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Nevada · Through 2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25) · Newer source version available

NRS 199.240: Bribing or intimidating witness to influence testimony.

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  1. TITLE 15 — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
  2. CHAPTER 199 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE
  3. FALSIFYING EVIDENCE

A person who:

1. Gives, offers or promises directly or indirectly any compensation, gratuity or reward to any witness or person who may be called as a witness in an official proceeding, upon an agreement or understanding that his or her testimony will be thereby influenced; or

2. Uses any force, threat, intimidation or deception with the intent to:

(a) Influence the testimony of any witness or person who may be called as a witness in an official proceeding;

(b) Cause or induce him or her to give false testimony or to withhold true testimony; or

(c) Cause or induce him or her to withhold a record, document or other object from the proceeding,

Ê is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $50,000.

Collected 2026-09-03T05:51:34Z. Source file · JSON

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