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NV Rev Stat § 12.015 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 12 - Parties|NRS 12.015 - Actions involving indigent persons.

  1. Any person who desires to prosecute or defend a civil action may:  (a) File an affidavit with the court setting forth with particularity facts concerning the person’s income, property and other resources which establish that the person is unable to prosecute or defend the action because the person is unable to pay the costs of so doing; or  (b) Submit a statement or otherwise indicate to the court that the person is a client of a program for legal aid.  2. If the court is satisfied that a person who files an affidavit pursuant to subsection 1 is unable to pay the costs of prosecuting or defending the action or if the court finds that a person is a client of a program for legal aid, the court shall order:  (a) The clerk of the court:  (1) To allow the person to commence or defend the action without costs; and  (2) To file or issue any necessary writ, process, pleading or paper without charge.  (b) The sheriff or other appropriate public officer within this State to make personal service of any necessary writ, process, pleading or paper without charge.  3. If the person is required to have proceedings reported or recorded, or if the court determines that the reporting, recording or transcription of proceedings would be helpful to the adjudication or appellate review of the case, the court shall order that the reporting, recording or transcription be performed at the expense of the county in which the action is pending but at a reduced rate as set by the county.  4. If the person prevails in the action, the court shall enter its order requiring the losing party to pay into court within 5 days the costs which would have been incurred by the prevailing party, and those costs must then be paid as provided by law.  5. Where the affidavit establishes that the person is unable to defend an action, the running of the time within which to appear and answer or otherwise defend is tolled during the period between the filing of the affidavit and the ruling of the court thereon.  6. An affidavit filed pursuant to this section, and any application or request for an order filed with the affidavit, does not constitute a general appearance before the court by the affiant or give the court personal jurisdiction over the affiant.  7. The order of the court to which application is made pursuant to this section is not appealable.  8. As used in this section, "client of a program for legal aid" means a person:  (a) Who is represented by an attorney who is employed by or volunteering for a program for legal aid organized under the auspices of the State Bar of Nevada, a county or local bar association, a county or municipal program for legal services or other program funded by this State or the United States to provide legal assistance to indigent persons; and  (b) Whose eligibility for such representation is based upon indigency.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 1209; A 1989, 201; 1991, 455; 2005, 197)
NV Rev Stat § 12.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 12 - Parties|NRS 12.020 - Actions by married couple.

A married couple may sue jointly on all causes of action belonging to either or both of them, except:  1. When the action is for personal injuries, the spouse having sustained personal injuries is a necessary party; and  2. When the action is for compensation for services rendered, the spouse having rendered the services is a necessary party.  [1911 CPA § 47; A 1937, 29; 1931 NCL § 8546] — (NRS A 1975, 557; 2017, 774)
NV Rev Stat § 12.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 12 - Parties|NRS 12.030 - Defense of actions against married couple.

If a married couple is sued together, either or both may defend, and if either neglects to defend, the other may defend for both.   [1911 CPA § 48; RL § 4990; NCL § 8547] — (NRS A 1975, 558; 2017, 775)
NV Rev Stat § 12.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 12 - Parties|NRS 12.040 - Deserted spouse as a party.

When a spouse has deserted his or her family, the other spouse may prosecute or defend in his or her name any action which he or she might have prosecuted or defended, and shall have the same powers and rights therein as he or she might have.  [1911 CPA § 49; RL § 4991; NCL § 8548] — (NRS A 2017, 775)
NV Rev Stat § 12.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 12 - Parties|NRS 12.050 - Appointment of guardian ad litem.

When a guardian ad litem is appointed by the court, the guardian ad litem must be appointed as follows:  1. When the infant is plaintiff, upon the application of the infant if the infant be of the age of 14 years, or, if under that age, upon the application of a relative or friend of the infant.  2. When the infant is defendant, upon the application of the infant if the infant be of the age of 14 years and apply within 10 days after the service of the summons, or, if under that age or if the infant neglect to so apply, then upon the application of a relative or friend of the infant, or any other party to the action.  3. When an insane or incompetent person is a party to an action or proceeding, upon the application of a relative or friend of such insane or incompetent person, or of any other party to the action or proceeding.  [1911 CPA § 51; RL § 4993; NCL § 8550]
NV Rev Stat § 12.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 12 - Parties|NRS 12.070 - Parent or guardian may maintain action for seduction.

