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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.243 - Report of certain statistical information to be submitted to Court Administrator.

In the time and manner prescribed by the Supreme Court, the Chief Judge of the judicial district or, if the district has no Chief Judge, a district judge designated by mutual consent of the district judges of that district, shall submit to the Court Administrator a report of the statistical information required pursuant to the uniform system for collecting and compiling statistical information regarding the State Court System which is prescribed by the Supreme Court.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 706; A 2015, 2550)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.245 - Appointment of masters for criminal proceedings.

In any county in which the appointment of masters for criminal proceedings by a district court is authorized by the board of county commissioners, the local rules of practice adopted in a judicial district within the county may authorize the Chief Judge of a district court to appoint one or more masters for criminal proceedings to perform certain subordinate or administrative duties that the Nevada Supreme Court has approved to be assigned to such a master.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 1570; A 2003, 409)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.260 - Deputy clerks.

1. All clerks of the several district courts are hereby authorized to appoint deputies who shall have power to transact all official business pertaining to the office to the same extent as their principals.
2. The clerks of the district courts shall be responsible on their official bonds for all official malfeasance or nonfeasance of their deputies. Bonds for the faithful performance of their official duties may be required of the deputies by their principals.
3. All appointments of deputies under the provisions of this section shall be in writing and shall, together with the oaths of office of the deputies, be filed and recorded in a book provided for that purpose in the office of the recorder of the county within which the clerk of the district court legally holds and exercises his or her office. Revocations of such appointments shall also be filed and recorded as herein provided. From the time of the filing of appointments or revocations therein persons shall be deemed to have notice of the same.
[Part 1:101:1864; A 1905, 33; 1913, 108; 1919 RL § 2848; NCL § 4848] + [Part 2:101:1864; B § 3068; BH § 2280; C § 2452; RL § 2849; NCL § 4849] + [Part 3:101:1864; B § 3069; BH § 2281; C § 2453; RL § 2850; NCL § 4850]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.270 - Duty of clerks to give receipts and pay over money.

1. The clerk of a district court shall give a receipt on demand of any party paying a fee. The receipt shall specify the title or the case number of the cause in which the fee is paid and the date and the amount of the payment.
2. The several clerks of the district courts shall, on or before the 5th day of each month, pay over to the county treasurer all moneys received by them during the preceding month for court fees together with a brief note of the cases in which the same were received.
[Part 31:49:1883; BH § 2372; C § 2496; RL § 2033; NCL § 2964]—(NRS A 1959, 707; 1971, 537)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.275 - Clerk to obtain and maintain information regarding cases.

1. The clerk of each district court shall obtain and file information necessary to complete the report of statistical information required by NRS 3.243, including, without limitation, information relating to the referral of a criminal case to a specialty court program, using the case management system provided by the Court Administrator.
2. The clerk shall provide a form approved by the Court Administrator for obtaining the information required by subsection 1 for each civil case filed in the district court. No civil case may be filed in the district court unless the initial pleading is accompanied by the form, signed by the initiating party or his or her representative.
3. The clerk shall maintain information concerning the disposition of each criminal and civil case and, if applicable, whether a criminal defendant successfully completed the specialty court program to which he or she was referred.
4. The clerk shall maintain the information described in this section in a manner that allows the retrieval of statistics relating to each criminal and civil action filed in the district courts as required to complete the report required by NRS 3.243.
(Added to NRS by 1985, 1895; A 2009, 1353; 2015, 2550)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.280 - Clerk to keep register of civil actions.

1. The clerk shall keep among the records of the court a register of actions. The clerk shall enter therein the title of the action, if in district court, and the clerk may enter therein the title of the action in any other court, with brief notes under it, from time to time, of all papers filed and proceedings had therein.
2. For an alternate method of maintaining the register-of-actions record provided in subsection 1, the clerk of the district court may maintain an effective register of actions by means of photographing, microphotographing or mechanically or electronically storing the whole of all papers and records, necessary to the keeping of a register of actions, so long as the following control criteria of public recordkeeping is extant:
(a) The completeness and chronological sequence of registry are not disturbed;
(b) All such reproductions are placed in convenient and accessible files;
(c) Provisions are made for preserving, examining and using such files; and
(d) The initial register of actions in book or loose-leaf-book form is maintained for the purpose of assuring the commencement of actions serially, entering plaintiff, defendant, intervener or applicant, or the parties in ex rel., in the title together with attorneys of record in each case, and entering thereafter under each case only such documents by notation as have filing fees required to be paid or notation of waiver of the fees.
This subsection shall not be construed to be inconsistent with the laws, rules or district judge’s orders pertaining to control and custody of district court records.
[1911 CPA § 538; RL § 5480; NCL § 9027]—(NRS A 1971, 538)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.300 - Power of clerks to take and certify acknowledgments and affidavits.

