218E.045 - Conduct constituting contempt; enforcement proceedings before district court. - Nevada Statutes

218E.045  Conduct constituting contempt; enforcement proceedings before district court.

      1.  If any witness neglects or refuses to obey a subpoena, or after appearing neglects or refuses to testify as to any relevant matter, or to produce upon reasonable notice any relevant evidence, if the evidence is in the possession or under the control of the witness, the witness has committed a contempt.

      2.  The district court of any county, or the judge thereof, shall, on application of the President of the Senate, Speaker of the Assembly or chair of the committee, as the case may be, compel obedience by proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 298; A 2001, 3205)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.5327)