A person who fraudulently or falsely pretends that any infant child was born of a parent whose child is or would be entitled to inherit real property or to receive any personal property, or who falsely represents himself or herself or another to be a person entitled to an interest or share in the estate of a deceased person as executor, administrator, spouse, heir, heiress, legatee, devisee, next of kin or relative of the deceased person, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

Attorney's Note

Under the Nevada Revised Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
category D felony1 to 4 yearsup to $5,000
For details, see Nev. Rev. Stat. § 193.130

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Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 199.360

  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.