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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts › NRS 5.065 - Use of facsimile signature: Conditions and restrictions.

1. Each municipal judge 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 municipal judge 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts › NRS 5.073 - Conformity of practice and proceedings to those of justice courts; exception; imposition and collection of fees.

1. The practice and proceedings in the municipal court must conform, as nearly as practicable, to the practice and proceedings of justice courts in similar cases. An appeal perfected transfers the action to the district court for trial anew, unless the municipal court is designated as a court of record as provided in NRS 5.010. The municipal court must be treated and considered as a justice court whenever the proceedings thereof are called into question.
2. Each municipal judge shall charge and collect such fees prescribed in NRS 4.060 that are within the jurisdictional limits of the municipal court.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 903; A 1991, 455; 1997, 115)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts › NRS 5.0755 - "Residential confinement" defined.

As used in NRS 5.0755 to 5.078, 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, 2231)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts › NRS 5.077 - Establishment and modification of terms and conditions.

1. In sentencing a person to a term of residential confinement, a municipal judge may establish the terms and conditions of that confinement.
2. The municipal judge may, at any time, modify the terms and conditions of the residential confinement.
3. The municipal judge 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, 2231)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts › NRS 5.080 - Notice of intention to appeal; bail.

1. After filing a notice of intention to appeal, which shall include a statement of the character of the judgment, with the municipal court and serving such notice upon the city attorney, a defendant who has been convicted of a criminal violation in a municipal court may, if the defendant desires to be released from custody during the pendency of the appeal or desires a stay of proceedings under the judgment until disposition of the appeal, enter bail for the prosecution of the appeal, the payment of any judgment, fine and costs that may be awarded against the defendant on the appeal for failure to prosecute the appeal and for the rendering of himself or herself in execution of the judgment from which the defendant is appealing or of any judgment rendered against the defendant in the action appealed from in the district court to which the action is appealed.
2. Any bail which has been entered in the municipal court for the prosecution of the action in such court may be released or retained by the court in partial satisfaction of the bail required pursuant to subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1088)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 5 - Municipal Courts › NRS 5.090 - Judgment on appeal; notice to municipal court; payment of fines.

1. When an appeal of a civil or criminal case from a municipal court to a district court has been perfected and the district court has rendered a judgment on appeal, the district court shall, within 10 days from the date of such judgment, give written notice to the municipal court of the district court’s disposition of the appealed action.
2. When a conviction for a violation of a municipal ordinance is sustained and the fine imposed is sustained in whole or part, or a greater fine is imposed, the district court shall direct that the defendant pay the amount of the fine sustained or imposed by the district court to the city treasurer of the city in which the municipal court from which the appeal was taken is located.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1089; A 1989, 903)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.010 - Persons qualified to act as jurors.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, every qualified elector of the State, whether registered or not, who has sufficient knowledge of the English language, and who has not been convicted of treason, a felony, or other infamous crime, and who is not rendered incapable by reason of physical or mental infirmity, is a qualified juror of the county in which the person resides. A person who has been convicted of a felony is not a qualified juror of the county in which the person resides until the person’s civil right to serve as a juror has been restored pursuant to NRS 176A.850, 179.285, 213.090, 213.155 or 213.157.
[1:65:1873; A 1881, 23; BH § 3788; C § 3867; RL § 4929; NCL § 8476]—(NRS A 2003, 2690)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.020 - Exemptions from service.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3 and NRS 67.050, upon satisfactory proof, made by affidavit or otherwise, the following-named persons, and no others, are exempt from service as grand or trial jurors:
(a) While the Legislature is in session, any member of the Legislature or any employee of the Legislature or the Legislative Counsel Bureau;
(b) Any person who has a fictitious address pursuant to NRS 217.462 to 217.471, inclusive; and
(c) Any police officer as defined in NRS 617.135.
2. All persons of the age of 70 years or over are exempt from serving as grand or trial jurors. Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the court, by affidavit or otherwise, that a juror is over the age of 70 years, the court shall order the juror excused from all service as a grand or trial juror, if the juror so desires.
3. A person who is the age of 65 years or over who lives 65 miles or more from the court is exempt from serving as a grand or trial juror. Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the court, by affidavit or otherwise, that a juror is the age of 65 years or over and lives 65 miles or more from the court, the court shall order the juror excused from all service as a grand or trial juror, if the juror so desires.
[360:63:1947; 1943 NCL § 6084.370] + [9:65:1873; A 1875, 137; 1877, 176; 1881, 155; 1893, 31; 1895, 51; 1915, 84; 1917, 32; 1921, 29; 1925, 101; 1927, 113; 1939, 169; 1931 NCL § 8479] + [1:17:1889; C § 3880; RL § 4941; NCL § 8488]—(NRS A 1965, 347; 1967, 1278; 1969, 208, 1422; 1971, 312; 1977, 856; 1981, 687; 1983, 100, 1360; 1997, 187; 1999, 162; 2001, 754; 2001 Special Session, 207, 249; 2003, 289, 1347; 2007, 416; 2011, 138)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.030 - Grounds for excusing jurors.

