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NV Rev Stat § 4.073 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.073 - Additional fees to offset costs of operating law library.

  1. In addition to any other fee required by law, a board of county commissioners may impose by ordinance a filing fee to offset a portion of the costs of operating a law library established in that county by the board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 380.010, in an amount not to exceed $8, to be paid on the commencement of any action or proceeding in the justice court for which a filing fee is required and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a filing fee is required.  2. On or before the fifth day of each month, in a county in which a fee has been imposed pursuant to subsection 1, the justice of the peace shall account for and pay over to the county treasurer any such fees collected by the justice of the peace during the preceding month. The county treasurer shall deposit the fees received into a special account administered by the county and maintained for the benefit of a law library established pursuant to NRS 380.010. The money in the account must be used only to support the operation of such a law library.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 2204)
NV Rev Stat § 4.075 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.075 - Additional fees in certain smaller counties: Imposition; disposition of proceeds. [Effective through June 30, 2020.]

  1. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of county commissioners may, in addition to any other fee required by law, impose by ordinance a filing fee of not more than $10 to be paid on the commencement of any action or proceeding in the justice court for which a fee is required and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a fee is required.  2. On or before the fifth day of each month, in a county where a fee has been imposed pursuant to subsection 1, the justice of the peace shall account for and pay over to the county treasurer any such fees collected by the justice of the peace during the preceding month for credit to an account for programs for the prevention and treatment of the abuse of alcohol and drugs in the county general fund. The money in that account must be used only to support programs for the prevention or treatment of the abuse of alcohol or drugs which may include, without limitation, any program of treatment for the abuse of alcohol or drugs established in a judicial district pursuant to NRS 453.580.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 2361)
NV Rev Stat § 4.075 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.075 - Additional fees in certain smaller counties: Imposition; disposition of proceeds. [Effective July 1, 2020.]

  1. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of county commissioners may, in addition to any other fee required by law, impose by ordinance a filing fee of not more than $10 to be paid on the commencement of any action or proceeding in the justice court for which a fee is required and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a fee is required.  2. On or before the fifth day of each month, in a county where a fee has been imposed pursuant to subsection 1, the justice of the peace shall account for and pay over to the county treasurer any such fees collected by the justice of the peace during the preceding month for credit to an account for programs for the prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug use disorders in the county general fund. The money in that account must be used only to support programs for the prevention or treatment of alcohol and drug use disorders which may include, without limitation, any program for the treatment of drug or alcohol use disorder, or both, established in a judicial district pursuant to NRS 176A.230.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 2361; A 2019, 4414, effective July 1, 2020)
NV Rev Stat § 4.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.080 - Justice of the peace to charge only fees authorized by law.

A justice of the peace shall not charge any fee that is not authorized by law.  [Part 17:49:1883; BH § 2358; C § 2482; RL § 2019; NCL § 2950] — (NRS A 1969, 411; 1991, 328; 1999, 1205)
NV Rev Stat § 4.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.090 - Justice of the peace to keep record of fees charged.

The justice of the peace shall keep in his or her office a fee book or electronic record in which he or she shall enter in detail the title of the matter, proceeding or action, and the fees charged therein. The fee book or electronic record, as applicable, shall be open to public inspection.  [Part 18:49:1883; BH § 2359; C § 2483; RL § 2020; NCL § 2951] — (NRS A 2015, 2552)
NV Rev Stat § 4.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.100 - Monthly financial statements.

  1. On or before the 15th day of each month, a justice of the peace who receives fees pursuant to the provisions of NRS 4.060, 4.063 and 4.065 shall make out and file with the county official designated by the board of county commissioners of his or her county a full and correct statement of all fees or compensation, of whatever nature or kind, received in his or her official capacity during the preceding month. In the statement, the justice of the peace shall set forth the cause in which, and the services for which, such fees or compensation were received.  2. This section does not require personal attendance in filing statements, which may be transmitted by mail or otherwise directed to the county official designated by the board of county commissioners.  [Part 19:49:1883; BH § 2360; C § 2484; RL § 2021; NCL § 2952] — (NRS A 1991, 328, 918, 920; 1993, 1213; 2015, 2552)
NV Rev Stat § 4.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.120 - Punishment for taking excessive fees.

If any justice of the peace shall take more or greater fees than are allowed by law, the justice of the peace shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction shall be removed from office and fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.  [Part 22:49:1883; BH § 2363; C § 2487; RL § 2024; NCL § 2955]
NV Rev Stat § 4.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.130 - Table of fees to be posted.

