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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.105 - Persons prohibited from defending persons charged with violations of ordinances or state laws.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3 and NRS 7.065:
(a) The Attorney General and every city attorney, district attorney and the deputies and assistants of each, hired or elected to prosecute persons charged with the violation of any ordinance or any law of this State; and
(b) The Legislative Counsel and every attorney employed in the Legislative Counsel Bureau, without the consent of the Legislative Commission,
shall not, during their terms of office or during the time they are so employed, in any court of this State, accept an appointment to defend, agree to defend or undertake the defense of any person charged with the violation of any ordinance or any law of this State.
2. Except as otherwise provided by city charter, a city attorney and his or her deputies and assistants may defend a person in a criminal proceeding with or without compensation if:
(a) The criminal proceeding is held in a jurisdiction outside of the jurisdiction where the attorney serves as a prosecutor;
(b) The attorney obtains the prior consent of the defendant; and
(c) The attorney obtains the prior consent of:
(1) If the attorney is a city attorney, the governing body of the city for which the attorney serves as city attorney; or
(2) If the attorney is a deputy or assistant of a city attorney, the city attorney and the governing body of the city for which the attorney serves as a deputy or assistant city attorney.
3. An attorney who has been appointed to prosecute a person for a limited duration with limited jurisdiction may accept an appointment or otherwise engage in private employment to defend any other person charged with the violation of any ordinance or any law of this State, unless providing the defense would result in a direct, legal or ethical conflict of interests with the attorney’s appointment to prosecute.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 440; A 1971, 1124; 1989, 201; 1995, 406; 2001, 366)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.107 - Attorney acting as real estate broker: Duties; penalties; license.

1. An attorney licensed in this State who performs the functions of a real estate broker in a real estate transaction shall comply with the standards of business ethics that apply to a real estate broker pursuant to chapter 645 of NRS, including, without limitation, such standards set forth in NRS 645.635 and 645.645.
2. An attorney who performs the functions of a real estate broker and who does not comply with the standards of business ethics that apply to a real estate broker as required pursuant to subsection 1 may be disciplined by the State Bar of Nevada pursuant to the rules of the Supreme Court.
3. The provisions of this section do not require an attorney who performs the functions of a real estate broker in a real estate transaction to obtain a license to practice as a real estate broker pursuant to chapter 645 of NRS.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 781)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.111 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 7.111 to 7.175, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 7.112 and 7.113 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 2263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.115 - Appointment of attorney other than public defender prohibited unless public defender disqualified; procedure when public defender disqualified.

A magistrate, master or district court shall not order the appointment of an attorney other than a public defender to represent a person charged with any offense or delinquent act by petition, indictment or information unless the magistrate, master or district court makes a finding, entered into the record of the case, that the public defender is disqualified from furnishing the representation and sets forth the reasons for the disqualification. If the public defender is disqualified, the magistrate, master or district court shall, after making a finding of the disqualification on the record and the reasons therefor, refer the selection of the attorney:
1. In a county whose population is less than 100,000, to the Department or its designee in compliance with the plan of the county for the provision of indigent defense services; or
2. In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, in compliance with the plan of the county for the provision of indigent defense services.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1156; A 1995, 921; 2021, 2263)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.125 - Fees of attorney other than public defender.

