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NV Rev Stat § 171.197 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.197 - Use of affidavit at preliminary examination: When permitted; notice by district attorney; circumstances under which district attorney must produce person who signed affidavit; continuances.

  1. If a witness resides outside this State or more than 100 miles from the place of a preliminary examination, the witness’s affidavit may be used at the preliminary examination 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 preliminary examination, 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 preliminary examination 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. The district attorney shall provide either written or oral notice to the defendant, not less than 10 days before the scheduled preliminary examination, that the district attorney intends to use an affidavit described in this section at the preliminary examination.  4. If, at or before the time of the preliminary examination, 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 cross-examined,  the magistrate may order the district attorney to produce the person who signed the affidavit and may continue the examination for any time it deems reasonably necessary in order to receive such testimony.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 548; A 1999, 163)
NV Rev Stat § 171.1975 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.1975 - Use of audiovisual technology to present live testimony at preliminary examination: Requirements.

  1. If a witness resides more than 100 miles from the place of a preliminary examination or is unable to attend the preliminary examination because of a medical condition, or if good cause otherwise exists, the magistrate must allow the witness to testify at the preliminary examination through the use of audiovisual technology.  2. If a witness testifies at the preliminary examination through the use of audiovisual technology:  (a) The testimony of the witness must be transcribed by a certified court reporter; and  (b) Before giving testimony, the witness must be sworn and must sign a written declaration, on a form provided by the magistrate, which acknowledges that the witness understands that he or she is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state and may be subject to criminal prosecution for the commission of any crime in connection with his or her testimony, including, without limitation, perjury, and that the witness consents to such jurisdiction.  3. Audiovisual technology used pursuant to this section must ensure that the witness may be:  (a) Clearly heard and seen; and  (b) Examined and cross-examined.  4. As used in this section, "audiovisual technology" includes, without limitation, closed-circuit video and videoconferencing.  (Added to NRS by 2001, 543; A 2015, 577)
NV Rev Stat § 171.198 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.198 - Reporting testimony of witnesses.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a magistrate shall employ a certified court reporter to take down all the testimony and the proceedings on the hearing or examination and, within such time as the court may designate, have such testimony and proceedings transcribed into typewritten transcript.  2. A magistrate who presides over a preliminary hearing in a justice court, in any case other than in a case in which the death penalty is sought, may employ a certified court reporter to take down all the testimony and the proceedings on the hearing or appoint a person to use sound recording equipment to record all the testimony and the proceedings on the hearing. If the magistrate appoints a person to use sound recording equipment to record the testimony and proceedings on the hearing, the testimony and proceedings must be recorded and transcribed in the same manner as set forth in NRS 4.390 to 4.420, inclusive. Any transcript of the testimony and proceedings produced from a recording conducted pursuant to this subsection is subject to the provisions of this section in the same manner as a transcript produced by a certified court reporter.  3. When the testimony of each witness is all taken and transcribed by the reporter, the reporter shall certify to the transcript in the same manner as for a transcript of testimony in the district court, which certificate authenticates the transcript for all purposes of this title.  4. Before the date set for trial, either party may move the court before which the case is pending to add to, delete from or otherwise correct the transcript to conform with the testimony as given and to settle the transcript so altered.  5. The compensation for the services of a reporter employed as provided in this section are the same as provided in NRS 3.370, to be paid out of the county treasury as other claims against the county are allowed and paid.  6. Testimony reduced to writing and authenticated according to the provisions of this section must be filed by the examining magistrate with the clerk of the district court of the magistrate’s county, and if the prisoner is subsequently examined upon a writ of habeas corpus, such testimony must be considered as given before such judge or court. A copy of the transcript must be furnished to the defendant and to the district attorney.  7. The testimony so taken may be used:  (a) By the defendant; or  (b) By the State if the defendant was represented by counsel or affirmatively waived his or her right to counsel,  upon the trial of the cause, and in all proceedings therein, when the witness is sick, out of the State, dead, or persistent in refusing to testify despite an order of the judge to do so, or when the witness’s personal attendance cannot be had in court.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1406; A 1973, 1322; 1987, 911; 1989, 1272; 1993, 75, 1411, 2024; 1995, 570; 2009, 633)
NV Rev Stat § 171.202 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.202 - District attorney to prosecute at preliminary examination where felony or gross misdemeanor charged.

