Nevada Revised Statutes Title 14. Procedure in Criminal Cases § 171.197. Use of affidavit at preliminary examination: When permitted; notice by district attorney; circumstances under which district attorney must produce person who signed affidavit; continuances

1. If a witness resides outside this State or more than 100 miles from the place of a preliminary examination, the witness’s affidavit may be used at the preliminary examination if it is necessary for the district attorney to establish as an element of any offense that:

2. If a financial institution does not maintain any principal or branch office within this State or if a financial institution that maintains a principal or branch office within this State does not maintain any such office within 100 miles of the place of a preliminary examination, the affidavit of a custodian of the records of the financial institution or the affidavit of any other qualified person of the financial institution may be used at the preliminary examination if it is necessary for the district attorney to establish as an element of any offense that:

3. The district attorney shall provide either written or oral notice to the defendant, not less than 10 days before the scheduled preliminary examination, that the district attorney intends to use an affidavit described in this section at the preliminary examination.

4. If, at or before the time of the preliminary examination, the defendant establishes that:

the magistrate may order the district attorney to produce the person who signed the affidavit and may continue the examination for any time it deems reasonably necessary in order to receive such testimony.