Nevada § 612.275 - Order to appear and testify; penalty for failure to obey court order or subpoena of Administrator or Board of Review
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§ 612.275. Order to appear and testify; penalty for failure to obey court order or subpoena of Administrator or Board of Review
1. In case of contumacy by a person, or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person,
any district court of this State within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried
on or within the jurisdiction of which the person guilty of contumacy or refusal to
obey is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the Administrator,
the Board of Review, an Appeal Tribunal, or any duly authorized representative of
any of them, shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such
person to appear before the Administrator, the Board of Review, an Appeal Tribunal
or any duly authorized representative of any of them, there to produce evidence if
so ordered or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in
question, and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by the court
as a contempt thereof. 2. Any person who, without just cause, fails or refuses to attend and testify or to
answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda,
and other records, if it is in his or her power so to do, in obedience to a subpoena
of the Administrator, the Board of Review, an Appeal Tribunal, or any duly authorized
representative of any of them, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day such violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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