If a purchaser certifies in writing to a seller that the property purchased will be used in a manner or for a purpose entitling the seller to regard the gross receipts from the sale as exempted by this chapter from the computation of the amount of the sales tax, and uses the property in some other manner or for some other purpose, the purchaser shall be liable for payment of sales tax as if he or she were a retailer making a retail sale of the property at the time of such use, and the cost of the property to him or her shall be deemed the gross receipts from such retail sale.
NRS 374.355