NRS 49.015

Privileges recognized only as provided

Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Ashokan v. State, Department of Insurance (1993)

Most recently applied in CANARELLI VS. DIST. CT. (CANARELLI) (May 2020)

(Added to NRS by 1971, 782; A 2009, 1043; 2017, 4066)

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1. Except as otherwise required by the Constitution of the United States or of the State of Nevada, and except as otherwise provided in this title or title 14 of NRS, or NRS 41.071 or 463.120 or any other specific statute, no person has a privilege to:

(a) Refuse to be a witness;

(b) Refuse to disclose any matter;

(d) Prevent another from being a witness or disclosing any matter or producing any object or writing.

2. This section does not:

(a) Impair any privilege created by title 14 of NRS or by the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure which is limited to a particular stage of the proceeding; or

(b) Extend any such privilege to any other stage of a proceeding.

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