Law / United States / Nevada
Unlawful acts regarding computers, private action and enforcement
Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. 205.4765 to 205.513
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In force since 1 October 1983.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not knowingly, willfully and without authorization modify, damage, destroy, disclose, use, transfer, conceal, take, retain, copy, or obtain or attempt to obtain access to data, a program, equipment, or a computer, system or network connected to Nevada.
- Ordinary, non-disruptive automated access to a public page is not clearly addressed by this statute's authorization test, and no Nevada case resolves the question for scraping specifically.
- A violation that defrauds, causes more than $500 in response costs or damage, or interrupts a public service escalates from a misdemeanor to a category C felony carrying a fine of up to $100,000.
- A victim of a violation may bring a private civil action for response costs, loss, punitive damages, and attorney's fees regardless of whether any criminal charge is filed.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Private right of actionYes
Criminal exposure note
A bare violation of NRS 205.4765(1)-(5) is a misdemeanor; NRS 205.477 interference with or denial of access is a gross misdemeanor; either escalates to a category C felony under NRS 205.4765(6) where the act defrauded, caused over $500 in response costs or damage, or interrupted a public service.
Penalty structure
The $100,000 fine applies only to the aggravated category C felony tier (fraud scheme, response costs or damage over $500, or interruption of a public service); an unaggravated violation is a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor under the general default penalties in NRS 193.140 and 193.150, not stated as a specific amount within this section.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 6 September 2026
- Currency
- USD
- Fixed cap
- 100,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Attorney General or the appropriate district attorney (injunctive relief), in addition to ordinary criminal prosecution
What it reaches
Obligation class
Access restriction
What this law does
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Section 205.4765 makes it unlawful for a person, knowingly, willfully and without authorization, to modify, damage, destroy, disclose, use, transfer, conceal, take, retain, copy, or obtain or attempt to obtain access to data, a program, equipment, or a computer, system or network; a bare violation is a misdemeanor, escalating to a category C felony carrying a fine of up to $100,000 where the act was committed to defraud, caused response costs or damage over $500, or interrupted a public service.
Section 205.477 separately punishes knowing, willful, malicious and unauthorized interference with or denial of access to a computer, system or network as a gross misdemeanor. Section 205.509 presumes an employee authorized to access his or her employer's own systems, and the chapter does not otherwise define how authorization is read for a member of the public accessing an unauthenticated public page.
Section 205.511 gives any victim of a crime described in this range a private civil action for response costs, loss or injury, punitive damages, and attorney's fees, independent of any criminal charge or conviction, and section 205.513 lets the Attorney General or the appropriate district attorney seek an injunction.
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