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NV Rev Stat § 14.025 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions|NRS 14.025 - Certain requirements for proof of service of process filed with court.

  1. In addition to any other requirements set forth by law, a proof of service of process filed with a court of competent jurisdiction in Nevada must include:  (a) The name, residential or business address and telephone number of the person who performed the service of process;  (b) The date and time that the legal process was served;  (c) The manner in which the legal process was served;  (d) If practicable, the name of the person who was personally served or a physical description of that person; and  (e) A notation of:  (1) The license number of the process server or the registration number of the employee of a licensed process server who performed the service of process; or  (2) The reason why the person who performed the service of process was not required to be licensed under chapter 648 of NRS or another provision of law.  2. A proof of service that does not include the information required by subsection 1 may be construed as legally insufficient by a court of competent jurisdiction.  3. As used in this section, "process server" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 648.014.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 130)
NV Rev Stat § 14.027 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions|NRS 14.027 - Effect of filing service of process by unlicensed process server.

  1. If a person who is not licensed as a process server pursuant to chapter 648 of NRS files a proof of service of process with a court of competent jurisdiction in violation of NRS 648.1655, the proof of service of process must be treated as legally insufficient by the court and any resulting judgment based upon the proof of service of process is void.  2. As used in this section, "process server" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 648.014.  (Added to NRS by 2011, 130)
NV Rev Stat § 14.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions|NRS 14.030 - Service of process when artificial person fails to appoint registered agent or when street address of registered agent is not staffed.

  1. If any artificial person described in NRS 14.020 fails to appoint a registered agent, or fails to file a statement of change of registered agent pursuant to NRS 77.340 before the effective date of a vacancy in the agency pursuant to NRS 77.330 or 77.370, on the production of a certificate of the Secretary of State showing either fact, which is conclusive evidence of the fact so certified to be made a part of the return of service, or if the street address of the registered agent of the artificial person is not staffed as required pursuant to NRS 14.020, which fact is to be made part of the return of service, the artificial person may be served with any and all legal process, or a demand or notice described in NRS 14.020, by delivering a copy to the Secretary of State or, in the absence of the Secretary of State, to any deputy secretary of state, and such service is valid to all intents and purposes. The copy must:  (a) Include a specific citation to the provisions of this section. The Secretary of State may refuse to accept such service if the proper citation is not included.  (b) Be accompanied by a fee of $10.  The Secretary of State shall keep a copy of the legal process received pursuant to this section in the Office of the Secretary of State for at least 1 year after receipt thereof and shall make those records available for public inspection during normal business hours.  2. In all cases of such service, the defendant has 40 days, exclusive of the day of service, within which to answer or plead.  3. Before such service is authorized, the plaintiff shall make or cause to be made and filed an affidavit setting forth the facts, showing that due diligence has been used to ascertain the whereabouts of the officers of the artificial person to be served, and the facts showing that direct or personal service on, or notice to, the artificial person cannot be had.  4. If it appears from the affidavit that there is a last known address of the artificial person or any known officers thereof, the plaintiff shall, in addition to and after such service on the Secretary of State, mail or cause to be mailed to the artificial person or to the known officer, at such address, by registered or certified mail, a copy of the summons and a copy of the complaint, and in all such cases the defendant has 40 days after the date of the mailing within which to appear in the action.  5. This section provides an additional manner of serving process, and does not affect the validity of any other valid service.  [1911 CPA § 83; A 1921, 107; 1939, 66; 1931 NCL § 8581] — (NRS A 1960, 226; 1969, 17, 95; 1997, 472; 1999, 404, 1632; 2005, 2206; 2007, 2707)
NV Rev Stat § 14.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions|NRS 14.040 - Service by publication on unknown heirs; plaintiff to file affidavit before entry of judgment.

