202.170 - Willfully poisoning or adulterating food, water or medicine. - Nevada Statutes

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202.170 Willfully poisoning or adulterating food, water or medicine. A person who willfully mingles poison or any other harmful substance, including, but not limited to, glass or a razor blade, in any food, drink or medicine intended or prepared for the use of a human being, and a person who willfully poisons any spring, well or reservoir of water, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.

[1911 C&P § 276; RL § 6541; NCL § 10224]—(NRS A 1967, 483; 1971, 1060; 1979, 1433; 1995, 1204; 1997, 519)

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202.170 Willfully poisoning or adulterating food, water or medicine. A person who willfully mingles poison or any other harmful substance, including, but not limited to, glass or a razor blade, in any food, drink or medicine intended or prepared for the use of a human being, and a person who willfully poisons any spring, well or reservoir of water, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.

[1911 C&P § 276; RL § 6541; NCL § 10224]—(NRS A 1967, 483; 1971, 1060; 1979, 1433; 1995, 1204; 1997, 519)

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202.170 Willfully poisoning or adulterating food, water or medicine. A person who willfully mingles poison or any other harmful substance, including, but not limited to, glass or a razor blade, in any food, drink or medicine intended or prepared for the use of a human being, and a person who willfully poisons any spring, well or reservoir of water, is guilty of a category B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 2 years and a maximum term of not more than 15 years, or by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.

[1911 C&P § 276; RL § 6541; NCL § 10224]—(NRS A 1967, 483; 1971, 1060; 1979, 1433; 1995, 1204; 1997, 519)