A person who with the intent to defraud uses on a public security or an instrument of payment:

Attorney's Note

Under the Nevada Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
category D felony1 to 4 yearsup to $5,000
For details, see Nev. Rev. Stat. § 193.130

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 351.060

  • Authorized officer: means any official of this state or any of its departments, agencies or other instrumentalities or any of its political subdivisions whose signature to a public security or instrument of payment is required or permitted. See Nevada Revised Statutes 351.020
  • Facsimile signature: means a reproduction by engraving, imprinting, stamping or other means of the manual signature of an authorized officer. See Nevada Revised Statutes 351.020
  • Instrument of payment: means a check, draft, warrant or order for the payment, delivery or transfer of funds. See Nevada Revised Statutes 351.020
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
  • Public security: means a bond, note, certificate of indebtedness or other obligation for the payment of money, issued by this state or by any of its departments, agencies or other instrumentalities or by any of its political subdivisions. See Nevada Revised Statutes 351.020

1.  A facsimile signature, or any reproduction of it, of any authorized officer; or

2.  Any facsimile seal, or any reproduction of it, of this state or any of its departments, agencies or other instrumentalities or of any of its political subdivisions, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.