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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 2A - Court of Appeals › NRS 2A.140 - Benefits for survivor beneficiary and additional payees.

1. A judge of the Court of Appeals may designate, in writing, a survivor beneficiary and one or more additional payees to receive the payments provided pursuant to this section if the judge is unmarried on the date of his or her death. A designation pursuant to this section must be made on a form approved by the Court Administrator. If the judge has designated one or more payees in addition to the survivor beneficiary, the judge must designate the percentage of the payments that the survivor beneficiary and each additional payee is entitled to receive.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a judge of the Court of Appeals at the time of his or her death had retired and was then receiving a pension pursuant to the provisions of NRS 2A.100, or if at the time of his or her death the judge had not retired but had performed sufficient service for retirement pursuant to the provisions of NRS 2A.100, the survivor beneficiary designated pursuant to subsection 1, if the survivor beneficiary has attained the age of 60 years, is entitled, until his or her death, to receive monthly payments of $2,500 per month. If the judge had designated one or more payees in addition to the survivor beneficiary pursuant to subsection 1, the monthly payments paid pursuant to this subsection must be divided between the survivor beneficiary and any additional payee in the proportion designated by the judge pursuant to subsection 1.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a survivor beneficiary of a judge is not eligible to receive benefits pursuant to subsection 2, the survivor beneficiary is entitled, until his or her death or until he or she becomes eligible to receive those benefits, to receive payments equal in amount to the payment provided in subsection 1 of NRS 286.67675 for the survivor beneficiary of a deceased member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System. If the judge had designated one or more payees in addition to the survivor beneficiary pursuant to subsection 1, the payments paid pursuant to this subsection must be divided between the survivor beneficiary and any additional payee in the proportion designated by the judge pursuant to subsection 1.
4. To obtain the benefits authorized by subsection 3, the survivor beneficiary must make application to the Executive Officer of the Public Employees’ Retirement Board and furnish such information as may be required pursuant to reasonable regulations adopted for the purpose of carrying out the intent of this section.
5. Any person receiving a benefit pursuant to the provisions of this section is entitled to receive postretirement increases equal to those provided for persons retired pursuant to the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
6. It is the intent of this section that no special fund be created for the purpose of paying these benefits, and all payments made pursuant to the provisions of this section are to be made out of and charged to the Judicial Retirement Fund established pursuant to NRS 1A.160.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1707)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 2A - Court of Appeals › NRS 2A.150 - Application and administration of provisions concerning pensions, retirement and benefits.

The provisions of NRS 2A.100 to 2A.150, inclusive:
1. Apply only to a judge of the Court of Appeals or a surviving spouse or surviving child of a judge of the Court of Appeals who served as a justice of the Supreme Court or district judge before November 5, 2002;
2. Are administered by the Public Employees’ Retirement Board pursuant to NRS 1A.100; and
3. Are part of the Judicial Retirement System established pursuant to NRS 1A.100.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1708)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 2A - Court of Appeals › NRS 2A.170 - Power on appeal.

The Court of Appeals may reverse, affirm or modify the judgment or order appealed from as to any or all of the parties, and may, if necessary, order a new trial, and in a criminal action, order the new trial to be had in the proper place. On a direct appeal from an order in a civil action granting a motion to change the place of trial of an action or refusing to change the place of trial, the Court may affirm or reverse the order and order the trial to be had in the proper place. An order in a civil action changing or refusing to change the place of trial must not be appealed from on an appeal from a judgment, but only on direct appeal from the order changing or refusing to change the place of trial. When the judgment or order appealed from is reversed or modified, this Court may make, or direct the inferior court to make, complete restoration of all property and rights lost by the erroneous judgment or order.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1708)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 2A - Court of Appeals › NRS 2A.190 - Assignment of submitted cases; written decisions and opinions.

1. Immediately upon a case being submitted to the Court of Appeals it must be assigned to one member of the court for the preparation of an opinion.
2. All opinions and decisions rendered by the Court of Appeals must be in writing, signed by the judges concurring therein, and must be spread at large on the records of the Court kept for that purpose.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1708)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 2A - Court of Appeals › NRS 2A.220 - Power to take and certify acknowledgments and affidavits.

The judges of the Court of Appeals have power in any part of the State 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.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 1708)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 2A - Court of Appeals › NRS 2A.230 - Use of facsimile signature: Conditions and restrictions.

