NRS 624.165 Investigation of constructional fraud.

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1. The Board shall:

(a)Designate one or more of its employees for the investigation of constructional fraud;

(b)Cooperate with other local, state or federal investigative and law enforcement agencies, and the Attorney General;

(c)Assist the Attorney General or any official of an investigative or a law enforcement agency of this State, any other state or the Federal Government who requests assistance in investigating any act of constructional fraud; and

(d)Furnish to those officials any information concerning its investigation or report on any act of constructional fraud.

2. The Board may obtain records of a law enforcement agency or any other agency that maintains records of criminal history, including, without limitation, records of:

(a)Arrests;

(b)Guilty and guilty but mentally ill pleas;

(c)Sentencing;

(d)Probation;

(e)Parole;

(f)Bail;

(g)Complaints; and

(h)Final dispositions,

Ê for the investigation of constructional fraud.

3. For the purposes of this section, constructional fraud occurs if a person engaged in construction knowingly:

(a)Misapplies money under the circumstances described in NRS 205.310 ;

(b)Obtains money, property or labor by false pretense as described in NRS 205.380 ;

(c)Receives payments and fails to state his or her own true name, or states a false name, contractor’s license number, address or telephone number of the person offering a service;

(d)Diverts money or commits any act of theft, forgery, fraud or embezzlement, in connection with a construction project, that violates a criminal statute of this State;

(e)Acts as a contractor without:

(1)Possessing a contractor’s license issued pursuant to this chapter; or

(2)Possessing any other license required by this State or a political subdivision of this State;

(f)In any report relating to a contract for a public work, submits false information concerning a payroll to a public officer or agency; or

(g)Otherwise fails to disclose a material fact.