1. An attorney, other than a public defender, who is selected pursuant to NRS 7.115 to represent or defend a defendant at any stage of the criminal proceedings from the defendant’s initial appearance before the magistrate or the district court through the appeal, if any, is entitled to receive a fee for court appearances and other time reasonably spent on the matter to which the appointment is made of:
(a) If the compensation of the attorney is subject to the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 180.320, the amount set forth in the regulations adopted by the Board on Indigent Defense Services within the Department of Indigent Defense Services pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 180.320; or
(b) If the compensation of the attorney is not subject to the provisions of subsection 3 of NRS 180.320, $125 per hour in cases in which the death penalty is sought and $100 per hour in all other cases.
2. Except for cases in which the most serious crime is a felony punishable by death or by imprisonment for life with or without possibility of parole, this section does not preclude a governmental entity from contracting with a private attorney who agrees to provide such services for a lesser rate of compensation.
[1:86:1875; A 1911, 318; 1945, 103; 1943 NCL § 11357] + [2:86:1875; BH § 2421; C § 2456; RL § 7541; NCL § 11358]—(NRS A 1963, 510; 1964, 8; 1965, 598; 1967, 1468; 1969, 478; 1973, 168; 1975, 1153; 1977, 419, 875; 1981, 874; 1983, 109, 1095; 1985, 1023, 1024; 1987, 1295; 1991, 2077; 1993, 2465; 2003, 442; 2013, 1731; 2021, 2263; 2023, 1890)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.135 - Reimbursement for expenses; employment of investigative, expert or other services.

1. An attorney who is selected pursuant to NRS 7.115 to represent a defendant is entitled, in addition to the fee provided by NRS 7.125 for the attorney’s services, to be reimbursed for expenses reasonably incurred by the attorney in representing the defendant and may employ such investigative, expert or other services as may be necessary for an adequate defense:
(a) In a county whose population is less than 100,000, subject to the prior approval of the Department or its designee and in compliance with the plan of the county for the provision of indigent defense services; or
(b) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, in compliance with the plan of the county for the provision of indigent defense services.
2. If a claim for compensation and expenses made pursuant to subsection 1 is denied, the claim may be:
(a) Certified by the trial judge of the court, or by the magistrate if the services were rendered in connection with a case disposed of entirely before the magistrate, as necessary to provide fair compensation for services of an unusual character or duration; and
(b) Approved by the presiding judge of the judicial district in which the attorney was appointed or, if there is no presiding judge, by the district judge who holds seniority in years of service in office.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1155; A 1981, 875; 1983, 110; 2003, 443; 2021, 2264)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.145 - Claim for compensation and expenses.

1. A claim for compensation and expenses made pursuant to NRS 7.125 or 7.135 must not be paid unless it is submitted within 60 days after the representation is terminated:
(a) In a county whose population is less than 100,000, to the Department or its designee in compliance with the plan of the county for the provision of indigent defense services; or
(b) In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, in compliance with the plan of the county for the provision of indigent defense services.
2. Each claim must be:
(a) Supported by a sworn statement specifying the time expended in court, the services rendered out of court and the time expended therein, the expenses incurred while the case was pending and the compensation and reimbursement applied for or received in the same case from any other source.
(b) Reviewed and, if necessary, modified and paid in compliance with the plan of the county for the provision of indigent defense services.
3. Any dispute regarding the approval, denial or modification of a claim may be reviewed by the trial court based upon reasonable and necessary standards.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1156; A 1977, 420; 1987, 1296; 2021, 2265)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.155 - Payment of compensation and expenses from county treasury or money appropriated to State Public Defender.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 180.008, the compensation and expenses of an attorney appointed to represent a defendant must be paid from the county treasury unless the proceedings are based upon a postconviction petition for habeas corpus challenging a judgment of conviction or sentence, in which case the compensation and expenses must be paid from money appropriated to the Office of State Public Defender, but after the appropriation for such expenses is exhausted, money must be allocated to the Office of State Public Defender from the reserve for statutory contingency account for the payment of such compensation and expenses.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1155; A 1991, 90, 1750, 1825; 2023, 1636, 1890)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.165 - Payment of compensation and expenses by defendant.

If at any time after the appointment of an attorney or attorneys the magistrate or the district court finds that money is available for payment from or on behalf of the defendant so that the defendant is financially able to obtain private counsel or to make partial payment for such representation, the magistrate or the district court may:
1. Terminate the appointment of such attorney or attorneys; or
2. Direct that such money be paid to:
(a) The appointed attorney or attorneys, in which event any compensation provided for in NRS 7.125 shall be reduced by the amount of the money so paid, and no such attorney may otherwise request or accept any payment or promise of payment for representing such defendant; or
(b) The clerk of the district court for deposit in the county treasury, if all of the compensation and expenses in connection with the representation of such defendant were paid from the county treasury, and remittance to the Office of State Public Defender, if such compensation and expenses were paid partly from moneys appropriated to the Office of State Public Defender and the money received exceeds the amount of compensation and expenses paid from the county treasury.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1155; A 1977, 420)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.175 - Compensation and expenses on new trial.