The clerks 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 in 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 3.305 - Destruction or disposal of exhibits by clerk.

When a district court orders the disposal of an exhibit, the clerk shall serve written notice upon the last attorney or attorneys of record, representing the parties to the action wherein the exhibit was admitted into evidence, to withdraw such exhibit, and upon the failure to make such withdrawal within 30 days after the service of notice, the clerk shall petition the court for an order requesting:
1. Destruction of the exhibit if such exhibit is found by the court to be of no value; or
2. Delivery of an exhibit of value to the board of county commissioners as the property of the county.
(Added to NRS by 1957, 708; A 1973, 439)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.307 - Destruction or disposal of exhibits in civil actions.

A district court, on its own motion, may order destroyed or otherwise disposed of any exhibit or deposition introduced in the trial of a civil action or proceeding or filed in such action or proceeding which:
1. If appeal has not been taken from the decision of the district court in such action or proceeding, remains in the custody of the district court or clerk of such court 2 years after the time for appeal has expired.
2. If appeal has been taken, remains in the custody of the district court or clerk of such court 2 years after final determination thereof, or which remains in the custody of the district court or clerk of such court for a period of 2 years after:
(a) A motion for a new trial has been granted or a motion to set for trial has not been made within such 2 years;
(b) The filing of the remittitur where the action or proceeding, after appeal, has been remanded to the trial court for a new trial and the same has not been brought to trial within 2 years from the date of filing the remittitur;
(c) The dismissal of such action or proceeding; or
(d) The introduction or filing thereof where there is no provision for the destruction or other disposition of such exhibit or deposition and where, in the discretion of the district court, the same should be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.
The order shall be filed with the pleadings of each case in which any such order is made.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 318; A 1973, 439)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.320 - Official reporter: Appointment; duties.

1. The judge or judges of any district court may appoint, subject to the provisions of this chapter and other laws as to the qualifications and examinations of the appointee, one certified court reporter, to be known as official reporter of the court or department and to hold office during the pleasure of the judge appointing the official reporter. The appointee may be any business organization licensed by the Board if the person representing the business organization, who actually performs the reporting service, is a certified court reporter.
2. The official reporter, or any one of them if there are two or more, shall:
(a) At the request of either party or of the court in a civil action or proceeding, and on the order of the court, the district attorney or the attorney for the defendant in a criminal action or proceeding, make a record of all the testimony, the objections made, the rulings of the court, the exceptions taken, all arraignments, pleas and sentences of defendants in criminal cases, and all statements and remarks made by the district attorney or judge, and all oral instructions given by the judge; and
(b) When directed by the court or requested by either party, within such reasonable time after the trial of the case as may be designated by law or, in the absence of any law relating thereto, by the court, transcribe the record into a written transcript. The reporter shall certify that the action or proceeding was correctly reported and transcribed and, when directed by the law or court, shall file the written transcript with the clerk of the court.
3. As used in this section, "Board" means the Certified Court Reporters’ Board of Nevada, created by NRS 656.040.
[1:52:1907; A 1921, 96; NCL § 8455]—(NRS A 1973, 1321; 1981, 245; 1993, 1410; 2007, 1035; 2011, 669)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.340 - Official reporter: Attention to duties; reporter pro tempore.

The official reporter of any district court shall attend to the duties of office in person except when excused for good and sufficient reason by order of the court, which order shall be entered upon the minutes of the court. Employment in his or her professional capacity elsewhere shall not be deemed a good and sufficient reason for such excuse. When the official reporter of any court has been excused in the manner provided in this section, the court may designate an official reporter pro tempore who shall perform the same duties and receive the same compensation during the term of his or her appointment as the official reporter.
[3:52:1907; RL § 4910; NCL § 8457]—(NRS A 2011, 670)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.360 - Official reporter: Transcript prima facie evidence.

The transcript of the official reporter, or official reporter pro tempore, of any court, duly appointed and sworn, when transcribed and certified as being a correct transcript of the testimony and proceedings in the case, is prima facie evidence of such testimony and proceedings.
[5:52:1907; RL § 4912; NCL § 8459]—(NRS A 2011, 670)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.405 - Masters: Appointment; powers and duties; findings.