1. The court may at any time temporarily excuse any juror on account of:
(a) Sickness or physical disability.
(b) Serious illness or death of a member of the juror’s immediate family.
(c) Undue hardship or extreme inconvenience.
(d) Public necessity.
2. In addition to the reasons set forth in subsection 1, the court may at any time temporarily excuse a person who provides proof that the person is the primary caregiver of another person who has a documented medical condition which requires the assistance of another person at all times.
3. A person temporarily excused shall appear for jury service as the court may direct.
4. The court shall permanently excuse any person from service as a juror if the person is incapable, by reason of a permanent physical or mental disability, of rendering satisfactory service as a juror. The court may require the prospective juror to submit a certificate completed by a physician or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to NRS 632.237 concerning the nature and extent of the disability and the certifying physician or advanced practice registered nurse may be required to testify concerning the disability when the court so directs.
[10:65:1873; B § 1060; BH § 3797; C § 3871; RL § 4933; NCL § 8480]—(NRS A 1977, 294; 2007, 417; 2017, 1740)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.040 - Penalty for failing to attend and serve as a juror.

Any person summoned as provided in this chapter to serve as a juror, who fails to attend and serve as a juror, shall, unless excused by the court, be ordered by the court to appear and show cause for his or her failure to attend and serve as a juror. If the person fails to show cause, the person is in contempt and shall be fined not more than $500.
[11:65:1873; B § 1061; BH § 3798; C § 3872; RL § 4934; NCL § 8481]—(NRS A 1967, 528; 1977, 294)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.045 - Designation by rule of district court; selection of trial jurors; list of qualified electors; duties; court may contract for administrative duties.

1. A court may by rule of court designate the clerk of the court, one of the clerk’s deputies or another person as a jury commissioner and may assign to the jury commissioner such administrative duties in connection with trial juries and jurors as the court finds desirable for efficient administration.
2. If a jury commissioner is so selected, the jury commissioner shall from time to time estimate the number of trial jurors which will be required for attendance on the designated court and shall select that number from the qualified electors of:
(a) The county; or
(b) The city whose population is 220,000 or more, for a municipal court,
not exempt by law from jury duty, whether registered as voters or not. The jurors may be selected by computer whenever procedures to assure random selection from computerized lists are established by the jury commissioner.
3. The jury commissioner shall, for the purpose of selecting trial jurors, compile and maintain a list of qualified electors from information provided by:
(a) A list of persons who are registered to vote in the county or city, as applicable;
(b) The Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to NRS 482.171 and 483.225;
(c) The Employment Security Division of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation pursuant to NRS 612.265;
(d) A public utility pursuant to NRS 704.206; and
(e) The Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 422A.343.
4. In compiling and maintaining the list of qualified electors, the jury commissioner shall avoid duplication of names.
5. The jury commissioner shall:
(a) Keep a record of the name, occupation, address and race of each trial juror selected pursuant to subsection 2;
(b) Keep a record of the name, occupation, address and race of each trial juror who appears for jury service; and
(c) Prepare and submit a report to the Court Administrator which must:
(1) Include statistics from the records required to be maintained by the jury commissioner pursuant to this subsection, including, without limitation, the name, occupation, address and race of each trial juror who is selected and of each trial juror who appears for jury service;
(2) Be submitted at least once a year; and
(3) Be submitted in the time and manner prescribed by the Court Administrator.
6. The jury commissioner shall not select the name of any person whose name was selected the previous year, and who actually served on the jury by attending in court in response to the venire from day to day until excused from further attendance by order of the court, unless there are not enough other suitable jurors in the county or city to do the required jury duty.
7. A court may contract with another court for the purpose of procuring any administrative duties performed by a jury commissioner pursuant to this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 386; A 1967, 981; 1969, 1530; 1975, 911; 1979, 498; 1981, 555; 1989, 1644; 2003, 1347; 2017, 3880; 2021, 1314; 2023, 1778)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.090 - Procedures for forming panel; duties of sheriff, chief of police or chief marshal and jury commissioner.