For the purposes of compensation and other payments authorized by NRS 7.125 to 7.165, inclusive, an order by a court granting a new trial shall be deemed to initiate a new case.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1156)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.275 - Continuation as public corporation; powers; rules of Supreme Court.

1. The State Bar of Nevada, a public corporation heretofore created by statute, is hereby continued under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the Supreme Court.
2. The State Bar of Nevada has perpetual succession and a seal and it may sue and be sued. It may, for the purpose of carrying into effect and promoting its objectives:
(a) Make contracts.
(b) Own, hold, use, manage and deal in and with real and personal property.
(c) Do all other acts incidental to the foregoing or necessary or expedient for the administration of its affairs and the attainment of its purposes.
3. Rules for the government of the State Bar of Nevada shall be made by the Supreme Court pursuant to NRS 2.120.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 385)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 7 - Attorneys and Counselors at Law › NRS 7.285 - Unlawful practice of law; criminal penalties; initiation of civil action by State Bar of Nevada.

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 125E.310, a person shall not practice law in this state if the person:
(a) Is not an active member of the State Bar of Nevada or otherwise authorized to practice law in this state pursuant to the rules of the Supreme Court; or
(b) Is suspended or has been disbarred from membership in the State Bar of Nevada pursuant to the rules of the Supreme Court.
2. A person who violates any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of:
(a) For a first offense within the immediately preceding 7 years, a misdemeanor.
(b) For a second offense within the immediately preceding 7 years, a gross misdemeanor.
(c) For a third and any subsequent offense within the immediately preceding 7 years, a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
3. The State Bar of Nevada may bring a civil action to secure an injunction and any other appropriate relief against a person who violates this section.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 385; A 1999, 1333; 2023, 2257)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 10 - General Provisions › NRS 10.010 - Definitions.

As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 10.015 to 10.125, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
[Part 1911 CPA § 533; RL § 5475; NCL § 9022]—(NRS A 1977, 181; 1985, 499)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 10 - General Provisions › NRS 10.015 - "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, 181; 1985, 499)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 10 - General Provisions › NRS 10.045 - "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, 181; 1985, 499)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 10 - General Provisions › NRS 10.085 - "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, 181; 1985, 499)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 10 - General Provisions › NRS 10.115 - "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, 181; 1985, 499)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 10 - General Provisions › NRS 10.135 - 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, 181; 1985, 499)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 10 - General Provisions › NRS 10.145 - 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, 181; 1985, 499)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 10 - General Provisions › NRS 10.155 - Legal residence.

Unless otherwise provided by specific statute, the legal residence of a person with reference to the person’s right of naturalization, right to maintain or defend any suit at law or in equity, or any other right dependent on residence, is that place where the person has been physically present within the State or county, as the case may be, during all of the period for which residence is claimed by the person. Should any person absent himself or herself from the jurisdiction of his or her residence with the intention in good faith to return without delay and continue his or her residence, the time of such absence is not considered in determining the fact of residence.
[Part 1:158:1911; RL § 3609; NCL § 6405]—(NRS A 1981, 1861)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 10.020)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 10 - General Provisions › NRS 10.165 - Performance of secular acts.

Whenever any act of a secular nature, other than a work of necessity or mercy, is appointed by law or contract to be performed upon a particular day, which day falls upon a holiday or a nonjudicial day, it may be performed upon the next business day with the same effect as if it had been performed upon the day appointed; and if such act is to be performed at a particular hour it may be performed at the same hour of the next business day.
[1:61:1913; 1919 RL p. 3351; NCL § 9408]—(Substituted in revision for NRS 10.030)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 10 - General Provisions › NRS 10.175 - Seals of public offices: Impressions on documents.