Either of the parents or the guardian of a male or female minor child under the age of 16 years may, on behalf of that child, bring an action for the seduction of that child, against a person 3 or more years older than the child. The parent or guardian, as plaintiff, need not show that the child was living with the parent or guardian or was in the service of the parent or guardian at the time of the seduction or later, or that the parent or guardian suffered a loss of service.  [1911 CPA § 53; A 1913, 27; NCL § 8552] — (NRS A 1979, 1171)
NV Rev Stat § 12.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 12 - Parties|NRS 12.080 - Parent or guardian may maintain action for injury of minor child.

The parents jointly, or either parent, without preference to either, may maintain an action for the injury of a minor child who has not been emancipated, if the injury is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another. A guardian may maintain an action for the injury of his or her unemancipated ward, if the injury is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another, the action by the guardian to be prosecuted for the benefit of the ward. Any such action may be maintained against the person causing the injury, or, if the person is employed by another person who is responsible for his or her conduct, also against that other person.  [1911 CPA § 54; A 1913, 27; NCL § 8553] — (NRS A 1960, 321; 1969, 891; 1971, 151; 1987, 1281; 2017, 775)
NV Rev Stat § 12.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 12 - Parties|NRS 12.100 - Action not to abate by death of any party after verdict.

After verdict shall have been rendered in any action for a wrong, such action shall not abate by the death of any party, but the case shall proceed thereafter in the same manner as in cases where the cause of action now survives by law.   [Part 1911 CPA § 62; RL § 5004; NCL § 8561]
NV Rev Stat § 12.105 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 12 - Parties|NRS 12.105 - State and local governmental agencies may be sued without naming members of their governing bodies; service.

Any political subdivision, public corporation, special district, or other agency of state or local government which is capable of being sued in its own name may be sued by naming it as the party without naming the individual members of its governing body in their representative capacity. In addition to any other method which may be provided by statute or rule of court, service may be made upon the clerk or secretary of the political subdivision, corporation or agency.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 394)
NV Rev Stat § 12.107 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 12 - Parties|NRS 12.107 - Limitation on commencement of lawsuit against manufacturer or distributor of firearm or ammunition or trade association related to firearms or ammunition; exception for breach of contract or warranty.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the State of Nevada is the only governmental entity in this state that may commence a lawsuit against a manufacturer or distributor of a firearm or ammunition or a trade association related to firearms or ammunition for damages, abatement or injunctive relief resulting from or relating to the lawful design or manufacture of a firearm or ammunition or the marketing or sale of a firearm or ammunition to the public.  2. The provisions of this section do not prohibit a county, city, local government or other political subdivision of this state or an agency thereof from commencing a lawsuit against a manufacturer or distributor of a firearm or ammunition for breach of contract or warranty concerning a firearm or ammunition purchased by the county, city, local government or other political subdivision of this state or agency thereof.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1411)
NV Rev Stat § 12.110 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 12 - Parties|NRS 12.110 - Associates may be sued by name of association; summons; judgment to bind joint property.

When two or more persons, associated in any business, transact such business under a common name, whether it comprise the names of such persons or not, the associates may be sued by such common name, the summons in such cases being served on one or more of the associates; and the judgment in the action shall bind the joint property of all the associates, in the same manner as if all had been made defendants and had been sued upon their joint liability.  [1911 CPA § 65; RL § 5007; NCL § 8564]
NV Rev Stat § 12.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 12 - Parties|NRS 12.120 - Unknown heirs to real property may be made parties; allegations and proof that names and residences of heirs are unknown.

  1. In any action in which the title to real property situate in this state is involved in which the heir or heirs, or any thereof, of a deceased person may be necessary or proper party or parties defendant and the name or names and place or places of residence of which heir or heirs are unknown to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, such heir or heirs may be made a party or parties defendant by being described in the complaint and summons as the unknown heir or heirs of such deceased person, giving the name and last place of residence of such deceased person, with any further description that may be necessary to reasonably identify the deceased person.  2. In any such action the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall allege in the complaint, and prove at the trial, that diligent search and inquiry have been made by or in behalf of the plaintiff or plaintiffs to ascertain the name or names, and place or places of residence of such heir or heirs, without success, and that the same are and remain unknown to the plaintiff or plaintiffs.  [1911 CPA § 67; RL § 5009; NCL § 8566] + [1911 CPA § 68; RL § 5010; NCL § 8567]
NV Rev Stat § 12.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 12 - Parties|NRS 12.130 - Intervention: Right to intervention; procedure, determination and costs; exception.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2:  (a) Before the trial, any person may intervene in an action or proceeding, who has an interest in the matter in litigation, in the success of either of the parties, or an interest against both.  (b) An intervention takes place when a third person is permitted to become a party to an action or proceeding between other persons, either by joining the plaintiff in claiming what is sought by the complaint, or by uniting with the defendant in resisting the claims of the plaintiff, or by demanding anything adversely to both the plaintiff and the defendant.  (c) Intervention is made as provided by the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure.  (d) The court shall determine upon the intervention at the same time that the action is decided. If the claim of the party intervening is not sustained, the party intervening shall pay all costs incurred by the intervention.  2. The provisions of this section do not apply to intervention in an action or proceeding by the Legislature pursuant to NRS 218F.720.  [Part 1911 CPA § 64; RL § 5006; NCL § 8563] — (NRS A 2009, 1566)
NV Rev Stat § 13.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 13 - Place of Trial|NRS 13.010 - Where actions are to be commenced.

