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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 63 - State Facilities for Detention of Children › NRS 63.770 - Suspension, modification or revocation.

1. A petition may be filed with the juvenile court to request that the parole of a child be suspended, modified or revoked.
2. Pending a hearing, the juvenile court may order that the child be held in the local facility for the detention of children or committed to the regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of children.
3. If the child is held in a local facility for the detention of children or committed to a regional facility for the treatment and rehabilitation of children pending a hearing, the Youth Parole Bureau may pay all actual and reasonably necessary costs for the confinement of the child in the local facility or the commitment of the child to the regional facility to the extent that money is available for that purpose.
4. If requested, the juvenile court shall allow the child reasonable time to prepare for the hearing.
5. The juvenile court shall render a decision within 10 days after the conclusion of the hearing.
6. The juvenile court shall consider the policies and procedures adopted by the Youth Parole Bureau pursuant to NRS 63.765 and, in determining whether to suspend, modify or revoke the parole of the child, consider the adherence of the Youth Parole Bureau to such policies and procedures.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1103; A 2011, 2520; 2017, 4397)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 63 - State Facilities for Detention of Children › NRS 63.780 - Recommendation for revocation by Chief of Youth Parole Bureau.

1. The Chief of the Youth Parole Bureau may recommend to the juvenile court that a child’s parole be revoked and that the child be committed to a facility only if the Chief or his or her designee has determined that:
(a) The child poses a risk to public safety, and the policies and procedures adopted by the Youth Parole Bureau pursuant to NRS 63.765 recommend such a revocation; or
(b) The other responses set forth in such policies and procedures would not be appropriate for the child.
2. The Chief of the Youth Parole Bureau may not recommend to the juvenile court that a child’s parole be revoked and that the child be committed to a facility if the superintendent of the facility determines that:
(a) There is not adequate room or resources in the facility to provide the necessary care;
(b) There is not adequate money available for the support of the facility; or
(c) The child is not suitable for admission to the facility.
(Added to NRS by 2003, 1105; A 2017, 4398)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 64 - General Provisions › NRS 64.010 - Provisions of NRS applicable to justice courts.

Justice courts being courts of peculiar and limited jurisdiction, only those provisions of titles 2, 3 and 4 of NRS which are, in their nature, applicable to the organization, powers and course of proceedings in justice courts or which have been made applicable by special provisions of NRS, are applicable to justice courts and the proceedings therein.
[1911 CPA § 873; RL § 5815; NCL § 9362]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 64 - General Provisions › NRS 64.020 - Definitions.

As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 64.030 to 64.140, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A 1977, 183; 1985, 501)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 64 - General Provisions › NRS 64.030 - "Affinity" defined.

"Affinity" when applied to the marriage relation signifies the connection existing in consequence of marriage between each of the married persons and the blood relatives of the other.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A 1977, 183; 1985, 501)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 64 - General Provisions › NRS 64.060 - "Personal property" defined.

"Personal property" includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A 1977, 183; 1985, 501)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 64 - General Provisions › NRS 64.100 - "State" defined.

"State" when applied to the different parts of the United States includes the District of Columbia and the territories.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A 1977, 183; 1985, 501)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 64 - General Provisions › NRS 64.130 - "Writ" defined.

"Writ" signifies an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of the State or of a court or judicial officer.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A 1977, 183; 1985, 501)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 64 - General Provisions › NRS 64.150 - Interpretation.

As used in this title, every mode of oral statement, under oath or affirmation, is embraced by the term "testify," and every written one in the term "depose."
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A 1977, 183; 1985, 501)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 64 - General Provisions › NRS 64.160 - Signature by mark.

As used in this title, signature or subscription includes mark when the person cannot write, his or her name being written near it by a person who writes his or her own name as a witness; but when a signature is by mark it must, in order that it may be acknowledged or may serve as the signature to any sworn statement, be witnessed by two persons who must subscribe their own names as witnesses thereto.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A 1977, 183; 1985, 501)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 65 - Parties › NRS 65.010 - Appointment of guardian ad litem.

When a guardian ad litem is appointed by the justice, the guardian ad litem must be appointed as follows:
1. If the infant, insane or incapacitated person be plaintiff, the appointment must be made before the summons is issued, upon the application of the infant, if the infant be of the age of 14 years; if under that age, or if insane or incapacitated, upon the application of a relative or friend.
2. If the infant, insane or incapacitated person be defendant, the appointment must be made at the time the summons is returned or before the answer, upon the application of the infant, if the infant be of the age of 14 years, and apply at the time or before the summons is returned; if the infant be under the age of 14, or be insane or incapacitated, or neglect so to apply, then upon the application of a relative or friend, or any other party to the action, or by the justice on the motion of the justice.
[Part 1911 CPA § 784; RL § 5726; NCL § 9273]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 65 - Parties › NRS 65.020 - Action not to abate by death of any party after verdict.

