Nevada Code § 179.1229

Property subject to civil forfeiture; required proof; where action must be instituted
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2, all property used in the course of, intended for use in the
course of, derived from or gained through a technological crime is subject to
civil forfeiture to the State.
2. Upon a showing by the owner of the
property of the requisite facts, the following is not subject to forfeiture
under this section:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
(b), property used without the knowledge or consent of its owner; and
(b) A means of transportation used by a person in
the transaction of business as a common carrier unless it appears the owner or
person in charge of the common carrier consented to or had knowledge of the
technological crime.
3. The State is not required to plead or
prove that a person has been charged with or convicted of any technological
crime. If proof of such conviction is made, and it is shown that the judgment
of conviction has become final, the proof against any person is conclusive
evidence of all facts necessary to sustain the conviction.
4. Any civil action or proceeding under
this section must be instituted in the district court of the State in the
county in which the prospective defendant resides or has committed any act
which subjects the prospective defendant to criminal or civil liability
pursuant to the provisions of NRS 179.1211 to 179.1235 , inclusive.

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