1. The Board shall: (a) Designate one or more of its employees for the investigation of constructional fraud; (b) Cooperate with other local, state or federal investigative and law enforcement agencies, and the Attorney General; (c) Assist the Attorney General or any official of an investigative or a law enforcement agency of this State, any other state or the Federal Government who requests assistance in investigating any act of constructional fraud; and (d) Furnish to those officials any information concerning its investigation or report on any act of constructional fraud. 2. The Board may obtain records of a law enforcement agency or any other agency that maintains records of criminal history, including, without limitation, records of: (a) Arrests; (b) Guilty and guilty but mentally ill pleas; (c) Sentencing; (d) Probation; (e) Parole; (f) Bail; (g) Complaints; and (h) Final dispositions, for the investigation of constructional fraud. 3. For the purposes of this section, constructional fraud occurs if a person engaged in construction knowingly: (a) Misapplies money under the circumstances described in NRS 205.310 ; (b) Obtains money, property or labor by false pretense as described in NRS 205.380 ; (c) Receives payments and fails to state his or her own true name, or states a false name, contractors license number, address or telephone number of the person offering a service; (d) Diverts money or commits any act of theft, forgery, fraud or embezzlement, in connection with a construction project, that violates a criminal statute of this State; (e) Acts as a contractor without: (1) Possessing a contractors license issued pursuant to this chapter; or (2) Possessing any other license required by this State or a political subdivision of this State; (f) In any report relating to a contract for a public work, submits false information concerning a payroll to a public officer or agency; or (g) Otherwise fails to disclose a material fact.
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