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NV Rev Stat § 4.376 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.376 - "Residential confinement" defined.

As used in NRS 4.376 to 4.3766, inclusive, "residential confinement" means the confinement of a person convicted of a misdemeanor to the person’s place of residence under the terms and conditions established by the sentencing court.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 2230)
NV Rev Stat § 4.3764 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.3764 - Establishment and modification of terms and conditions.

  1. In sentencing a person to a term of residential confinement, a justice of the peace may establish the terms and conditions of that confinement.  2. The justice of the peace may, at any time, modify the terms and conditions of the residential confinement.  3. The justice of the peace shall cause a copy of his or her order to be delivered to the convicted person and the local law enforcement agency.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 2230)
NV Rev Stat § 4.3766 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.3766 - Violation of terms and conditions.

If it is determined that the convicted person violated any term or condition of the convicted person’s residential confinement, the sentence may be rescinded, modified or continued. If it is rescinded, another punishment authorized by law must be imposed.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 2231)
NV Rev Stat § 4.390 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.390 - Required for certain proceedings.

Proceedings in each justice court must be recorded by using sound recording equipment except where the board of county commissioners of the county in which the court is located authorizes, and the justice of the peace appoints, a certified court reporter to take down the proceedings in the same manner and with the same effect as in a district court.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1511; A 1993, 1410)
NV Rev Stat § 4.400 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.400 - Operation of equipment; transcription of recordings; use of transcript.

  1. Each justice of the peace shall appoint and, with the approval of the board of county commissioners, fix the compensation of a suitable person, who need not be a certified court reporter and may have other responsibilities in the court to operate the sound recording equipment. The person so appointed shall subscribe to an oath that the person will so operate it as to record all of the proceedings.  2. The justice of the peace may designate the same or another person to transcribe the recording into a written transcript. The person so designated shall subscribe to an oath that the person has correctly transcribed it. The transcript may be used for all purposes for which transcripts are used and is subject to correction in the same manner as other transcripts.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1511; A 1993, 1410)
NV Rev Stat § 4.410 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.410 - Compensation for preparing transcript.

  1. If the person designated to transcribe the proceedings is:  (a) Regularly employed as a public employee, the person is not entitled to additional compensation for preparing the transcript.  (b) Not regularly employed as a public employee and not a certified court reporter, the person is entitled to such compensation for preparing the transcript as the board of county commissioners determines.  (c) A certified court reporter, the person is entitled to the same compensation as set forth in NRS 3.370.  2. The compensation for transcripts and copies must be paid by the party ordering them. In a civil case, the preparation of the transcript need not commence until the compensation has been deposited with the court reporter.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1511; A 1985, 51; 1987, 910; 1993, 1410; 2005, 190; 2011, 674)
NV Rev Stat § 4.420 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.420 - Preservation; destruction.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this section:  (a) The sound recording of each proceeding in justice court must be preserved until at least 1 year after the time for filing an appeal expires.  (b) With respect to a proceeding in justice court that involves a misdemeanor for which enhanced penalties may be imposed, a gross misdemeanor or a felony, the sound recording of the proceeding must be preserved for at least 8 years after the time for filing an appeal expires.  2. If no appeal is taken, the justice of the peace may order the destruction of the recording at any time after the date specified in subsection 1.  3. If there is an appeal to the district court, the sound recording must be preserved until at least 30 days after final disposition of the case on appeal, but the justice of the peace may order the destruction of the recording at any time after that date.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1512; A 2011, 674)
NV Rev Stat § 5.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.010 - General requirements for court; designation as court of record.

There must be in each city a municipal court presided over by a municipal judge. The municipal court:  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 4 and 5 of NRS 1.050, must be held at such place in the city within which it is established as the governing body of that city may by ordinance direct.  2. May by ordinance be designated as a court of record.  [35:19:1865; B § 940; BH § 2454; C § 2535; RL § 4855; NCL § 8397] — (NRS A 1983, 899; 1985, 671; 1991, 161; 2015, 980)
NV Rev Stat § 5.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.020 - Municipal judges: Election; term; oath; qualifications; justice of the peace as ex officio municipal judge.