1. Each judge of the Court of Appeals may use a facsimile signature produced through a mechanical device in place of the judge’s handwritten signature whenever the necessity arises and upon approval of the Court of Appeals, 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 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 2013, 1709)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.010 - Judicial districts: Number; constitution.

The State is hereby divided into 11 judicial districts, as follows:
First Judicial District.
Carson City and the County of Storey constitute the First Judicial District.
Second Judicial District.
The County of Washoe constitutes the Second Judicial District.
Third Judicial District.
The County of Lyon constitutes the Third Judicial District.
Fourth Judicial District.
The County of Elko constitutes the Fourth Judicial District.
Fifth Judicial District.
The Counties of Esmeralda and Nye constitute the Fifth Judicial District.
Sixth Judicial District.
The County of Humboldt constitutes the Sixth Judicial District.
Seventh Judicial District.
The Counties of Eureka, White Pine and Lincoln constitute the Seventh Judicial District.
Eighth Judicial District.
The County of Clark constitutes the Eighth Judicial District.
Ninth Judicial District.
The County of Douglas constitutes the Ninth Judicial District.
Tenth Judicial District.
The County of Churchill constitutes the Tenth Judicial District.
Eleventh Judicial District.
The Counties of Lander, Mineral and Pershing constitute the Eleventh Judicial District.
[1:440:1955]—(NRS A 1957, 144, 362; 1960, 329; 1965, 558; 1967, 1347; 1969, 312; 1971, 1086; 1973, 1706; 1975, 506, 1459; 1977, 663, 1399; 1979, 1103; 1981, 1953; 2011, 1772; 2015, 1023)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.0105 - Establishment of family court in county whose population is 100,000 or more; assignment of judges; required instruction.

1. There is hereby established, in each judicial district that includes a county whose population is 100,000 or more, a family court as a division of the district court.
2. If the caseload of the family court so requires, the Chief Judge may assign one or more district judges of the judicial district to act temporarily as judges of the family court.
3. If for any reason a judge of the family court is unable to act, any other district judge of the judicial district may be assigned as provided in subsection 2 to act temporarily as judge of the family court.
4. A district judge assigned to the family court pursuant to subsection 2 or 3 for a period of 90 or more days, except for a district judge or hearing master assigned to hear proceedings brought pursuant to NRS 433A.200 to 433A.330, inclusive, or NRS 433A.335 to 433A.345, inclusive, must attend the instruction required pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 3.028. District judges must not be assigned to the family court pursuant to subsections 2 and 3 on a rotating basis.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2174; A 1995, 1493; 1999, 706; 2017, 3009; 2021, 3103)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.0107 - Imposition of ad valorem tax authorized for support of family court.

1. For the fiscal years beginning on and after July 1, 1991, the board of county commissioners of each county whose population is 100,000 or more may levy an ad valorem tax of not more than 1.92 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation upon all taxable property in the county for the support of the family court in the judicial district that includes that county.
2. The proceeds of the tax imposed pursuant to this section are exempt from the limitations imposed by NRS 354.59811 and must be excluded in determining the allowed revenue from taxes ad valorem for the county.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2323)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.012 - Number of district judges for Second Judicial District who are not family court judges.

For the Second Judicial District there must be nine district judges who are not judges of the family court.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1104; A 1989, 955; 1991, 2175; 1997, 3; 2001, 2746; 2007, 1729, 1974; 2009, 2477)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.0125 - Number of district judges for Second Judicial District who are family court judges.

For the Second Judicial District, in addition to the district judges established pursuant to NRS 3.012, there must be seven district judges who are judges of the family court.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 1974; A 2019, 2870)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.018 - Number of district judges for Eighth Judicial District who are not family court judges.

For the Eighth Judicial District there must be 32 district judges who are not judges of the family court.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1135, 1954; A 1981, 1956; 1991, 2176; 1995, 854; 1997, 1753; 1999, 2610; 2001, 2746; 2005, 1970; 2007, 1729, 1974; 2009, 2477)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.0185 - Number of district judges for Eighth Judicial District who are family court judges.

For the Eighth Judicial District, in addition to the district judges established pursuant to NRS 3.018, there must be 26 district judges who are judges of the family court.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 1974; A 2009, 2477; 2019, 2870)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.0199 - Jurisdiction over matters arising from or relating to administration of Humboldt River Decree.

