199.520 - Disclosure of information to subject of investigation.

199.520  Disclosure of information to subject of investigation.  An officer or employee of a court or law enforcement agency who, with the intent to obstruct a criminal investigation, directly or indirectly:

      1.  Notifies any person who is the subject of the investigation about the existence of the investigation; or

      2.  Discloses to any such person any information obtained in the course of the investigation,

Ê is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 212; A 1995, 1180)