  1. Except as provided in subsection 3 and NRS 266.405, each municipal judge must be chosen by the electors of the city within which the municipal court is established on a day to be fixed by the governing body of that city. The term of office of a municipal judge is the period fixed by:  (a) An ordinance adopted by the city if the city is organized under general law; or  (b) The charter of the city if the city is organized under a special charter.  Before entering upon his or her duties, a municipal judge shall take the constitutional oath of office.  2. A municipal judge must:  (a) Be a citizen of the State;  (b) Except as otherwise provided in the charter of a city organized under a special charter, have been a bona fide resident of the city for not less than 1 year next preceding his or her election;  (c) Be a qualified elector in the city; and  (d) Not have ever been removed or retired from any judicial office by the Commission on Judicial Discipline.  3. The governing body of a city, with the consent of the board of county commissioners and the justice of the peace, may provide that a justice of the peace of the township in which the city is located is ex officio the municipal judge of the city.  4. For the purposes of this section, a person shall not be ineligible to be a candidate for the office of municipal judge if a decision to remove or retire the person from a judicial office is pending appeal before the Supreme Court or has been overturned by the Supreme Court.  [36:19:1865; B § 941; BH § 2454; C § 2536; RL § 4856; NCL § 8398] — (NRS A 1983, 899; 1985, 671; 1999, 95, 1183)
NV Rev Stat § 5.021 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.021 - Chief municipal judge of certain municipal courts: Selection; duties.

  1. The municipal judges of each municipal court having more than one municipal judge shall choose from among those municipal judges a chief municipal judge who is to be the presiding judge of that court.  2. The chief municipal judge shall:  (a) Assign cases to each judge in the municipal court;  (b) Prescribe the hours of court;  (c) Adopt such other rules or regulations as are necessary for the orderly conduct of court business; and  (d) Perform all other duties of the chief municipal judge or of the presiding judge of a municipal court that are set forth in this chapter and any other provision of NRS.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 274)
NV Rev Stat § 5.023 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.023 - Municipal judges pro tempore.

  1. The governing body of the city shall select a number of persons it determines appropriate to comprise a panel of substitute municipal judges. The persons selected must not have ever been removed or retired from any judicial office by the Commission on Judicial Discipline and must be:  (a) Members in good standing of the State Bar of Nevada;  (b) Adult residents of the city; or   (c) Justices of the peace of the county.  2. Whenever a municipal judge is disqualified from acting in a case pending in the municipal court or is unable to perform his or her duties because of his or her temporary sickness or absence, the municipal judge shall, if necessary, appoint a person from the panel of substitute municipal judges to act in his or her place.  3. A person so appointed must take and subscribe to the official oath before acting as a municipal judge pro tempore. While acting in that capacity, the municipal judge pro tempore is entitled to receive a per diem salary set by the governing body. The annual sum expended for salaries of municipal judges pro tempore must not exceed the amount budgeted for that expense by the governing body.  4. If an appointment of a municipal judge pro tempore becomes necessary and the municipal judge fails or is unable to make the appointment, the mayor shall make the appointment from the panel of substitute municipal judges.  5. For the purposes of this section, a person shall not be ineligible to be a candidate for the office of municipal judge pro tempore if a decision to remove or retire the person from a judicial office is pending appeal before the Supreme Court or has been overturned by the Supreme Court.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 1639; A 1983, 899; 1999, 95)
NV Rev Stat § 5.024 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.024 - Senior municipal judges.

  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or city charter, a senior municipal judge who serves in that capacity or a senior justice of the peace who serves in that capacity and who formerly served as a municipal judge may serve temporarily in any municipal court in this State, regardless of whether he or she is a resident of the city in which the municipal court to which he or she is assigned is located.  2. As used in this section:  (a) "Senior justice of the peace" means a former justice of the peace who has received a commission from the Supreme Court to serve as a senior justice of the peace pursuant to the rules prescribed by the Supreme Court.  (b) "Senior municipal judge" means a former judge of a municipal court who has received a commission from the Supreme Court to serve as a senior municipal judge pursuant to the rules prescribed by the Supreme Court.  (Added to NRS by 2005, 105)
NV Rev Stat § 5.025 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.025 - Courses of instruction for municipal judges; payment of costs.

  1. The Court Administrator shall, at the direction of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, arrange for the giving of instruction, at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada, or elsewhere:  (a) In court procedure, recordkeeping and the elements of substantive law appropriate to a municipal court, to each municipal judge who is first elected or appointed to office after July 1, 1971, and to other such judges who so desire and who can be accommodated, between each election designated for the election of such judges and the date of entering office.  (b) In statutory amendments and other developments in the law appropriate to a municipal court, to all such judges at convenient intervals.  2. Each city shall pay to the Supreme Court the city’s pro rata share of the costs of such instruction as budgeted for pursuant to the Local Government Budget and Finance Act.  3. The Supreme Court shall deposit with the State Treasurer, for credit to the appropriate account of the Supreme Court, all money received pursuant to subsection 2.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 838; A 1975, 1025; 1977, 362; 1981, 253; 1983, 109, 900; 2001, 1819)
NV Rev Stat § 5.026 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.026 - Attendance required at courses of instruction; penalty for unexcused absence; exception.