A seal of a public office, when required to any writ or process or proceeding, or to authenticate a copy of any record or document, may be impressed with wax, wafer, or any other substance, and then attached to the writ, process or proceeding, or to the copy of the record or document, or it may be impressed on the paper alone.
[1911 CPA § 539; RL § 5481; NCL § 9028]—(NRS A 2011, 710)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 10 - General Provisions › NRS 10.185 - Voidability of release of liability given in connection with claim for personal injury sustained by releasor.

1. A release of liability given in connection with any claim for personal injury sustained by a releasor is voidable by a releasor within 60 days after its signing by the releasor, if the releasor signed the release:
(a) Within 30 days after the event that initially caused his or her injury; and
(b) Without the assistance or guidance of an attorney.
2. To void the release of liability pursuant to subsection 1, the releasor shall:
(a) Sign a written notice disclosing the election of the releasor to void the release; and
(b) Within 10 days after signing the notice:
(1) Send the original notice or a signed copy of the notice to the releasee; and
(2) Return any consideration paid by the releasee.
3. A release of liability is void on the date that the notice and any consideration described in subsection 2 are received by the releasee.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Personal injury" means any mental or physical injury. The term does not include property damage.
(b) "Release of liability" means an agreement executed between a releasor and releasee.
(c) "Releasee" means a party who is being released by the releasor from any claim described in subsection 1.
(d) "Releasor" means a party who agrees to release the releasee from any claim described in subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 2499)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 10 - General Provisions › NRS 10.195 - Prohibition of provisions in settlement agreement prohibiting or restricting disclosure of certain information; exceptions.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 233.190:
1. A settlement agreement must not contain a provision that prohibits or otherwise restricts a party from disclosing factual information relating to a claim in a civil or administrative action if the claim relates to any of the following:
(a) Conduct that if criminal liability were imposed would constitute a sexual offense pursuant to NRS 179D.097 and would be punishable as a felony, regardless of whether there was a criminal investigation, prosecution or conviction of such conduct;
(b) Discrimination on the basis of sex by an employer or a landlord; or
(c) Retaliation by an employer or a landlord against the claimant for his or her reporting of discrimination on the basis of sex.
2. If a settlement agreement is entered into on or after July 1, 2019, any provision in such an agreement that prohibits or otherwise restricts a party from disclosing factual information pursuant to subsection 1 is void and unenforceable.
3. A court shall not enter an order that prohibits or otherwise restricts the disclosure of factual information in a manner that conflicts with subsection 1.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, upon the request of the claimant, the settlement agreement must contain a provision that prohibits the disclosure of:
(a) The identity of the claimant; and
(b) Any facts relating to the action that could lead to the disclosure of the identity of the claimant.
5. If a governmental agency or a public officer is a party to the settlement agreement pursuant to subsection 1, a claimant shall not request and the settlement agreement must not contain a provision pursuant to subsection 4.
6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit:
(a) A court from considering any pleading or other record to determine the factual basis of a civil claim pursuant to subsection 1; or
(b) An entry or enforcement of a provision in a settlement agreement pursuant to subsection 1 that prohibits disclosure by a party of the settlement amount.
7. As used in this section:
(a) "Claimant" means a person who filed a claim in a civil action or an administrative action pursuant to subsection 1.
(b) "Employer" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 33.220.
(c) "Landlord" means an owner of real property, or the owner’s representative, who provides a dwelling unit on the real property for occupancy by another for valuable consideration.
(Added to NRS by 2019, 800)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.020 - Effect of laws of limitation of other states or countries.

When a cause of action has arisen in another state, or in a foreign country, and by the laws thereof an action thereon cannot there be maintained against a person by reason of the lapse of time, an action thereon shall not be maintained against the person in this State, except in favor of a citizen thereof who has held the cause of action from the time it accrued.
[1911 CPA § 5; RL § 4947; NCL § 8504]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.030 - When action cannot be brought by grantee from this State.

