{"data":{"id":"us-nv/nrs-50.195","jurisdiction":"us-nv","citation":"NRS 50.195","heading":"Penalties for disobedience.","body":"1. Refusal to be sworn or to answer as a witness may be punished as a contempt by the court. In a civil action, if the person so refusing is a party, the court may strike any pleading on the person’s behalf, and may enter judgment against that person.\n2. A witness disobeying a subpoena in a civil action shall also forfeit to the party aggrieved the sum of $100 and all damages which the party may sustain by the failure of the witness to attend, which forfeiture and damages may be recovered in a civil action.\n3. A witness disobeying a subpoena issued on the part of a defendant in a criminal action shall also forfeit to the defendant the sum of $100, which may be recovered in a civil action, unless good cause can be shown for the witness’s nonattendance.","path":["TITLE 4 — WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 50 - WITNESSES","ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-050.html#NRS050Sec195","current_through":"2025 session (NRS as revised 2026-08-25)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T05:51:30Z","sha256":"bb669d0b7ae4eaad36b6d3fa9562563d3206b22a52763fdc48c6b0a6a6863813","source_id":"us-nv","stale":true,"prev":"us-nv/nrs-50.185","next":"us-nv/nrs-50.205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}