After verdict shall have been rendered in any action for a wrong, such action shall not abate by the death of any party, but the case shall proceed thereafter in the same manner as in cases where the cause of action now survives by law.
[Part 1911 CPA § 62; RL § 5004; NCL § 8561]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 65 - Parties › NRS 65.030 - Intervention: Right to intervene; procedure; determination and costs; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2:
(a) Before the trial, any person may intervene in an action or proceeding, who has an interest in the matter in litigation, in the success of either of the parties, or an interest against both.
(b) An intervention takes place when a third person is permitted to become a party to an action or proceeding between other persons, either by joining the plaintiff in claiming what is sought by the complaint, or by uniting with the defendant in resisting the claims of the plaintiff, or by demanding anything adversely to both the plaintiff and the defendant; and is made by complaint, setting forth the grounds upon which the intervention rests, filed by leave of the court and served upon the parties to the action or proceeding who have not appeared, and upon the attorneys of the parties who have appeared, who may answer or demur to it as if it were an original complaint.
(c) The court shall determine upon the intervention at the same time that the action is decided. If the claim of the party intervening is not sustained the party intervening shall pay all costs incurred by the intervention.
2. The provisions of this section do not apply to intervention in an action or proceeding by the Legislature pursuant to NRS 218F.720.
[1911 CPA § 64; RL § 5006; NCL § 8563]—(NRS A 2009, 1567)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 66 - Place of Trial › NRS 66.010 - General rule.

Actions in justice courts must be commenced, and, subject to the right to change the place of trial as provided in this chapter, must be tried:
1. If there is no justice court for the township in which the defendant resides, in any township of the county in which the defendant resides.
2. When two or more persons are jointly, or jointly and severally, bound in any debt or contract, or otherwise jointly liable in the same action, and reside in different townships of the same county, or in different counties, in the township in which any of the persons liable may reside.
3. In cases of injury to the person or property, in the township where the injury was committed or where the defendant resides.
4. If for the recovery of personal property or the value thereof, or damages for taking or detaining the same, in the township in which the property may be found or in which the property was taken, or in which the defendant resides.
5. When the defendant is a nonresident of the county, in any township wherein the defendant may be found.
6. When the defendant is a nonresident of the State, in any township in the State.
7. When a person has contracted to perform an obligation at a particular place, and resides in another township, in the township in which the obligation is to be performed, or in which the person resides. The township in which the obligation is incurred shall be deemed to be the township in which it is to be performed, unless there is a special contract to the contrary.
8. When the parties voluntarily appear and plead without summons, in any township.
9. In all other cases, in the township in which the defendant resides.
[1911 CPA § 773; RL § 5715; NCL § 9262]—(NRS A 1985, 231)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 66 - Place of Trial › NRS 66.020 - Place of trial may be changed in certain cases.

1. The court may, at any time before the trial, on motion, change the place of trial in the following cases:
(a) When it appears to the satisfaction of the justice before whom the action is pending, by affidavit of either party, that the justice is a material witness for either party.
(b) When either party makes and files an affidavit that the party believes that he or she cannot have a fair and impartial trial before the justice by reason of the interest, prejudice or bias of the justice.
(c) When a jury has been demanded, and either party makes and files an affidavit that he or she cannot have a fair and impartial trial on account of the bias or prejudice against him or her of the citizens of the county.
(d) When from any cause the justice is disqualified from acting.
(e) When the justice is sick or unable to act.
2. In lieu of changing the place of trial, the justice before whom the action is pending may for any of the cases mentioned in subsection 1 call another justice of the county to conduct the trial.
[1911 CPA § 774; RL § 5716; NCL § 9263]—(NRS A 1985, 232; 2001, 753; 2021, 1316)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 66 - Place of Trial › NRS 66.030 - Limitation on right to change place of trial.

The place of trial cannot be changed on motion of the same party more than once upon any or all of the grounds specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 66.020.
[1911 CPA § 775; RL § 5717; NCL § 9264]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 66 - Place of Trial › NRS 66.040 - Transfer of action to court agreed upon by parties.

When the court orders the place of trial to be changed, the action must be transferred for trial to a court the parties may agree upon and, if they do not so agree, then to another justice court in the same county.
[1911 CPA § 776; RL § 5718; NCL § 9265]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 66 - Place of Trial › NRS 66.050 - Proceedings after order changing place of trial.

