Nevada Code § 34.290

Penalties for refusal or neglect to obey writ; state and county officers
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1. When a peremptory mandate has been
issued and directed to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board or person, if
it appear to the court that any member of such tribunal, corporation or board,
or such person, upon whom the writ has been personally served, has, without
just excuse, refused or neglected to obey the same, the court may, after notice
and hearing, adjudge the party guilty of contempt and upon motion impose a fine
not exceeding $1,000.
2. In case of persistence in a refusal of
obedience, the court may order the party to be imprisoned for a period not
exceeding 3 months and may make any orders necessary and proper for the
complete enforcement of the writ.
3. If a fine be imposed upon a judge or
officer who draws a salary from the State or county, a certified copy of the
order shall be forwarded to the State Controller or county treasurer, as the
case may be, and the amount thereof may be retained from the salary of such
judge or officer. Such judge or officer for such willful disobedience shall
also be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office.

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