1. The Sixth and Eleventh Judicial District Courts have concurrent jurisdiction over all matters arising from or relating to the administration of the Humboldt River Decree. The venue for any case or proceeding arising from or relating to the Humboldt River Decree must be determined on an alternating basis between the Sixth and Eleventh Judicial District Courts.
2. As used in subsection 1, "Humboldt River Decree" refers collectively to the two decrees entered by the Sixth Judicial District Court in 1930 and 1935 which adjudicated the rights to water from the Humboldt River and its tributaries.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1024)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.020 - Judicial districts with more than one judge: Concurrent jurisdiction of judges.

In judicial districts where more than one judge has been provided for, the judges have concurrent and coextensive jurisdiction within the district, under such rules as may be prescribed by law, and the district judges therein may make additional rules, not inconsistent with law, which will enable them to transact judicial business in a convenient and lawful manner.
[2:440:1955]—(NRS A 1981, 1954)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.025 - Chief Judge in certain judicial districts: Selection; duties; assignment of certain cases to same department of family court.

1. In each judicial district that includes a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the district judges of that judicial district shall choose from among those district judges a Chief Judge who is to be the presiding judge of the judicial district.
2. The Chief Judge shall:
(a) Assign cases to each judge in the judicial district;
(b) Prescribe the hours of court;
(c) Adopt such other rules as are necessary for the orderly conduct of court business; and
(d) Perform all other duties of the Chief Judge or of a presiding judge that are set forth in this chapter and any other provision of NRS.
3. If a case involves a matter within the jurisdiction of the family court and:
(a) The parties to the case are also the parties in any other pending case or were the parties in any other previously decided case assigned to a department of the family court in the judicial district; or
(b) A child involved in the case is also involved in any other pending case or was involved in any other previously decided case assigned to a department of the family court in the judicial district, other than a case within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to title 5 of NRS,
the Chief Judge shall assign the case to the department of the family court to which the other case is presently assigned or, if the other case has been decided, to the department of the family court that decided the other case, unless a different assignment is required by another provision of NRS, a court rule or the Revised Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct or the Chief Judge determines that a different assignment is necessary because of considerations related to the management of the caseload of the district judges within the judicial district. If a case described in this subsection is heard initially by a master, the recommendation, report or order of the master must be submitted to the district judge of the department of the family court to which the case has been assigned pursuant to this subsection for consideration and decision by that district judge.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1502; A 1981, 873; 1999, 706, 2020; 2003, 1114; 2023, 2604)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.026 - Chief Judge in certain judicial districts: Additional duties.

1. In each judicial district that includes a county whose population is 100,000 or more, in addition to the other duties set forth in NRS 3.025:
(a) The Chief Judge shall ensure that:
(1) The procedures which govern the consideration and disposition of cases and other proceedings within the jurisdiction of the district court are applied as uniformly as practicable; and
(2) Cases and other proceedings within the jurisdiction of the district court are considered and decided in a timely manner.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Chief Judge shall establish procedures for addressing grievances that are:
(1) Submitted to the Chief Judge by a party in a case or other proceeding within the jurisdiction of the district court; and
(2) Directly related to the administration of the case or other proceeding.
2. For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection 1, a party in a case or other proceeding within the jurisdiction of the district court may not submit to the Chief Judge a grievance that:
(a) Addresses, in whole or in part, the merits of the case or other proceeding; or
(b) Challenges, in whole or in part, the merits of any decision or ruling in the case or other proceeding that is made by:
(1) The district court; or
(2) A master or other person who is acting pursuant to an order of the district court or pursuant to any authority that is granted to the master or other person by a specific statute, including, without limitation, NRS 3.405, 3.475 and 3.500.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 703)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.027 - Courses of instruction: General requirements; payment of costs.

1. The Court Administrator shall, at the direction of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, arrange for the giving of instruction, at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada, or elsewhere:
(a) In court procedure, recordkeeping and the elements of substantive law appropriate to a district court, to each district judge, other than a judge of the family court, who is first elected or appointed to office after October 1, 1995, within 12 months after taking office, and to other district judges who so desire and who can be accommodated.
(b) In court procedure, recordkeeping and the elements of substantive law appropriate to a district court, to each judge of the family court who is first elected or appointed to office after October 1, 1995, within 24 months after taking office.
(c) In statutory amendments and other developments in the law appropriate to a district court, to all district judges at convenient intervals.
2. The costs of the instruction must be paid from the Account for Continuing Judicial Education. The Court Administrator shall administer the Account and claims against the Account must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1368; A 1985, 713; 1987, 1025; 1995, 1494)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.028 - Courses of instruction: Required attendance at course designed for training new judges of juvenile courts and family courts; payment of costs.

