218E.575 - Administration of oaths; deposition of witnesses; issuance and enforcement of subpoenas.
218E.575 Administration of oaths; deposition of witnesses; issuance and enforcement of subpoenas.
1. In conducting the investigations and hearings of the Committee:
(a) Any member of the Committee may administer oaths.
(b) The Chair of the Committee may cause the deposition of witnesses, residing either within or outside of the State, to be taken in the manner prescribed by rule of court for taking depositions in civil actions in the district courts.
(c) The Chair may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers or documents.
2. If a witness refuses to attend or testify or to produce books, papers or documents as required by the subpoena, the Chair may report to the district court by petition, setting forth:
(a) That due notice has been given of the time and place of attendance of the witness or the production of the books, papers or documents;
(b) That the witness has been subpoenaed by the Committee pursuant to this section; and
(c) That the witness has failed or refused to attend or to produce the books, papers or documents required by the subpoena before the Committee that is named in the subpoena, or has refused to answer questions propounded to the witness,
Ê and asking for an order of the court compelling the witness to attend and testify or to produce the books, papers or documents before the Committee.
3. Upon such a petition, the court shall enter an order directing the witness to appear before the court at a time and place to be fixed by the court in its order, the time to be not more than 10 days after the date of the order, and to show cause why the witness has not attended or testified or produced the books, papers or documents before the Committee. A certified copy of the order must be served upon the witness.
4. If it appears to the court that the subpoena was regularly issued by the Committee, the court shall enter an order that the witness appear before the Committee at the time and place fixed in the order and testify or produce the required books, papers or documents. Failure to obey the order constitutes contempt of court.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 2506)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 218.53875)