NRS 207.337 Simulation of summons, complaint, judgment, order or other legal process; rebuttable presumption; penalty.

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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,

Ê 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. 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.