The district attorney of the proper county shall be present at and conduct the prosecution in all preliminary examinations where a felony or gross misdemeanor is charged.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1407)
NV Rev Stat § 171.204 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.204 - Exclusion of persons; exceptions.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the magistrate may, if good cause is shown and upon the request of any party or on the magistrate’s own motion, exclude from the examination every person except:  (a) The magistrate’s clerk;  (b) The Attorney General;  (c) The prosecuting attorney;  (d) An investigating officer, after the investigating officer has testified as a prosecuting witness and the investigating officer’s cross-examination has been completed;  (e) Any counsel for the victim;  (f) The victim, after the victim has testified as a prosecuting witness and the victim’s cross-examination has been completed;  (g) The defendant and the defendant’s counsel;  (h) The witness who is testifying;  (i) The officer having the defendant or a witness in the officer’s custody;  (j) An attendant to a witness designated pursuant to NRS 178.571; and  (k) Any other person whose presence is found by the magistrate to be necessary for the proper conduct of the examination.  2. A person who is called as a witness primarily for the purpose of identifying the victim may not be excluded from the examination except in the discretion of the magistrate.  3. As used in this section, "victim" includes any person described in NRS 178.569.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1407; A 1969, 628; 1983, 891; 1995, 72, 996; 1997, 72, 513)
NV Rev Stat § 171.206 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.206 - Procedure following preliminary examination.

If from the evidence it appears to the magistrate that there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed and that the defendant has committed it, the magistrate shall forthwith hold the defendant to answer in the district court; otherwise the magistrate shall discharge the defendant. The magistrate shall admit the defendant to bail as provided in this title. After concluding the proceeding the magistrate shall transmit forthwith to the clerk of the district court all papers in the proceeding and any bail.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1407)
NV Rev Stat § 171.208 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 171 - Proceedings to Commitment|NRS 171.208 - Remand for preliminary examination.

If a preliminary examination has not been had and the defendant has not unconditionally waived the examination, the district court may for good cause shown at any time before a plea has been entered or an indictment found remand the defendant for preliminary examination to the appropriate justice of the peace or other magistrate, and the justice or other magistrate shall then proceed with the preliminary examination as provided in this chapter.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1407; A 1987, 1188)
NV Rev Stat § 172.005 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.005 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:  1. An indictment is an accusation in writing, presented by a grand jury to a competent court, charging a person with a public offense.  2. A presentment is an informal statement in writing, by the grand jury, representing to the court that a public offense has been committed, which is triable within the district, and that there is reasonable ground for believing that a particular person, named or described, has committed it.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1409)
NV Rev Stat § 172.015 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.015 - Prosecution of public offenses.

Every public offense must be prosecuted by indictment or information, except:  1. Where proceedings are had for the removal of a civil officer.  2. Offenses arising in the militia when in actual service in time of war, or which this State may keep, with the consent of Congress, in time of peace.  3. Offenses tried in municipal or Justice Courts, which shall be prosecuted by complaint.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1407; A 1969, 20)
NV Rev Stat § 172.025 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.025 - Prosecution by accusation.

When proceedings are had for the removal of district, county, municipal or township officers, they may be commenced by accusation, in writing, as provided in chapter 283 of NRS.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1407)
NV Rev Stat § 172.035 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.035 - Accusations, indictments and informations to be found or filed in district court.

All accusations, informations and indictments against district, county, municipal and township officers must be found or filed in the district court.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1408)
NV Rev Stat § 172.045 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.045 - Impaneling grand juries.

Grand juries shall be impaneled as provided in chapter 6 of NRS.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1408)
NV Rev Stat § 172.047 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.047 - Grand jury impaneled for specific limited purpose.

A district judge may impanel a grand jury to inquire into a specific limited matter among those set forth in NRS 172.175. In that case, the judge shall charge the grand jury as to its limited duties and give it such information as the judge deems necessary. A grand jury that is impaneled for a specific limited purpose shall not inquire into matters not related to that purpose. A grand jury impaneled for a specific limited purpose may be discharged after the grand jury completes its investigation and submits its report. If the grand jury has not completed its investigation and submitted its report within 1 year after it was impaneled, it shall, in a closed hearing, show cause to the judge why it should not be discharged. If the judge determines that it is in the public interest for the grand jury to continue its investigation, the grand jury may continue for a period which does not exceed 1 year.  (Added to NRS by 1985, 556)
NV Rev Stat § 172.055 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.055 - Challenges to grand jury and to grand jurors: How made and tried.

The district attorney or a defendant who has been held to answer in the district court may challenge the array of jurors on the ground that the grand jury was not selected, drawn or summoned in accordance with law, and may challenge an individual juror on the ground that the juror is not legally qualified. Challenges may be oral or in writing and shall be tried by the court.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1408)
NV Rev Stat § 172.065 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.065 - Motion to dismiss presentment or indictment based on objections to grand jurors.

A motion to dismiss the presentment or indictment may be based on objections to the array or on the lack of legal qualification of an individual juror, if not previously determined upon challenge. A presentment or indictment shall not be dismissed on the ground that one or more members of the grand jury were not legally qualified if it appears from the record kept pursuant to NRS 172.075 that 12 or more jurors, after deducting the number not legally qualified, concurred in finding the presentment or indictment.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1408)
NV Rev Stat § 172.075 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.075 - Officers of grand jury.

