Nevada § 172.197 Procedure when person subpoenaed to appear before grand jury intends to assert constitutional privilege against self-incrimination

Nevada Statutes

§ 172.197 — Procedure when person subpoenaed to appear before grand jury intends to assert constitutional privilege against self-incrimination

Nevada § 172.197

Title 14PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES

Ch. 172Proceedings

POWERS AND DUTIES OF GRAND JURY

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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 172.197 (2026).

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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 c

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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.