1. Whenever trial jurors are selected by a jury commissioner, the judge may direct the jury commissioner to summon and assign to that court the number of qualified jurors the jury commissioner determines to be necessary for the formation of the petit jury. The jurors may be selected by computer whenever procedures to assure random selection from computerized lists have been established by the jury commissioner.
2. Every person named in the venire must be served by the sheriff, chief of police or chief marshal, as applicable, personally or by the sheriff, chief of police, chief marshal or jury commissioner by mailing a summons to the person, commanding the person to attend as a juror at a time and place designated therein. Mileage is allowed only for personal service. The postage must be paid by the sheriff, chief of police, chief marshal or jury commissioner, as the case may be, and allowed him or her as other claims against the county or city. The sheriff, chief of police or chief marshal shall make return of the venire at least the day before the day named for their appearance, after which the venire is subject to inspection by any officer or attorney of the court.
[4:65:1873; A 1879, 33; 1881, 26; 1915, 167; 1919 RL § 4930; NCL § 8477]—(NRS A 1959, 763; 1960, 435; 1965, 27; 1979, 462; 1981, 555; 2015, 2554; 2021, 1315)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.100 - Discharge of excess trial jurors.

When at any time there shall be a larger number of trial jurors in attendance upon any court than are required for the business of the court, or for the time being, the court may discharge or excuse, temporarily, a sufficient number of those who have served longest to reduce the panel to the number required.
[1:82:1875; BH § 3801; C § 3879; RL § 4936; NCL § 8483]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.120 - Counties whose population is less than 100,000: Selection of jurors and alternate jurors; listing and summoning jurors.

1. In any county having a population of less than 100,000, the county clerk under the supervision of the district judge, shall randomly select the names of 50 qualified persons to serve as prospective grand jurors. The county clerk shall then prepare and mail to each person whose name was selected a questionnaire drawn up by the district judge or presiding district judge, where applicable, stating the amount of pay, the estimated time required to serve, and the duties to be performed. Each recipient of the questionnaire shall be requested to return the questionnaire, indicating on it his or her willingness to serve on the jury. The county clerk shall continue the selection of names and mailing of questionnaires until a panel of 36 persons who are willing to serve is established. The requirement of subsection 1 of NRS 6.110 that a grand jury must be called at least once in every 4 years does not apply to the county unless the district judge otherwise directs. A list of the names of the 36 persons who indicate their willingness to serve as grand jurors must be made and certified by the county clerk and filed in the county clerk’s office, and the clerk shall immediately issue a venire, directed to the sheriff of the county, commanding the sheriff to summon the persons willing to serve as grand jurors to attend in court at such time as the district judge may have directed.
2. The sheriff shall summon the grand jurors, and out of the number summoned each district judge in rotation according to seniority, shall select one name from the venire until 17 persons to constitute the grand jury and 12 persons to act as alternate grand jurors are chosen.
3. Every person named in the venire as a grand juror shall be served by the sheriff mailing a summons to that person commanding the person to attend as a juror at a time and place designated therein, which summons shall be registered or certified and deposited in the post office addressed to the person at his or her usual post office address. The receipt of the person addressed for the registered or certified summons must be regarded as personal service of the summons upon that person and no mileage may be allowed for service. The postage and fee for registered or certified mail must be paid by the sheriff and allowed him or her as other claims against the county.
4. If for any reason a person selected as a grand juror is unable to serve on the grand jury until the completion of its business, the district judge shall select one of the alternate grand jurors to serve in his or her place. The alternate shall be served by the sheriff in the manner provided in subsection 3.
[Part 8a:65:1873; added 1949, 513; 1943 NCL § 8478.01]—(NRS A 1959, 765; 1961, 404; 1969, 95; 1973, 1272; 1979, 500; 1981, 333; 1985, 1031)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.130 - Permissible summoning of grand jury by filing of affidavit or petition by taxpayer.

