Nevada Code § 172.239

Legal counsel for certain persons who appear before grand jury
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1. A person whose indictment the district
attorney intends to seek or the grand jury on its own motion intends to return
may be accompanied by legal counsel during any appearance before the grand
jury.
2. The legal counsel who accompanies a
person pursuant to subsection 1 may advise his or her client but shall not:
(a) Address directly the members of the grand
jury;
(b) Speak in such a manner as to be heard by the
members of the grand jury; or
(c) In any other way participate in the
proceedings of the grand jury.
3. The court or the foreman of the grand
jury may have the legal counsel removed if the legal counsel violates any of
the provisions of subsection 2 or in any other way disrupts the proceedings of
the grand jury.
4. The district attorney or the foreman of
the grand jury shall give a person entitled to legal counsel notice of the
provisions of this section at the time the person is served with a subpoena to
appear before the grand jury. If such a person is invited without process to
appear, the grand jury shall include with the invitation notice of the
provisions of this section.

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