Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 199.230 (2026)

Preventing or dissuading person from testifying or producing evidence

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NRS 199.230 Preventing or dissuading person from testifying or producing evidence. A person who, by persuasion, force, threat, intimidation, deception or otherwise, and with the intent to obstruct the course of justice, prevents or attempts to prevent another person from appearing before any court, or person authorized to subpoena witnesses, as a witness in any action, investigation or other official proceeding, or causes or induces another person to be absent from such a proceeding or evade the process which requires the person to appear as a witness to testify or produce a record, document or other object, shall be punished:

1. Where physical force or the immediate threat of physical force is used, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.

2. Where no physical force or immediate threat of physical force is used, for a gross misdemeanor.

[1911 C&P § 94; RL § 6359; NCL § 10043]—(NRS A 1967, 465; 1979, 1421; 1983, 1683; 1995, 1175)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1990–2024 · leading case: Estes v. State, 146 P.3d 1114 (Nev. 2006).

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Estes v. State, 146 P.3d 1114 (Nev. 2006). · cites it 2× “The criminal information below based these charges upon NRS 199.230, which provides in pertinent part: A person who, by persuasion, force, threat, intimidation, deception or otherwise, and with the intent to obstruct the course of justice, prevents or attempts to prevent another…”

Pugin v. Garland, 599 U.S. 600 (2023). “§ 97–9–55; Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 199.230 (1996); N.”

Phillips v. State, 119 P.3d 711 (Nev. 2005). · cites it 2× “" [25] NRS 199.230 defines the crime of preventing or dissuading a witness from testifying or producing evidence as: A person who, by persuasion, force, threat, intimidation, deception or otherwise, and with the intent to obstruct the course of justice, prevents or attempts to…”

Wallach v. State, 796 P.2d 224 (Nev. 1990). “366; NRS 199.230. The district court sentenced appellant to serve a *471 term of fifteen years in the Nevada State Prison for the sexual assault and a concurrent term of eight months in the Clark County Detention Center for dissuading a witness from appearing in court.”

Mazzeo v. Gibbons, 649 F. Supp. 2d 1182 (D. Nev. 2009). “She also alleges Gibbons, Young, Campbell, Rogich, and Puhek prevented or dissuaded a person from testifying in violation of NRS 199.230, prevented or dissuaded a person from commencing prosecution or causing arrest in violation of NRS 199.”

Pugin v. Garland, 599 U.S. 600 (2023). “§97–9–55; Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. §199.230 (1996); N. C.”

Palmer (christopher) v. State, 140 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 41 (Nev. 2024). “See NRS 199.230 (defining witness dissuasion, in pertinent part, as attempting to or preventing another person from testifying "by persuasion, force, threat, intimidation, deception or otherwise").”

Richardson (Tony) v. Dist. Ct. (State) (Nev. 2014). “The given instruction correctly informed the grand jury of the elements of preventing or dissuading a person from testifying or producing evidence as defined in NRS 199.230. See NRS 172.095(2) (providing that the State must instruct the grand jury of the elements of the offense…”

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