1. Unless the judge has previously attended such a course, each judge of the family court who is first elected or appointed on or after October 1, 1995, shall attend instruction at the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges in Reno, Nevada, in a course designed for the training of new judges of juvenile courts and family courts, within 12 months after taking office.
2. Unless the judge has previously attended such a course, each district judge who is first elected or appointed on or after October 1, 1995, in a judicial district that does not include a county whose population is 100,000 or more, shall attend instruction at the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges in Reno, Nevada, in a course designed for the training of new judges of juvenile courts and family courts, within 24 months after taking office.
3. The cost of the instruction must be paid from the Account for Continuing Judicial Education.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2175; A 1995, 1494)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.030 - Salary.

1. Until the first Monday in January 2027, the annual base salary of each district judge is $160,000.
2. On the first Monday in January 2027, the annual base salary of each district judge must be increased by an amount equal to the cumulative percentage increase in the salaries of the classified employees of this State for the period beginning on January 5, 2009, and ending on January 3, 2027. On the first Monday of every sixth year thereafter, the annual base salary of each district judge must be increased by an amount equal to the cumulative percentage increase in the salaries of the classified employees of this State during the immediately preceding 6 years.
3. If a district judge has served in his or her office for at least 4 years, the district judge is entitled to an additional salary of 2 percent of his or her annual base salary for each year of service. The additional salary must not exceed 22 percent of his or her annual base salary.
4. The annual base salaries and the additional salary for longevity must be paid in biweekly installments out of the State Judicial Elected Officials Account of the Supreme Court.
5. No salary of any district judge may be paid in advance.
[3:440:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 658; 1965, 1154; 1969, 790; 1971, 2205; 1977, 1013; 1981, 252, 1360; 1985, 1607, 1608; 1989, 1896, 2119; 1995, 2515; 1999, 3196; 2001, 3112; 2007, 1751; 2011, 2170; 2023, 1777)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.040 - Ex officio circuit judges; powers of Chief Justice to expedite judicial business.

1. The district judges shall also serve as ex officio circuit judges, and in that capacity shall perform such judicial duties as may be designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as provided in subsection 2.
2. The Chief Justice shall seek to expedite judicial business and to equalize the work of the district judges, and shall provide for the assignment of any district judge to another district court to assist a court or judge whose calendar is congested, to act for a district judge who is disqualified or unable to act, or to sit and hold court where a vacancy in the office of district judge has occurred.
[5:440:1955]—(NRS A 1961, 659; 1981, 1954)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.060 - Qualifications.

1. A person may not be a candidate for and is not eligible to the office of district judge unless the person:
(a) Has attained the age of 25 years.
(b) Is an attorney licensed and admitted to practice law in the courts of this State at the time of the election or appointment.
(c) Has been an attorney licensed and admitted to practice law in the courts of this State, another state or the District of Columbia for a total of not less than 10 years at any time preceding the election or appointment, at least 2 years of which have been in this State.
(d) Is a qualified elector and has been a bona fide resident of this State for 2 years next preceding the election or appointment.
(e) Has not ever been removed from any judicial office by the Legislature or removed or retired from any judicial office by the Commission on Judicial Discipline.
2. For the purposes of this section, a person is eligible to be a candidate for the office of district judge if a decision to remove or retire the person from a judicial office is pending appeal before the Supreme Court or has been overturned by the Supreme Court.
[Part 2:108:1866; A 1953, 711; 1955, 459] + [Part 1:217:1909; A 1931, 9; 1931 NCL § 618]—(NRS A 1977, 762; 1999, 94; 2005, 1211)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.070 - Resignation.

Resignation of office by a district judge must be made to the Governor and to the Court Administrator. The Governor shall notify the Court Administrator as soon as practicable upon his or her acceptance of the resignation or retirement of a district judge.
[Part 34:108:1866; B § 2632; BH § 1669; C § 1815; RL § 2798; NCL § 4798]—(NRS A 1989, 326)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.080 - Vacancy filled by Governor; term.