After an order has been made transferring the action for trial to another court, the following proceedings must be had:
1. The justice ordering the transfer must immediately transmit to the justice of the court to which it is transferred, on payment by the party applying of all costs that have accrued, all the papers in the action, together with a certified transcript from the docket of the justice ordering the transfer of the proceedings therein.
2. Upon the receipt by the justice to whom the case is transferred of such papers, the justice has thereafter the same jurisdiction over the action as though it had been commenced in the justice’s court. The justice must issue a notice stating when and where the trial will take place, which notice must be served upon the parties at least 1 day before the time fixed for trial.
[1911 CPA § 777; RL § 5719; NCL § 9266]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 66 - Place of Trial › NRS 66.070 - Transfer of cases to district court.

1. The parties to an action in a justice court cannot give evidence upon any question which is excluded from the jurisdiction of the justice court. If it appears from the plaintiff’s own showing on the trial, or from the answer of the defendant, verified by oath, that the determination of the action will necessarily involve such a question, the justice must suspend all further proceedings in the action and certify the pleadings, and, if any of the pleadings are oral, a transcript of them from the docket of the justice, to the clerk of the district court of the county. From the time of filing the pleadings or transcript with the clerk of the district court, the district court has the same jurisdiction over the action as if it had been commenced in the district court.
2. In cases of forcible entry and detainer, of which justice courts have jurisdiction, any evidence otherwise competent may be given and any question properly involved therein may be determined.
[1911 CPA § 779; RL § 5721; NCL § 9268]—(NRS A 1981, 174)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 67 - Trial by Jury › NRS 67.010 - Summoning of jury.

1. The jury must be summoned upon an order of the justice from the qualified electors of the county, whether or not registered as voters, and not from the bystanders.
2. The justice may summon to the court the number of qualified jurors which the justice determines is necessary for the formation of a jury.
[Part 1911 CPA § 826; RL § 5768; NCL § 9315]—(NRS A 2001, 754; 2011, 1141; 2021, 1316)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 67 - Trial by Jury › NRS 67.020 - Call and number of jurors.

1. At the time appointed for the trial, the justice shall proceed to call from the jurors summoned the names of the persons to constitute the jury for the trial of the issue. If a sufficient number of competent and indifferent jurors do not attend, the justice shall direct that additional jurors sufficient to complete the jury be summoned.
2. Pursuant to the Justice Court Rules of Civil Procedure adopted by the Supreme Court, the jury may consist of any number not more than six nor less than four.
[Part 1911 CPA § 826; RL § 5768; NCL § 9315]—(NRS A 1971, 345; 2001, 754; 2005, 394)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 67 - Trial by Jury › NRS 67.030 - Challenges: Kinds and number.

The challenges are either peremptory or for cause. Each party is entitled to two peremptory challenges. Either party may challenge for cause on any grounds set forth in NRS 16.050.
[Part 1911 CPA § 826; RL § 5768; NCL § 9315]—(NRS A 2005, 395)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 67 - Trial by Jury › NRS 67.050 - Exemption from service.

In a county whose population is 700,000 or more, a person who lives 65 miles or more from the justice court is exempt from serving as a trial juror. Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the justice court, by affidavit or otherwise, that a juror lives 65 miles or more from the justice court, the justice court shall order the juror excused from all service as a trial juror, if the juror so desires.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 754; A 2011, 1141)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 67 - Trial by Jury › NRS 67.060 - Adoption of rules and procedures by Supreme Court to limit length of trials.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, the Supreme Court shall adopt rules and procedures for conducting trials by jury in civil actions in the justice courts that are designed to limit the length of trials.
2. The rules and procedures adopted pursuant to this section may provide for:
(a) Restrictions on the amount of discovery requested by each party;
(b) The use of a jury composed of not more than six persons and not less than four persons; and
(c) A specified limit on the amount of time each party may use to present his or her case.
3. This section does not apply to:
(a) An action for the possession of lands and tenements where the relation of landlord and tenant exists, when damages claimed do not exceed $10,000 or when no damages are claimed.
(b) An action when the possession of lands and tenements has been unlawfully or fraudulently obtained or withheld, when damages claimed do not exceed $10,000 or when no damages are claimed.
(c) An action for the issuance of a temporary or extended order for protection against domestic violence.
(d) An action for the issuance of a temporary or extended order for protection against harassment in the workplace pursuant to NRS 33.200 to 33.360, inclusive.
(e) A small claims action brought under the provisions of chapter 73 of NRS.
(f) An action pursuant to NRS 200.591 for the issuance of a protective order against a person alleged to be committing the crime of stalking, aggravated stalking or harassment.
(g) An action pursuant to NRS 200.378 for the issuance of a protective order against a person alleged to have committed sexual assault.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 394; A 2009, 233)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 68 - Judgments › NRS 68.010 - Abstract of judgment.

