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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Pleadings, Motions and Orders › NRS 15.010 - Verification of pleadings.

1. In all cases of the verification of a pleading, the affidavit of the party shall state that the same is true of the party’s own knowledge, except as to the matters which are therein stated on the party’s information and belief, and as to those matters that the party believes it to be true. And where a pleading is verified, it shall be by the affidavit of the party, unless the party is absent from the county where the attorneys reside, or from some cause unable to verify it, or the facts are within the knowledge of the party’s attorney or other person verifying the same.
2. When the pleading is verified by the attorney, or any other person except the party, the attorney or other person shall set forth in the affidavit the reasons why it is not made by the party.
3. When a corporation is a party, the verification may be made by any officer thereof; or when the State, or any officer thereof in its behalf, is a party, the verification may be made by any person acquainted with the facts; except that in actions prosecuted by the Attorney General, in behalf of the State, the pleadings need not, in any case, be verified.
4. In all cases where, by the foregoing provisions, the verification may be made by the attorney, such verification may be by the attorney made on information and belief if the facts are not within the attorney’s knowledge.
5. The affidavit may be in substantially the following form and need not be subscribed before a notary public:
Under penalties of perjury, the undersigned declares that he or she is the ................................ (plaintiff, defendant) named in the foregoing ................................ (complaint, answer) and knows the contents thereof; that the pleading is true of his or her own knowledge, except as to those matters stated on information and belief, and that as to such matters he or she believes it to be true.
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[1911 CPA § 122; A 1939, 20; 1931 NCL § 8620]—(NRS A 1969, 180)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Pleadings, Motions and Orders › NRS 15.030 - Transfer of motion when judge unable to hear parties.

When a notice of a motion is given, or an order to show cause is made returnable before a judge out of court, and at the time fixed for the motion, or, on the return day of the order, the judge is unable to hear the parties, the matter may be transferred by order of the judge to some other judge before whom it might originally have been brought.
[1911 CPA § 423; RL § 5365; NCL § 8912]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Pleadings, Motions and Orders › NRS 15.040 - Enforcement of order for payment of money.

Whenever an order for the payment of a sum of money is made by a court, it may be enforced by execution in the same manner as if it were a judgment.
[1911 CPA § 424; RL § 5366; NCL § 8913]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 15 - Pleadings, Motions and Orders › NRS 15.050 - Vacation or modification of order made out of court without notice.

An order made out of court without notice to the adverse party, may be vacated or modified without notice by the judge who made it, but such proceeding must be limited to the same record upon which the order was made, or such order may be vacated or modified on notice, in the manner in which others motions are made.
[1911 CPA § 424.01; added 1937, 26; 1931 NCL § 8913.01]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.010 - Motion to postpone trial on ground of absence of evidence.

A motion to postpone a trial, on the ground of the absence of evidence, shall only be made upon affidavit showing the materiality of the evidence expected to be obtained, and that due diligence has been used to procure it. The court may also require the moving party to state upon affidavit the evidence which the moving party expects to obtain; and if the adverse party thereupon admit that such evidence would be given and that it be considered as actually given on the trial, or offered and overruled as improper, the trial shall not be postponed.
[1911 CPA § 260; RL § 5202; NCL § 8758]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.020 - Depositions of witnesses in case of postponement; actions involving title to mining claims.

1. The party obtaining the postponement of a trial shall also, if required by the adverse party, consent that the testimony of any witness of such adverse party who is in attendance be then taken by deposition before a judge or clerk of the court in which the case is pending, or before such notary public as the court may indicate, which shall accordingly be done, and the testimony so taken may be read on the trial, with the same effect, and subject to the same objections, as if the witness were produced.
2. In actions involving the title to mining claims, if it be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court that in order that justice may be done, and the action fairly tried on its real merits, it is necessary that further development should be made, and that the party applying has been guilty of no laches and is acting in good faith, the court shall grant the postponement of the trial of the action, giving the party a reasonable time in which to prepare for trial. And in granting such postponement, the court may, in its discretion, annex as a condition thereto an order that the party obtaining such postponement shall not, pending the trial of the action, remove from the premises in controversy any valuable earth or ore, and for any violation of an order so made, the court or the judge thereof may punish for contempt, as in the cases of violation of an order of injunction, and may also vacate the order of postponement.
[1911 CPA § 261; RL § 5203; NCL § 8759]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.025 - Preferences in setting date for trial: Party 70 years of age or older; party seriously ill; defendant convicted of crime punishable as felony; wrongful conviction of felony.

