It shall be no defense to a prosecution for larceny that the accused was entitled to a commission out of the money or property appropriated as compensation for collecting or receiving the same for or on behalf of the owner thereof, or that the money or property appropriated was partly the property of another and partly the property of the accused; but it shall not be larceny for any bailee, factor, pledgee, servant, attorney, agent, employee or trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, officer or other person to retain his or her reasonable collection fee or charges.
NRS 205.265
Commission or part ownership no defense for larceny
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Babcock v. State (1975)
Most recently applied in Babcock v. State (May 1975)
[1911 C&P § 387; RL § 6652; NCL § 10339]
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.