Nevada Revised Statutes Section 711.265 - Energy - Public Utilities

Destruction of or interference with telecommunications line of community antenna television company prohibited; penalty; civil damages.

1. Any person who:

(a) By the attachment of a ground wire, or by any other contrivance, willfully destroys the insulation of a telecommunications line of a community antenna television company, or interrupts the transmission of the electric current through the line;

(b) Willfully interferes with the use of any such line, or obstructs or postpones the transmission of any message over the line; or

(c) Procures or advises any such injury, interference or obstruction,

Ê is guilty of a public offense, as prescribed in NRS 193.155, proportionate to the value of any property damaged, altered, removed or destroyed and in no event less than a misdemeanor.

2. Any person who violates the provisions of subsection 1 is, in addition to the penalty set forth in that subsection, liable to the community antenna television company injured by such conduct in a civil action for all damages occasioned thereby.

Last modified: February 26, 2006