Nevada § 206.290 Opening or publishing sealed letter or telegram

Nevada Statutes

§ 206.290 — Opening or publishing sealed letter or telegram

Nevada § 206.290

Title 15CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Ch. 206Malicious

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 206.290 (2026).

Text

Every person who shall:

1.Willfully open or read, or cause to be read, any sealed letter, message or telegram, not addressed to such person, without being authorized so to do either by the writer of the same or by the person to whom it shall be addressed, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

2.Maliciously publish the whole or any part of such letter, message or telegram, without the authority of the writer thereof or of the person to whom the same shall be addressed, knowing the same to have been so opened, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

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Every person who shall:
1. Willfully open or read, or cause to be read, any sealed letter, message or telegram, not addressed to such person, without being authorized so to do either by the writer of the same or by the person to whom it shall be addressed, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. Maliciously publish the whole or any part of such letter, message or telegram, without the authority of the writer thereof or of the person to whom the same shall be addressed, knowing the same to have been so opened, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.