The jury shall elect one of its members to be foreman, another to be deputy foreman and a third to be secretary. The foreman shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations and shall sign all presentments and indictments. The secretary shall keep a record of the number of jurors concurring in the finding of every presentment or indictment and shall file the record with the clerk of the court, but the record shall not be made public except on order of the court. During the absence of the foreman, the deputy foreman shall act as foreman, and if both are absent, the jury shall elect a temporary foreman.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1408)
NV Rev Stat § 172.085 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.085 - Oath of grand jurors.

The following oath must be administered to the grand jury:  You, as grand jurors, will diligently inquire into, and true presentment make, of all offenses against the State of Nevada committed or triable within this county, (or city, in the case of Carson City) of which you shall have or can obtain legal evidence. You will keep your own counsel, and that of your fellows and the Government, and will not, except when required in the due course of judicial proceedings, disclose the testimony of any witness examined before you, nor anything which you or any other grand juror may have said, nor the manner in which you or any other grand juror may have voted on any matter before you. You will present no person through malice, hatred, or ill will, nor leave any unpresented through fear, favor, or affection, or for any reward, or the promise or hope thereof; but in all your presentments you will present the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, according to the best of your skill and understanding, so help you God.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1408; A 1969, 316)
NV Rev Stat § 172.095 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.095 - Charges to be given to grand jury by court; district attorney to inform grand jury of specific elements of public offense considered as basis of indictment.

  1. The grand jury being impaneled and sworn, must be charged by the court. In doing so, the court shall:  (a) Give the grand jurors such information as is required by law and any other information it deems proper regarding their duties and any charges for public offenses returned to the court or likely to come before the grand jury.  (b) Inform the grand jurors of the provisions of NRS 172.245 and the penalties for its violation.  (c) Give each regular and alternate grand juror a copy of the charges.  (d) Inform the grand jurors that the failure of a person to exercise the right to testify as provided in NRS 172.241 must not be considered in their decision of whether or not to return an indictment.  2. Before seeking an indictment, or a series of similar indictments, the district attorney shall inform the grand jurors of the specific elements of any public offense which they may consider as the basis of the indictment or indictments.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1408; A 1985, 554, 1028)
NV Rev Stat § 172.097 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.097 - Supervision of grand jury by impaneling judge; limitations on and review of expenditures; monthly statement by county treasurer.

  1. The district judge impaneling a grand jury shall supervise its proceedings.  2. The grand jury shall submit an itemized list of its expenditures no less often than every 3 months or a fraction thereof to the judge who impaneled it.  3. The grand jury shall not spend money or incur a debt exceeding the amount of money budgeted for its use unless it first obtains the approval of the judge who impaneled it. The judge shall inform the board of county commissioners of any expenditure or indebtedness the judge so approves.  4. The county treasurer shall provide to the grand jury a monthly statement of its expenditures for the preceding month and the balance remaining of the money appropriated for its use.  (Added to NRS by 1985, 556)
NV Rev Stat § 172.105 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.105 - Powers.

The grand jury may inquire into all public offenses triable in the district court or in a Justice Court, committed within the territorial jurisdiction of the district court for which it is impaneled.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1408)
NV Rev Stat § 172.107 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.107 - Limitations on use of grand jury.

A district attorney shall not use a grand jury to discover tangible, documentary or testimonial evidence to assist in the prosecution of a defendant who has already been charged with the public offense by indictment or information.  (Added to NRS by 1985, 1028)
NV Rev Stat § 172.135 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 172 - Proceedings After Commitment and Before Indictment|NRS 172.135 - Evidence receivable before grand jury.

  1. In the investigation of a charge, for the purpose of either presentment or indictment, the grand jury can receive no other evidence than such as is given by witnesses produced and sworn before them or furnished by legal documentary evidence or by the deposition of witnesses taken as provided in this title, except that the grand jury may receive any of the following:  (a) An affidavit or declaration from an expert witness or other person described in NRS 50.315 in lieu of personal testimony or a deposition.  (b) An affidavit of an owner, possessor or occupant of real or personal property or other person described in NRS 172.137 in lieu of personal testimony or a deposition.  2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the grand jury can receive none but legal evidence, and the best evidence in degree, to the exclusion of hearsay or secondary evidence. The grand jury can receive hearsay evidence consisting of a statement made by the alleged victim of an offense if the defendant is alleged to have committed one or more of the following offenses:  (a) A sexual offense committed against a child who is under the age of 16 years if the offense is punishable as a felony. As used in this paragraph, "sexual offense" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 179D.097.  (b) Abuse of a child pursuant to NRS 200.508 if the offense is committed against a child who is under the age of 16 years and the offense is punishable as a felony.  (c) An act which constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018, which is punishable as a felony and which resulted in substantial bodily harm to the alleged victim.  3. A statement made by a witness at any time that is inconsistent with the testimony of the witness before the grand jury may be presented to the grand jury as evidence.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1409; A 1975, 649; 1983, 1917; 1993, 86, 549; 1999, 164; 2015, 578)