1. In an action to establish paternity, the court may appoint a master to take testimony and recommend orders.
2. The court may appoint a master to hear all cases in a county to establish or enforce an obligation for the support of a child, or to modify or adjust an order for the support of a child pursuant to NRS 125B.145.
3. The master must be an attorney licensed to practice in this State. The master:
(a) Shall take testimony and establish a record;
(b) In complex cases shall issue temporary orders for support pending resolution of the case;
(c) Shall make findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendations for the establishment and enforcement of an order;
(d) May accept voluntary acknowledgments of paternity or liability for support and stipulated agreements setting the amount of support;
(e) May, subject to confirmation by the district court, enter default orders against a responsible parent who does not respond to a notice or service within the required time; and
(f) Has any other power or duty contained in the order of reference issued by the court.
If a temporary order for support is issued pursuant to paragraph (b), the master shall order that the support be paid to the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services, its designated representative or the district attorney, if the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services or district attorney is involved in the case, or otherwise to an appropriate party to the action, pending resolution of the case.
4. The findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendations of the master must be furnished to each party or the party’s attorney at the conclusion of the proceeding or as soon thereafter as possible. Within 10 days after receipt of the findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendations, either party may file with the court and serve upon the other party written objections to the report. If no objection is filed, the court shall accept the findings of fact, unless clearly erroneous, and the judgment may be entered thereon. If an objection is filed within the 10-day period, the court shall review the matter upon notice and motion.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2248; A 1989, 956, 1642; 1997, 2268)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.415 - Time for disposition of cases.

To the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of the Federal Government concerning the enforcement of the obligation of support of a child, to avoid jeopardizing the receipt by the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services of the Department of Health and Human Services of money from the Federal Government and to avoid subjecting the Division of Welfare and Supportive Services to other sanctions by the Federal Government, the disposition of cases to establish an obligation for support of a child must:
1. Be 75 percent completed within 6 months after service of the notice of the proceedings; and
2. Be 90 percent completed within 12 months after the service of the notice of the proceedings.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 2249; A 1995, 2422)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.475 - Establishment of programs of mandatory mediation in county whose population is 700,000 or more.

1. In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, the district court shall establish by rule approved by the Supreme Court a program of mandatory mediation in cases that involve the custody or visitation of a child.
2. The program must:
(a) Require the impartial mediation of the issues of custody and visitation and authorize the impartial mediation of any other nonfinancial issue deemed appropriate by the court.
(b) Authorize the court to exclude a case from the program for good cause shown, including, but not limited to, a showing that:
(1) There is a history of child abuse or domestic violence by one of the parties;
(2) The parties are currently participating in private mediation; or
(3) One of the parties resides outside of the jurisdiction of the court.
(c) Provide standards for the training of the mediators assigned to cases, including, but not limited to:
(1) Minimum educational requirements, which must not be restricted to any particular professional or educational training;
(2) Minimum requirements for training in the procedural aspects of mediation and the interpersonal skills necessary to act as a mediator;
(3) A minimum period of apprenticeship for persons who have not previously acted as domestic mediators;
(4) Minimum requirements for continuing education; and
(5) Procedures to ensure that potential mediators understand the high standard of ethics and confidentiality related to their participation in the program.
(d) Prohibit the mediator from reporting to the court any information about the mediation other than whether the dispute was resolved.
(e) Establish a sliding schedule of fees for participation in the program based on the ability of a party to pay.
(f) Provide for the acceptance of gifts and grants offered in support of the program.
(g) Allow the court to refer the parties to a private mediator.
3. The costs of the program must be paid from the county general fund. All fees, gifts and grants collected pursuant to this section must be deposited in the county general fund.
4. This section does not prohibit a court from referring a financial or other issue to a special master or other person for assistance in resolving the dispute.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 1203; A 2011, 1131; 2013, 1610)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 3 - District Courts › NRS 3.500 - Establishment of programs of mandatory mediation in county whose population is less than 700,000.

1. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more and less than 700,000, the district court shall establish by rule approved by the Supreme Court a program of mandatory mediation in cases which involve the custody or visitation of a child. A district court in a county whose population is less than 100,000 may establish such a program in the same manner for use in that county. The district courts in two or more counties whose populations are less than 100,000 may establish such a program in the same manner for use in the counties in which the courts are located.
2. The program must:
(a) Require the impartial mediation of the issues of custody and visitation and any other nonfinancial issue deemed appropriate by the court.
(b) Allow the court to exclude a case from the program for good cause shown, including a showing of a history of child abuse or domestic violence by one of the parties, ongoing private mediation or residency of one of the parties out of the jurisdiction of the court.
(c) Provide standards for the training of the mediators assigned to cases pursuant to the rule, including but not limited to:
(1) Minimum educational requirements, which may not be restricted to any particular professional or educational training;
(2) Minimum requirements for training in the procedural aspects of mediation and the interpersonal skills necessary to act as a mediator;
(3) A minimum period of apprenticeship for persons who have not previously acted as domestic mediators;
(4) Minimum requirements for continuing education; and
(5) Procedures to ensure that potential mediators understand the high standard of ethics and confidentiality related to their participation in the program.
(d) Prohibit the mediator from reporting to the court any information about the mediation other than whether the mediation was successful or not.
(e) Establish a sliding schedule of fees for participation in the program based on the client’s ability to pay.
(f) Provide for the acceptance of gifts and grants offered in support of the program.
(g) Allow the court to refer the parties to a private mediator for assistance in resolving the issues.
3. The costs of the program must be paid from the account for dispute resolution in the county general fund. All fees, gifts and grants collected pursuant to this section must be deposited in the account.
4. This section does not prohibit a court from referring a financial or other issue to a special master or other person for assistance in resolving the dispute.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 917; A 1993, 1213; 2011, 1132; 2013, 1611)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.010 - Qualifications of justice of the peace.

1. A person may not be a candidate for or be eligible to the office of justice of the peace unless the person is a qualified elector and has never been removed or retired from any judicial office by the Commission on Judicial Discipline. For the purposes of this subsection, a person is eligible to be a candidate for the office of justice of the peace 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.
2. A justice of the peace must have a high school diploma or its equivalent as determined by the State Board of Education.
3. In addition to any other requirement provided by law or a court rule, a justice of the peace who is not licensed or admitted to practice law in the courts of this State at the time of his or her election or appointment must pass an examination prescribed by the Nevada Supreme Court within 18 months after taking the official oath. The examination must test the competency of the examinee’s knowledge on subject matters related to the duties of a justice of the peace, including, without limitation:
(a) Judicial decorum;
(b) Application of the Revised Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct;
(c) Criminal and civil actions and proceedings over which a justice court has jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the issuance of temporary or extended orders for protection; and
(d) The financial administration of a court, including, without limitation, the minimum accounting standards of a justice court.
4. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, a justice of the peace in a township whose population is 100,000 or more must be an attorney who:
(a) Is licensed and admitted to practice law in the courts of this State at the time of his or her election or appointment; and
(b) Has been licensed and admitted to practice law in the courts of this State, another state or the District of Columbia for not less than 5 years at any time preceding his or her election or appointment.
5. Subsections 2 and 4 do not apply to any person who held the office of justice of the peace on June 30, 2001.
[Part 2:108:1866; A 1953, 711; 1955, 459]—(NRS A 1987, 438; 1999, 94, 1347; 2005, 1212; 2011, 1133; 2015, 939; 2023, 671)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.025 - Terms of justices of the peace.

1. The term of office of justices of the peace is 6 years. Each term begins on the first Monday of the January next after the appropriate general election.
2. If the board of county commissioners alters the boundaries of a township so that the proper number of justices of the peace within the township is increased or diminished, the board shall provide an effective date for the alteration such that the number of justices of the peace elected from each township at each general election remains as nearly equal as may be.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 677; A 1983, 437; 1991, 530)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.030 - Oath and bond of justice of the peace.

Each justice of the peace elected or appointed in this State shall, before entering upon the duties of office:
1. Take the oath prescribed by law.
2. Execute a bond to the State of Nevada, to be approved by the board of county commissioners and furnished at county expense, in the penal sum of not less than $10,000 or more than $50,000, as may be designated by the board of county commissioners. The bond must be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of office and filed in the office of the county clerk.
[1:7:1873; B § 2978; BH § 2254; C § 2421; RL § 4927; NCL § 8474]—(NRS A 2005, 15)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.032 - Justices of the peace pro tempore.