1. Upon the motion of a party to an action who is 70 years of age or older, the court may give preference in setting a date for the trial of the action, unless the court finds that the party does not have a substantial interest in the case as a whole.
2. A court may grant a motion for preference in setting a date for the trial of an action if the court determines that based upon clear and convincing medical evidence, a party to the action suffers from an illness or condition which raises a substantial medical doubt that the party will survive for more than 6 months, and the court determines that the interests of justice would be served by granting the motion.
3. If a motion for preference is granted pursuant to subsection 1 or 2:
(a) The court shall set a date for the trial of the action that is not more than 120 days after the hearing on the motion; and
(b) The court shall not continue the date for the trial of the action beyond 120 days after the hearing on the motion, except for the physical disability of a party or attorney in the action, or for other good cause entered on the record.
4. If the plaintiff in an action seeks to recover damages allegedly caused by a defendant during the commission of acts for which the defendant is convicted of a crime punishable as a felony, the court may, upon the motion of the plaintiff, give preference in setting a date for the trial of the action. If the motion is granted, the trial of the action must, unless the court deems it infeasible, be held not more than 120 days after the hearing on the motion.
5. A court may, upon the motion of a plaintiff in an action brought pursuant to NRS 41.900, give preference in setting a date for the trial of the action. If the motion is granted, the trial of the action must be held not more than 120 days after the hearing on the motion.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 784; A 2019, 4369)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.040 - Challenges to jurors; peremptory challenges.

1. Either party may challenge the jurors. The challenges must be to individual jurors and be peremptory or for cause. Each side is entitled to four peremptory challenges.
2. If there are two or more parties on any side and their interests are diverse, the court may allow additional peremptory challenges, but not more than four, to the side with the multiple parties. If the multiple parties on a side are unable to agree upon the allocation of their additional peremptory challenges, the court shall make the allocation.
[1911 CPA § 263; RL § 5205; NCL § 8761]—(NRS A 1977, 295; 1979, 66)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.050 - Grounds for challenges for cause.

1. Challenges for cause may be taken on one or more of the following grounds:
(a) A want of any of the qualifications prescribed by statute to render a person competent as a juror.
(b) Consanguinity or affinity within the third degree to either party.
(c) Standing in the relation of debtor and creditor, guardian and protected person, master and servant, employer and clerk, or principal and agent, to either party, being a member of the family of either party or a partner, or united in business with either party, or being security on any bond or obligation for either party.
(d) Having served as a juror or been a witness on a previous trial between the same parties for the same cause of action or being then a witness therein.
(e) Interest on the part of the juror in the event of the action, or in the main question involved in the action, except the interest of the juror as a member or citizen of a municipal corporation.
(f) Having formed or expressed an unqualified opinion or belief as to the merits of the action, or the main question involved therein, but the reading of newspaper accounts of the subject matter before the court shall not disqualify a juror either for bias or opinion.
(g) The existence of a state of mind in the juror evincing enmity against or bias to either party.
2. A challenge for cause for standing in the relation of debtor and creditor when the party to an action is a public utility as defined in NRS 704.020 may be allowed only where the circumstances as determined by the court so warrant.
[1911 CPA § 264; RL § 5206; NCL § 8762]—(NRS A 1967, 99)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.070 - Jury to be sworn; court may order jury into custody of officer.

1. As soon as the jury is completed, the judge or the judge’s clerk shall administer an oath or affirmation to the jurors in substantially the following form:
Do you, and each of you, (solemnly swear, or affirm under the pains and penalties of perjury) that you will well and truly try the case now pending before this court and a true verdict render according to the evidence given (so help you God)?
2. As soon as the alternate juror or jurors are selected, the judge or the judge’s clerk shall administer an oath or affirmation to them in substantially the following form:
Do you, and each of you, (solemnly swear, or affirm under the pains and penalties of perjury) that, if required to replace a regular juror or jurors you will well and truly try the case now pending before this court, and a true verdict render according to the evidence given (so help you God)?
3. After the oath or affirmation has been administered and the jury has been fully impaneled, the court may order the jury into the custody of the sheriff or other officer selected by the court. The jurors shall not be allowed to separate or depart from the custody of the sheriff or other officer except by order of the court. The sheriff shall in such cases, at the charge of the parties to action, prepare suitable and comfortable accommodations and provide food for the jury pending the trial.
[1911 CPA § 266; A 1937, 173; 1931 NCL § 8764]—(NRS A 1977, 300, 881)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.080 - Discharge and replacement of jurors who become unable or disqualified to perform duties.

