Nevada Code § 172.197

Procedure when person subpoenaed to appear before grand jury intends to assert constitutional privilege against self-incrimination
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1. If a person who has been subpoenaed to
appear before a grand jury informs the district attorney that the person
intends to refuse to testify and to assert the persons constitutional
privilege against self-incrimination, the district attorney shall:
(a) Move for an order of immunity pursuant to NRS 178.572 ;
(b) Challenge the existence of a valid privilege
by filing in any court of record a motion to compel the testimony of the
person; or
(c) Withdraw the subpoena.
2. All proceedings which are held on a
motion filed pursuant to subsection 1 must be closed.
3. If the existence of the privilege is
challenged, the court shall hear the evidence of both parties and determine
whether or not a valid privilege exists and to which matters, if any, it
extends.
4. The district attorney shall not call a person
to testify before a grand jury regarding matters which have been so determined
to be within the persons constitutional privilege against self-incrimination.

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