1. The Governor shall declare vacant the office of district judge.
2. Whenever any vacancy shall occur in the office of district judge the Governor shall fill the same by granting a commission, which shall expire at the next general election by the people and upon the qualification of his or her successor, at which election a district judge shall be chosen for the balance of the unexpired term.
[Part 38:108:1866; B § 2636; BH § 1673; C § 1819; RL § 2802; NCL § 4802] + [Part 48:108:1866; B § 2646; BH § 1683; C § 1829; RL § 2812; NCL § 4812]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.092 - Retirement because of incapacity, disability or advanced age.

1. A district judge who has served as a district judge, a judge of the Court of Appeals or a justice of the Supreme Court in any one or more courts for a period or periods aggregating 5 years or more and who becomes permanently incapacitated, physically or mentally, to perform the duties of office may retire from office regardless of age.
2. Any district judge who retires pursuant to the provisions of subsection 1 or who is retired because of advanced age or physical or mental disability pursuant to Section 21 of Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada is entitled to receive annually from the State of Nevada, a pension for the remainder of his or her life, the same pension the judge would receive under NRS 3.090 based on his or her years of service but without regard to his or her age.
3. Any judge, or a guardian of a judge on behalf of the judge if the judge is unable to act, who desires to retire voluntarily must give notice in writing to the Governor. The Governor shall appoint three physicians licensed to practice medicine in the State of Nevada to examine the judge and report the results to the Governor in writing. If a majority of the physicians is of the opinion that the judge is permanently incapacitated, physically or mentally, the Governor shall approve the retirement. The judge or a guardian of the judge must file with the Executive Officer of the Public Employees’ Retirement Board an affidavit setting forth the fact of the judge’s retirement and the years he or she has served in either or both of such courts.
4. Pensions payable pursuant to this section must be paid in the same manner as pensions payable under NRS 3.090. Fees and expenses of physicians appointed pursuant to this section must be paid from the Judicial Retirement Administrative Fund established pursuant to NRS 1A.200.
5. The faith of the State of Nevada is hereby pledged that this section will not be repealed or amended so as to affect adversely any judge who may have retired or been retired pursuant to its provisions.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1881; A 1993, 1170; 2001 Special Session, 91; 2013, 1730)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.095 - Benefits for surviving spouse.

1. If a district judge at the time of his or her death had retired and was then receiving a pension under the provisions of NRS 3.090, or if at the time of his or her death the judge had not retired but had performed sufficient service for retirement under the provisions of NRS 3.090, the surviving spouse, if the spouse has attained the age of 60 years, is entitled, until the spouse’s death or remarriage, to receive monthly payments of $2,500 per month.
2. If a surviving spouse of a judge is not eligible to receive benefits pursuant to subsection 1, the spouse is entitled, until the spouse’s death or remarriage or until he or she becomes eligible to receive those benefits, to receive payments equal in amount to the payment provided in subsection 1 of NRS 286.674 for the spouse of a deceased member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
3. To obtain these benefits, the surviving spouse must make application to the Executive Officer of the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund and furnish such information as may be required pursuant to reasonable regulations adopted for the purpose of carrying out the intent of this section.
4. Any person receiving a benefit pursuant to the provisions of this section is entitled to receive postretirement increases equal to those provided for persons retired under the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
5. It is the intent of this section that no special fund be created for the purpose of paying these benefits, and all payments made under the provisions of this section are to be made out of and charged to the Judicial Retirement Fund established pursuant to NRS 1A.160.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1153; A 1975, 310; 1979, 947; 1981, 1206; 1985, 1890; 1987, 798, 1606; 1989, 2022; 1991, 2442; 1995, 1708; 1999, 2949; 2001 Special Session, 92)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.097 - Benefits for surviving child.

1. Each child of a deceased district judge is entitled to receive payments equal in amount to the payments provided in NRS 286.673 for the child of a deceased member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
2. In determining whether a child is a full-time student or financially dependent and physically or mentally incompetent, as provided in NRS 286.673, the Executive Officer of the Public Employees’ Retirement Board shall use any applicable standards and procedures established by the Public Employees’ Retirement Board.
3. It is the intent of this section that no special fund be created for the payment of benefits, and all payments made under the provisions of this section are to be made out of and charged to the Judicial Retirement Fund established pursuant to NRS 1A.160.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 410; A 2001 Special Session, 92)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.099 - Application and administration of provisions concerning pensions, retirement and benefits.