The justice, on demand of a party in whose favor judgment is rendered, must give the party an abstract of the judgment in substantially the following form (filling blanks according to the facts):
State of Nevada, ................ County, ................, plaintiff, v. ................, defendant. In Justice Court, before ................, Justice of the Peace, ................ Township (or City), ................ County, ................ (inserting date of abstract). Judgment entered for plaintiff (or defendant) for $....., on the ..... day of ........ I certify that the foregoing is a correct abstract of a judgment rendered in the action in my court, ................, or (as the case may be) in the court of ................, Justice of the Peace, as appears by his or her docket, now in my possession, as his or her successor in office.
.............................................................. ,
Justice of the Peace
[1911 CPA § 837; RL § 5779; NCL § 9326]—(NRS A 2001, 29)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 68 - Judgments › NRS 68.030 - Execution may issue on entry of judgment on docket of justice of the peace.

From the time of entry of judgment on the docket of the justice of the peace, execution may be issued thereon by the justice of the peace to the sheriff of any county in the State, in the same manner and with like effect as if issued on a judgment of the district court.
[1911 CPA § 839; RL § 5781; NCL § 9328]—(NRS A 1969, 183)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 68 - Judgments › NRS 68.040 - Judgment becomes lien when abstract recorded with county recorder.

A judgment rendered in a justice court creates no lien upon any lands of the defendant, unless an abstract is recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the lands are situated. When so recorded and from the time of the recording, the judgment becomes a lien upon all the real property of the judgment debtor, not exempt from execution, in the county, owned by the judgment debtor at the time, or which the judgment debtor acquires before the lien expires. The lien continues for 6 years, unless the judgment is previously satisfied.
[1911 CPA § 840; RL § 5782; NCL § 9329]—(NRS A 1985, 741; 2001, 1750)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 68 - Judgments › NRS 68.050 - Judgments by confession.

1. 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 any justice court specified in the confession.
2. A judgment by confession entered pursuant to subsection 1 must be accompanied by a statement in writing, signed by the defendant and verified by the defendant’s oath. The statement must:
(a) Authorize the entry of judgment for a specified sum, inclusive of costs and attorney’s fees;
(b) If it authorizes the entry of judgment for money that is due or will become due, state concisely the facts on which the confession is based, and show that the sum confessed therefor is justly due or will become due; and
(c) If it authorizes the entry of judgment for the purpose of securing the plaintiff against a contingent liability, state concisely the facts constituting the liability, and show that the sum confessed therefor does not exceed such liability.
3. The statement described in subsection 2 must be filed with the clerk of the court in which the judgment is to be entered. The clerk shall endorse the statement and enter judgment for the amount confessed, at which time the judgment and statement, with the judgment endorsed, become the judgment roll.
4. A judgment by confession entered pursuant to this section may not be subsequently amended to include additional costs or attorney’s fees incurred after the date of entry of judgment. This limitation does not prohibit parties from entering into stipulations for payment plans or stipulations for judgments with specific amounts due.
[1911 CPA § 829; RL § 5771; NCL § 9318]—(NRS A 2015, 1368)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 69 - Costs › NRS 69.010 - Security for costs.

1. The justice may in all cases require a deposit of money to cover costs of court before issuing the summons.
2. When the plaintiff in an action is a nonresident of the State of Nevada, or a foreign corporation, upon motion of the opposite party at any time before final judgment such nonresident shall be required to give security for all costs and charges that may be awarded against the nonresident plaintiff. When such security shall be required from a nonresident plaintiff all proceedings in the action shall be stayed until an undertaking executed by two or more persons and approved by the justice shall be filed with the justice to the effect that they will pay such costs and charges as may be awarded against such nonresident plaintiff by judgment or during the progress of the action. The undertaking shall be in a sum not less than $100, or in lieu of the undertaking the nonresident plaintiff may deposit $100 in lawful money with the justice, which shall be held subject to the conditions mentioned in this section for the undertaking. When such security shall be ordered from a nonresident plaintiff, it shall be furnished within 30 days from notice of the order, or upon failure to furnish such security, judgment shall be entered for the defendant.
3. A new or additional undertaking or deposit of cash may be ordered by the justice at any time upon proof that the original undertaking or deposit is insufficient and proceedings stayed for a nonresident plaintiff until the same be furnished or judgment entered. After the lapse of 30 days from notice to a nonresident plaintiff that security has been ordered as required by this subsection and upon proof that no such undertaking or deposit of cash has been made, the justice shall enter judgment against such plaintiff.
[1911 CPA § 870; A 1917, 424; NCL § 9359]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 69 - Costs › NRS 69.030 - Prevailing party allowed attorney’s fee to be taxed as costs in justice court.

