Nevada § 172.197 - Procedure when person subpoenaed to appear before grand jury intends to assert constitutional privilege against self-incrimination
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 172.197 — Procedure when person subpoenaed to appear before grand jury intends to assert constitutional privilege against self-incrimination, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 172.197. Procedure when person subpoenaed to appear before grand jury intends to assert constitutional privilege against self-incrimination
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.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Nevada Revised Statutes § 172.197 cover?
Section 172.197 ("Procedure when person subpoenaed to appear before grand jury intends to assert constitutional privilege against self-incrimination") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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