1. In any county, if the statute of limitations has not run against the person offending, the district judge may summon a grand jury after an affidavit or verified petition by any taxpayer of the county accompanied by and with corroborating affidavits of at least two additional persons has been filed with the clerk of the district court, setting forth reasonable evidence upon which a belief is based that there has been a misappropriation of public money or property by a public officer, past or present, or any fraud committed against the county or state by any officer, past or present, or any violation of trust by any officer, past or present. The district judge shall act upon the affidavit or petition within 5 days. If he or she fails or refuses to recall or summon a grand jury, the affiant or petitioner may proceed as provided in NRS 6.140.
2. If there is a grand jury in recess, the court shall recall that grand jury. If there is not a grand jury in recess, a new grand jury must be summoned.
[Part 8:65:1873; A 1879, 33; 1881, 26; 1915, 167; 1919, 377; 1927, 220; 1929, 45; 1943, 178; 1949, 513; 1943 NCL § 8478] + [Part 8a:65:1873; added 1949, 513; 1943 NCL § 8478.01]—(NRS A 1961, 674; 1967, 863, 1468; 1985, 1032; 2001, 751)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.135 - Impaneling of grand juries to investigate state affairs; payment of expenses.

1. Upon request of the Governor, or of the Legislature by concurrent resolution, the district judge of any county shall cause a grand jury to be impaneled in the same manner as other grand juries are impaneled, except that the sole duty of a grand jury impaneled under the provisions of this section shall limit its investigations to state affairs, and to the conduct of state officers and employees. The report of such grand jury shall be transmitted to the Governor and the Legislature.
2. The expenses of a grand jury impaneled under the provisions of this section shall be a charge against the General Fund of the State, to be certified by the district judge and paid on claims.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 548)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.140 - Application to appellate court for order directing selection and impaneling of grand jury.

In any county, if the district judge for any reason fails or refuses to select a grand jury when required, any interested person resident of the county may apply to the appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution for an order directing the selection of a grand jury. The application must be supported by affidavits setting forth the true facts as known to the applicant, and the certificate of the county clerk that a grand jury has not been selected within the time fixed or otherwise as the facts may be. The appellate court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to the rules fixed by the Supreme Court shall issue its order, if satisfied that a grand jury should be called, directing the county clerk to select and impanel a grand jury, according to the provisions of NRS 6.110 to 6.132, inclusive.
[8b:65:1873; added 1953, 12]—(NRS A 1973, 1273; 2001, 752; 2013, 1731)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.145 - Recess of grand jury.

Upon the completion of its business for the time being, the court may, at the request of or with the concurrence of the grand jury, recess the grand jury subject to recall at such time as new business may require its attention.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1467; A 1985, 557)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.150 - Grand jurors and trial jurors in district and justice court or trial jurors in municipal court.

