{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-172.197","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 172.197","heading":"Procedure when person subpoenaed to appear before grand jury intends to assert constitutional privilege against self-incrimination.","body":"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:\n(a) Move for an order of immunity pursuant to NRS 178.572;\n(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\n(c) Withdraw the subpoena.\n2. All proceedings which are held on a motion filed pursuant to subsection 1 must be closed.\n3. 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.\n4. 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.","path":["TITLE 14 — PROCEDURE IN CRIMINAL CASES","CHAPTER 172 - PROCEEDINGS AFTER COMMITMENT AND BEFORE INDICTMENT","POWERS AND DUTIES OF GRAND JURY"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-172.html#NRS172Sec197","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:33Z","sha256":"b835d433da00dcf1272b8f2cfd8538d9f067d3ba25de56268e45e84695bc145c","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-172.195","next":"us-nv/nrs-172.205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}