Delito de robo menor y sus consecuencias en Nevada

Explicación Simple

Robar algo que vale menos de $1,200 se considera un robo menor. Si te atrapan, podrías tener que pagar una multa o hacer trabajos comunitarios.

Es como cuando alguien toma sin permiso un bocadillo de tu almuerzo. Aunque no sea algo muy valioso, no está bien hacerlo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana, una estudiante, toma prestado sin permiso el teléfono de su compañero Juan, que vale $800. Si Juan lo reporta, Ana podría enfrentarse a un cargo de robo menor y tendría que devolver el teléfono y pagar una multa.

Penalidades

Es un delito menor; el juez puede imponer una multa y ordenar el pago de restitución.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

larceny; penalty. NRS205.240Petit larceny; penalty. 1.  Except as otherwise provided inNRS 205.220,205.226,205.228,475.105and501.3765, a person commits petit larceny if the person: (a) Intentionally steals, takes and carries away, leads away or drives away: (1) Personal goods or property, with a value of less than $1,200, owned by another person; (2) Bedding, furniture or other property, with a value of less than $1,200, which the person, as a lodger, is to use in or with his or her lodging and which is owned by another person; or (3) Real property, with a value of less than $1,200, that the person has converted into personal property by severing it from real property owned by another person. (b) Intentionally steals, takes and carries away, leads away, drives away or entices away one or more domesticated animals or domesticated birds, with an aggregate value of less than $1,200, owned by another person. 2.  Unless a greater penalty is provided pursuant toNRS 205.267, a person who commits petit larceny is guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition to any other penalty, the court shall order the person to pay restitution. [1911 C&P § 374; A1947, 85;1949, 127; 1943 NCL § 10324]—(NRS A1965, 300,1007;1967, 500;1969, 531;1983, 547;1985, 751;1989, 1434;1995, 13;1997, 342,1114;1999, 3109;2009, 1243;2011, 165;2013, 1003;2019, 4431)