The prevailing party in any civil action at law in the justice courts of this State shall receive, in addition to the costs of court as now allowed by law, a reasonable attorney fee. The attorney fee shall be fixed by the justice and taxed as costs against the losing party.
[Part 1911 CPA § 872; A 1921, 89; 1925, 331; 1937, 30; 1931 NCL § 9361]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 69 - Costs › NRS 69.040 - Costs must be included in judgment; cost bill; motion to retax costs.

1. The justice must tax and include in the judgment the costs allowed by law to the prevailing party.
2. The party in whose favor judgment is rendered and who claims costs must deliver to the justice, and serve a copy upon the adverse party, within 2 days after the verdict or notice of the decision of the justice, or such further time as may be granted, a memorandum of the items of the costs and necessary disbursements in the action, which memorandum must be verified by the oath of the party or the party’s attorney or agent or by the clerk of the party’s attorney, stating that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the items are correct and that the disbursements have been necessarily incurred in the action. The party in whose favor judgment is rendered shall be entitled to recover the witness fees, although at the time the party may not have actually paid them.
3. Issuance or service of subpoena shall not be necessary to entitle the prevailing party to tax as costs witness fees and mileage, providing that such witnesses be sworn and testify in the cause.
4. It shall not be necessary to embody in the memorandum the fees of the justice, but the justice shall add the same according to the fees of the justice fixed by statute.
5. Within 2 days after service of a copy of the memorandum, the adverse party may move the court, upon 2 days’ notice to retax and settle the costs, a copy of which notice of motion shall be filed and served upon the prevailing party claiming costs, and thereupon the justice shall settle the costs.
6. If the judgment is entered by default it shall not be necessary to make service of a copy of the cost bill.
[1911 CPA § 836; A 1913, 364; 1925, 15; NCL § 9325]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 69 - Costs › NRS 69.050 - Award of costs to prevailing party by district court on appeal from justice court.

In the event of an appeal, the district court is authorized to award to the prevailing party all costs of court as now allowed by law incurred by such party, and also a reasonable attorney fee to be fixed and allowed by the district court for all services rendered in behalf of the prevailing party.
[Part 1911 CPA § 872; A 1921, 89; 1925, 331; 1937, 30; 1931 NCL § 9361]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Executions › NRS 70.010 - Execution may issue at any time within 6 years; stay of execution of judgment.

1. Execution for the enforcement of a judgment of a justice court may be issued by a justice or the clerk of the court, under the direction and supervision of a justice, on the application of the party entitled thereto, at any time within 6 years from the entry of judgment.
2. The court, or any justice thereof, may stay the execution of any judgment, including any judgment in a case of forcible or unlawful detainer, for a period not exceeding 10 days.
[1911 CPA § 841; RL § 5783; NCL § 9330]—(NRS A 1961, 193; 2011, 3259)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Executions › NRS 70.020 - Contents.

The execution must:
1. Be directed to a sheriff of any county in the State or to a constable of the county in which the justice court is located.
2. Be issued in the name of the State of Nevada, sealed with the seal of the court and subscribed by a justice or the clerk of the justice court, under the direction and supervision of a justice.
3. Intelligibly refer to the judgment, by stating the:
(a) Justice court in which the judgment was entered;
(b) Date when the judgment was entered;
(c) Names of the parties;
(d) Name of the justice who entered the judgment; and
(e) County and the township or city where the judgment was entered.
4. State the judgment, and if it is for money, the amount thereof, and the amount actually due thereon.
5. Contain, in like cases, similar directions to the sheriff or constable, as are required by the provisions of chapter 21 of NRS, in an execution to the sheriff.
[1911 CPA § 842; RL § 5784; NCL § 9331]—(NRS A 1969, 184; 2011, 3259)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Executions › NRS 70.030 - Renewal.

An execution may, at the request of the judgment creditor, be renewed before the expiration of the time fixed for its return, by the word "renewed" written thereon, with the date thereof, and subscribed by a justice or the clerk of the justice court, under the direction and supervision of a justice. Such renewal has the effect of an original issue and may be repeated as often as necessary. If an execution is returned unsatisfied, another may be afterwards issued.
[1911 CPA § 843; RL § 5785; NCL § 9332]—(NRS A 2011, 3260)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Executions › NRS 70.040 - Duties of officer receiving executions; sales of real property.