1. Each person summoned to attend as a grand juror or a trial juror in the district court or justice court, or a trial juror in the municipal court, is entitled to a fee of $65 for each day after the second day of jury selection that the person is in attendance in response to the venire or summons, including Sundays and holidays.
2. Each grand juror and trial juror in the district court or justice court, or trial juror in the municipal court, actually sworn and serving is entitled to a fee of $65 a day as compensation for each day of service.
3. In addition to the fees specified in subsections 1 and 2, a board of county commissioners or governing body of a city may provide that, for each day of such attendance or service, each person is entitled to be paid the per diem allowance and travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally.
4. Each person summoned to attend as a grand juror or a trial juror in the district court or justice court, or a trial juror in the municipal court, and each grand juror and trial juror in the district court or justice court, or trial juror in the municipal court, is entitled to receive 36.5 cents a mile for each mile necessarily and actually traveled if the home of the person summoned or serving as a juror is 30 miles or more from the place of trial.
5. If the home of a person summoned or serving as such a juror is 65 miles or more from the place of trial and the selection, inquiry or trial lasts more than 1 day, the person is entitled to receive an allowance for lodging at the rate established for state employees, in addition to his or her daily compensation for attendance or service, for each day on which the person does not return to his or her home.
6. In civil cases, any fee, per diem allowance, travel expense or other compensation due each juror engaged in the trial of the cause must be paid each day in advance to the clerk of the court, or the justice of the peace, by the party who has demanded the jury. If the party paying this money is the prevailing party, the money is recoverable as costs from the losing party. If the jury from any cause is discharged in a civil action without finding a verdict and the party who demands the jury subsequently obtains judgment, the money so paid is recoverable as costs from the losing party.
7. The money paid by the clerk of the court to jurors for their services in a civil action or proceeding, which the clerk of the court has received from the party demanding the jury, must be deducted from the total amount due them for attendance as such jurors, and any balance is a charge against the county.
[Part 2:96:1919; A 1933, 68; 1933, 152; 1937, 210; 1949, 10; 1951, 107; 1953, 134]—(NRS A 1965, 311; 1967, 277; 1975, 911; 1977, 926; 1979, 330; 1981, 326; 1993, 919; 2001, 752; 2003, 1348; 2007, 210, 596; 2015, 2555; 2021, 1315; 2023, 1779)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.155 - Establishment of program to allow juror to donate money to which juror is entitled for juror’s services and expenses to local agency for prevention of child abuse and neglect.

1. Each board of county commissioners may establish and maintain a program whereby a person may forfeit any money that the person is entitled to receive pursuant to NRS 6.150 for his or her services and expenses and have that money donated to an agency which provides child welfare services and that is located in the county in which the person is serving as a juror. Any money donated through a program established pursuant to this section must be used only for a program or activity which is designed to prevent the abuse or neglect of a child or to benefit an abused or neglected child.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Abuse or neglect of a child" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.020.
(b) "Agency which provides child welfare services" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.030.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1330; A 1997, 5; 2001 Special Session, 15)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.160 - Payment of jurors.

The clerk of the court in cases in the district court and justice court shall keep a payroll, enrolling thereon the names of all jurors, the number of days in attendance and the actual number of miles traveled by the shortest and most practical route in going to and returning from the place where the court is held, and at the conclusion of a trial may:
1. Give a statement of the amounts due to the jurors to the county auditor, who shall draw warrants upon the county treasurer for the payment thereof; or
2. Make an immediate payment in cash of the amount owing to each juror.
These payments must be made from and to the extent allowed by the fees collected from the demanding party, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 6.150, and from and to the extent allowed by any other fees which have been collected pursuant to law. The clerk shall obtain from each juror so paid a receipt signed by him or her and indicating the date of payment, the date of service and the amount paid. A duplicate of this receipt must be immediately delivered to the appropriate county auditor, county recorder or county comptroller.
[Part 3:96:1919; A 1923, 63; 1933, 152; 1937, 172; 1931 NCL § 8492]—(NRS A 1973, 295, 1083; 1985, 51; 2015, 2556; 2023, 162)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.180 - Expenses of jurors in civil cases.

In all cases when a jury is kept together by order of the court during a trial, or by failure to agree upon a verdict, after the cause has been submitted to them by the court, the expenses of their board and lodging shall be taxed as other disbursements and expenses in favor of the prevailing party; no verdict shall be entered or judgment rendered thereon until the same is paid or tendered. The clerk shall receive and properly disburse all money paid for the expenses of jurors, as in this section provided to be paid.
[33:49:1883; BH § 2374; C § 2498; RL § 2035; NCL § 2966]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 6 - Juries › NRS 6.190 - Terminating or threatening to terminate employment because of jury duty prohibited; civil action for unlawful termination; requiring employee to use sick leave or vacation time or to work certain hours prohibited; notice to employer; dissuasion from service as juror.

