Unlawful destruction of or damage to property in cemetery of nonprofit corporation; penalty; liability for damages.
1. Unless a greater penalty is provided by NRS 206.125, a person who:
(a) Willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, injures or removes any tomb, monument, gravestone, building or other structure placed in any cemetery of any nonprofit corporation governed by the provisions of chapter 82 of NRS formed for the purpose of procuring and holding lands to be used exclusively for a cemetery or place of burial of the dead;
(b) Willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, injures or removes any fence, railing or other work for the protection or ornament of any cemetery of any such nonprofit corporation, or any tomb, monument, gravestone, or any structure, plat or lot within the cemetery; or
(c) Willfully destroys, cuts, breaks or injures any tree, shrub or plant within the limits of any cemetery of such nonprofit corporation,
Êis guilty of a misdemeanor.
2. An offender is also liable in an action of trespass to be brought in all cases in the name of the nonprofit corporation, to pay all damages which are occasioned by his unlawful act or acts. Any money recovered must be applied by the trustees to the reparation or restoration of the property which was destroyed or injured.
Last modified: February 26, 2006