1. The board of county commissioners of each county shall select a number of persons it determines appropriate to comprise a panel of substitute justices of the peace. The persons so selected must possess the qualifications set forth in NRS 4.010 for the office of justice of the peace in the respective county.
2. Whenever a justice of the peace is disqualified from acting in a case pending in the justice court or is unable to perform his or her official duties because of his or her temporary sickness or absence, or other cause, the justice of the peace shall, if necessary, appoint a person from the panel of substitute justices of the peace or, pursuant to NRS 4.340, invite another justice of the peace to act in his or her place.
3. A person appointed from the panel of substitute justices of the peace must take and subscribe to the official oath before acting as a justice of the peace pro tempore. While acting in that capacity, the justice of the peace pro tempore is entitled to receive a per diem salary set by the board of county commissioners. The annual sum expended for salaries of justices of the peace pro tempore must not exceed the amount budgeted for that expense by the board of county commissioners.
4. If an appointment of a justice of the peace pro tempore becomes necessary and the justice of the peace fails or is unable to appoint a person from the panel of substitute justices pursuant to this section and fails or is unable to obtain another justice of the peace pursuant to NRS 4.340, the chair of the board of county commissioners shall:
(a) In counties whose population is more than 100,000, appoint another justice of the peace pursuant to NRS 4.340 or a person from the panel of substitute justices of the peace pursuant to this section, to act in his or her place.
(b) In counties whose population is 100,000 or less, appoint another justice of the peace pursuant to NRS 4.340, a person from the panel of substitute justices of the peace pursuant to this section or a municipal judge pursuant to NRS 4.345, to act in his or her place.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 656)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.033 - Senior justices of the peace.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or ordinance, a senior justice of the peace who serves in that capacity may serve temporarily in any justice court in this State, regardless of whether the senior justice of the peace is a resident of the township or county in which the justice court to which he or she is assigned is located.
2. As used in this section, "senior justice of the peace" means a former justice of the peace who has received a commission from the Supreme Court to serve as a senior justice of the peace pursuant to the rules prescribed by the Supreme Court.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 105)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.035 - Courses of instruction for justices of the peace; 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 justice court, to each justice of the peace who is first elected or appointed to office after July 1, 1971, and to other justices of the peace who so desire and who can be accommodated, between each general election and January 1 next following.
(b) In statutory amendments and other developments in the law appropriate to a justice court, to all justices of the peace at least once each year.
2. Each county shall pay to the Supreme Court the county’s pro rata share of the costs of that instruction as budgeted for pursuant to the Local Government Budget and Finance Act.
3. The Supreme Court shall deposit with the State Treasurer, for credit to the appropriate account of the Supreme Court, all money received pursuant to subsection 2.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 838; A 1975, 1024; 1977, 362; 1981, 252; 1983, 108; 1987, 438; 2001, 1819)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.036 - Attendance required at courses of instruction; penalty for unexcused absence; exception.

1. Each justice of the peace who is first elected or appointed to office after July 1, 1971, shall attend the instruction provided pursuant to NRS 4.035, on the first occasion when such instruction is offered after the election or appointment of the justice of the peace, unless excused by written order of a judge of the district court in and for his or her county, which shall be filed with the Court Administrator. Such order is final for all purposes.
2. If a justice of the peace fails to attend such instruction without securing a written order pursuant to subsection 1, the justice of the peace forfeits his or her office unless the Commission on Judicial Discipline finds pursuant to NRS 1.4654 that there was a reasonable excuse for the failure to attend such instruction.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 838; A 1977, 362; 2017, 341)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.040 - Salaries and compensation of justices of the peace.

1. The several boards of county commissioners of each county, at the regular meeting in December of any year immediately preceding a year in which an election of justices of the peace is held, shall fix the minimum compensation of the justices of the peace within their respective townships for the ensuing term, either by stated salaries, payable monthly, semimonthly or at regular 2-week intervals, or by fees, as provided by law, or both, and they may thereafter increase or change such compensation during the term but shall not reduce it below the minimum so established.
2. If it becomes necessary to appoint a justice of the peace at any time, the board of county commissioners in the county in which such appointment is made shall fix the compensation, either by salary or by fees, as provided by law, or both, for the term for which the justice of the peace is appointed.
[Part 1:12:1929; A 1953, 202] + [Part 2:12:1929; NCL § 2202] + [Part 3:12:1929; NCL § 2203]—(NRS A 1973, 291; 2017, 116)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.050 - Claims and expenses.