No action can be brought for or in respect to real property by any person claiming under letters patent, or grants from this State, unless the same might have been commenced by the State as herein specified in case such patent had not been issued or grant made.
[1911 CPA § 36; RL § 4948; NCL § 8505]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.040 - When actions by State or its grantees are to be brought within 7 years.

When letters patent or grants of real property issued or made by this state are declared void by the determination of a competent court, an action for the recovery of the property so conveyed may be brought, either by the State, or by any subsequent patentee or grantee of the property, his or her heirs or assigns, within 7 years after such determination, but not after that period.
[1911 CPA § 7; RL § 4949; NCL § 8506]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.060 - Action for recovery of mining claims: Occupation and possession; other applicable provisions.

1. No action for the recovery of mining claims, or for the recovery of the possession thereof, shall be maintained, unless it appears that the plaintiff, or those through or from whom the plaintiff claims, were seized or possessed of such mining claim, or were the owners thereof, according to the laws and customs of the district embracing the same, within 2 years before the commencement of such action.
2. Occupation and adverse possession of a mining claim shall consist in holding and working the same, in the usual and customary mode of holding and working similar claims in the vicinity thereof.
3. All of the provisions of this chapter which apply to other real estate, so far as applicable, shall be deemed to include and apply to mining claims; provided,
(a) That in such application "2 years" shall be held to be the period intended whenever the term "5 years" is used; and
(b) That when the terms "legal title" or "title" are used, they shall be held to include title acquired by location or occupation, according to the usages, laws and customs of the district embracing the claim.
[1911 CPA § 9; RL § 4951; NCL § 8508]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.070 - No cause of action effectual unless party or predecessor seized or possessed within 5 years.

No cause of action or defense to an action, founded upon the title to real property, or to rents or to services out of the same, shall be effectual, unless it appears that the person prosecuting the action or making the defense, or under whose title the action is prosecuted or the defense is made, or the ancestor, predecessor, or grantor of such person, was seized or possessed of the premises in question within 5 years before the committing of the act in respect to which said action is prosecuted or defense made.
[1911 CPA § 10; RL § 4952; NCL § 8509]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.080 - Seisin within 5 years; when necessary in action for real property.

No action for the recovery of real property, or for the recovery of the possession thereof other than mining claims, shall be maintained, unless it appears that the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s ancestor, predecessor or grantor was seized or possessed of the premises in question, within 5 years before the commencement thereof.
[1911 CPA § 11; RL § 4953; NCL § 8510]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.090 - Peaceable entry; when not valid as claim.

No peaceable entry upon real estate shall be deemed sufficient and valid as a claim, unless an action be commenced by the plaintiff for possession within 1 year from the making of such entry, or within 5 years from the time when the right to bring such action accrued.
[1911 CPA § 12; RL § 4954; NCL § 8511]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.100 - Possession presumed in legal owner unless adversely held.

In every action for the recovery of real property, or the possession thereof, the person establishing a legal title to the premises shall be presumed to have been possessed thereof within the time prescribed by law; and the occupation of such premises by any other person shall be deemed to have been under and in subordination to the legal title, unless it shall appear:
1. That is has been protected by a substantial enclosure; or
2. That it has been cultivated or improved in accordance with the usual and ordinary methods of husbandry.
[1911 CPA § 13; RL § 4955; NCL § 8512]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.110 - Occupation under written instrument or judgment; when deemed adverse.

Whenever it shall appear that the occupant, or those under whom the occupant claims, entered into the possession of premises, under claim of title, exclusive of any other right, founding such claim upon a written instrument as being a conveyance of the premises in question, or upon the decree or judgment of a competent court, and that there has been a continued occupation and possession of the premises included in such instrument, decree, or judgment, or of some part of such premises, under such claim, for 5 years, the premises so included shall be deemed to have been held adversely, except that where the premises so included consists of a tract divided into lots, the possession of one lot shall not be deemed a possession of any other lot of the same tract.
[1911 CPA § 14; RL § 4956; NCL § 8513]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.120 - What constitutes adverse possession under written instrument or judgment.

