Nevada Statutes
§ 197.180 — Wrongful exercise of official power
Nevada § 197.180
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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 197.180 (2026).
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Any person who willfully takes upon himself or herself to exercise or officiate in any office or place of another, without being lawfully authorized thereto, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
[1911 C&P § 539; RL § 6804; NCL § 10485]—(NRS A 1967, 462 )
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Nevada § 197.180, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nv/197.180.