428.110 - Criminal and civil penalties for bringing nonresident indigent into county. - Nevada Statutes

428.110  Criminal and civil penalties for bringing nonresident indigent into county.

      1.  Any person who brings into or leaves within, or aids another person in bringing into or leaving within any county, an indigent person who is a nonresident or whose county of residence is another county, knowingly and for the purpose of imposing the indigent person as a public charge on the county to which the person is brought or left is guilty of a misdemeanor.

      2.  Any person who brings into or leaves within any county, an indigent person who is a nonresident or whose county of residence is another county, knowing him or her to be an indigent person, shall forfeit and pay the sum of $100 for each offense, to be sued for and recovered by and to the use of the county in a civil action before any court of competent jurisdiction.

      [11:51:1861; B § 3759; BH § 1991; C § 2164; RL § 2925; NCL § 5147] + [3:11:1905; RL § 2928; NCL § 5150]—(NRS A 1967, 576; 1989, 1859)