{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-50.070","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 50.070","heading":"Termination or threat of termination of employment because of service as witness prohibited; penalty; remedies.","body":"1. Any person, corporation, partnership, association or other entity who is:\n(a) An employer; or\n(b) The employee, agent or officer of an employer, vested with the power to terminate or recommend termination of employment,\nÊ of a person who is a witness or who has received a summons to appear as a witness in a judicial or administrative proceeding, who deprives the witness or person summoned of his or her employment, as a consequence of his or her service as a witness or prospective witness, or who asserts to the witness or person summoned that his or her service as a witness or prospective witness will result in termination of his or her employment, is guilty of a misdemeanor.\n2. A person discharged from employment in violation of subsection 1 may commence a civil action against his or her employer and obtain:\n(a) Wages and benefits lost as a result of the violation;\n(b) An order of reinstatement without loss of position, seniority or benefits;\n(c) Damages equal to the amount of the lost wages and benefits; and\n(d) Reasonable attorney’s fees fixed by the court.","path":["TITLE 4 — WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 50 - WITNESSES","IMPEACHMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-050.html#NRS050Sec070","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:30Z","sha256":"cf23c88b7928191a295dba07fac0a0f15070248b7d14f2ac4525dcc1efdd3347","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-50.069","next":"us-nv/nrs-50.075"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}