After the impaneling of the jury and before verdict, the court may discharge a juror upon a showing of the juror’s sickness, a serious illness or death of a member of the juror’s immediate family, an undue hardship, an extreme inconvenience, any other inability to perform the juror’s duty or a public necessity. Alternate jurors, in the order in which they were selected, shall replace jurors who become unable or disqualified to perform their duties. If an alternate juror is required to replace a regular juror after the jury has retired to deliberate, the court shall recall the jury, seat the alternate and resubmit the case to the jury. If no alternate juror has been selected, the trial may proceed with the remaining jurors, only if the parties so agree. If the parties do not so agree, the jury shall be discharged, and a new jury then or afterwards impaneled.
[1911 CPA § 267; RL § 5209; NCL § 8765]—(NRS A 1977, 300)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.090 - Order of proceedings after jury has been sworn.

When the jury has been sworn, the trial must proceed in the following order, unless the judge for special reasons otherwise directs:
1. The pleadings may be read by counsel for the respective parties, as they may prefer, or, if not so read, counsel for the respective parties may state the issue during their opening statements. If the pleadings are not read before jury voir dire, the court or either counsel, as the court directs, may state the nature of the case to the jury and advise the jurors of the witnesses whom each side proposes to call. After the jury has been selected and sworn, counsel for the plaintiff and defendant, shall make opening statements if they desire.
2. The plaintiff and defendant shall then each offer the evidence upon his or her part.
3. The parties may then respectively offer rebutting evidence only, unless the court for good reason, in furtherance of justice, permits them to offer evidence upon their original case.
4. When the evidence is concluded, unless the case is submitted to the jury by either or both sides without argument, the plaintiff must commence and may conclude the argument.
5. If several plaintiffs or defendants, having separate claims or defenses, appear by different counsel, the court shall determine their relative order in the evidence and argument.
6. The court shall settle and give the instructions to the jury before the argument begins, but this does not prevent the giving of further instructions which may become necessary by reason of the argument.
[1911 CPA § 268; RL § 5210; NCL § 8766]—(NRS A 1977, 301)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.100 - Jury may view property or premises.

When, in the opinion of the court, it is proper for the jury to have a view of the property which is the subject of litigation, or of the place in which any material fact occurred, it may order them to be conducted, in a body, under the charge of an officer, to the place, which shall be shown to them by some person appointed by the court for that purpose. While the jury are thus absent, no person, other than the person so appointed, shall speak to them on any subject connected with the trial.
[1911 CPA § 269; RL § 5211; NCL § 8767]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.110 - Instructions to jury.

1. The court shall reduce to writing the instructions to be given to the jury, unless the parties agree otherwise, and shall read such instructions to the jury. The court shall give instructions only as to the law of the case. An original and one copy of each instruction requested by any party shall be tendered to the court. The copies shall be numbered and indicate who tendered them. Copies of instructions given on the court’s own motion or modified by the court shall be so identified. When requested instructions are refused, the judge shall write on the margin of the original the word "refused" and initial or sign the notation. The instructions given to the jury shall be firmly bound together and the judge shall write the word "given" at the conclusion thereof and sign the last of the instructions to signify that all have been given. After the instructions are given, the judge shall not clarify, modify or in any manner explain them to the jury except in writing unless the parties agree to oral instructions.
2. After the jury has reached a verdict and been discharged, the originals of all instructions, whether given, modified or refused, shall be preserved by the clerk as part of the proceedings.
3. Conferences with counsel to settle instructions may be held in chambers at the option of the court. In any event, conferences on instructions must be out of the presence of the jury.
[1911 CPA § 270; RL § 5212; NCL § 8768]—(NRS A 1977, 302)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.120 - Deliberation of jury: How and where conducted.

