1. Any person who causes to be prepared or delivered to another person any document that simulates a summons, complaint, judgment, order or other legal process with the intent to: (a) Induce payment of a claim from another person; or (b) Induce another person to: (1) Submit to the putative authority of the document; or (2) Take any action or refrain from taking any action: (I) In response to or on the basis of the document; or (II) To comply with the document, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130. 2. There is a rebuttable presumption that a person intended to violate the provisions of this section if the person files with or presents or delivers to any court in this State any document that simulates a summons, complaint, judgment, order or other legal process. 3. It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that a document that simulates a summons, complaint, judgment, order or other legal process states that the document is not legal process or purports to have been issued or authorized by a person or entity who does not have the lawful authority to issue or authorize the document. 4. process states that the document is not legal process or purports to have been issued or authorized by a person or entity who does not have the lawful authority to issue or authorize the document. 4. As used in this section, 'action' includes, without limitation: (a) Making a court appearance; (b) Obtaining legal counsel; (c) Acting upon a perceived conflict created by a document that simulates a summons, complaint, judgment, order or other legal process; or (d) Recusal. (Added to NRS by 2019, 1798)
Nevada Legal Code