  1. When a person has contracted to perform an obligation at a particular place, and resides in another county, the action must be commenced, and, subject to the power of the court to change the place of trial as provided in this chapter, must be tried in the county in which such obligation is to be performed or in which the person resides; and the county in which the obligation is incurred shall be deemed to be the county in which it is to be performed, unless there is a special contract to the contrary.  2. Actions for the following causes shall be tried in the county in which the subject of the action, or some part thereof, is situated, subject to the power of the court to change the place of trial as provided in this chapter:  (a) For the recovery of real property, or an estate, or interest therein, or for the determination in any form of such right or interest, and for injuries to real property.  (b) For the partition of real property.  (c) For the foreclosure of all liens and mortgages on real property. Where the real property is situated partly in one county and partly in another the plaintiff may select either of the counties, and the county so selected is the proper county for the trial of such action; but, in the case mentioned in this paragraph, if the plaintiff prays in the complaint for an injunction pending the action, or applies pending the action for an injunction, the proper county for the trial shall be the county in which the defendant resides or a majority of the defendants reside at the commencement of the action.  [1911 CPA § 69; A 1935, 210; 1931 NCL § 8568]
NV Rev Stat § 13.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 13 - Place of Trial|NRS 13.020 - Venue of actions for recovery of penalties and forfeitures; actions against public officers; actions against State of Nevada.

Actions for the following causes must be tried in the county where the cause, or some part thereof, arose, subject to the power of the court to change the place of trial:  1. For the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture imposed by statute; except, that when it is imposed for an offense committed on a lake, river or other stream of water, situated in two or more counties, the action may be brought in any county bordering on such lake, river or stream, and opposite to the place where the offense was committed.  2. Against a public officer, or person especially appointed to execute the duties of a public officer, for an act done by him or her in virtue of the office, or against a person who, by his or her command, or in his or her aid, does anything touching the duties of the officer.  3. Against the State of Nevada or any agency of the State for any tort action, except that any such tort action may also be brought in Carson City.  [1911 CPA § 70; RL § 5012; NCL § 8569] — (NRS A 1993, 147)
NV Rev Stat § 13.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 13 - Place of Trial|NRS 13.030 - Venue of actions by or against counties.

  1. Actions against a county may be commenced in the district court of the judicial district embracing the county; but actions between counties shall be commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction in any county not a party to the action.  2. Immediately on the service of process, the officer served shall deliver such process and all papers accompanying such service to the district attorney for the county.  3. Actions brought for or against the county shall be in the name of the county.  [1911 CPA § 71; RL § 5013; NCL § 8570]
NV Rev Stat § 13.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 13 - Place of Trial|NRS 13.040 - Venue in other cases.

In all other cases, the action shall be tried in the county in which the defendants, or any one of them, may reside at the commencement of the action; or, if none of the defendants reside in the State, or if residing in the State the county in which they so reside be unknown to the plaintiff, the same may be tried in any county which the plaintiff may designate in the complaint; and if any defendant, or defendants, may be about to depart from the State, such action may be tried in any county where either of the parties may reside or service be had, subject, however, to the power of the court to change the place of trial as provided in this chapter.  [1911 CPA § 72; RL § 5014; NCL § 8571]
NV Rev Stat § 13.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 13 - Place of Trial|NRS 13.050 - Cases in which venue may be changed.

