200.690 - Penalties.
200.690 Penalties.
1. A person who willfully and knowingly violates NRS 200.620 to 200.650, inclusive:
(a) Shall be punished for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.
(b) Is liable to a person whose wire or oral communication is intercepted without his or her consent for:
(1) Actual damages or liquidated damages of $100 per day of violation but not less than $1,000, whichever is greater;
(2) Punitive damages; and
(3) His or her costs reasonably incurred in the action, including a reasonable attorney’s fee,
Ê all of which may be recovered by civil action.
2. A good faith reliance by a public utility on a written request for interception by one party to a conversation is a complete defense to any civil or criminal action brought against the public utility on account of the interception.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 336; A 1967, 474; 1973, 1749; 1995, 1195)