The provisions of NRS 3.090 to 3.099, inclusive:
1. Apply only to a district judge or a surviving spouse or surviving child of a district judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court or district judge before November 5, 2002;
2. Are administered by the Public Employees’ Retirement Board pursuant to NRS 1A.100; and
3. Are part of the Judicial Retirement System established pursuant to NRS 1A.100.
(Added to NRS by 2001 Special Session, 90)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.100 - District court to be held at county seat; exceptions; facility and certain resources to be provided by county.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the district courts shall hold court at the county seat of their respective counties. The board of county commissioners may establish one or more additional locations within the county for the district court to hold court.
2. The board of county commissioners shall:
(a) Provide and furnish an appropriate facility for the transaction of the business of the court; and
(b) Appropriate a budget to the district court which includes, without limitation, money for the payment of expenses which are reasonable and necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the district court in the administration of justice.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the board of county commissioners may require the district court to expend money, appropriated for a specific purpose. The board of county commissioners shall not impose any specific requirements regarding the expenditure of money that interfere with the ability of the district court to carry out its constitutional functions.
4. If the board of county commissioners neglects or refuses to provide the district court with the resources reasonable and necessary to perform the constitutional functions of the district court, the district court may order the board to provide such resources to be paid out of the county treasury.
5. No money shall be drawn from the county treasury to pay for any expense incurred or any expenditure made on behalf of the district court except as appropriated by the board of county commissioners in accordance with the budgeting process of the county.
[1:66:1869; B § 2916; BH § 1928; C § 2577; RL § 4921; NCL § 8468] + [18:19:1865; B § 926; BH § 2440; C § 2521; RL § 4841; NCL § 8383]—(NRS A 1999, 2575; 2023, 2605)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.110 - Request for military aid to assist civil authorities in suppressing violence.

When there is an unlawful or riotous assembly with the intent to commit a felony, or to offer violence to person or property, or to resist, by force, the laws of the State, and the fact is made to appear to a district judge, the district judge may call upon the Governor for military aid in the manner provided by law, to aid the civil authorities in suppressing violence and enforcing the laws.
[Part 93:108:1866; B § 2691; BH § 1728; C § 1874; RL § 2840; NCL § 4840] + [94:108:1866; B § 2692; BH § 1729; C § 1875; RL § 2841; NCL § 4841]—(NRS A 1967, 1340)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.120 - District judge not to practice law.

A district judge may not engage in the private practice of law.
[Part 46:19:1865; B § 951; BH § 2465; C § 2546; RL § 4866; NCL § 8408]—(NRS A 1979, 1286)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.140 - Absence from State; forfeiture of office.

A district judge shall not absent himself or herself from this State for more than 90 consecutive days. A violation of the provisions of this section shall work a forfeiture of office.
[Part 48:19:1865; A 1865, 185; B § 953; BH § 2467; C § 2548; RL § 4868; NCL § 8410]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.150 - Power to take and certify acknowledgments and affidavits.

The judges of the district courts shall have power in any part of the State 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 of this state.
[Part 63:19:1865; B § 968; BH § 2482; C § 2563; RL § 4883; NCL § 8425]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.155 - Use of facsimile signature: Conditions and restrictions.

1. Each district judge may use a facsimile signature produced through a mechanical device in place of the judge’s 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 district 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, 998)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.160 - Missing volumes of Statutes of Nevada and Nevada Reports to be supplied.

1. Upon the certification by any district judge of any judicial district or by the county clerk of any county to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau certifying that certain volumes of the Statutes of Nevada or certain volumes of Nevada Reports printed before October 1, 2021, are missing from the library of any district judge, the Legislative Counsel Bureau shall furnish, free of charge from the supply on hand, to the district judge in any judicial district, the missing volumes of the Statutes of Nevada or Nevada Reports for use by the district judge in the district judge’s library.
2. Upon certification by any district judge of any judicial district or by the county clerk of any county to the Clerk of the Supreme Court certifying that certain volumes of Nevada Reports printed on or after October 1, 2021, are missing from the library of any district judge, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall furnish, free of charge from the supply on hand, to the district judge in any judicial district, the missing volumes of Nevada Reports for use by the district judge in the district judge’s library.
[1:54:1935; 1931 NCL § 8452.10]—(NRS A 1969, 26; 1973, 1408; 1985, 222; 2021, 220)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.170 - Signing of records left unsigned by predecessor.

