207.285 - Making false or misleading statement to cause activation of Statewide Alert System for the Safe Return of Abducted Children.
207.285 Making false or misleading statement to cause activation of Statewide Alert System for the Safe Return of Abducted Children.
1. A person who intentionally makes any false or misleading statement, including, without limitation, any statement that conceals facts, omits facts or contains false or misleading information concerning any material fact, to any police officer, sheriff, district attorney, deputy sheriff, deputy district attorney or member of the Department of Public Safety to cause the System to be activated is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
2. The Attorney General or the district attorney of the county in which a person made a false or misleading statement may investigate and prosecute any violation of the provisions of this section.
3. As used in this section, “System” means the Statewide Alert System for the Safe Return of Abducted Children created by NRS 432.340.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 428)