  1. When it appears to the satisfaction of the court or the judge thereof from the verified complaint or from an affidavit in behalf of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in any action that any heir or heirs of a deceased person is or are necessary or proper party or parties defendant, that a cause of action in favor of the plaintiff or plaintiffs exists against such heir or heirs, and that due diligence to ascertain the name or names and the place or places of residence of such heir or heirs has been unsuccessfully exercised by or in behalf of the plaintiff or plaintiffs, the court or judge may grant an order for the service of the summons in such action on such unknown heir or heirs by publication in like manner and for the period of time prescribed by the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for the publication of summons in other actions.  2. Such service when made shall as to such unknown heir or heirs be sufficient to confer on the court jurisdiction to hear and determine the issues in such action, and the judgment of the court based on such service and duly made and entered in such action shall bind each and every one of the heirs of such deceased person whose name or names and place or places of residence were so, as aforesaid, unknown to the plaintiff or plaintiffs with like effect as if the name or names of such heir or heirs had been inserted in the complaint and published summons, regardless of whether such heir or heirs shall subsequently appear to have been residents or nonresidents of this state at the time of such publication.  3. Before final judgment in favor of the plaintiff or plaintiffs and against any such unknown heir or heirs shall be entered in any such action, every such plaintiff shall make and file with the clerk of the court in which the action is pending an affidavit showing that since the commencement of the action the plaintiff has neither learned the name or names of any such heir or heirs nor received any information indicating a line of search or inquiry which if properly pursued might lead to the discovery of such name or names and that the same still remains or remain unknown to such plaintiff; or, if the plaintiff has received such information, such affidavit shall so state and show that diligent search and inquiry along the lines indicated had been made by or in behalf of such plaintiff and resulted in failure to learn such name or names and that the same are still unknown to such plaintiff.  [1911 CPA § 86; RL § 5028; NCL § 8584] + [1911 CPA § 87; RL § 5029; NCL § 8585]
NV Rev Stat § 14.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions|NRS 14.050 - Service by publication on unknown parties generally.

If any plaintiff shall allege that there are, or that the plaintiff verily believes that there are, persons, other than heirs, interested in the subject matter of the complaint, whose names the plaintiff cannot insert therein because they are unknown to the plaintiff, and shall describe the interest of such persons and how derived, so far as the plaintiff’s knowledge extends, the court or the judge thereof shall make an order for the publication of summons, reciting, moreover, the substance of the allegations of the complaint in relation to the interest of such unknown parties; and, after the completion of service by such publication, the court shall have jurisdiction of such persons, and any judgment or decree rendered in the action shall apply to and conclude such persons with respect to such interest in the subject matter of the action.  [1911 CPA § 88; RL § 5030; NCL § 8586]
NV Rev Stat § 14.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions|NRS 14.060 - Proceedings where there are several defendants and part only are served.

Where the action is against two or more defendants, and the summons is served on one or more but not on all of them, the plaintiff may proceed as follows:  1. If the action be against the defendants jointly indebted upon a contract, the plaintiff may proceed against the defendant served, unless the court otherwise directs; and if the plaintiff recover judgment, it may be entered against all the defendants thus jointly indebted, so far only as that it may be enforced against the joint property of all and the separate property of the defendant served; or  2. If the action be against defendants severally liable, the plaintiff may proceed against the defendants served in the same manner as if they were the only defendants.  [1911 CPA § 89; RL § 5031; NCL § 8587]
NV Rev Stat § 14.065 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions|NRS 14.065 - Exercise of jurisdiction on any basis consistent with State and Federal Constitutions; service of summons to confer jurisdiction.

  1. A court of this state may exercise jurisdiction over a party to a civil action on any basis not inconsistent with the Constitution of this state or the Constitution of the United States.  2. Personal service of summons upon a party outside this state is sufficient to confer upon a court of this state jurisdiction over the party so served if the service is made by delivering a copy of the summons, together with a copy of the complaint, to the party served in the manner provided by statute or rule of court for service upon a person of like kind within this state.  3. The method of service provided in this section is cumulative, and may be utilized with, after or independently of other methods of service.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 845; A 1983, 1503; 1993, 865; 1995, 1041)
NV Rev Stat § 14.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions|NRS 14.080 - Service of process on foreign manufacturers, producers and suppliers of products.

  1. Any company, firm, partnership, corporation or association created and existing under the laws of any other state, territory, foreign government or the Government of the United States, which manufactures, produces, makes, markets or otherwise supplies directly or indirectly any product for distribution, sale or use in this state may be lawfully served with any legal process in any action to recover damages for an injury to a person or property resulting from such distribution, sale or use in this state by mailing to the last known address of the company, firm, partnership, corporation or association, by registered or certified mail return receipt requested, a copy of the summons and a copy of the complaint.  2. In all cases of such service, the defendant has 40 days, exclusive of the day of service, within which to answer or plead.  3. This section provides an additional manner of serving process and does not invalidate any other service.  (Added to NRS by 1961, 57; A 1969, 18, 95; 1997, 473)
NV Rev Stat § 14.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Commencement of Actions|NRS 14.090 - Service of process at residence accessible only through gate.

