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NRS 50.175 Witness protected from arrest when attending, going to and returning from court or other place of attendance

Chapter 50: Witnesses

Every person who has been, in good faith, served with a subpoena to attend as a witness before a court, judge, commissioner, master, judicial officer appointed by a court or other person, in a case where the disobedience of the witness may be punished as a contempt, is exonerated from arrest in a civil action while going to the place of attendance, necessarily remaining there, and returning therefrom.

Amendment history: (Added to NRS by 1971, 791; A 2025, 2196, effective July 1, 2026)