Bribing or intimidating witness to influence testimony.

NRS

199.240

Bribing or intimidating witness to influence testimony.

A person who:

1. Gives, offers or promises directly or indirectly any compensation, gratuity or reward to any witness or person who may be called as a witness in an official proceeding, upon an agreement or understanding that his or her testimony will be thereby influenced; or

2. Uses any force, threat, intimidation or deception with the intent to:

(a) Influence the testimony of any witness or person who may be called as a witness in an official proceeding;

(b) Cause or induce him or her to give false testimony or to withhold true testimony; or

(c) Cause or induce him or her to withhold a record, document or other object from the proceeding,

Ê is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130 , and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $50,000.

[1911 C&P § 56; RL § 6321; NCL § 10005]—(NRS A 1967, 465 ; 1979, 1421 ; 1983, 1683 ; 1995, 1176 )