Forum rules are located here:

http://www.sacnr.com/forum-rules/

1. Listen to and obey admins.

If an admin tells you not to do something, don’t do it. Likewise, if an admin tells you to do something, do it.

You’re probably thinking something along the lines of "what if an admin tells me to give them 1 mil or they’ll ban me?", right? Well actually, our admin team is made up of players who have gained our trust and respect over time, and it is assumed that they will not abuse our powers in ways such as this. If this ever happens to you, you can screenshot and report it in the admin complaints section on our forums.

2. Don’t spam.

"Spamming" is any of the following things:

When you evade the spam filter to say the same thing more than once, for example:
SELL HOUSE IN LV PM POTASSIUM!!!
SELL HOUSE IN LV PM POTASSIUM!!!!!!
SELL HOUSE IN LV PM POTASSIUM!!!!!!!!!

When you use letters or symbols excessively, for example:
“SELLING HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“SELLING HOUSE @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@”

When you type random nonsense into the chat, for example:
“sdgushdgauoshdgoisadhgiaouwerhgweaohg90hw403mcs8rtggsr”
“aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”
“1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111”

All of these things are considered SPAM and are very annoying to people who are trying to play the game properly, and/or trying to read something in the chat.

3. Don’t kill other players without a good reason.

This rule also applies to hit contracts.

Valid reasons to kill somebody

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• They successfully robbed your business or house, stole your car, or directly caused you to lose money
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• They placed a hit on you/shot at you or car bombed you (either resulting or not resulting in death)
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• There is a hit on them
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• You have a mutual agreement to go to a place where there are no other people around and have a 1v1 match
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Invalid reasons to kill somebody:

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• They have a hit on them from another player and you want to share the hit money with them.
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• They arrested you or healed you. This is their job, so you cannot kill them for it.
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• They killed you because there was a hit on you. Again, this is their job (hitman) so you may not seek revenge on someone for it.
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• They placed a hit on you and you were killed for it or killed you for a valid reason. Once you or the other player has died for any purposeful reason (suicide does not count!), the situation is OVER and you may not continue seeking revenge.
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Other situations:

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• If someone kills you for no reason, the best thing to do is take screen shots and complain about them. If you want to get revenge by placing a hit and/or killing them then this is your choice, but if you choose to do this, you are NOT allowed to complain about the situation, as you have decided to deal with it yourself.
  

Whatever happens, you are NOT allowed to seek revenge on somebody for something that did not happen in that fortnight. If someone robs you, quits and then returns 6 real-life hours later, you are not allowed to kill them. You cannot attack someone for something they did BEFORE the last server restart.

4. Do not use cheats.

Do NOT use ANY cheats on SACNR. Cheats are anything that give you an advantage over other players – such as infinite health, teleportation, airbraking and lots more.

5. Do not use any mods except the ones listed on the website.

"Mods" include any program or installation that modifies your game in any way. Regardless of whether or not you think your mod affects other players, you are NOT allowed to use it unless it is available for download here: http://www.sacnr.com/mods

6. Respect all players and admins.

You are allowed to swear and joke around, but please be considerate of others. Don't wind people up, and don’t flame or insult people unnecessarily.

Admins have a hard time doing their job as it is, please don't make it harder by whining to them or insulting them.

7. Do not advertise anything.

This includes things such other servers, “shock sites”, porn websites and other game sites.

8. If you find a bug, do not abuse it.

Sometimes, exploits may be found that give you advantages over other players. One of these (which everyone knows about) is pressing ESC and pausing the game to stop yourself from receiving damage or being arrested. Another type of bug is one that you could abuse to make lots of money, or receive unlimited drugs etc.

If you are found to be bug abusing, the advantages that you gained will be taken away. Depending on the situation, you may even have your account reset.

There are some known bugs that can not be fixed by the SACNR team. The known bugs that you may not abuse are:

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• Coloured text
  
• "Admin" vehicles
  An admin vehicle is anything you can't get from legitimately playing the game (Rhino, NRG, hydra, hunter, invisible cars). If you find one of these vehicles, do NOT enter it, report it to an admin on-line promptly (you can do this by PM-ing an admin or /complain the player if there is one driving it).
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• Secondary Fire
  Secondary fire is when you use your "secondary fire button" to shoot, usually CTRL. This allows civilians to shoot without gaining stars and is NOT allowed.
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9. Cops and Robbers cannot team up.

If you are a police officer, you must not co-operate in any way with a wanted player. If you are a wanted player, you must not co-operate with a police officer. The only exceptions to this are:

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• Offering, accepting, and declining bribes
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• Paying tickets or giving yourself up for arrest
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If you are an innocent civilian, you are allowed to ride with a cop, but you can not help them do their cop work. If you want to help a cop, you can change your skin at the hospital to become one.

You are not allowed to let wanted players get away just because they are your friends. If you have a good opportunity to arrest any wanted player, you must do it.

10. Do not quit the game to avoid anything. Ever.

If someone has placed a random hit or is deathmatching you, take screenshots and post a complaint on the forums. If you have a hit on you, you should wait until the hit has been cancelled or completed before quitting. If the hit was random, you will be able to get a refund for the medical fees you pay by posting a request on the forums. If you quit while the hit is still active and it turns out that the hit is valid, then you could be punished.

If you really need to quit:

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• Kill or get away from any hitmen chasing you. Use /i $ply to make sure there's nobody nearby that might post a complaint.
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• If you absolutely can't get away and you really need to quit, then your real life situation must be more important than the game. This means you will be willing to take the punishment you might receive for doing this.
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11. Cops must avoid killing robbers and medics if possible, and vice versa.

If you are a cop and you are close enough to a criminal to be able to arrest them and the criminal is not firing at you, you MUST arrest the criminal. You may shoot him/her to the death if they are resistant (if you want to).

Similarly, if a criminal can easily get away from a cop instead of killing them, they MUST do this. Criminals must NOT intentionally chase down law enforcement. For example, if you are a criminal and you destroy a cop's car, you must run away - you can't just kill the cop, because he/she has little chance of catching up to you. This depends on the situation, but usually you can just run away.

12. Medics may not physically harm other players in any way.

Lowering a player’s health and then healing them is called medic abuse and is not allowed.

13. Use common sense at all times.

If you don’t think you should be doing something, don’t do it. If you think you should do something, do it. Follow the rules. If you don't know, ask someone else. Simple.