  1. Each municipal judge who is first elected or appointed to office after July 1, 1971, shall attend the instruction provided pursuant to NRS 5.025, on the first occasion when such instruction is offered after the election or appointment of the municipal judge, unless excused by written order of a judge of the district court in and for the county where the city is situated, which must be filed with the Court Administrator. Such an order is final for all purposes.  2. If a municipal judge fails to attend such instruction without securing a written order pursuant to subsection 1, the municipal judge forfeits his or her office unless the Commission on Judicial Discipline finds pursuant to NRS 1.4654 that there was a reasonable excuse for the failure to attend such instruction.  (Added to NRS by 1971, 838; A 1977, 363; 1983, 900; 2017, 341)
NV Rev Stat § 5.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.030 - Compensation of municipal judges.

Each municipal judge is entitled to receive compensation as fixed by the charter of the city or, if not fixed by a charter, by the governing body of the city, to be paid by the city. That compensation must not be diminished during the period for which the judge is elected. The compensation may be increased during that period if so provided in the charter of the city.  [37:19:1865; B § 942; BH § 2456; C § 2537; RL § 4857; NCL § 8399] — (NRS A 1983, 900; 1989, 283)
NV Rev Stat § 5.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.040 - Municipal judges: Power to take and certify acknowledgments.

Municipal judges, within their respective cities, may take and certify:  1. The acknowledgment of conveyances and the satisfaction of a judgment of any court.  2. An affidavit to be used in any court of justice in this state.  [Part 63:19:1865; B § 968; BH § 2482; C § 2563; RL § 4883; NCL § 8425] — (NRS A 1983, 900)
NV Rev Stat § 5.045 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.045 - Report of certain statistical information to be submitted to Court Administrator.

In the time and manner prescribed by the Supreme Court, the municipal judge of a city or, if there is more than one municipal judge for a city, a municipal judge designated by mutual consent of the other municipal judges of that city, shall submit to the Court Administrator a written report of the statistical information required pursuant to the uniform system for collecting and compiling statistical information regarding the State Court System which is prescribed by the Supreme Court.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 707; A 2015, 2554)
NV Rev Stat § 5.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.050 - Jurisdiction.

  1. Municipal courts have jurisdiction of civil actions or proceedings:  (a) For the violation of any ordinance of their respective cities.  (b) To prevent or abate a nuisance within the limits of their respective cities.  2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of NRS 173.115, the municipal courts have jurisdiction of all misdemeanors committed in violation of the ordinances of their respective cities. Upon approval of the district court, a municipal court may transfer original jurisdiction of a misdemeanor to the district court for the purpose of assigning an offender to a program established pursuant to NRS 176A.250 or, if the municipal court has not established a program pursuant to NRS 176A.280, to a program established pursuant to that section.  3. The municipal courts have jurisdiction of:  (a) Any action for the collection of taxes or assessments levied for city purposes, when the principal sum thereof does not exceed $2,500.  (b) Actions to foreclose liens in the name of the city for the nonpayment of those taxes or assessments when the principal sum claimed does not exceed $2,500.  (c) Actions for the breach of any bond given by any officer or person to or for the use or benefit of the city, and of any action for damages to which the city is a party, and upon all forfeited recognizances given to or for the use or benefit of the city, and upon all bonds given on appeals from the municipal court in any of the cases named in this section, when the principal sum claimed does not exceed $2,500.  (d) Actions for the recovery of personal property belonging to the city, when the value thereof does not exceed $2,500.  (e) Actions by the city for the collection of any damages, debts or other obligations when the amount claimed, exclusive of costs or attorney’s fees, or both if allowed, does not exceed $2,500.  (f) Actions seeking an order pursuant to NRS 441A.195.  4. Nothing contained in subsection 3 gives the municipal court jurisdiction to determine any such cause when it appears from the pleadings that the validity of any tax, assessment or levy, or title to real property, is necessarily an issue in the cause, in which case the court shall certify the cause to the district court in like manner and with the same effect as provided by law for certification of causes by justice courts.  [33:19:1865; B § 938; BH § 2452; C § 2533; RL § 4853; NCL § 8395] + [34:19:1865; B § 939; BH § 2453; C § 2534; RL § 4854; NCL § 8396] — (NRS A 1959, 853; 1981, 652, 1928; 1985, 129, 671; 1991, 454; 2001 Special Session, 258; 2009, 111; 2013, 599; 2017, 1242, 3025)
NV Rev Stat § 5.0503 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.0503 - Transfer of original jurisdiction of criminal case to justice court or another municipal court. [Effective through June 30, 2020.]