1. After hearing the charge, the jury shall retire for deliberation until they agree upon their verdict or are discharged by the court and must be kept together in a room provided for them, under charge of one or more officers, unless at the discretion of the court they are permitted to depart for home overnight. When the jury is kept together, the officer in charge shall keep the jury separate from other persons. The officer shall not permit any communication to them, or make any himself or herself, unless by order of the court, except to ask them if they have agreed upon their verdict. The officer shall not, before the verdict is rendered, communicate to any person the state of their deliberations or the verdict agreed upon.
2. Each party to the action may appoint one or more persons, one of whom on each side is entitled to remain with the officer in charge of the jury, and to be present at all times when any communication is had with any member of the jury except when they are permitted to depart for home overnight, and no communication, either oral or written, may be made to or received from any of the jurors while they are kept together, except in the presence of and hearing of persons selected by the parties; and in case of a written communication, it must not be delivered until read by them.
3. At each adjournment of the court, whether the jurors are permitted to depart for home overnight or are kept in charge of officers, they must be admonished by the judge or another officer of the court that it is their duty not to:
(a) Communicate among themselves or with any other person concerning their deliberations or any other subject connected with the trial; or
(b) Read, watch or listen to any report of or commentary on the trial or any person connected with the trial by any medium of information, including without limitation newspapers, television and radio.
[1911 CPA § 271; RL § 5213; NCL § 8769]—(NRS A 1977, 302, 882; 1981, 317)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.130 - Jury may take papers, materials and notes of testimony when retiring for deliberation.

Upon retiring for deliberation the jury may take with them all papers, except depositions, and all other items and materials which have been received as evidence in the cause, or copies of any such papers as ought not, in the opinion of the court, to be taken from the person having them in possession; and they may also take with them notes of the testimony, or other proceedings on the trial, taken by themselves or any of them, but none taken by any other person.
[1911 CPA § 272; RL § 5214; NCL § 8770]—(NRS A 1963, 60)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.140 - Jury may come into court for further instructions.

After the jury has retired for deliberation, if there is a disagreement among them as to any part of the testimony, or if they desire to be informed of any point of law arising in the cause, they may require the officer to conduct them into court. Upon their being brought into court, the court may order the court reporter to read the portion of the testimony which they request, or any part thereof, and the court may provide any information requested on the law. This shall be in the presence of or after notice to the parties or counsel.
[1911 CPA § 273; RL § 5215; NCL § 8771]—(NRS A 1977, 303)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.150 - Action may be tried again when jury discharged or prevented from giving verdict.

In all cases where a jury are discharged, or prevented from giving a verdict by reason of accident or other cause during the progress of the trial, or after the cause is submitted to them, the action may be again tried, immediately or at a future time, as the court shall direct.
[1911 CPA § 274; RL § 5216; NCL § 8772]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.160 - Court may adjourn from time to time while jury absent; sealed verdict.

While the jury are absent the court may adjourn from time to time in respect to other business, but it shall, nevertheless, be deemed open for every purpose connected with the cause submitted to the jury until a verdict is rendered or the jury discharged. The court may direct the jury to bring in a sealed verdict at the opening of the court, in case of an agreement during a recess or adjournment for the day.
[1911 CPA § 275; RL § 5217; NCL § 8773]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.170 - Verdict of jury.

When a jury has agreed upon its verdict, the jurors shall be conducted into court by the officer having them in charge; they shall be asked by the court, or clerk, whether they have agreed upon their verdict; and if the foreman answers in the affirmative, the verdict shall be delivered to the court who shall examine it.
[1911 CPA § 276; RL § 5218; NCL § 8774]—(NRS A 1977, 303)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.180 - Proceedings when verdict informal.

If the verdict be informal or insufficient in not covering the whole issue or issues submitted, the verdict may be corrected by the jury, under the advice of the court, or the jury may again be sent out.
[1911 CPA § 277; RL § 5219; NCL § 8775]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Date of Trial; Trial by Jury; Masters › NRS 16.190 - Polling jury; recording verdict and discharging jury.

When the verdict is given and is not informal or insufficient, the jury foreman or the clerk shall read it aloud. If the verdict is general, any party may request that the jury be polled. If a poll is requested, the clerk shall call the names of the jurors and ask each "Is this your verdict as read?" If more than one-fourth of the jurors disagree, the jury shall be again sent out; but if no disagreement is expressed, the clerk shall fully record the verdict in the minutes, the verdict is complete and the jury shall be discharged from the case.
[1911 CPA § 278; RL § 5220; NCL § 8776]—(NRS A 1977, 303)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.010 - Judgments of Utah territorial courts validated.

No judgments of the courts of justice rendered in the Territory of Utah, prior to the organization of the Territory of Nevada, whereby property was acquired within any portion of the Territory of Nevada, shall be invalid for any informality, and no property or rights of property acquired under such judgments shall be declared invalid by reason of any irregularity in the proceedings.
[1:117:1864]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.020 - Action against sheriff for official acts; notice to sureties.

