Existing law creates the crime of organized retail theft, which is defined as committing, either alone or with any other person or persons, a series of thefts of retail merchandise against one or more merchants, either on the premises of a merchant or through the use of an Internet or network site, with the intent to: (1) return the merchandise to the merchant for value; or (2) resell, trade or barter the merchandise for value in any manner. (NRS 205.08345) Section 1 of this bill authorizes the Attorney General to investigate and prosecute the crime of organized retail theft and any other crime committed in the course of committing organized retail theft. Existing law also prohibits a person from selling, displaying or advertising, or possessing with the intent to sell, goods that have an unauthorized or counterfeit label or trademark. (NRS 205.210) Section 2 of this bill authorizes the Attorney General to investigate and prosecute such a crime and any other crime that is committed in the course of committing such a crime. Additionally, existing law provides that it is a crime for a person, in the course of an enterprise or occupation, knowingly and with the intent to defraud, to engage in an act, practice or course of business or employ a device, scheme or artifice which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon a person by means of a false representation or omission of a material fact that: (1) the person knows to be false or omitted; (2) the person intends another to rely on; and (3) results in a loss to any person who relied on the false representation or omission, in at least two transactions that have the same or similar pattern, intents, results, accomplices, victims or methods of commission, or are otherwise interrelated by distinguishing characteristics and are not isolated incidents within 4 years and in which the aggregate loss or intended loss is more than $1,200. (NRS 205.377) Section 3 of this bill authorizes the Attorney General to investigate and prosecute such a crime and any other crime committed in the course of committing such a crime. Section 3.5 of this bill makes an appropriation to the Office of the Attorney General to be used for personnel, operating, travel and information technology expenses relating to the prosecution of retail crime.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 205.08345, 205.210, 205.377
Reprint 1: 205.08345, 205.210, 205.377
Reprint 2: 205.08345, 205.210, 205.377
As Enrolled: 205.08345, 205.210, 205.377
BDR: 205.08345, 205.210, 205.377