Nevada Code § 172.137

Use of affidavit before grand jury: When permitted; notice by district attorney; circumstances under which district attorney must produce person who signed affidavit; continuances
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1. If a witness resides outside this State
or more than 100 miles from the place of a grand jury proceeding, the witnesss
affidavit may be used at the proceeding if it is necessary for the district
attorney to establish as an element of any offense that:
(a) The witness was the owner, possessor or
occupant of real or personal property; and
(b) The defendant did not have the permission of
the witness to enter, occupy, possess or control the real or personal property
of the witness.
2. If a financial institution does not
maintain any principal or branch office within this State or if a financial
institution that maintains a principal or branch office within this State does
not maintain any such office within 100 miles of the place of a grand jury
proceeding, the affidavit of a custodian of the records of the financial
institution or the affidavit of any other qualified person of the financial
institution may be used at the proceeding if it is necessary for the district
attorney to establish as an element of any offense that:
(a) When a check or draft naming the financial
institution as drawee was drawn or passed, the account or purported account
upon which the check or draft was drawn did not exist, was closed or held
insufficient money, property or credit to pay the check or draft in full upon
its presentation; or
(b) When a check or draft naming the financial
institution as drawee was presented for payment to the financial institution,
the account or purported account upon which the check or draft was drawn did
not exist, was closed or held insufficient money, property or credit to pay the
check or draft in full.
3. If the defendant has been subpoenaed to
appear before the grand jury or if the defendant has requested to testify
pursuant to NRS 172.241 , the district
attorney shall provide either written or oral notice to the defendant, within a
reasonable time before the scheduled proceeding of the grand jury, that an
affidavit described in this section will be used at the proceeding.
4. If, at or before the time of the
proceeding, the defendant establishes that:
(a) There is a substantial and bona fide dispute
as to the facts in an affidavit described in this section; and
(b) It is in the best interests of justice that
the person who signed the affidavit be examined or cross-examined,
the grand
jury may request that the district attorney produce the person who signed the
affidavit and may continue the proceeding for any time it deems reasonably
necessary in order to receive such testimony.

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