1. Any person, corporation, partnership, association or other entity who is:
(a) An employer; or
(b) The employee, agent or officer of an employer, vested with the power to terminate or recommend termination of employment,
of a person who is a juror or who has received a summons to appear for jury duty, and who deprives the juror or person summoned of his or her employment, as a consequence of the person’s service as a juror or prospective juror, or who asserts to the juror or person summoned that his or her service as a juror or prospective juror will result in termination of his or her employment, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
2. A person discharged from employment in violation of subsection 1 may commence a civil action against his or her employer and obtain:
(a) Wages and benefits lost as a result of the violation;
(b) An order of reinstatement without loss of position, seniority or benefits;
(c) Damages equal to the amount of the lost wages and benefits;
(d) Reasonable attorney’s fees fixed by the court; and
(e) Punitive or exemplary damages in an amount not to exceed $50,000.
3. If a person is summoned to appear for jury duty, the employer and any employee, agent or officer of the employer shall not, as a consequence of the person’s service as a juror or prospective juror:
(a) Require the person to use sick leave or vacation time; or
(b) Require the person to work:
(1) Within 8 hours before the time at which the person is to appear for jury duty; or
(2) If the person’s service has lasted for 4 hours or more on the day of his or her appearance for jury duty, including the person’s time going to and returning from the place where the court is held, between 5 p.m. on the day of his or her appearance for jury duty and 3 a.m. the following day.
Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.
4. Each summons to appear for jury duty must be accompanied by a notice to the employer of the person summoned. The notice must inform the employer that the person has been summoned for jury duty and must include a copy of the provisions of subsections 1, 2 and 3. The person summoned, if the person is employed, shall give the notice to his or her employer at least 3 days before the person is to appear for jury duty.
5. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person who in any manner dissuades or attempts to dissuade a person who has received a summons to appear for jury duty from serving as a juror is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 293; A 1987, 810; 2007, 151)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.034 - Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duties of Supreme Court. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a license to practice law in this State shall submit to the Supreme Court the statement prescribed by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed by the applicant.
2. The Supreme Court shall include the statement required pursuant to subsection 1 in:
(a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the issuance or renewal of the license; or
(b) A separate form prescribed by the Supreme Court.
3. A license to practice law in this State may not be issued or renewed by the Supreme Court if the applicant:
(a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order.
4. If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that the applicant is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount owed pursuant to the order, the Supreme Court shall advise the applicant to contact the district attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2033)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.037 - Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]

1. If the Supreme Court receives a copy of a court order issued pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and permits issued to a person who has been issued a license to practice law in this State, the Supreme Court shall deem the license issued by the Supreme Court to that person to be suspended at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was issued unless the Supreme Court receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person to whom the license was issued stating that the person to whom the license was issued has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560.
2. The Supreme Court shall reinstate a license to practice law that has been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if:
(a) The Supreme Court receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public agency to the person whose license was suspended stating that the person whose license was suspended has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS 425.560; and
(b) The person whose license was suspended pays any fees imposed by the Supreme Court for the reinstatement of a suspended license.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2034)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.039 - Renewal of license: Application to include information relating to state business license; denial of renewal for unpaid debt assigned to State Controller for collection.

