NRS 22.110

Imprisonment until performance if contempt is omission to perform an act; penalty for failure or refusal to testify before grand jury

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Hildahl v. Hildahl (1979)

Most recently applied in Hildahl v. Hildahl (October 1979)

[1911 CPA § 462; RL § 5404; NCL § 8951]—(NRS A 1985, 1033)

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1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when the contempt consists in the omission to perform an act which is yet in the power of the person to perform, the person may be imprisoned until the person performs it. The required act must be specified in the warrant of commitment.

2. A person so imprisoned as a result of his or her failure or refusal to testify before a grand jury may be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to exceed 6 months or until that grand jury is discharged, whichever is less.

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