174.375 - Subpoena for taking depositions; place of examination. - Nevada Statutes

174.375  Subpoena for taking depositions; place of examination.

      1.  An order to take a deposition authorizes the issuance by the clerk of the court for the county in which the deposition is to be taken of subpoenas for the persons named or described therein.

      2.  A resident of this state may be required to attend an examination only in the county wherein the resident resides or is employed or transacts business in person. A nonresident of this state may be required to attend only in the county where the nonresident is served with a subpoena or within 40 miles from the place of service or at such other place as is fixed by the court.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1421)

      NRS 174.385  Contempt.  Failure by any person without adequate excuse to obey a subpoena of a court or a prosecuting attorney served upon the person or, in the case of a subpoena issued by a prosecuting attorney, delivered to the person and accepted, shall be deemed a contempt of the court from which the subpoena issued or, in the case of a subpoena issued by a prosecuting attorney, of the court in which the investigation is pending or the indictment, information or complaint is to be tried.

      (Added to NRS by 1967, 1421; A 1979, 130; 1995, 1082)