If an action be brought against a sheriff for an act done by virtue of his or her office, and the sheriff gives written notice thereof to the sureties on any bond of indemnity received by the sheriff, the judgment recovered therein shall be conclusive evidence of the sheriff’s right to recover against such sureties, and the court or judge in vacation, may, on motion, upon notice of 5 days, order judgment to be entered up against them for the amount so recovered, including costs.
[1911 CPA § 300; RL § 5242; NCL § 8798]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.025 - Payment of judgment in favor of minor.

Whenever a judgment for a sum of money is entered in favor of a minor, the court may:
1. Direct the money to be paid to either parent, or if the parents of the minor are living separate and apart, to the custodial parent, or if no custody award has been made, to the parent with whom the minor is living, or if a general guardian or guardian of the estate of the minor has been appointed, to the guardian, with or without the filing of any bond; or
2. Require a general guardian or guardian ad litem to be appointed and the money to be paid to the guardian or guardian ad litem with or without the filing of any bond,
as in the discretion of the court seems to be in the best interests of the minor.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 392; A 1983, 15)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.030 - Parties not summoned in action on joint obligation may be summoned after judgment.

When a judgment is recovered against one or more of several persons jointly indebted upon an obligation, by proceedings as provided in NRS 14.060, those who were not originally served with the summons and did not appear to the action may be summoned to show cause why they should not be bound by the judgment in the same manner as though they had been originally served with the summons.
[1911 CPA § 301; RL § 5243; NCL § 8799]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.040 - Summons: Contents and service.

The summons, as provided in NRS 17.030, shall describe the judgment, and require the person summoned to show cause why the person should not be bound by it, and shall be served in the same manner, and returnable within the same time, as the original summons. It shall not be necessary to file a new complaint.
[1911 CPA § 302; RL § 5244; NCL § 8800]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.050 - Affidavit to accompany summons.

The summons shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s agent, representative or attorney, that the judgment, or some part thereof, remains unsatisfied, and shall specify the amount due thereon.
[1911 CPA § 303; RL § 5245; NCL § 8801]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.060 - Answer.

Upon such summons, the defendant may answer within the time specified therein, denying the judgment or setting up any defense which may have arisen subsequently, or the defendant may deny his or her liability on the obligation upon which the judgment was recovered, except a discharge from such liability by the statute of limitations.
[1911 CPA § 304; RL § 5246; NCL § 8802]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.070 - Written allegations.

If the defendant, in his or her answer, deny the judgment, or set up any defense which may have arisen subsequently, the summons, with the affidavit annexed, and the answer shall constitute the written allegations in the case. If the defendant deny his or her liability on the obligation upon which the judgment was recovered, a copy of the original complaint and judgment, the summons, with the affidavit annexed, and the answer shall constitute such written allegations.
[1911 CPA § 305; RL § 5247; NCL § 8803]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.080 - Trial of issues; amount of judgment if verdict found against defendant.

The issues formed may be tried as in other cases, but when the defendant denies, in his or her answer, any liability on the obligation upon which the judgment was rendered, if a verdict be found against the defendant, it shall be for the amount remaining unsatisfied on such original judgment, with interest thereon.
[1911 CPA § 306; RL § 5248; NCL § 8804]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.090 - Judgment by confession for debt due or contingent liability.

Except as otherwise provided by law, a judgment by confession may be entered without action, either for money due or to become due or to secure any person against contingent liability on behalf of the defendant, or both, in the manner prescribed by this section and NRS 17.100 and 17.110.
[1911 CPA § 307; RL § 5249; NCL § 8805]—(NRS A 2015, 1369)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.100 - Written statement made by defendant; form.

A statement in writing shall be made, signed by the defendant and verified by his or her oath, to the following effect:
1. It shall authorize the entry of judgment for a specified sum.
2. If it be money due, or to become due, it shall state concisely the facts out of which it arose, and shall show that the sum confessed therefor is justly due, or to become due.
3. If it be for the purpose of securing the plaintiff against a contingent liability, it shall state concisely the facts constituting the liability, and shall show that the sum confessed therefor does not exceed the same.
[1911 CPA § 308; RL § 5250; NCL § 8806]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.110 - Filing of statement; endorsement by clerk; entry of judgment; judgment roll; costs.