For the purpose of constituting adverse possession by any person claiming a title, founded upon a written instrument or judgment or decree, land shall be deemed to have been possessed and occupied in the following cases:
1. Where it has been usually cultivated or improved.
2. Where it has been protected by a substantial enclosure.
3. Where, though not enclosed, it has been used for the supply of fuel, or of fencing timber, for the purpose of husbandry; or for the use of pasturage, or for ordinary uses of the occupant.
4. Where a known farm or single lot has been partly improved, the portion of such farm or lot that may have been left not cleared, or not enclosed according to the usual course and custom of the adjoining country, shall be deemed to have been occupied for the same length of time as the part improved and cultivated.
[1911 CPA § 15; RL § 4957; NCL § 8514]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.130 - Premises actually occupied under claim of title deemed to be held adversely.

Where it appears that there has been an actual continued occupation of premises, under a claim of title, exclusive of any other right, but not founded upon a written instrument, or a judgment or decree, the premises so actually occupied, and no other, shall be deemed to have been held adversely.
[1911 CPA § 16; RL § 4958; NCL § 8515]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.140 - What constitutes adverse possession under claim of title not founded on written instrument.

For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession, by a person claiming title, not founded upon a written instrument, judgment or decree, land shall be deemed to have been possessed and occupied in the following cases only:
1. Where it has been protected by a substantial enclosure.
2. Where it has been usually cultivated or improved.
[1911 CPA § 17; RL § 4959; NCL § 8516]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.150 - Additional requirements for adverse possession: Occupation continuously for 5 years; payment of taxes.

In no case shall adverse possession be considered established unless it be shown, in addition to the requirements of NRS 11.120 or 11.140, that the land has been occupied and claimed for the period of 5 years, continuously, and that the party or persons, their predecessors and grantors have paid all taxes, state, county and municipal, which may have been levied and assessed against the land for the period mentioned, or have tendered payment thereof.
[1911 CPA § 18; A 1937, 26; 1931 NCL § 8517]—(NRS A 1957, 321)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.160 - Relation of landlord and tenant as affecting adverse possession.

Whenever the relation of landlord and tenant shall have existed between any persons, the possession of the tenant shall be deemed the possession of the landlord until the expiration of 5 years from the expiration of the tenancy, or, where there has been no written lease, until the expiration of 5 years from the time of the last payment of rent, notwithstanding that such tenant may have acquired another title, or may have claimed to hold adversely to the landlord. But such presumptions shall not be made after the periods herein limited.
[1911 CPA § 19; RL § 4961; NCL § 8518]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.165 - Easement by prescription when owner opens land for use by public for pedestrian access and improves land for that specific purpose.

1. If an owner of land opens his or her land for use by the public for pedestrian access and has improved such land for that specific purpose, no such use by any person or the public, no matter for how long of a period, of any land shall ever ripen into an easement by prescription, if the owner of the land posts at each entrance to the land or at intervals of not more than 200 feet along the boundary of such land a sign reading substantially as follows:
Right to pass by permission, and subject to control, of owner: NRS 11.165.
2. Regardless of whether an owner of land has recorded a notice pursuant to NRS 111.3655 or has posted signs on such land pursuant to subsection 1, if an owner of land opens his or her land for use by the public for pedestrian access and has improved such land for that specific purpose, no such use of such land by any person or the public on or after October 1, 2017, shall ever ripen to confer upon the public or any governmental entity a vested right to continue to make such use permanently, in the absence of an express written grant of easement or other conveyance of such land for such use, or irrevocable offer of dedication of such property for such use, made by the owner, which has been accepted by the governmental entity to which the offer of dedication was made.
3. The governing body of any city or county pursuant to the powers granted in NRS 278.010 to 278.630, inclusive, may by ordinance establish provisions governing the size, placement and composition of a sign posted by an owner of land pursuant to subsection 1.
4. As used in this section, "governmental entity" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 363C.040.
(Added to NRS by 2017, 3033)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.170 - Right of possession not affected by descent cast.

