199.305 - Preventing or dissuading victim, person acting on behalf of victim, or witness from reporting crime, commencing prosecution or causing arrest. - Nevada Statutes

199.305  Preventing or dissuading victim, person acting on behalf of victim, or witness from reporting crime, commencing prosecution or causing arrest.

      1.  A person who, by intimidating or threatening another person, prevents or dissuades a victim of a crime, a person acting on behalf of the victim or a witness from:

      (a) Reporting a crime or possible crime to a:

             (1) Judge;

             (2) Peace officer;

             (3) Parole or probation officer;

             (4) Prosecuting attorney;

             (5) Warden or other employee at an institution of the Department of Corrections; or

             (6) Superintendent or other employee at a juvenile correctional institution;

      (b) Commencing a criminal prosecution or a proceeding for the revocation of a parole or probation, or seeking or assisting in such a prosecution or proceeding; or

      (c) Causing the arrest of a person in connection with a crime,

Ê or who hinders or delays such a victim, agent or witness in an effort to carry out any of those actions is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

      2.  As used in this section, “victim of a crime” means a person against whom a crime has been committed.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 1682; A 1995, 1177; 2001 Special Session, 228)