1. When any justice of the peace is entitled to receive necessary traveling expenses for the transaction of public business, the board of county commissioners shall allow the justice of the peace the same per diem allowance and travel expenses as are provided for state officers and employees generally.
2. Any justice of the peace presenting a claim to the county for any expenses allowed by law shall attach itemized vouchers and receipts for the same to his or her claim, and the boards of county commissioners of the several counties are prohibited from allowing such claim unless accompanied by vouchers and receipts as required by this section.
[Part 1:16:1928; A 1939, 31; 1953, 69; 1955, 596]—(NRS A 1973, 282; 2007, 596)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.063 - Additional fees: Imposition; disposition of proceeds for support of programs for dispute resolution.

1. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the justice of the peace shall, on the commencement of any action or proceeding in the justice court for which a fee is required, and on the answer or appearance of any party in any such action or proceeding for which a fee is required, charge and collect a fee of not less than $5 but not more than $10 from the party commencing, answering or appearing in the action or proceeding. The fee required pursuant to this section is in addition to any other fee required by law.
2. On or before the fifth day of each month, the justice of the peace shall pay over to the county treasurer the amount of all fees collected by the justice of the peace pursuant to subsection 1 during the preceding month for credit to an account for dispute resolution in the county general fund. The money in that account must not be used for purposes other than the programs established pursuant to NRS 3.500 and 244.1607.
3. The board of county commissioners of any other county may impose by ordinance an additional filing fee of not more than $10 to be paid on the commencement of any action or proceeding in the justice court for which a fee is required and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a fee is required. On or before the fifth day of each month, in a county where this fee has been imposed, the justice of the peace shall account for and pay over to the county treasurer all fees collected during the preceding month pursuant to this subsection for credit to an account for dispute resolution in the county general fund. The money in the account must be used only to support a program established pursuant to NRS 3.500 or 244.1607.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 918; A 1993, 1213; 1997, 2361; 2015, 2551)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.065 - Additional fees: Imposition; disposition of proceeds.

1. The justice of the peace shall, on the commencement of any action or proceeding in the justice court for which a fee is required, and on the answer or appearance of any defendant in any such action or proceeding for which a fee is required, charge and collect a fee of $1 from the party commencing, answering or appearing in the action or proceeding. These fees are in addition to any other fee required by law.
2. On or before the fifth day of each month, the justice of the peace shall pay over to the county treasurer the amount of all fees collected by the justice of the peace pursuant to subsection 1 during the preceding month for credit to the State General Fund. Quarterly, the county treasurer shall remit all money so collected to the State Controller, who shall place the money in an account in the State General Fund for use by the Executive Director of the Department of Taxation to administer the provisions of NRS 360.283 and 360.289.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 327; A 1995, 925; 2001, 2907; 2011, 402; 2015, 2551)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.071 - Additional fees to offset costs of providing pro bono programs and free legal services to certain victims.

1. In addition to any other fee required by law, in each county that charges a fee pursuant to NRS 19.031 to offset a portion of the costs of providing legal services without a charge to indigent or elderly persons, a board of county commissioners may impose by ordinance a filing fee to offset a portion of the costs of providing pro bono programs and of providing legal services without a charge to abused or neglected children and victims of domestic violence to be remitted to the organization operating the program for legal services that receives the fees charged pursuant to NRS 19.031 for programs for the indigent in an amount not to exceed $10 to be paid on the commencement of any action or proceeding in the justice court for which a filing fee is required and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a filing fee is required.
2. On or before the fifth day of each month, in a county in which a fee has been imposed pursuant to subsection 1, the justice of the peace shall account for and pay over to the county treasurer any such fees collected by the justice of the peace during the preceding month. The county treasurer shall remit quarterly to the organization to which the fees are to be paid pursuant to subsection 1 all the money received by the county treasurer from the justice of the peace.
3. Any fees collected pursuant to this section must be used for the benefit of the persons to whom the organization operating the program for legal services that receives money pursuant to this section provides legal services without a charge.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 2680; A 2005, 199; 2015, 2552)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.073 - Additional fees to offset costs of operating law library.

