Every person who shall:

Attorney's Note

Under the Nevada Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
gross misdemeanorup to 364 daysup to $2,000
For details, see Nev. Rev. Stat. § 193.140

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 206.290

  • 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

1.  Willfully open or read, or cause to be read, any sealed letter, message or telegram, not addressed to such person, without being authorized so to do either by the writer of the same or by the person to whom it shall be addressed, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

2.  Maliciously publish the whole or any part of such letter, message or telegram, without the authority of the writer thereof or of the person to whom the same shall be addressed, knowing the same to have been so opened, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.