NRS484B.580. Failure to stop at roadblock; penalties.

      1.  It is unlawful for a person to:

      (a) Proceed or travel through an administrative roadblock or a temporary roadblock without subjecting himself or herself to the traffic control established at the roadblock.

      (b) Disobey the lawful orders or directions of a police officer at an administrative roadblock or a temporary roadblock.

      2.  A person who unlawfully proceeds through an administrative roadblock or a temporary roadblock shall be punished:

      (a) If the person is the direct cause of a death or substantial bodily harm to any person, or damage to property in excess of $1,000, for a category B felony by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 6 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.

      (b) If no death, substantial bodily harm or damage to property in excess of $1,000 occurs, for a gross misdemeanor.

      (Added to NRS by 1987, 1073; A 1995, 1298)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 484.3595)