Any justice of the peace receiving fees as provided by law shall publish and set up by conventional or electronic means, in some conspicuous place in his or her office and on the Internet website of the justice court, a table of fees for public inspection.  [Part 23:49:1883; BH § 2364; C § 2488; RL § 2025; NCL § 2956] — (NRS A 2015, 2552)
NV Rev Stat § 4.140 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.140 - Fees payable in advance; execution for fees due.

All fees prescribed in NRS 4.060, 4.063 and 4.065 must be paid in advance, if demanded. If a justice of the peace has not received any or all of his or her fees, which are due the justice of the peace for services rendered by the justice of the peace in any suit or proceedings, the justice of the peace may have execution therefor in his or her own name against the party from whom they are due, to be issued from the court where the action is pending, upon the order of the justice of the peace or court upon affidavit filed.  [Part 25:49:1883; BH § 2366; C § 2490; RL § 2027; NCL § 2958] — (NRS A 1969, 411; 1991, 328, 919, 921; 1993, 1213)
NV Rev Stat § 4.150 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.150 - Vacancy in office; duty of clerk of board of county commissioners.

  1. If any vacancy occurs in the office of justice of the peace, the board of county commissioners shall either:  (a) Appoint a person to fill the vacancy pursuant to NRS 245.170; or  (b) Provide by resolution for an election procedure to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.  2. The clerk of the board of county commissioners of each county shall, within 10 days after a vacancy has occurred in the office of justice of the peace by resignation or otherwise, certify the fact of such vacancy to the Secretary of State.  [Part 31:108:1866; B § 2629; BH § 1666; C § 1812; RL § 2795; NCL § 4795] + [Part 49:108:1866; A 1933, 165; 1939, 146; 1931 NCL § 4813] — (NRS A 1975, 174; 1997, 1292)
NV Rev Stat § 4.155 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.155 - Townships with more than one justice of the peace.

In townships where more than one justice of the peace has been provided for by NRS 4.020, such justices of the peace shall have concurrent and coextensive jurisdiction within the territorial limits provided by law, and may make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as will enable them to transact judicial business in a convenient and lawful manner.  (Added to NRS by 1965, 1222)
NV Rev Stat § 4.157 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.157 - Chief justice of the peace in certain townships: Selection; duties.

  1. The justices of the peace of each justice court having more than one justice of the peace shall choose from among those justices of the peace a chief justice of the peace who is to be the presiding judge of that court.  2. The chief justice of the peace shall:  (a) Assign cases to each justice of the peace of the justice 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 justice of the peace or of the presiding judge of a justice court that are set forth in this chapter and any other provision of NRS.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 273)
NV Rev Stat § 4.160 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.160 - Number of justices of the peace where townships altered.

  1. When any justice of the peace, in the formation of a new township, shall be brought within the limits thereof, he or she shall be one of the justices of the peace allowed to such new township, and shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which he or she was elected.  2. If, by annexing a part of one township to another, there should be more than the proper number of justices within the limits of the township to which such addition shall have been made, any justice of the peace brought within such township shall, notwithstanding, hold and exercise his or her office therein until the expiration of his or her term of office, but no successor shall be elected to fill any vacancy in office which may be occasioned by the expiration of the term or otherwise.  3. Whenever any township, in consequence of a part being taken to form a new township, or to be annexed to any other township, shall be deprived of its proper number of justices of the peace, the vacancy thus produced shall be supplied as in other cases.  [19:108:1866; B § 2617; BH § 1654; C § 1800; RL § 2783; NCL § 4783] + [20:108:1866; B § 2618; BH § 1655; C § 1801; RL § 2784; NCL § 4784]
NV Rev Stat § 4.170 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.170 - Duties of justices of the peace.

The justices shall be conservators of the peace in their respective townships, and shall discharge such duties as may be prescribed by law.  [2:82:1861; B § 2974; BH § 2099; C § 2318; RL § 1689; NCL § 2189]
NV Rev Stat § 4.175 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.175 - Report of certain statistical information to be submitted to Court Administrator.

In the time and manner prescribed by the Supreme Court, the justice of the peace of a township or, if there is more than one justice of the peace of a township, a justice of the peace designated by mutual consent of the other justices of the peace of that township, 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, 2553)
NV Rev Stat § 4.180 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.180 - Power to take and certify acknowledgments and affidavits.

Justices of the peace, within their respective townships, shall have power to 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]
NV Rev Stat § 4.185 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.185 - Use of facsimile signature: Conditions and restrictions.