  1. A person who resides at a location to which access is not reasonably available except through a gate may be lawfully served with any legal process in the manner provided in this section. If there is:  (a) A guard posted at the gate and the guard denies access to the residence for service of process, service of process is effective upon leaving a copy thereof with the guard.  (b) No guard posted at the gate and entry through the gate is not reasonably available, the court may, if it is satisfied by affidavit that those facts are true, allow service of process by mailing a copy thereof to the residence by certified or registered mail.  2. The manner of service authorized by this section is supplemental to and does not affect the validity of any other manner of service authorized by law.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 1378)
NV Rev Stat § 15.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Pleadings, Motions and Orders|NRS 15.010 - Verification of pleadings.

  1. In all cases of the verification of a pleading, the affidavit of the party shall state that the same is true of the party’s own knowledge, except as to the matters which are therein stated on the party’s information and belief, and as to those matters that the party believes it to be true. And where a pleading is verified, it shall be by the affidavit of the party, unless the party is absent from the county where the attorneys reside, or from some cause unable to verify it, or the facts are within the knowledge of the party’s attorney or other person verifying the same.  2. When the pleading is verified by the attorney, or any other person except the party, the attorney or other person shall set forth in the affidavit the reasons why it is not made by the party.  3. When a corporation is a party, the verification may be made by any officer thereof; or when the State, or any officer thereof in its behalf, is a party, the verification may be made by any person acquainted with the facts; except that in actions prosecuted by the Attorney General, in behalf of the State, the pleadings need not, in any case, be verified.  4. In all cases where, by the foregoing provisions, the verification may be made by the attorney, such verification may be by the attorney made on information and belief if the facts are not within the attorney’s knowledge.  5. The affidavit may be in substantially the following form and need not be subscribed before a notary public:  Under penalties of perjury, the undersigned declares that he or she is the ................................ (plaintiff, defendant) named in the foregoing ................................ (complaint, answer) and knows the contents thereof; that the pleading is true of his or her own knowledge, except as to those matters stated on information and belief, and that as to such matters he or she believes it to be true.  .......................................................................   [1911 CPA § 122; A 1939, 20; 1931 NCL § 8620] — (NRS A 1969, 180)
NV Rev Stat § 15.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Pleadings, Motions and Orders|NRS 15.030 - Transfer of motion when judge unable to hear parties.

When a notice of a motion is given, or an order to show cause is made returnable before a judge out of court, and at the time fixed for the motion, or, on the return day of the order, the judge is unable to hear the parties, the matter may be transferred by order of the judge to some other judge before whom it might originally have been brought.  [1911 CPA § 423; RL § 5365; NCL § 8912]
NV Rev Stat § 15.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Pleadings, Motions and Orders|NRS 15.040 - Enforcement of order for payment of money.

Whenever an order for the payment of a sum of money is made by a court, it may be enforced by execution in the same manner as if it were a judgment.  [1911 CPA § 424; RL § 5366; NCL § 8913]
NV Rev Stat § 15.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 15 - Pleadings, Motions and Orders|NRS 15.050 - Vacation or modification of order made out of court without notice.

An order made out of court without notice to the adverse party, may be vacated or modified without notice by the judge who made it, but such proceeding must be limited to the same record upon which the order was made, or such order may be vacated or modified on notice, in the manner in which others motions are made.  [1911 CPA § 424.01; added 1937, 26; 1931 NCL § 8913.01]
NV Rev Stat § 16.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters|NRS 16.010 - Motion to postpone trial on ground of absence of evidence.

A motion to postpone a trial, on the ground of the absence of evidence, shall only be made upon affidavit showing the materiality of the evidence expected to be obtained, and that due diligence has been used to procure it. The court may also require the moving party to state upon affidavit the evidence which the moving party expects to obtain; and if the adverse party thereupon admit that such evidence would be given and that it be considered as actually given on the trial, or offered and overruled as improper, the trial shall not be postponed.  [1911 CPA § 260; RL § 5202; NCL § 8758]
NV Rev Stat § 16.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters|NRS 16.020 - Depositions of witnesses in case of postponement; actions involving title to mining claims.