  1. If the county designated for that purpose in the complaint, petition or motion is not the proper county, the proceeding may, notwithstanding, be tried or heard therein, unless:  (a) After the filing of a complaint or petition, the defendant demands in writing, before the time for answering expires, that the trial be had in the proper county, and the place of trial be thereupon changed by consent of the parties, or by order of the court, as provided in this section.  (b) In a proceeding in which the court has continuing jurisdiction after the issuance of a final order, judgment or decree, including, without limitation, any proceeding for divorce, annulment, separate maintenance or parentage or custody of a child and where no party currently resides in the county in which the order, judgment or decree was entered, the respondent demands in writing, before the time for filing a response expires, that the petition or motion be heard in the county of residence of either party to the proceeding or in the county where the child who is the subject of the proceeding resides, or by order of the court, as provided in this section.  2. The court may, on motion or stipulation, change the place of the proceeding in the following cases:  (a) When the county designated in the complaint, petition or motion is not the proper county.  (b) When there is reason to believe that an impartial proceeding cannot be had therein.  (c) When the convenience of the witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change.  (d) When any defendant in a case commenced in a county without a business court requests a change to a county:  (1) With a business court; and  (2) In which the case, if originally commenced in such county, would be eligible for assignment to the business court.  (e) When each of the parties consent to the change.  3. When the place of the proceeding is changed, all other matters relating to the proceeding shall be had in the county to which the place of the proceeding is changed, unless otherwise provided by the consent of the parties in writing duly filed, or by order of the court, and the papers shall be filed or transferred accordingly.  4. As used in this section, "business court" means, as designated pursuant to the rules of the applicable district court:  (a) A business court docket;  (b) A business matter designation; or   (c) At least one business court judge.  [1911 CPA § 73; RL § 5015; NCL § 8572] — (NRS A 2013, 1289; 2017, 253)
NV Rev Stat § 13.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 13 - Place of Trial|NRS 13.060 - Transfer of cases for trial to other counties within judicial district when actions uncontested; stipulations.

In any civil action where the complaint or petition is uncontested, or where the parties so stipulate, the court in the county where the action is brought may, upon application of the parties, or of the complainant or petitioner if the action is uncontested and all required notices have been given, transfer the action for trial to another county within the same judicial district.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 693)
NV Rev Stat § 14.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions|NRS 14.010 - Notice of pendency of actions affecting real property: Recording.

  1. In an action for the foreclosure of a mortgage upon real property, or affecting the title or possession of real property, the plaintiff, at the time of filing the complaint, and the defendant, at the time of filing his or her answer, if affirmative relief is claimed in the answer, shall record with the recorder of the county in which the property, or some part thereof, is situated, a notice of the pendency of the action, containing the names of the parties, the object of the action and a description of the property in that county affected thereby, and the defendant shall also in the notice state the nature and extent of the relief claimed in the answer.  2. A notice of an action affecting real property, which is pending in any United States District Court for the District of Nevada may be recorded and indexed in the same manner and in the same place as provided with respect to actions pending in courts of this state.  3. From the time of recording only, except as otherwise provided in NRS 14.017, the pendency of the action is constructive notice to a purchaser or encumbrancer of the property affected thereby. In case of the foreclosure of the mortgage, all purchasers or encumbrancers, by unrecorded deed or other instrument in writing made before the recording of the notice, and after the date of the mortgage, shall be deemed purchasers or encumbrancers after the recording of the notice, and subject thereto, unless NRS 14.017 is applicable or they can show that, at the time of recording the notice, the plaintiff had actual notice of the purchase or encumbrance.  [1911 CPA § 79; RL § 5021; NCL § 8577] — (NRS A 1969, 22; 1983, 1849; 1987, 637; 2001, 1747)
NV Rev Stat § 14.017 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions|NRS 14.017 - Notice of pendency of actions affecting real property: Transferability of property after withdrawal or cancellation.

  1. Upon the withdrawal of a notice of the pendency of an action affecting real property, or upon the recordation of a certified copy of a court order for the cancellation of a notice of the pendency of such an action with the recorder of the county in which the notice was recorded, each person who thereafter acquires an interest in the property as a purchaser, transferee, mortgagee or other encumbrancer for a valuable consideration, except a party to the action who is not designated by a fictitious name at the time of the withdrawal or order of cancellation, shall be deemed to be without knowledge of the action or of any matter, claim or allegation contained therein, irrespective of whether the person has or at any time had actual knowledge of the action or of any matter, claim or allegation contained therein.  2. The purpose of this section is to provide for the absolute and complete transferability of real property after the withdrawal or cancellation of a notice of the pendency of an action affecting the property.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 637)