1. In addition to any other fee required by law, a board of county commissioners may impose by ordinance a filing fee to offset a portion of the costs of operating a law library established in that county by the board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 380.010, in an amount not to exceed $8, to be paid on the commencement of any action or proceeding in the justice court for which a filing fee is required and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a filing fee is required.
2. On or before the fifth day of each month, in a county in which a fee has been imposed pursuant to subsection 1, the justice of the peace shall account for and pay over to the county treasurer any such fees collected by the justice of the peace during the preceding month. The county treasurer shall deposit the fees received into a special account administered by the county and maintained for the benefit of a law library established pursuant to NRS 380.010. The money in the account must be used only to support the operation of such a law library.
(Added to NRS by 2013, 2204)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.075 - Additional fees in certain smaller counties: Imposition; disposition of proceeds.

1. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the board of county commissioners may, in addition to any other fee required by law, impose by ordinance a filing fee of not more than $10 to be paid on the commencement of any action or proceeding in the justice court for which a fee is required and on the filing of any answer or appearance in any such action or proceeding for which a fee is required.
2. On or before the fifth day of each month, in a county where a fee has been imposed pursuant to subsection 1, the justice of the peace shall account for and pay over to the county treasurer any such fees collected by the justice of the peace during the preceding month for credit to an account for programs for the prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug use disorders in the county general fund. The money in that account must be used only to support programs for the prevention or treatment of alcohol and drug use disorders which may include, without limitation, any program for the treatment of drug or alcohol use disorder, or both, established in a judicial district pursuant to NRS 176A.230.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2361; A 2019, 4414)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.080 - Justice of the peace to charge only fees authorized by law.

A justice of the peace shall not charge any fee that is not authorized by law.
[Part 17:49:1883; BH § 2358; C § 2482; RL § 2019; NCL § 2950]—(NRS A 1969, 411; 1991, 328; 1999, 1205)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.090 - Justice of the peace to keep record of fees charged.

The justice of the peace shall keep in his or her office a fee book or electronic record in which he or she shall enter in detail the title of the matter, proceeding or action, and the fees charged therein. The fee book or electronic record, as applicable, shall be open to public inspection.
[Part 18:49:1883; BH § 2359; C § 2483; RL § 2020; NCL § 2951]—(NRS A 2015, 2552)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.100 - Monthly financial statements.

1. On or before the 15th day of each month, a justice of the peace who receives fees pursuant to the provisions of NRS 4.060, 4.063 and 4.065 shall make out and file with the county official designated by the board of county commissioners of his or her county a full and correct statement of all fees or compensation, of whatever nature or kind, received in his or her official capacity during the preceding month. In the statement, the justice of the peace shall set forth the cause in which, and the services for which, such fees or compensation were received.
2. This section does not require personal attendance in filing statements, which may be transmitted by mail or otherwise directed to the county official designated by the board of county commissioners.
[Part 19:49:1883; BH § 2360; C § 2484; RL § 2021; NCL § 2952]—(NRS A 1991, 328, 918, 920; 1993, 1213; 2015, 2552)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.120 - Punishment for taking excessive fees.

If any justice of the peace shall take more or greater fees than are allowed by law, the justice of the peace shall be liable to indictment, and on conviction shall be removed from office and fined in any sum not exceeding $1,000.
[Part 22:49:1883; BH § 2363; C § 2487; RL § 2024; NCL § 2955]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.130 - Table of fees to be posted.

Any justice of the peace receiving fees as provided by law shall publish and set up by conventional or electronic means, in some conspicuous place in his or her office and on the Internet website of the justice court, a table of fees for public inspection.
[Part 23:49:1883; BH § 2364; C § 2488; RL § 2025; NCL § 2956]—(NRS A 2015, 2552)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.140 - Fees payable in advance; execution for fees due.

All fees prescribed in NRS 4.060, 4.063 and 4.065 must be paid in advance, if demanded. If a justice of the peace has not received any or all of his or her fees, which are due the justice of the peace for services rendered by the justice of the peace in any suit or proceedings, the justice of the peace may have execution therefor in his or her own name against the party from whom they are due, to be issued from the court where the action is pending, upon the order of the justice of the peace or court upon affidavit filed.
[Part 25:49:1883; BH § 2366; C § 2490; RL § 2027; NCL § 2958]—(NRS A 1969, 411; 1991, 328, 919, 921; 1993, 1213)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.150 - Vacancy in office; duty of clerk of board of county commissioners.

