331.145 - Duty to remove or cover graffiti placed on state property; action to recover civil penalty and damages.
331.145 Duty to remove or cover graffiti placed on state property; action to recover civil penalty and damages.
1. The Chief shall remove or cover all evidence that graffiti has been placed on the real or personal property which is owned or otherwise controlled by the State within 15 days after he or she discovers the graffiti or as soon as practicable.
2. The Chief may bring an action against a person responsible for placing graffiti on the property to recover a civil penalty and damages for the cost of removing or covering the graffiti placed on such property.
3. As used in this section, “graffiti” means any unauthorized inscription, word, figure or design that is marked, etched, scratched, drawn or painted on the public or private property, real or personal, of another, which defaces such property.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 740; A 1997, 512)