1. If the Supreme Court adopts the rules described in NRS 2.123, the State Bar of Nevada shall:
(a) Require a person applying for the renewal of a license to practice law to include in the application submitted to the State Bar of Nevada:
(1) Whether the applicant has a state business license; and
(2) If the applicant has a state business license, the business identification number assigned by the Secretary of State upon compliance with the provisions of chapter 76 of NRS; and
(b) Not renew a license to practice law if:
(1) The applicant fails to submit the information required by paragraph (a); or
(2) The State Controller has informed the State Bar of Nevada pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 353C.1965 that the applicant owes a debt to an agency that has been assigned to the State Controller for collection and the applicant has not:
(I) Satisfied the debt;
(II) Entered into an agreement for the payment of the debt pursuant to NRS 353C.130; or
(III) Demonstrated that the debt is not valid.
2. As used in this section:
(a) "Agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 353C.020.
(b) "Debt" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 353C.040.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2722)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.045 - Unlawful solicitation of legal business; monetary recovery by victim; penalty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for a person to solicit a tort victim to employ, hire or retain any attorney at law:
(a) At the scene of a traffic crash that may result in a civil action;
(b) At a county or city jail or detention facility;
(c) At a medical facility or other location where a provider of health care performs health care services; or
(d) Within 72 hours after the tort occurred.
2. It is unlawful for a person to conspire with another person to commit an act which violates the provisions of subsection 1.
3. This section does not prohibit or restrict:
(a) A recommendation for the employment, hiring or retention of an attorney at law in a manner that complies with the Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct.
(b) The solicitation of motor vehicle repair or storage services by a tow car operator.
(c) Any activity engaged in by police, fire or emergency medical personnel acting in the normal course of duty.
(d) A communication by a tort victim with the tort victim’s insurer concerning the investigation of a claim or settlement of a claim for property damage.
(e) Any inquiries or advertisements performed in the ordinary course of a person’s business.
4. Any contract, agreement or obligation that is made, obtained, procured or incurred with a tort victim in violation of this section is void.
5. A tort victim who prevails in a civil action pursuant to this section:
(a) May recover:
(1) Twice the amount of actual damages he or she incurred from the violation of this section; and
(2) An amount equal to twice the amount of the financial obligation imposed upon the tort victim by the contract, agreement or obligation that was made, obtained, procured or incurred in violation of this section.
(b) Is entitled to reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.
6. A civil action pursuant to this section is subject to the limitation set forth in subsection 1 of NRS 11.190.
7. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section:
(a) For the first offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(b) For a second or any subsequent offense, is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
8. As used in this section, "tort victim" means a person:
(a) Whose property has been damaged as a result of any accident or motor vehicle crash that may result in a civil action, criminal action or claim for tort damages by or against another person;
(b) Who has been injured or killed as a result of any accident or motor vehicle crash that may result in a civil action, criminal action or claim for tort damages by or against another person; or
(c) A parent, guardian, spouse, sibling or child of a person who has died as a result of any accident or motor vehicle crash that may result in a civil action, criminal action or claim for tort damages by or against another person.
[1:157:1929; NCL § 621] + [2:157:1929; NCL § 622]—(NRS A 1967, 528; 2013, 1497; 2015, 1655; 2023, 1296)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.055 - Duty of discharged attorney to deliver certain materials to client; enforcement; adjudication of claims to materials.

1. An attorney who has been discharged by his or her client shall, upon demand and payment of the fee due from the client, immediately deliver to the client all papers, documents, pleadings and items of tangible personal property which belong to or were prepared for that client.
2. A client who, after demand therefor and payment of the fee due from the client, does not receive from his or her discharged attorney all papers, documents, pleadings and items of tangible personal property may, by a motion filed after at least 5 days’ notice to the attorney, obtain an order for the production of his or her papers, documents, pleadings and other property. If the court finds that an attorney has, without just cause, refused or neglected to obey its order given under this section, the court may, after notice and hearing, adjudge the attorney guilty of contempt and may fine or imprison him or her until the contempt is purged. If the court finds that the attorney has, without just cause, withheld the client’s papers, documents, pleadings or other property, the attorney is liable for costs and attorney’s fees.
3. An attorney who is in doubt as to the ownership of papers, documents, pleadings or other property may deposit the materials with the clerk of the court. The clerk shall immediately seal the materials to protect the privacy and privilege of the clients and interested persons and notify each interested person of the deposit. Upon a petition filed by a client or other interested person, any court shall, after giving at least 5 days’ notice to all other interested persons, adjudicate the rights of persons claiming an interest in the materials and make necessary orders under the circumstances of the case.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 776)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.065 - Representation of indigent persons or service as third-party neutral mediator by attorneys in public employment.