1. The sheriff or constable to whom the execution is directed must execute the same in the same manner as the sheriff is required by the provisions of chapter 21 of NRS to proceed upon executions directed to him or her, and the constable to whom the writ is given, and any successor in office, shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties and liabilities therein given and imposed upon the sheriff.
2. Sales of real property shall be made at the front door of the office of the justice of the peace. If the sale be of real property in a county other than the one in which the judgment was rendered, the sale shall be at the front door of the office of the justice of the peace of the county in which the property is situated, nearest the property.
[1911 CPA § 844; A 1913, 364; NCL § 9333]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Executions › NRS 70.050 - Applicability of chapter 21 of NRS to justice courts.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of chapter 21 of NRS are applicable to justice courts, the word "justice" being inserted in lieu of the word "judge" wherever the word appears and the word "constable" being inserted in lieu of the word "sheriff" wherever the word appears.
[1911 CPA § 845; A 1913, 364; NCL § 9334]—(NRS A 2011, 3260)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Provisional Remedies › NRS 71.010 - Order of arrest and arrest of defendant.

An order to arrest the defendant may be endorsed on a summons issued by the justice, and the defendant may be arrested thereon by the sheriff or constable, at the time of serving the summons, and brought before the justice, and there detained until duly discharged, in the following cases:
1. In an action for the recovery of money or damages on a cause of action arising upon contract, express or implied, when the defendant is about to depart from the State with intent to defraud his or her creditors.
2. In an action for a fine or penalty, or for money or property embezzled or fraudulently misapplied or converted to his or her own use by one who received it in a fiduciary capacity.
3. When the defendant has been guilty of a fraud in contracting the debts or incurring the obligation for which the action is brought.
4. When the defendant has removed, concealed or disposed of his or her property, or is about to do so, with intent to defraud his or her creditors.
[1911 CPA § 802; A 1913, 364; NCL § 9291]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Provisional Remedies › NRS 71.020 - Affidavit and undertaking for order of arrest.

Before an order for an arrest can be made, the party applying must prove to the satisfaction of the justice, by the affidavit of himself or herself or some other person, the facts upon which the application is founded. The plaintiff must also execute and deliver to the justice a written undertaking in the sum of $300, with sufficient sureties, to the effect that the plaintiff will pay all costs that may be adjudged to the defendant, and all damages which the defendant may sustain by reason of the arrest, if the same be wrongful or without sufficient cause, not exceeding the sum specified in the undertaking.
[1911 CPA § 803; RL § 5745; NCL § 9292]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Provisional Remedies › NRS 71.030 - Arrested defendant immediately taken before justice.

The defendant, immediately upon being arrested, shall be taken to the office of the justice who made the order, and if the justice is absent or unable to try the action, or if it appears to such justice by the affidavit of defendant that the justice is a material witness in the action, the officer shall immediately take the defendant before a justice of another township, who shall take jurisdiction of the action and proceed thereon as if the summons had been issued and the order of arrest made by that justice.
[1911 CPA § 804; RL § 5746; NCL § 9293]—(NRS A 1959, 48)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Provisional Remedies › NRS 71.040 - Arresting officer must give notice of arrest to plaintiff.

The officer making the arrest must immediately give notice thereof to the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s attorney or agent, and endorse on the summons, and subscribe a certificate, stating the time of serving the same, the time of the arrest and of giving notice to the plaintiff.
[1911 CPA § 805; RL § 5747; NCL § 9294]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Provisional Remedies › NRS 71.090 - Applicability of chapter 31 of NRS to justice courts.

The provisions of chapter 31 of NRS are applicable to attachments issued in justice courts, the word "constable" being substituted for the word "sheriff," whenever the writ is directed to a constable, and the word "justice" being substituted for the word "judge."
[1911 CPA § 810; A 1913, 364; 1933, 85; 1931 NCL § 9299]—(NRS A 1973, 1189)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Provisional Remedies › NRS 71.100 - Enforcement; applicability of other provisions of NRS.

In an action to recover possession of personal property, the plaintiff may, at the time of issuing summons, or at any time thereafter before answer, claim the delivery of such property. NRS 31.840 to 31.950, inclusive, are applicable to such claim when made in justice courts, the powers therein given and duties imposed on sheriffs being extended to constables, and the word "justice" being substituted for the word "judge."
[1911 CPA § 811; RL § 5753; NCL § 9300]—(NRS A 1973, 1152)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 72 - Bonds and Undertakings › NRS 72.010 - Deposits of money in lieu of required undertakings.

