205.175 - Counterfeiting seals; forgery of signatures of public officers; sale or possession of counterfeit badge or identification of law enforcement agency.

205.175  Counterfeiting seals; forgery of signatures of public officers; sale or possession of counterfeit badge or identification of law enforcement agency.

      1.  A person who:

      (a) Fraudulently forges or counterfeits the Seal of this State, or the seal of any court or public officer by law entitled to have and use a seal, or the seal of any corporation, and makes use of the seal;

      (b) Forges or counterfeits the signature of any public officer, or seal of any corporation;

      (c) Unlawfully and corruptly, and with evil intent, affixes a true seal to any commission, deed, warrant, pardon, certificate or other writing; or

      (d) Has in his or her possession or custody a counterfeit seal, and willfully conceals it, knowing it to be falsely made and counterfeited,

Ê is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

      2.  A person who manufactures or knowingly sells or possesses a counterfeit badge or identification of any law enforcement agency is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

      [1911 C&P § 420; RL § 6685; NCL § 10372]—(NRS A 1967, 497; 1979, 1442; 1989, 1670; 1995, 1219)