200.690 - Penalties. - Nevada Statutes

200.690  Penalties.

      1.  A person who willfully and knowingly violates NRS 200.620 to 200.650, inclusive:

      (a) Shall be punished for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.

      (b) Is liable to a person whose wire or oral communication is intercepted without his or her consent for:

             (1) Actual damages or liquidated damages of $100 per day of violation but not less than $1,000, whichever is greater;

             (2) Punitive damages; and

             (3) His or her costs reasonably incurred in the action, including a reasonable attorney’s fee,

Ê all of which may be recovered by civil action.

      2.  A good faith reliance by a public utility on a written request for interception by one party to a conversation is a complete defense to any civil or criminal action brought against the public utility on account of the interception.

      (Added to NRS by 1957, 336; A 1967, 474; 1973, 1749; 1995, 1195)