At any time after March 22, 1911, it shall be lawful for the district judge of each judicial district, during the judge’s continuance in office, to sign any and all minutes and records of the court of the district for which he or she is incumbent, in whatsoever district or county the same may be, left unsigned by the judge’s predecessor in office or by any district judge previously sitting in the district or county, and such minutes and records, when thus signed, shall have the same force and effect to which they would have been entitled had they been signed by such predecessor in office, or by such district judge previously sitting in the district or the county.
[1:161:1911; RL § 4923; NCL § 8470]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.220 - Equal coextensive and concurrent jurisdiction.

The district judges shall possess equal coextensive and concurrent jurisdiction and power. They each shall have power to hold court in any county of this State. They each shall exercise and perform the powers, duties and functions of the court and of judges thereof and of judges at chambers. The decision in an action or proceeding may be written or signed at any place in the State by the judge who acted on the trial and may be forwarded to and filed by the clerk, who shall thereupon enter judgment as directed in the decision, or judgment may be rendered in open court, and, if so rendered, shall be entered by the clerk accordingly. If the public business requires, each judge may try causes and transact judicial business in the same county at the same time. Each judge shall have power to transact business which may be done in chambers at any point within the State, and court shall be held in each county at least once in every 6 months and as often and as long as the business of the county requires. All of this section is subject to the provision that each judge may direct and control the business in his or her own district and shall see that it is properly performed.
[1:59:1895; C § 2573; RL § 4922; NCL § 8469]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.2201 - Jurisdiction over certain orders for protection from a child; sealing of records; inadmissibility of admissions, representations or statements made during proceeding in criminal proceedings.

1. The district court has exclusive jurisdiction to accept an application for, to consider an application for, and to issue or deny the issuance of any of the following orders when the adverse party against whom the order is sought is a child who is under 18 years of age:
(a) A temporary or extended order for protection against domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.017 to 33.100, inclusive.
(b) A temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace pursuant to NRS 33.200 to 33.360, inclusive.
(c) An emergency or extended order for protection against high-risk behavior pursuant to NRS 33.500 to 33.670, inclusive.
(d) A temporary or extended order for protection against sexual assault pursuant to NRS 200.378.
(e) A temporary or extended order for protection against stalking, aggravated stalking or harassment pursuant to NRS 200.591.
2. If the district court issues an order listed in subsection 1, the order must be served upon:
(a) The child who is the adverse party; and
(b) The parent or guardian of the child.
3. The juvenile court has exclusive jurisdiction over any action in which it is alleged that a child who is the adverse party in an order listed in subsection 1 has committed a delinquent act by violating a condition set forth in the order.
4. If the district court issues an order listed in subsection 1 and the adverse party reaches the age of 18 years while the order is still in effect, the order remains effective against the adverse party until the order expires or is dissolved by the district court.
5. The district court shall automatically seal all records related to the application for, consideration of and issuance of an order listed in subsection 1 as provided in NRS 62H.140 upon the dissolution or expiration of the order or when the adverse party reaches the age of 18 years, whichever is earlier, unless, at such a time, the order is still in effect, in which case the records must be automatically sealed by the district court upon the expiration or dissolution of the order.
6. A district court may appoint a master to conduct the proceedings described in this section.
7. An admission, representation or statement made during a proceeding described in this section is not admissible in any criminal proceeding.
8. As used in this section, "criminal proceeding" means:
(a) A trial or hearing before a court in a prosecution of a person charged with violating a criminal law of this State; or
(b) A delinquency proceeding which is conducted pursuant to title 5 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 605; A 2023, 674)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.221 - Transfer of original jurisdiction to justice court.