  1. A municipal court may, on its own motion, transfer original jurisdiction of a criminal case filed with that court to a justice court or another municipal court if:  (a) The case involves criminal conduct that occurred outside the limits of the city where the court is located and the defendant has appeared before a magistrate pursuant to NRS 171.178;  (b) Such a transfer is necessary to promote access to justice for the defendant and the municipal court has noted its findings concerning that issue in the record; or  (c) The defendant agrees to participate in a program of treatment, including, without limitation, a program of treatment made available pursuant to NRS 176A.250, 176A.280, 453.580 or 458.300, or to access other services located elsewhere in this State.   2. A municipal court may not issue an order for the transfer of a case pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection 1 until a plea agreement has been reached or the final disposition of the case, whichever occurs first.  3. An order issued by a municipal court which transfers a case pursuant to this section becomes effective after a notice of acceptance is returned by the justice court or municipal court to which the case was transferred. If a justice court or municipal court refuses to accept the transfer of a case pursuant to subsection 1, the case must be returned to the municipal court which sought the transfer.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 297)
NV Rev Stat § 5.0503 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.0503 - Transfer of original jurisdiction of criminal case to justice court or another municipal court. [Effective July 1, 2020.]

  1. A municipal court may, on its own motion, transfer original jurisdiction of a criminal case filed with that court to a justice court or another municipal court if:  (a) The case involves criminal conduct that occurred outside the limits of the city where the court is located and the defendant has appeared before a magistrate pursuant to NRS 171.178;  (b) Such a transfer is necessary to promote access to justice for the defendant and the municipal court has noted its findings concerning that issue in the record; or  (c) The defendant agrees to participate in a program of treatment, including, without limitation, a program of treatment made available pursuant to NRS 176A.230, 176A.250 or 176A.280, or to access other services located elsewhere in this State.   2. A municipal court may not issue an order for the transfer of a case pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection 1 until a plea agreement has been reached or the final disposition of the case, whichever occurs first.  3. An order issued by a municipal court which transfers a case pursuant to this section becomes effective after a notice of acceptance is returned by the justice court or municipal court to which the case was transferred. If a justice court or municipal court refuses to accept the transfer of a case pursuant to subsection 1, the case must be returned to the municipal court which sought the transfer.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 297; A 2019, 4416, effective July 1, 2020)
NV Rev Stat § 5.0505 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.0505 - Transfer of original jurisdiction of criminal case to district court. [Effective through June 30, 2020.]

  1. A municipal court may, on its own motion, transfer original jurisdiction of a criminal case filed with that court to a district court in this State if the defendant agrees to participate in a program of treatment, including, without limitation, a program of treatment made available pursuant to NRS 176A.250, 176A.280, 453.580 or 458.300, or to access other services located elsewhere in this State.  2. A municipal court may not issue an order transferring a case pursuant to this section before a plea agreement has been reached or the disposition of the case, whichever occurs first.  3. An order issued by a municipal court which transfers a case pursuant to this section becomes effective after a notice of acceptance is returned by the district court to which the case was transferred. If a district court refuses to accept the transfer of a case pursuant to subsection 1, the case must be returned to the municipal court which sought the transfer.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 298)
NV Rev Stat § 5.0505 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts|NRS 5.0505 - Transfer of original jurisdiction of criminal case to district court. [Effective July 1, 2020.]

  1. A municipal court may, on its own motion, transfer original jurisdiction of a criminal case filed with that court to a district court in this State if the defendant agrees to participate in a program of treatment, including, without limitation, a program of treatment made available pursuant to NRS 176A.230, 176A.250 or 176A.280, or to access other services located elsewhere in this State.  2. A municipal court may not issue an order transferring a case pursuant to this section before a plea agreement has been reached or the disposition of the case, whichever occurs first.  3. An order issued by a municipal court which transfers a case pursuant to this section becomes effective after a notice of acceptance is returned by the district court to which the case was transferred. If a district court refuses to accept the transfer of a case pursuant to subsection 1, the case must be returned to the municipal court which sought the transfer.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 298; A 2019, 4417, effective July 1, 2020)