2014 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 34 - Writs: Certiorari; Mandamus; Prohibition; Habeas Corpus
NRS 34.420 - Proceedings upon disobedience of writ.
If the officer or person to whom such writ is directed refuse, after service, to obey the same, the judge shall, upon affidavit, issue an attachment against such person, directed to the sheriff, or, if the sheriff be the defendant, to an elisor, appointed for the purpose by the judge, commanding the sheriff or elisor forthwith to apprehend such person and bring the person immediately before such judge; and upon being so brought the person shall be committed to the jail of the county until the person makes due return to such writ, or be otherwise legally discharged.
[9:93:1862; B 357; BH § 3679; C 3751; RL § 6234; NCL § 11383]
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