Every person who willfully or negligently sets or fails to guard carefully or extinguish any fire, whether on the person’s own land or the land of another, whereby the timber or property of another is endangered is guilty of a misdemeanor.
NRS 475.010
Willful or negligent failure to guard or extinguish fire; penalty
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case CORNELLA (MARY LOU) VS. CHURCHILL CO. (STATE) (2016)
Most recently applied in CORNELLA (MARY LOU) VS. CHURCHILL CO. (STATE) (August 2016)
[1911 C&P § 314; RL § 6579; NCL § 10262]—(NRS A 1971, 1458; 1979, 1480)
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.