Service of subpoena.

NRS

174.345

Service of subpoena.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 174.315 and subsection 2, a subpoena may be served by a peace officer or by any other person who is not a party and who is not less than 18 years of age. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 289.027 , service of a subpoena must be made by delivering a copy thereof to the person named.

2. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 174.315 , a subpoena to attend a misdemeanor trial may be served by mailing the subpoena to the person to be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested from that person, in a sealed postpaid envelope, addressed to the person’s last known address, not less than 10 days before the trial which the subpoena commands the person to attend.

3. If a subpoena is served by mail, a certificate of the mailing must be filed with the court within 2 days after the subpoena is mailed.

(Added to NRS by 1967, 1421 ; A 1977, 638 ; 1989, 685 ; 2007, 2816 )