554.085 - Civil penalties.
554.085 Civil penalties.
1. In addition to any criminal penalty that may be imposed pursuant to NRS 554.090, any corporation, common carrier, agent or employee of any corporation, or any other person violating or assisting in violating any of the provisions of NRS 554.020 to 554.090, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, is liable for a civil penalty for each violation not to exceed:
(a) For the first violation, $1,500;
(b) For the second violation, $3,000; and
(c) For each subsequent violation, $5,000.
2. If a defendant is convicted of violating any of the provisions of NRS 554.020 to 554.090, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the court shall order the defendant to pay a civil penalty pursuant to subsection 1. The court shall fix the manner and time of payment.
3. All penalties collected pursuant to this section must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the State General Fund.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 81; A 2003, 531)
NRS 554.090 Criminal penalties. Any corporation, common carrier, agent or employee of any corporation, or any other person violating or assisting in violating any of the provisions of NRS 554.020 to 554.090, inclusive, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 1 year, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both fine and imprisonment. The prosecuting attorney and the State Department of Agriculture may recover the costs of the proceeding, including investigative costs, against a person convicted of a gross misdemeanor pursuant to this section.
[7:99:1927; NCL § 432]—(NRS A 1967, 611; 1997, 82)