  1. The party obtaining the postponement of a trial shall also, if required by the adverse party, consent that the testimony of any witness of such adverse party who is in attendance be then taken by deposition before a judge or clerk of the court in which the case is pending, or before such notary public as the court may indicate, which shall accordingly be done, and the testimony so taken may be read on the trial, with the same effect, and subject to the same objections, as if the witness were produced.  2. In actions involving the title to mining claims, if it be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that in order that justice may be done, and the action fairly tried on its real merits, it is necessary that further development should be made, and that the party applying has been guilty of no laches and is acting in good faith, the court shall grant the postponement of the trial of the action, giving the party a reasonable time in which to prepare for trial. And in granting such postponement, the court may, in its discretion, annex as a condition thereto an order that the party obtaining such postponement shall not, pending the trial of the action, remove from the premises in controversy any valuable earth or ore, and for any violation of an order so made, the court or the judge thereof may punish for contempt, as in the cases of violation of an order of injunction, and may also vacate the order of postponement.  [1911 CPA § 261; RL § 5203; NCL § 8759]
NV Rev Stat § 16.025 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters|NRS 16.025 - Preferences in setting date for trial: Party 70 years of age or older; party seriously ill; defendant convicted of crime punishable as felony; wrongful conviction of felony.

  1. Upon the motion of a party to an action who is 70 years of age or older, the court may give preference in setting a date for the trial of the action, unless the court finds that the party does not have a substantial interest in the case as a whole.  2. A court may grant a motion for preference in setting a date for the trial of an action if the court determines that based upon clear and convincing medical evidence, a party to the action suffers from an illness or condition which raises a substantial medical doubt that the party will survive for more than 6 months, and the court determines that the interests of justice would be served by granting the motion.  3. If a motion for preference is granted pursuant to subsection 1 or 2:  (a) The court shall set a date for the trial of the action that is not more than 120 days after the hearing on the motion; and  (b) The court shall not continue the date for the trial of the action beyond 120 days after the hearing on the motion, except for the physical disability of a party or attorney in the action, or for other good cause entered on the record.  4. If the plaintiff in an action seeks to recover damages allegedly caused by a defendant during the commission of acts for which the defendant is convicted of a crime punishable as a felony, the court may, upon the motion of the plaintiff, give preference in setting a date for the trial of the action. If the motion is granted, the trial of the action must, unless the court deems it infeasible, be held not more than 120 days after the hearing on the motion.  5. A court may, upon the motion of a plaintiff in an action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900, give preference in setting a date for the trial of the action. If the motion is granted, the trial of the action must be held not more than 120 days after the hearing on the motion.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 784; A 2019, 4369)
NV Rev Stat § 16.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters|NRS 16.040 - Challenges to jurors; peremptory challenges.

  1. Either party may challenge the jurors. The challenges must be to individual jurors and be peremptory or for cause. Each side is entitled to four peremptory challenges.  2. If there are two or more parties on any side and their interests are diverse, the court may allow additional peremptory challenges, but not more than four, to the side with the multiple parties. If the multiple parties on a side are unable to agree upon the allocation of their additional peremptory challenges, the court shall make the allocation.  [1911 CPA § 263; RL § 5205; NCL § 8761] — (NRS A 1977, 295; 1979, 66)
NV Rev Stat § 16.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters|NRS 16.050 - Grounds for challenges for cause.

  1. Challenges for cause may be taken on one or more of the following grounds:  (a) A want of any of the qualifications prescribed by statute to render a person competent as a juror.  (b) Consanguinity or affinity within the third degree to either party.  (c) Standing in the relation of debtor and creditor, guardian and protected person, master and servant, employer and clerk, or principal and agent, to either party, being a member of the family of either party or a partner, or united in business with either party, or being security on any bond or obligation for either party.  (d) Having served as a juror or been a witness on a previous trial between the same parties for the same cause of action or being then a witness therein.  (e) Interest on the part of the juror in the event of the action, or in the main question involved in the action, except the interest of the juror as a member or citizen of a municipal corporation.  (f) Having formed or expressed an unqualified opinion or belief as to the merits of the action, or the main question involved therein, but the reading of newspaper accounts of the subject matter before the court shall not disqualify a juror either for bias or opinion.  (g) The existence of a state of mind in the juror evincing enmity against or bias to either party.  2. A challenge for cause for standing in the relation of debtor and creditor when the party to an action is a public utility as defined in NRS 704.020 may be allowed only where the circumstances as determined by the court so warrant.  [1911 CPA § 264; RL § 5206; NCL § 8762] — (NRS A 1967, 99)
NV Rev Stat § 16.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters|NRS 16.060 - Challenges for cause tried by court.

Challenges for cause shall be tried by the court. The juror challenged and any other person may be examined as a witness on the trial of the challenge.  [1911 CPA § 265; RL § 5207; NCL § 8763]