The statement must be filed with the clerk of the court in which the judgment is to be entered. The clerk shall endorse upon it and enter in the judgment book a judgment of the court for the amount confessed, with $28 costs. The judgment and affidavit, with the judgment endorsed, thereupon become the judgment roll.
[1911 CPA § 309; RL § 5251; NCL § 8807]—(NRS A 1981, 1792; 1993, 1355; 2001, 3215)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.120 - Replevin; judgment to be in alternative and with damages.

1. In an action to recover the possession of personal property, judgment for the plaintiff may be for the possession or the value thereof, in case a delivery cannot be had, and damages for the detention or the value of the use thereof. If the property has been delivered to the plaintiff, and the defendant claim a return thereof, judgment for the defendant may be for a return of the property or the value thereof, in case a return cannot be had, and damages for taking and withholding the same or the value of the use thereof.
2. In an action on a contract or obligation for the direct payment of money, payable in a specified or agreed kind of money or currency, judgment for the plaintiff, whether the same be by default or after verdict, or decision of the court or master, may follow the contract or obligation, and be made payable in the kind of money or currency therein specified or thereby agreed.
3. In an action against any person for the recovery of money received by such person in a fiduciary capacity, or to the use of another, judgment for the plaintiff, whether the same be by default or after verdict, or decision of the court or master, may be made payable in the same kind of money or currency so received by such person.
[1911 CPA § 327; RL § 5269; NCL § 8825]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.130 - Computation of amount of judgment; interest.

1. In all judgments and decrees, rendered by any court of justice, for any debt, damages or costs, and in all executions issued thereon, the amount must be computed, as near as may be, in dollars and cents, rejecting smaller fractions, and no judgment, or other proceedings, may be considered erroneous for that omission.
2. When no rate of interest is provided by contract or otherwise by law, or specified in the judgment, the judgment draws interest from the time of service of the summons and complaint until satisfied, except for any amount representing future damages, which draws interest only from the time of the entry of the judgment until satisfied, at a rate equal to the prime rate at the largest bank in Nevada as ascertained by the Commissioner of Financial Institutions on January 1 or July 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the date of judgment, plus 2 percent. The rate must be adjusted accordingly on each January 1 and July 1 thereafter until the judgment is satisfied.
[1911 CPA § 329; RL § 5271; NCL § 8827]—(NRS A 1979, 830; 1981, 1858; 1987, 940)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.140 - Death of party after verdict or decision; court may render judgment; not to be lien on real property.

If a party dies after a verdict or decision upon any issue of fact, and before judgment, the court may nevertheless render judgment thereon. Such judgment shall not be a lien on the real property of the deceased party, but shall be payable in the course of administration on the deceased party’s estate.
[1911 CPA § 330; RL § 5272; NCL § 8828]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.160 - Docket defined; contents.

The docket mentioned in NRS 17.150 is a book which the clerk shall keep in his or her office, with each page divided into columns: Judgment debtors; judgment creditors; judgment; time of entry; appeals; when taken; judgment of appellate court; satisfaction of judgment; when entered. If judgment be for the recovery of money or damages, the amount shall be stated in the docket under the head of judgment; if the judgment be for any other relief, a memorandum of the general character of the relief granted shall be stated. The names of the judgment debtors shall be entered in the docket in alphabetical order.
[1911 CPA § 333; RL § 5275; NCL § 8831]—(NRS A 1965, 248)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.170 - Dockets open for public inspection without charge.

The docket kept by the clerk shall be open at all times during office hours for the inspection of the public without charge. The clerk shall arrange the several dockets kept by the clerk in such a manner as to facilitate their inspection.
[1911 CPA § 334; RL § 5276; NCL § 8832]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.190 - Computation of costs in judgment; insertion by clerk.

1. Included in any judgment filed shall be a computation of the costs, if they have been ascertained. The clerk shall insert a computation of the costs in the copies and docket of the judgment.
2. If costs are not ascertained or included in the judgment at the time of entry, the clerk shall, within 2 days after costs are ascertained, insert the same in a blank left in the judgment for that purpose and shall make a similar insertion of costs in the copies and docket of the judgment.
[1911 CPA § 336; A 1955, 83]—(NRS A 1959, 25)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.200 - Entry in docket.

