Nevada Code § 205.160

Possessing or receiving forged instruments or bills
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A person who has in his or her possession, or
receives from any other person, any forged promissory note, travelers check or
money order, or bank bill, or bill for the payment of money or property, with
the intention to pass it, or to permit, cause, or procure it to be uttered or
passed, with the intention to defraud any person, body politic or corporate,
whether the person, body politic or corporate, resides in or belongs to this
state or not, knowing it to be forged or counterfeited, or has or keeps in his
or her possession any blank or unfinished note, travelers check, money order
or bank bill, made in the form or similitude of any promissory note or bill for
payment of money or property, made to be issued by any person, company,
partnership or corporation, with the intention to fill up and complete the
blank and unfinished note or bill, or to permit, or cause, or procure it to be
filled up and completed in order to utter or pass it, or to permit, or cause,
or procure it to be uttered and passed to defraud any person, body politic or
corporate, whether in this state or elsewhere, is guilty of a category C felony
and shall be punished as provided in NRS
193.130 . In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person
to pay restitution.

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