218E.060 - Arrest, fine and imprisonment upon finding of contempt; warrant. - Nevada Statutes

218E.060  Arrest, fine and imprisonment upon finding of contempt; warrant.

      1.  If the House finds by resolution that the recusant witness has in fact committed a contempt:

      (a) The witness may be required to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, as fixed by the resolution, for each day the witness remains in contempt.

      (b) A warrant for the arrest of the witness must be issued if the House finds that the witness should be imprisoned.

      2.  A warrant issued pursuant to subsection 1 must be signed by the presiding officer, be directed to the Sergeant at Arms of the House or any peace officer, and order the Sergeant at Arms or peace officer to arrest the contemner and deliver the contemner to the Sheriff of Carson City or a designated county for imprisonment in the jail.

      3.  A copy of the warrant must be delivered with the contemner, and must fix the time of imprisonment as:

      (a) The remaining duration of the legislative session; or

      (b) A specified time, unless the Legislature sooner adjourns.

Ê The warrant may provide for the release of the contemner before the expiration of the period of imprisonment if the contemner testifies or produces evidence as originally required.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 299; A 1989, 1967)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.5337)

      NRS 218E.065  Imprisonment for contempt not bar to other proceedings.  The imprisonment of a recusant witness for contempt is not a bar to any other proceeding, civil or criminal, for the same act.

      (Added to NRS by 1973, 299)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.534)