1. If any vacancy occurs in the office of justice of the peace, the board of county commissioners shall either:
(a) Appoint a person to fill the vacancy pursuant to NRS 245.170; or
(b) Provide by resolution for an election procedure to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.
2. The clerk of the board of county commissioners of each county shall, within 10 days after a vacancy has occurred in the office of justice of the peace by resignation or otherwise, certify the fact of such vacancy to the Secretary of State.
[Part 31:108:1866; B § 2629; BH § 1666; C § 1812; RL § 2795; NCL § 4795] + [Part 49:108:1866; A 1933, 165; 1939, 146; 1931 NCL § 4813]—(NRS A 1975, 174; 1997, 1292)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.155 - Townships with more than one justice of the peace.

In townships where more than one justice of the peace has been provided for by NRS 4.020, such justices of the peace shall have concurrent and coextensive jurisdiction within the territorial limits provided by law, and may make such rules, not inconsistent with law, as will enable them to transact judicial business in a convenient and lawful manner.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 1222; A 2023, 2605)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.157 - Chief justice of the peace in certain townships: Selection; duties.

1. The justices of the peace of each justice court having more than one justice of the peace shall choose from among those justices of the peace a chief justice of the peace who is to be the presiding judge of that court.
2. The chief justice of the peace shall:
(a) Assign cases to each justice of the peace of the justice court;
(b) Prescribe the hours of court;
(c) Adopt such other rules as are necessary for the orderly conduct of court business; and
(d) Perform all other duties of the chief justice of the peace or of the presiding judge of a justice court that are set forth in this chapter and any other provision of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 273; A 2023, 2606)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.160 - Number of justices of the peace where townships altered.

1. When any justice of the peace, in the formation of a new township, shall be brought within the limits thereof, he or she shall be one of the justices of the peace allowed to such new township, and shall continue in office until the expiration of the term for which he or she was elected.
2. If, by annexing a part of one township to another, there should be more than the proper number of justices within the limits of the township to which such addition shall have been made, any justice of the peace brought within such township shall, notwithstanding, hold and exercise his or her office therein until the expiration of his or her term of office, but no successor shall be elected to fill any vacancy in office which may be occasioned by the expiration of the term or otherwise.
3. Whenever any township, in consequence of a part being taken to form a new township, or to be annexed to any other township, shall be deprived of its proper number of justices of the peace, the vacancy thus produced shall be supplied as in other cases.
[19:108:1866; B § 2617; BH § 1654; C § 1800; RL § 2783; NCL § 4783] + [20:108:1866; B § 2618; BH § 1655; C § 1801; RL § 2784; NCL § 4784]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.170 - Duties of justices of the peace.

The justices shall be conservators of the peace in their respective townships, and shall discharge such duties as may be prescribed by law.
[2:82:1861; B § 2974; BH § 2099; C § 2318; RL § 1689; NCL § 2189]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.175 - Report of certain statistical information to be submitted to Court Administrator.

In the time and manner prescribed by the Supreme Court, the justice of the peace of a township or, if there is more than one justice of the peace of a township, a justice of the peace designated by mutual consent of the other justices of the peace of that township, shall submit to the Court Administrator a written report of the statistical information required pursuant to the uniform system for collecting and compiling statistical information regarding the State Court System which is prescribed by the Supreme Court.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 707; A 2015, 2553)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.180 - Power to take and certify acknowledgments and affidavits.

Justices of the peace, within their respective townships, shall have power to take and certify:
1. The acknowledgment of conveyances and the satisfaction of a judgment of any court.
2. An affidavit to be used in any court of justice in this state.
[Part 63:19:1865; B § 968; BH § 2482; C § 2563; RL § 4883; NCL § 8425]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.185 - Use of facsimile signature: Conditions and restrictions.

1. Each justice of the peace may use a facsimile signature produced through a mechanical device in place of his or her handwritten signature whenever the necessity arises and upon approval of the Supreme Court, subject to the following conditions:
(a) That the mechanical device must be of such a nature that the facsimile signature may be removed from the mechanical device and kept in a separate secure place.
(b) That the use of the facsimile signature may be made only under the direction and supervision of the justice of the peace whose signature it represents.
(c) That the entire mechanical device must at all times be kept in a vault, securely locked, when not in use, to prevent any misuse of the device.
2. No facsimile signature produced through a mechanical device authorized by the provisions of this section may be combined with the signature of another officer.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 999)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 4 - Justice Courts › NRS 4.215 - Justices of the peace in certain townships not to practice law.

A justice of the peace in a township whose population is more than 75,000 may not act as attorney or counsel in any court except in an action or proceeding to which the justice of the peace is a party on the record.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1286; A 1985, 223; 1989, 1907)