{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-218e.085","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 218E.085","heading":"Privilege regarding defamatory matter; unlawful for person to knowingly misrepresent facts when testifying in hearing or proceeding or in certain communications to Legislator.","body":"1. A witness is absolutely privileged to publish defamatory matter as part of a hearing or proceeding before a House or committee in which the witness is testifying or in communications to a Legislator preliminary to that hearing or proceeding, if the matter has some relation to the hearing or proceeding.\n2. A person who knowingly misrepresents any fact when testifying in a hearing or proceeding before a House or committee or in communications to a Legislator preliminary to that hearing or proceeding is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 17 — STATE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT","CHAPTER 218E - LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS AND HEARINGS; LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION AND OTHER COMMITTEES","GENERAL PROVISIONS","Hearings; Witnesses; Privileges; Unlawful Acts"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-218E.html#NRS218ESec085","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:34Z","sha256":"02243d3ca8e0fbc1226cad32a10bb6d56c622a3aa0cb3da6baed8932f7cd1ea8","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-218e.080","next":"us-nv/nrs-218e.090"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}