{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-218e.035","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 218E.035","heading":"Contents and service of subpoenas; legal force and effect.","body":"1. To be properly issued, a legislative subpoena must:\n(a) Be addressed to the witness;\n(b) Describe the nature of the legislative proceedings for which the legislative subpoena is being issued;\n(c) Require the attendance and testimony of the witness at a definite time and place fixed in the legislative subpoena or require the production of the documentary evidence at a definite time and place fixed in the legislative subpoena, or both;\n(d) State particular reasons why the attendance and testimony of the witness or the production of the documentary evidence is pertinent to legislative business or possible future legislative action; and\n(e) Be signed, as applicable, by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the Assembly or the chair of the committee who issued the legislative subpoena.\n2. A legislative subpoena may be served by any person who is 18 years of age or older.\n3. If a legislative subpoena is properly issued to and served on a witness pursuant to this section:\n(a) The legislative subpoena has the same legal force and effect as a subpoena or order issued by the district court; and\n(b) The witness shall comply with the provisions of the legislative subpoena in the same manner as a subpoena or order issued by the district court.","path":["TITLE 17 — STATE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT","CHAPTER 218E - LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS AND HEARINGS; LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION AND OTHER COMMITTEES","GENERAL PROVISIONS","Subpoenas; Oaths; Contempt"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-218E.html#NRS218ESec035","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:34Z","sha256":"88e16f56ac78a95f8d8cec6632c70097cb03811eb4795bee6947724ed090794f","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-218e.030","next":"us-nv/nrs-218e.040"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}