  1. Each justice of the peace may use a facsimile signature produced through a mechanical device in place of his or her handwritten signature whenever the necessity arises and upon approval of the Supreme Court, subject to the following conditions:  (a) That the mechanical device must be of such a nature that the facsimile signature may be removed from the mechanical device and kept in a separate secure place.  (b) That the use of the facsimile signature may be made only under the direction and supervision of the justice of the peace whose signature it represents.  (c) That the entire mechanical device must at all times be kept in a vault, securely locked, when not in use, to prevent any misuse of the device.  2. No facsimile signature produced through a mechanical device authorized by the provisions of this section may be combined with the signature of another officer.  (Added to NRS by 1989, 999)
NV Rev Stat § 4.190 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.190 - Power to administer oaths or affirmations.

Every justice of the peace shall have power to administer oaths or affirmations.  [Part 1911 CPA § 541; RL § 5483; NCL § 9030]
NV Rev Stat § 4.215 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.215 - Justices of the peace in certain townships not to practice law.

A justice of the peace in a township whose population is more than 75,000 may not act as attorney or counsel in any court except in an action or proceeding to which the justice of the peace is a party on the record.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 1286; A 1985, 223; 1989, 1907)
NV Rev Stat § 4.220 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.220 - Unlawful to purchase judgments.

It is unlawful for any justice of the peace of the same township, directly or indirectly, to purchase any judgment or any part thereof on the docket of such justice, or on any docket in his or her possession. For each offense, the justice of the peace shall be fined not more than $1,000.  [68:108:1866; B § 2666; BH § 1703; C § 1849; RL § 2821; NCL § 4821] — (NRS A 1979, 1458)
NV Rev Stat § 4.230 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.230 - Docket entries.

Every justice must keep a docket, by conventional or electronic means, in which the justice must enter:  1. The title of every action or proceeding.  2. The object of the action or proceeding; and if a sum of money be claimed, the amount thereof.  3. The date of the summons, and the time of its return; and if an order to arrest the defendant be made, or a writ of attachment be issued, a statement of the fact.  4. The time when the parties, or either of them, appear, or their nonappearance, if default be made; a minute of the pleadings and motions; if in writing, referring to them; if not in writing, a concise statement of the material parts of the pleading.  5. Every adjournment, stating on whose application and to what time.  6. The demand for a trial by jury, when the same is made, and by whom made, the order for the jury, and the time appointed for the return of the jury and for the trial.  7. The names of the jurors who appear and are sworn, and the names of all witnesses sworn, and at whose request.  8. The verdict of the jury, and when received; if the jury disagree and are discharged, the fact of such disagreement and discharge.  9. The judgment of the court, specifying the costs included, and the time when rendered.  10. The issuing of the execution, when issued and to whom; the renewals thereof, if any, and when made, and a statement of any money paid to the justice, when and by whom.  11. The receipt of a notice of appeal, if any be given, and of the appeal bond, if any be filed.  [1911 CPA § 858; RL § 5800; NCL § 9347] — (NRS A 1971, 1997; 2015, 2553)
NV Rev Stat § 4.235 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.235 - Ruling that provision of Nevada Constitution or Nevada Revised Statutes is unconstitutional: Prevailing party to provide copy of ruling to Attorney General.

If a justice court holds that a provision of the Nevada Constitution or the Nevada Revised Statutes violates a provision of the Nevada Constitution or the United States Constitution, the prevailing party in the proceeding shall provide a copy of the ruling to the Office of the Attorney General.  (Added to NRS by 2013, 820)
NV Rev Stat § 4.240 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.240 - Entries in docket prima facie evidence of facts.

The several particulars of NRS 4.230 specified must be entered under the title of the action to which they relate, and (unless otherwise in this chapter provided) at the time when they occur. Such entries in a justice’s docket, or a transcript thereof, certified by the justice, or the justice’s successor in office, are prima facie evidence of the facts so stated.  [1911 CPA § 859; RL § 5801; NCL § 9348]
NV Rev Stat § 4.260 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.260 - Court records; disposition upon expiration of term.

Every justice of the peace, upon the expiration of his or her term of office, must deposit with his or her successor the justice’s official dockets and all papers filed in his or her office, as well the justice’s own as those of the justice’s predecessors or any other which may be in the justice’s custody, to be kept as public records.  [1911 CPA § 861; RL § 5803; NCL § 9350]
NV Rev Stat § 4.270 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.270 - Disposition of court records in case of vacancy.

