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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. If a person who has been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury informs the district attorney that the person intends to refuse to testify and to assert the person’s constitutional privilege against self-incrimination, the district attorney shall:
(a) Move for an order of immunity pursuant to NRS 178.572;
(b) Challenge the existence of a valid privilege by filing in any court of record a motion to compel the testimony of the person; or
(c) Withdraw the subpoena.
2. All proceedings which are held on a motion filed pursuant to subsection 1 must be closed.
3. If the existence of the privilege is challenged, the court shall hear the evidence of both parties and determine whether or not a valid privilege exists and to which matters, if any, it extends.
4. The district attorney shall not call a person to testify before a grand jury regarding matters which have been so determined to be within the person’s constitutional privilege against self-incrimination.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 14. Procedure in Criminal Cases § 172.197. Procedure when person subpoenaed to appear before grand jury intends to assert constitutional privilege against self-incrimination - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-14-procedure-in-criminal-cases/nv-rev-st-172-197/
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