If an action is filed in the district court and a district judge determines that the action is properly within the jurisdiction of the justice court pursuant to NRS 4.370, the district judge may transfer original jurisdiction of the action to the justice court.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 418; A 2003, 852)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.223 - Jurisdiction of family courts.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 125E.270, in each judicial district in which it is established, the family court has original, exclusive jurisdiction in any proceeding:
(a) Brought pursuant to title 5 of NRS or chapter 31A, 123, 125, 125A, 125B, 125C, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 159A, 425 or 432B of NRS, except to the extent that a specific statute authorizes the use of any other judicial or administrative procedure to facilitate the collection of an obligation for support.
(b) Brought pursuant to NRS 442.255 and 442.2555 to request the court to issue an order authorizing an abortion.
(c) For judicial approval of the marriage of a minor.
(d) Otherwise within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
(e) To establish the date of birth, place of birth or parentage of a minor.
(f) To change the name of a minor.
(g) For a judicial declaration of the sanity of a minor.
(h) To approve the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a person as authorized by law.
(i) Brought pursuant to NRS 433A.200 to 433A.330, inclusive, for an involuntary court-ordered admission to a mental health facility.
(j) Brought pursuant to NRS 433A.335 to 433A.345, inclusive, to require a person to receive assisted outpatient treatment.
(k) Brought pursuant to NRS 441A.505 to 441A.720, inclusive, for an involuntary court-ordered isolation or quarantine.
2. The family court, where established and, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (m) of subsection 1 of NRS 4.370, the justice court have concurrent jurisdiction over actions for the issuance of a temporary or extended order for protection against domestic violence.
3. The family court, where established, and the district court have concurrent jurisdiction over any action for damages brought pursuant to NRS 41.134 by a person who suffered injury as the proximate result of an act that constitutes domestic violence.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2175; A 1993, 545; 1995, 783; 1997, 1804, 2267; 1999, 486; 2003, 1114, 2207; 2005, 506; 2011, 2513; 2017, 887; 2021, 3103; 2023, 2256)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.225 - Family court to encourage resolution of certain disputes through nonadversarial methods; cooperation to provide support services.

1. The family court shall, wherever practicable and appropriate, encourage the resolution of disputes before the court through nonadversarial methods or other alternatives to traditional methods of resolution of disputes.
2. The family court or, in a judicial district that does not include a family court, the district court, shall enter into agreements or otherwise cooperate with local agencies that provide services related to matters within the jurisdiction of family courts to assist the family court or district court in providing the necessary support services to the families before the court.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 2175)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.227 - Information form for family court: Development; contents; use.

In each judicial district that includes a county whose population is 100,000 or more:
1. The clerk of the district court shall develop an information form for family court. The information form for family court must be:
(a) Approved by the Chief Judge; and
(b) Used to obtain the information described in subsection 2 from a party who files the initial pleading in a case that involves a matter within the jurisdiction of the family court.
2. A party may not file in the district court the initial pleading in a case that involves a matter within the jurisdiction of the family court unless, at the same time that the party files the initial pleading, the party files an information form for family court which is signed by the party, his or her attorney or other legal representative and which specifies:
(a) Whether the party is also a party in any other pending case or was a party in any other previously decided case assigned to a department of the family court in the judicial district;
(b) Whether any other party in the initial pleading is also a party in any other pending case or was a party in any other previously decided case assigned to a department of the family court in the judicial district;
(c) Whether a child involved in the case is also involved in any other pending case or was involved in any other previously decided case assigned to a department of the family court in the judicial district, other than a case within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to title 5 of NRS; and
(d) Any other information that the Chief Judge determines must be provided on the information form for family court, including, without limitation, any other information concerning a case described in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
3. The Chief Judge and the clerk of the district court shall use the information provided on the information form for family court to assign cases to a department of the family court in accordance with subsection 3 of NRS 3.025.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2020; A 2003, 1115)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.230 - Statements upon matters of fact.

District judges shall not charge juries upon matters of fact but may state the evidence and declare the law. In stating the evidence, the judge should not comment upon the probability or improbability of its truth nor the credibility thereof. If the judge states the evidence, the judge must also inform the jury that they are not to be governed by the judge’s statement upon matters of fact.
[23:19:1865; B § 931; BH § 2445; C § 2526; RL § 4846; NCL § 8388]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.240 - Written decisions.

A district judge may be required, in deciding any question of law, to reduce his or her decision to writing at the time such decision is made and note any exception thereto which may be taken by either party to a trial or proceeding before the judge.
[24:19:1865; B § 932; BH § 2446; C § 2527; RL § 4847; NCL § 8389]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.241 - Ruling that provision of Nevada Constitution or Nevada Revised Statutes is unconstitutional: Prevailing party to provide copy of ruling to Attorney General.

If a district 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)