427A.575 - Excessive or fraudulent claim; penalty.

427A.575  Excessive or fraudulent claim; penalty.  The Division shall deny any claim for assistance to which the claimant is not entitled or any amount in excess of that to which the claimant is entitled. The Division may deny in total any claim which is filed with fraudulent intent. If any such claim has been paid and is afterward denied, the amount of the claim together with a 10 percent penalty must be repaid by the claimant to the Division. If the amount of the refund and penalty is not repaid, the amount must be assessed against any real or personal property owned by the claimant.

      (Added to NRS by 2001, 2659; A 2003, 2020)