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NRS 199.240

Bribing or intimidating witness to influence testimony

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Morley v. Walker (1999)

Most recently applied in In Re Discipline of Schaefer (June 2001)

[1911 C&P § 56; RL § 6321; NCL § 10005]—(NRS A 1967, 465; 1979, 1421; 1983, 1683; 1995, 1176)

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A person who:

1. Gives, offers or promises directly or indirectly any compensation, gratuity or reward to any witness or person who may be called as a witness in an official proceeding, upon an agreement or understanding that his or her testimony will be thereby influenced; or

2. Uses any force, threat, intimidation or deception with the intent to:

(a) Influence the testimony of any witness or person who may be called as a witness in an official proceeding;

(b) Cause or induce him or her to give false testimony or to withhold true testimony; or

(c) Cause or induce him or her to withhold a record, document or other object from the proceeding,

Ê is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130, and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $50,000.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.