412.474 - Desertion. - Nevada Statutes

412.474  Desertion.

      1.  Any member of the Nevada National Guard who:

      (a) Without authority goes or remains absent from his or her unit, organization or place of duty with intent to remain away therefrom permanently;

      (b) Quits his or her unit, organization or place of duty with intent to avoid hazardous duty or to shirk important service; or

      (c) Without being regularly separated from one of the forces of the Nevada National Guard enlists or accepts an appointment in the same or another one of the forces of the Nevada National Guard, or in one of the Armed Forces of the United States, without fully disclosing the fact that he or she has not been regularly separated,

Ê is guilty of desertion.

      2.  Any commissioned officer of the Nevada National Guard who, after tender of his or her resignation and before notice of its acceptance, quits his or her post or proper duties without leave and with intent to remain away therefrom permanently is guilty of desertion.

      3.  Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1331)