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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 22.010 (2026)

Acts or omissions constituting contempts

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NRS 22.010  Acts or omissions constituting contempts.  The following acts or omissions shall be deemed contempts:

      1.  Disorderly, contemptuous or insolent behavior toward the judge while the judge is holding court, or engaged in judicial duties at chambers, or toward masters or arbitrators while sitting on a reference or arbitration, or other judicial proceeding.

      2.  A breach of the peace, boisterous conduct or violent disturbance in the presence of the court, or in its immediate vicinity, tending to interrupt the due course of the trial or other judicial proceeding.

      3.  Disobedience or resistance to any lawful writ, order, rule or process issued by the court or judge at chambers.

      4.  Disobedience of a subpoena duly served, or refusing to be sworn or answer as a witness.

      5.  Rescuing any person or property in the custody of an officer by virtue of an order or process of such court or judge at chambers.

      6.  Disobedience of the order or direction of the court made pending the trial of an action, in speaking to or in the presence of a juror concerning an action in which the juror has been impaneled to determine, or in any manner approaching or interfering with such juror with the intent to influence the verdict.

      7.  Abusing the process or proceedings of the court or falsely pretending to act under the authority of an order or process of the court.

      [1911 CPA § 452; RL § 5394; NCL § 8941]—(NRS A 1983, 843)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 24 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1964–2021 · leading case: Goldman Ex Rel. Goldman-Wilson v. Nevada Comm'n on Jud. Discipline, 830 P.2d 107 (Nev. 1992).
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Goldman Ex Rel. Goldman-Wilson v. Nevada Comm'n on Jud. Discipline, 830 P.2d 107 (Nev. 1992). · cites it 6× “The evidence established that this court reversed appellant’s contempt order because the actions of the deputy district attorney did not constitute a contemptuous act under either NRS 22.010 or NRS 199.340, and because “[t]here was no showing that anyone connected with the Clark…”
Detwiler Vs. Dist. Ct. (baker Boyer Nat'l Bank), 2021 NV 18 (Nev. 2021). · cites it 4× “NRS 22.010 (not listing lying, without more, as a ground for contempt); see generally Annotation, Perjury or False Swearing as Contempt, 89 A.”
Whitehead v. Nevada Comm'n on Jud. Discipline, 869 P.2d 795 (Nev. 1994). · cites it 6× “For example, counsel place great reliance on NRS 22.010, which lists some acts or omissions that Nevada courts may consider as *803 constituting contempt, and which counsel suggest does not encompass the defiance they have counselled.”
Las Vegas Police Prot. Ass'n Metro, Inc. v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court of the State of Nevada Ex Rel. Cnty. of Clark, 130 P.3d 182 (Nev. 2006). · cites it 4× “Thus, although the citizen review board also filed its action under NRS 22.010, which specifically governs contempt, that issue was not properly before the court, and the citizen review board prematurely invoked NRS 22.”
Cunningham v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court of the State of Nevada Ex Rel. Clark Cnty., 729 P.2d 1328 (Nev. 1986). · cites it 4× “Commander Cunningham contends that Judge Goldman acted without jurisdiction in entering the contempt order; that there was never any civil or criminal action pending before Judge Goldman upon which to issue a contempt order pursuant to NRS 22.”
Bowman v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Court Ex Rel. Clark Cnty., 728 P.2d 433 (Nev. 1986). · cites it 3× “NRS 22.010 and NRS 199.340 list the acts or omissions which constitute contempt.”
Whitehead v. Nevada Com'n Jud. Dis., 906 P.2d 230 (Nev. 1994). · cites it 3× “For example, counsel place great reliance on NRS 22.010, which lists some acts or omissions that Nevada courts may consider as constituting contempt, and which counsel suggest does not encompass the defiance they have counselled.”
Paley v. Second Jud. Dist. Court of the State of Nevada ex rel. Cnty. of Washoe, 310 P.3d 590 (Nev. 2013). · cites it 4× “We conclude that this exception to the mootness doctrine does not apply because it is clear that a positive drug test alone will not *703 support a finding of direct contempt under NRS 22.010. Thus, the issue presented is not likely to recur.”
Dagher v. Dagher, 731 P.2d 1329 (Nev. 1987). “, NRS 22.010(3), .100. Further, an intent to deny a child a normal relationship with her father could bear on the child’s best interest.”
Hildahl v. Hildahl, 601 P.2d 58 (Nev. 1979). “” The divorce decree, which set out the schedule of Roger’s support obligations, and which incorporated and approved the provision for conveyance of the family home in the settlement agreement, was an order of the court within the meaning of the statute.”
Nevada Comm'n on Equal Rights of Citizens v. Smith, 396 P.2d 677 (Nev. 1964). “The disobedience of a subpoena duly served is deemed contempt, NRS 22.010 (4), and a court proceeding on affidavit, citing the unwilling witness to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt, is the proper method of enforcement.”
State v. Stiglitz, 576 P.2d 746 (Nev. 1978). “See NRS 22.010. Moreover, our decision today should not be read as holding that intransigent defiance, until a trial court ultimately loses patience and dismisses charges, is an appropriate means by which to frame appellate issues concerning criminal discovery.”
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— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 22.010(1) — 3 cases
Goldman Ex Rel. Goldman-Wilson v. Nevada Comm'n on Jud. Discipline, 830 P.2d 107 (Nev. 1992). “The evidence established that this court reversed appellant’s contempt order because the actions of the deputy district attorney did not constitute a contemptuous act under either NRS 22.010 or NRS 199.340, and because “[t]here was no showing that anyone connected with the Clark…”
Paley v. Second Jud. Dist. Court of the State of Nevada ex rel. Cnty. of Washoe, 310 P.3d 590 (Nev. 2013). “We conclude that this exception to the mootness doctrine does not apply because it is clear that a positive drug test alone will not *703 support a finding of direct contempt under NRS 22.010. Thus, the issue presented is not likely to recur.”
Paley v. Second Jud. Dist. Ct. (Nev. 2013).
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 22.010(3) — 11 cases
Detwiler Vs. Dist. Ct. (baker Boyer Nat'l Bank), 2021 NV 18 (Nev. 2021). “NRS 22.010 (not listing lying, without more, as a ground for contempt); see generally Annotation, Perjury or False Swearing as Contempt, 89 A.”
Whitehead v. Nevada Comm'n on Jud. Discipline, 869 P.2d 795 (Nev. 1994). “For example, counsel place great reliance on NRS 22.010, which lists some acts or omissions that Nevada courts may consider as *803 constituting contempt, and which counsel suggest does not encompass the defiance they have counselled.”
Goldman Ex Rel. Goldman-Wilson v. Nevada Comm'n on Jud. Discipline, 830 P.2d 107 (Nev. 1992). “The evidence established that this court reversed appellant’s contempt order because the actions of the deputy district attorney did not constitute a contemptuous act under either NRS 22.010 or NRS 199.340, and because “[t]here was no showing that anyone connected with the Clark…”
Dagher v. Dagher, 731 P.2d 1329 (Nev. 1987). “, NRS 22.010(3), .100. Further, an intent to deny a child a normal relationship with her father could bear on the child’s best interest.”
Whitehead v. Nevada Com'n Jud. Dis., 906 P.2d 230 (Nev. 1994). “For example, counsel place great reliance on NRS 22.010, which lists some acts or omissions that Nevada courts may consider as constituting contempt, and which counsel suggest does not encompass the defiance they have counselled.”
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