Except as otherwise provided by a specific statute, any attorney employed by the State of Nevada or any agency or political subdivision of the State may:
1. Represent an indigent person in any proceeding if:
(a) The attorney first receives the permission of his or her supervisor, if any, to represent the person in that proceeding;
(b) The interests of the indigent person in that proceeding do not conflict with the interests of the State or the attorney’s employer;
(c) The representation is provided through or in association with an organization that provides free legal assistance to indigent persons;
(d) The attorney receives no compensation for the representation; and
(e) The attorney ensures that his or her professional conduct complies with the Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct.
2. Serve as a third-party neutral mediator to help parties resolve a dispute or other matter if:
(a) The attorney first receives the permission of his or her supervisor, if any, to serve as a third-party neutral mediator in that dispute or matter;
(b) The interests of the mediating parties do not conflict with the interests of the attorney’s employer;
(c) Such service as a mediator is provided through, or in association with, an organization that provides free mediation services to individuals;
(d) The attorney receives no compensation for such service; and
(e) The attorney ensures that his or her professional conduct complies with the Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 201; A 2023, 157)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.075 - Duties of attorney upon death of client being represented in pending action; sanctions.

1. An attorney at law who represents any person who is a party to an action pending before any court shall, within 90 days after the death of that person, file a notice of death and a motion for substitution of a party with the court and cause a copy of that notice and motion to be served upon every other party to the action.
2. The court may, upon motion, impose any sanctions it considers appropriate, including costs and attorney’s fees, against an attorney who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 504)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.085 - Payment of additional costs, expenses and attorney’s fees by attorney who files, maintains or defends certain civil actions or extends civil actions in certain circumstances.

1. If a court finds that an attorney has:
(a) Filed, maintained or defended a civil action or proceeding in any court in this State and such action or defense is not well-grounded in fact or is not warranted by existing law or by an argument for changing the existing law that is made in good faith; or
(b) Unreasonably and vexatiously extended a civil action or proceeding before any court in this State,
the court shall require the attorney personally to pay the additional costs, expenses and attorney’s fees reasonably incurred because of such conduct.
2. The court shall liberally construe the provisions of this section in favor of awarding costs, expenses and attorney’s fees in all appropriate situations. It is the intent of the Legislature that the court award costs, expenses and attorney’s fees pursuant to this section and impose sanctions pursuant to Rule 11 of the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure in all appropriate situations to punish for and deter frivolous or vexatious claims and defenses because such claims and defenses overburden limited judicial resources, hinder the timely resolution of meritorious claims and increase the costs of engaging in business and providing professional services to the public.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 1707; A 2002 Special Session, 12; 2003, 3477)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.095 - Limitation on contingent fees for representation of persons in certain actions against providers of health care.

1. An attorney shall not contract for or collect a fee contingent on the amount of recovery for representing a person seeking damages in connection with an action for injury or death against a provider of health care based upon professional negligence in excess of 35 percent of the amount recovered.
2. The limitations set forth in subsection 1 apply to all forms of recovery, including, without limitation, settlement, arbitration and judgment.
3. For the purposes of this section, "recovered" means the net sum recovered by the plaintiff after deducting any disbursements or costs incurred in connection with the prosecution or settlement of the claim. Costs of medical care incurred by the plaintiff and general and administrative expenses incurred by the office of the attorney are not deductible disbursements or costs.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Professional negligence" means a negligent act or omission to act by a provider of health care in the rendering of professional services, which act or omission is the proximate cause of a personal injury or wrongful death. The term does not include services that are outside the scope of services for which the provider of health care is licensed or services for which any restriction has been imposed by the applicable regulatory board or health care facility.
(b) "Provider of health care" means a physician licensed under chapter 630 or 633 of NRS, dentist, registered nurse, dispensing optician, optometrist, registered physical therapist, podiatric physician, licensed psychologist, chiropractic physician, naprapath, doctor of Oriental medicine, holder of a license or a limited license issued under the provisions of chapter 653 of NRS, medical laboratory director or technician, licensed dietitian or a licensed hospital and its employees.
(Added to NRS by 2004 initiative petition, Ballot Question No. 3; A 2011, 1510; 2019, 2709; 2023, 1683, 3024)