In all civil cases arising in justice courts wherein an undertaking is required, the plaintiff or defendant may deposit with the justice a sum of money equal to the amount required by the undertaking, which sum of money shall be taken as security in place of the undertaking.
[1911 CPA § 874; RL § 5816; NCL § 9363]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 73 - Small Claims › NRS 73.010 - Jurisdiction of justice of peace for small claims; proper venue for filing action.

1. A justice of the peace has jurisdiction and may proceed as provided in this chapter and by rules of court in all cases arising in the justice court for the recovery of money only, where the amount claimed does not exceed $10,000.
2. An action brought pursuant to this chapter must be filed in one of the following townships as the proper venue for the action:
(a) The township in which the defendant named is a resident, does business or is employed at the time the cause of action arose or at the time the complaint is filed; or
(b) In addition to any township described in paragraph (a):
(1) In a case involving injury to the person or property, the township where the injury was committed.
(2) In a case involving a person who has contracted to perform an obligation at, or relating to, a particular place, the township in which the obligation is or was to be performed. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the township in which the obligation is incurred shall be deemed to be the township in which the obligation is or was to be performed, unless there is a special contract to the contrary.
[1911 CPA § 874a; added 1923, 260; R 1927, 297; added 1927, 297; A 1951, 174]—(NRS A 1969, 89; 1979, 1726; 1981, 470; 1985, 233, 1623; 1987, 122; 1989, 581; 1993, 1381; 1999, 2410; 2011, 139; 2015, 947; 2019, 52)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 73 - Small Claims › NRS 73.012 - Representation of nongovernmental legal or commercial entity by its director, officer or employee.

A corporation, partnership, business trust, estate, trust, association or any other nongovernmental legal or commercial entity may be represented by its director, officer or employee in an action mentioned or covered by this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 135)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 73 - Small Claims › NRS 73.015 - Acknowledgment of affidavits used in actions for small claims.

In all cases for the recovery of money under the provisions of this chapter any affidavit which is required or authorized by rules of court or the general provisions of law applicable to such proceedings may be acknowledged before and certified by:
1. Any justice of the peace with or before whom the matter is to be filed or is pending; or
2. Any notary public who has been appointed by the Secretary of State and whose appointment has not expired or been revoked.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 276; A 1981, 9)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 73 - Small Claims › NRS 73.020 - No writ of attachment or garnishment before judgment; execution.

No attachment or garnishment may issue before judgment in cases mentioned in this chapter, but execution, including garnishment in aid of execution as provided in NRS 21.120, may issue as in other cases arising in the justice court.
[Part 1911 CPA § 874h; added 1923, 260; R 1927, 297; added 1927, 297; NCL § 9371]—(NRS A 1979, 1726)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 73 - Small Claims › NRS 73.030 - Costs.

1. The justice of the peace shall forthwith ascertain and charge as costs against the losing party and in favor of the prevailing party, without the filing of a cost bill, the costs of the proceeding as in other cases arising in justice court, which sum when received by the justice of the peace shall be delivered to the county treasurer in the same manner as other fees are delivered by the justice of the peace.
2. The prevailing party shall deposit the amount ascertained and assessed as costs with the justice of the peace before final judgment is entered by the justice.
[Part 1911 CPA § 874n; added 1923, 260; R 1927, 297; added 1927, 297; A 1951, 174]—(NRS A 1969, 411; 1971, 153)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 73 - Small Claims › NRS 73.040 - Attorney’s fee not allowable in actions for small claims; exceptions.

Except as provided by NRS 597.860 and 597.870, no attorney’s fees are allowed either party to an action mentioned or covered by this chapter.
[Part 1911 CPA § 874g; added 1923, 260; R 1927, 297; added 1927, 297; NCL § 9370]—(NRS A 1985, 797)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 73 - Small Claims › NRS 73.050 - Attorney’s fee on appeal to district court.

The prevailing party on an appeal to the district court shall be awarded an attorney fee by the district court not to exceed the sum of $15.
[Part 1911 CPA § 874j; added 1923, 260; R 1927, 297; added 1927, 297; NCL § 9373]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 74 - Contempts › NRS 74.040 - Punishment for contempt.

A justice may punish for contempt for the same acts or omissions, in the same manner and with the same effects as is provided for judges in chapter 22 of NRS.
[1911 CPA § 856; RL § 5798; NCL § 9345]—(NRS A 1975, 510)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 75 - General Provisions › NRS 75.020 - "Deliver" and "delivery" defined.