If the office of a justice becomes vacant by the justice’s death or removal from the township, or otherwise, before the justice’s successor is elected and qualified, the docket and papers in possession of such justice must be deposited in the office of some other justice in the township, to be by the other justice delivered to the successor of such justice. If there is no other justice in the township, then the docket and papers of such justice must be deposited in the office of the county clerk of the county, to be by the county clerk delivered to the successor in office of the justice.  [1911 CPA § 862; RL § 5804; NCL § 9351]
NV Rev Stat § 4.280 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.280 - Jurisdiction of justice of the peace with whom docket is deposited.

Any justice with whom the docket of his or her predecessor, or of any other justice, is deposited, has and may exercise over all actions and proceedings entered in such docket the same jurisdiction as if originally commenced before him or her. In case of the creation of a new county, or the change of the boundary between two counties, any justice into whose hands the docket of a justice formerly acting as such within the same territory may come, is, for the purposes of this section, considered the successor of such former justice.  [1911 CPA § 863; RL § 5805; NCL § 9352]
NV Rev Stat § 4.290 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.290 - Successor defined.

The justice elected to fill a vacancy is the successor of the justice whose office became vacant before the expiration of a full term. When a full term expires, the same, or another person elected to take office in the same township, from that time is the successor.  [1911 CPA § 864; RL § 5806; NCL § 9353]
NV Rev Stat § 4.300 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.300 - Designation of succeeding justice of the peace.

When two or more justices are equally entitled, under NRS 4.290, to be deemed the successor in office of the justice, a judge of the district court must, by a certificate subscribed by the judge of the district court and filed in the office of the county clerk, designate which justice is the successor of a justice going out of office, or whose office has become vacant.  [1911 CPA § 865; RL § 5807; NCL § 9354]
NV Rev Stat § 4.310 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.310 - Justice of the peace may issue subpoenas and final process to any part of county.

Justices of the peace may issue subpoenas in any action or proceeding in the courts held by them, and final process on any judgment recovered therein, to any part of the county.  [1911 CPA § 866; RL § 5808; NCL § 9355]
NV Rev Stat § 4.320 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.320 - Blanks must be filled in all papers issued by justice of the peace, except subpoenas.

The summons, execution, and every other paper made or issued by a justice, except a subpoena, must be issued without a blank left to be filled by another; otherwise it is void.  [1911 CPA § 867; RL § 5809; NCL § 9356]
NV Rev Stat § 4.340 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 4 - Justice Courts|NRS 4.340 - Temporary assistance for justice of the peace: Requirements; compensation and travel expenses.

  1. Whenever any justice of the peace, in consequence of ill health, absence from his or her township, or other cause, is prevented from attending to his or her official duties, the justice of the peace shall, if necessary, invite any other qualified justice of the peace of the same or another county or appoint a person from the panel of substitute justices of the peace pursuant to NRS 4.032 to attend to his or her official duties, including those of registry agent. If the justice of the peace does not obtain another justice of the peace pursuant to this section and the justice of the peace fails or is unable to appoint a person from the panel of substitute justices of the peace pursuant to NRS 4.032, the board of county commissioners shall:  (a) In counties whose population is more than 100,000, appoint any other justice of the peace of the same or another county or a person from the panel of substitute justices of the peace pursuant to NRS 4.032 to attend to his or her official duties.  (b) In counties whose population is 100,000 or less, appoint any other justice of the peace of the same or another county or a person from the panel of substitute justices of the peace pursuant to NRS 4.032 or obtain a judge of a municipal court pursuant to NRS 4.345, to attend to his or her official duties.  A temporary vacancy resulting from absence, disability or other cause must not be filled by another justice of the peace or a substitute justice of the peace for more than 30 days at any one time.  2. Whenever any justice of the peace, in consequence of having too many or too lengthy matters before him or her, is prevented from timely attention to his or her official duties, the justice of the peace may, with the consent of the board of county commissioners, invite any other duly qualified justice of the peace of the same or another county to attend to some or all of his or her official duties, including those of registry agent, for no more than 30 days at any one time.  3. A justice of the peace from another county temporarily acting in the place of another justice of the peace has no claim for services rendered by him or her pursuant to this section against the county in which the justice of the peace customarily serves. The justice of the peace is entitled to receive his or her necessary traveling expenses from the county in which he or she is invited to serve, together with any additional compensation authorized by the board of county commissioners of that county.  [1:101:1881; A 1885, 20; 1913, 9; 1949, 141; 1943 NCL § 8473] — (NRS A 1959, 43; 1979, 1367; 1983, 569; 1991, 14, 657)