Satisfaction of a judgment may be entered in the clerk’s docket if an execution is returned satisfied, and if an acknowledgment of satisfaction is filed with the clerk, made in the manner of an acknowledgment of a conveyance of real property, by the judgment creditor, or by the attorney, unless a revocation of the attorney’s authority is previously filed. Whenever a judgment is satisfied in fact, the party or attorney shall give such an acknowledgment, and the party who has satisfied the judgment may move the court to compel it or to order the clerk to enter the satisfaction in the docket of judgment.
[1911 CPA § 337; RL § 5279; NCL § 8835]—(NRS A 1983, 260)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.214 - Filing and contents of affidavit; recording affidavit; notice to judgment debtor; successive affidavits.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 484A.7047, a judgment creditor or a judgment creditor’s successor in interest may renew a judgment which has not been paid by:
(a) Filing an affidavit with the clerk of the court where the judgment is entered and docketed, within 90 days before the date the judgment expires by limitation. The affidavit must be titled as an "Affidavit of Renewal of Judgment" and must specify:
(1) The names of the parties and the name of the judgment creditor’s successor in interest, if any, and the source and succession of his or her title;
(2) If the judgment is recorded, the name of the county and the document number or the number and the page of the book in which it is recorded;
(3) The date and the amount of the judgment and the number and page of the docket in which it is entered;
(4) Whether there is an outstanding writ of execution for enforcement of the judgment;
(5) The date and amount of any payment on the judgment;
(6) Whether there are any setoffs or counterclaims in favor of the judgment debtor and the amount or, if a setoff or counterclaim is unsettled or undetermined it will be allowed as payment or credit on the judgment;
(7) The exact amount due on the judgment;
(8) If the judgment was docketed by the clerk of the court upon a certified copy from any other court, and an abstract recorded with the county clerk, the name of each county in which the transcript has been docketed and the abstract recorded; and
(9) Any other fact or circumstance necessary to a complete disclosure of the exact condition of the judgment.
All information in the affidavit must be based on the personal knowledge of the affiant, and not upon information and belief.
(b) If the judgment is recorded, recording the affidavit of renewal in the office of the county recorder in which the original judgment is filed within 3 days after the affidavit of renewal is filed pursuant to paragraph (a).
2. The filing of the affidavit renews the judgment to the extent of the amount shown due in the affidavit.
3. The judgment creditor or the judgment creditor’s successor in interest shall notify the judgment debtor of the renewal of the judgment by sending a copy of the affidavit of renewal by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the judgment debtor at his or her last known address within 3 days after filing the affidavit.
4. Successive affidavits for renewal may be filed within 90 days before the preceding renewal of the judgment expires by limitation.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 699; A 1995, 1525; 2011, 2409; 2021, 3350)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.225 - Right to contribution.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 17.235 to 17.305, inclusive, where two or more persons become jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property or for the same wrongful death, there is a right of contribution among them even though judgment has not been recovered against all or any of them.
2. The right of contribution exists only in favor of a tortfeasor who has paid more than his or her equitable share of the common liability, and the tortfeasor’s total recovery is limited to the amount paid by the tortfeasor in excess of his or her equitable share. No tortfeasor is compelled to make contribution beyond his or her own equitable share of the entire liability.
3. A tortfeasor who enters into a settlement with a claimant is not entitled to recover contribution from another tortfeasor whose liability for the injury or wrongful death is not extinguished by the settlement nor in respect to any amount paid in a settlement which is in excess of what was reasonable.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1303; A 1979, 1355)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.235 - Effect of judgment against one tortfeasor.

The recovery of a judgment for an injury or wrongful death against one tortfeasor does not of itself discharge the other tortfeasors from liability for the injury or wrongful death unless the judgment is satisfied. The satisfaction of the judgment does not impair any right of contribution.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1303)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.245 - Effect of release or covenant not to sue.

1. When a release or a covenant not to sue or not to enforce judgment is given in good faith to one of two or more persons liable in tort for the same injury or the same wrongful death:
(a) It does not discharge any of the other tortfeasors from liability for the injury or wrongful death unless its terms so provide, but it reduces the claim against the others to the extent of any amount stipulated by the release or the covenant, or in the amount of the consideration paid for it, whichever is the greater; and
(b) It discharges the tortfeasor to whom it is given from all liability for contribution and for equitable indemnity to any other tortfeasor.
2. As used in this section, "equitable indemnity" means a right of indemnity that is created by the court rather than expressly provided for in a written agreement.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1303; A 1997, 438)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.265 - Certain rights of indemnity unimpaired.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 17.245, the provisions of NRS 17.225 to 17.305, inclusive, do not impair any right of indemnity under existing law. Where one tortfeasor is entitled to indemnity from another, the right of the indemnity obligee is for indemnity and not contribution, and the indemnity obligor is not entitled to contribution from the obligee for any portion of his or her indemnity obligation.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1303; A 1979, 1356; 1997, 438)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.275 - Subrogation of insurer.

