Nevada Code § 201.085

Definition; penalty
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1. A person is guilty of paternity fraud
if the person:
(a) Is ordered by a court to submit, or agrees to
submit, to a test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a
child and knowingly assists, aids, abets, solicits or conspires with another
person to have someone other than himself submit to the test for the purpose of
preventing a determination that he is the father of the child;
(b) Submits to a test for genetic identification
to determine the paternity of a child in place of the person who has been
ordered to submit, or who has agreed to submit, to a test for genetic
identification to determine the paternity of a child for the purpose of
preventing a determination that the person for whom he is taking the test is
the father of the child; or
(c) Knowingly assists, aids, abets, solicits or
conspires with another person:
(1) To commit a violation of paragraph (a)
or (b); or
(2) To render inaccurate the results of a
test for genetic identification to determine the paternity of a child.
2. A person who violates this section is
guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

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