution or solicitation for prostitution. 207.204
Jumping or removal from fixed structure by parachute or other airborne means or assisting another person in doing so deemed to be trespass 207.205
Posting land without permission of owner or occupant. 207.210
Destruction of signs or notices forbidding trespass. 207.220
Penalty for not closing gates. 207.225
Unlawful diversion of irrigation water. 207.230
Acting without lawful authority. 207.235
Dog racing as gaming activity. 207.245
Use of system providing telephone number to be used in emergency when no actual or perceived emergency exists 207.260
Unlawful contact with child or person with mental illness. 207.270
Loitering about school or public place where children congregate. 207.280
False reporting of crimes unlawful. 207.285
Making false or misleading statement to cause activation of Statewide Alert System for the Safe Return of Abducted Children or Statewide Alert System for the Safe Return of Missing Endangered Older Persons. 207.290
Giving or accepting bribe to influence outcome of sporting event. 207.295
Commercial bribery. 207.297
Discrimination: Definitions. 207.300
Discrimination: Transactions involving real property. 207.310
Discrimination: Loans for dwellings. 207.320
Preparation or sale of academic writings. 207.325
Unsolicited transmission of advertisement to facsimile machine. 207.330
Sale of identifying card or document. 207.335
Counterfeiting or forging registry identification card or letter of approval issued for engaging in acts relating to medical use of cannabis 207.337
Simulation of summons, complaint, judgment, order or other legal process 207.340
Acts concerning federal food stamps 207.345
Impersonation of officer or employee of utility.

May 26, 2025

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