A liability insurer, who by payment has discharged in full or in part the liability of a tortfeasor and has thereby discharged in full its obligation as insurer, is subrogated to the tortfeasor’s right of contribution to the extent of the amount it has paid in excess of the tortfeasor’s equitable share of the common liability. This provision does not limit or impair any right of subrogation arising from any other relationship.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1304; A 1979, 1356)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.285 - Enforcement of right of contribution.

1. Whether or not judgment has been entered in an action against two or more tortfeasors for the same injury or wrongful death, contribution may be enforced by separate action.
2. Where a judgment has been entered in an action against two or more tortfeasors for the same injury or wrongful death, contribution may be enforced in that action by judgment in favor of one against other judgment defendants by motion upon notice to all parties to the action.
3. If there is a judgment for the injury or wrongful death against the tortfeasor seeking contribution, any separate action by the tortfeasor to enforce contribution must be commenced within 1 year after the judgment has become final by lapse of time for appeal or after appellate review.
4. If there is no judgment for the injury or wrongful death against the tortfeasor seeking contribution, the tortfeasor’s right of contribution is barred unless the tortfeasor has:
(a) Discharged by payment the common liability within the statute of limitations period applicable to claimant’s right of action against him or her and has commenced an action for contribution within 1 year after payment; or
(b) Agreed while action is pending against him or her to discharge the common liability and has within 1 year after the agreement paid the liability and commenced an action for contribution.
5. The judgment of the court in determining the liability of the several defendants to the claimant for an injury or wrongful death shall be binding as among such defendants in determining their right to contribution.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1304)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.295 - Equitable shares.

In determining the equitable shares of tortfeasors in the entire liability:
1. If equity requires, the collective liability of some as a group constitutes a single share; and
2. Principles of equity applicable to contribution generally apply.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 1304; A 1979, 1356)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.340 - "Foreign judgment" defined.

As used in NRS 17.330 to 17.400, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, "foreign judgment" means any judgment of a court of the United States or of any other court which is entitled to full faith and credit in this state, except:
1. A judgment to which chapter 130 of NRS applies; and
2. An order for protection issued for the purpose of preventing violent or threatening acts or harassment against, or contact or communication with or physical proximity to, another person, including temporary and final orders.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1496; A 1997, 2268; 2001, 2132)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.350 - Filing and status of foreign judgments.

An exemplified copy of any foreign judgment may be filed with the clerk of any district court of this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the district court of this state. A judgment so filed has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses and proceedings for reopening, vacating or staying as a judgment of a district court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1496)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.360 - Affidavit; notice of filing judgment and affidavit.

1. At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or the judgment creditor’s attorney shall file with the clerk of the court an affidavit setting forth the name and last known post office address of the judgment debtor and the judgment creditor. The affidavit must also include a statement that the foreign judgment is valid and enforceable, and the extent to which it has been satisfied.
2. Promptly upon filing the foreign judgment and affidavit, the judgment creditor or someone on behalf of the judgment creditor shall mail notice of the filing of the judgment and affidavit, attaching a copy of each to the notice, to the judgment debtor and to the judgment debtor’s attorney of record, if any, each at his or her last known address by certified mail, return receipt requested. The notice shall include the name and post office address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor’s attorney, if any, in this state. The judgment creditor shall file with the clerk of the court an affidavit setting forth the date upon which the notice was mailed.
3. No execution or other process for enforcement of a foreign judgment may issue until 30 days after the date of mailing the notice of filing.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1496)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.370 - Stay of enforcement of foreign judgment.

1. If the judgment debtor shows the court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires or the stay of execution expires or is vacated, upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the judgment required by the state in which it was rendered.
2. If the judgment debtor shows the court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of any court of this state would be stayed, including, without limitation, a showing that an appeal is pending or will be taken, that a stay has been granted, requested or will be requested, or that the time for taking an appeal has not yet expired, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment which is required in this state, including, without limitation, security determined pursuant to NRS 20.035 or 20.037, if applicable.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1497; A 2001, 1006; 2015, 1520)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Judgments › NRS 17.410 - Short title; uniformity of application and construction.

1. NRS 17.410 to 17.660, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Foreign-Money Claims Act.
2. These sections must be applied and construed to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of these sections among states enacting them.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 193)