Nev. Rev. Stat. § 34.680
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Penalties for custodian or accessory disobeying or avoiding writ
Official statutory text
1. Any person having in his or her custody or under his or her restraint or power any person for whose relief a writ of habeas corpus shall have been duly issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, who, with the intent to elude the service of such writ or to avoid the effect thereof, shall transfer such person to the custody of another, or shall place the person under the power or control of another or shall conceal or exchange the place of the person’s confinement or restraint, or shall remove the person without the jurisdiction of such judge, shall be deemed guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. Every person who shall knowingly aid or assist in the commission of any offense specified in subsection 1 shall be punished as in subsection 1 mentioned.
2. Every person who shall knowingly aid or assist in the commission of any offense specified in subsection 1 shall be punished as in subsection 1 mentioned.
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