651.080 - Deprivation of, interference with and punishment for exercising rights and privileges unlawful; penalty.

651.080  Deprivation of, interference with and punishment for exercising rights and privileges unlawful; penalty.

      1.  Any person is guilty of a misdemeanor who:

      (a) Withholds, denies, deprives or attempts to withhold, deny or deprive any other person of any right or privilege secured by NRS 651.070 or 651.075;

      (b) Intimidates, threatens, coerces or attempts to threaten, intimidate or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with any right or privilege secured by NRS 651.070 or 651.075; or

      (c) Punishes or attempts to punish any other person for exercising or attempting to exercise any right or privilege secured by NRS 651.070 or 651.075.

      2.  A prosecution for violation of a local ordinance authorized by NRS 651.100 is a bar to any prosecution pursuant to this section.

      (Added to NRS by 1965, 690; A 1997, 75)