"Deliver" or "delivery" means any method of delivery used in conventional commercial practice, including, without limitation, delivery by hand, mail, commercial delivery and, if authorized in accordance with NRS 75.150, by electronic transmission.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2765)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 75 - General Provisions › NRS 75.040 - "Electronic record" defined.

"Electronic record" means information that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in paper form through an automated process used in conventional commercial practice or, if authorized in accordance with subsection 8 of NRS 75.150, is otherwise retrievable in perceivable form.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2765)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 75 - General Provisions › NRS 75.050 - "Electronic transmission" and "electronically transmitted" defined.

"Electronic transmission" or "electronically transmitted" means any form or process of communication not directly involving the physical transfer of paper or another tangible medium, including, without limitation, any form or process of communication through the use of or participation in a blockchain, which:
1. Is suitable for the retention, retrieval and reproduction of information by the recipient; and
2. Is retrievable and reproducible in paper form by the recipient through an automated process used in conventional commercial practice, unless otherwise authorized in accordance with subsection 8 of NRS 75.150.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2766; A 2019, 2821)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 75 - General Provisions › NRS 75.070 - "Sign" and "signature" defined.

"Sign" or "signature" means with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record or identify oneself:
1. To execute or otherwise adopt a tangible symbol, name, word or mark, including, without limitation, any manual, facsimile or confirmed signature; or
2. To attach to or logically associate with an electronic transmission an electronic sound, symbol or process, including, without limitation, an electronic signature, in an electronic transmission.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2766)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 75 - General Provisions › NRS 75.080 - "Street address" defined.

"Street address" of a registered agent means the actual physical location in this State at which a registered agent is available for service of process. As used in this section, "registered agent" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 77.230.
(Added to NRS by 2011, 2766)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 75 - General Provisions › NRS 75.170 - Veterans service organizations and agents and officers thereof exempt from fees.

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a veterans service organization and any agent or officer of a veterans service organization are exempt from any fees imposed pursuant to this title.
2. As used in this section, "veterans service organization" means any organization recognized by the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 5902 for the representation of veterans.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 2784)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 75A - State Business Portal › NRS 75A.150 - Confidentiality of records and files collected by Secretary of State.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 and NRS 239.0115, the records and files collected by the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection 2 of NRS 75A.100 are confidential and privileged. The Secretary of State and any employee of the Secretary of State who is authorized to view or use the information in such records or files:
(a) Shall not disclose any information obtained from such records or files other than specific information contained in the record or file that is deemed a public record; and
(b) May not be required to produce any of the records, files and information for the inspection of any person or governmental entity or for use in any action or proceeding.
2. The records and files collected pursuant to paragraph (f) of subsection 2 of NRS 75A.100 are not confidential and privileged in the following cases:
(a) Testimony by the Secretary of State or any employee of the Secretary of State and the production of records, files and information on behalf of the Secretary of State or a person in any action or proceeding before the Secretary of State or a court in this State if that testimony or the records, files or information, or the facts shown thereby, are directly involved in the action or proceeding.
(b) Delivery to a person or his or her authorized representative of a copy of any document filed by the person pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Publication by a governmental agency of statistics so classified as to prevent the identification of a particular business or document.
(d) Exchanges of information with the Secretary of State or a federal agency in accordance with any agreement made and provided for in such cases, or disclosure in confidence to any federal agency that requests the information for use by the agency in a civil or criminal investigation or prosecution.
(e) Disclosure in confidence to the Attorney General or other legal representative of the State or a federal agency in connection with an action or proceeding relating to a taxpayer, or to any agency of this or any other state or the Federal Government charged with the administration or enforcement of laws relating to workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, public assistance, taxation, labor or gaming or which issues licenses, certificates, registrations, permits or similar types of authorization to conduct a business in this State.
(f) Disclosure by the Secretary of State for the purpose of collection of a debt, fee or obligation owed to the Secretary of State.
(g) A business that submits information to the state business portal and agrees to a provision authorizing the release of information contained in the records and files of the state business portal for a purpose which must be specified in the provision.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2657, 3359)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 75A - State Business Portal › NRS 75A.200 - Powers of Secretary of State: Contracting for certain services.

Within the limit of money authorized to the Secretary of State and subject to the approval of the State Board of Examiners, the Secretary of State may enter into contracts and other lawful agreements with private or public entities to assist the Secretary of State in establishing, operating or maintaining the state business portal and carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2028)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 75.200)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 75A - State Business Portal › NRS 75A.300 - Powers of Secretary of State: Applying for and accepting gifts and grants.

The Secretary of State may apply for and accept any gift, donation, bequest, grant or other source of money to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 2028)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 75.300)