The right of a person to the possession of any real property shall not be impaired or affected by a descent being cast in consequence of the death of a person in possession of such property.
[1911 CPA § 20; RL § 4962; NCL § 8519]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.180 - Certain disabilities excluded from time to commence actions.

If a person entitled to commence an action for the recovery of real property, or for the recovery of the possession thereof, or to make any entry or defense founded on the title to real property or to rents or services out of the same, be at the time such title shall first descend or accrue, either:
1. Within the age of majority; or
2. Insane; or
3. Imprisoned on a criminal charge, or in execution upon conviction of a criminal offense, for a term less than for life,
the time during which such disability continues is not deemed any portion of the time in this chapter limited for the commencement of such actions, or the making of such entry or defense, but such action may be commenced or entry or defense made, within the period of 2 years after such disability shall cease, or after the death of the person entitled, who shall die under such disability, but such action shall not be commenced, or entry or defense made, after that period.
[1911 CPA § 24; RL § 4966; NCL § 8523]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.200 - Computation of time.

1. The time in NRS 11.190 shall be deemed to date from the last transaction or the last item charged or last credit given; and whenever any payment on principal or interest has been or shall be made upon an existing contract, whether it be a bill of exchange, promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness if such payment be made after the same shall have become due, the limitation shall commence from the time the last payment was made.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any payment on a debt, affirmation of a debt or other activity taken relating to a debt by a debtor after the time in NRS 11.190 has expired does not revive the applicable limitation.
[1911 CPA § 26; RL § 4968; NCL § 8525]—(NRS A 2023, 3606)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.201 - Actions for common-law wrongful termination of employment.

1. An action in tort for common-law wrongful termination of employment must be commenced within 2 years after the date of the termination of employment.
2. The time limitation set forth in subsection 1 is tolled from the date that an administrative complaint relating to the termination of employment is filed with a federal or state agency until 93 days after the conclusion of the administrative proceedings concerning the complaint.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 723)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.202 - Actions for damages for injury or wrongful death caused by deficiency in construction of improvements to real property.

1. No action may be commenced against the owner, occupier or any person performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision or observation of construction, or the construction of an improvement to real property more than 10 years after the substantial completion of such an improvement, for the recovery of damages for:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, any deficiency in the design, planning, supervision or observation of construction or the construction of such an improvement;
(b) Injury to real or personal property caused by any such deficiency; or
(c) Injury to or the wrongful death of a person caused by any such deficiency.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an action may be commenced against the owner, occupier or any person performing or furnishing the design, planning, supervision or observation of construction, or the construction of an improvement to real property at any time after the substantial completion of such an improvement, for the recovery of damages for any act of fraud in causing a deficiency in the design, planning, supervision or observation of construction or the construction of such an improvement. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to any lower-tiered subcontractor who performs work that covers up a defect or deficiency in another contractor’s trade if the lower-tiered subcontractor does not know, and should not reasonably know, of the existence of the alleged defect or deficiency at the time of performing such work. As used in this subsection, "lower-tiered subcontractor" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 624.608.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply:
(a) To a claim for indemnity or contribution.
(b) In an action brought against:
(1) The owner or keeper of any hotel, inn, motel, motor court, boardinghouse or lodging house in this State on account of his or her liability as an innkeeper.
(2) Any person on account of a defect in a product.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1238; A 2015, 17; 2019, 2262)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.2055 - Actions for damages for injury or wrongful death caused by deficiency in construction of improvements to real property: Determination of date of substantial completion of improvement to real property.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, for the purposes of this section and NRS 11.202, the date of substantial completion of an improvement to real property shall be deemed to be the date on which:
(a) The final building inspection of the improvement is conducted;
(b) A notice of completion is issued for the improvement; or
(c) A certificate of occupancy is issued for the improvement,
whichever occurs later.
2. If none of the events described in subsection 1 occurs, the date of substantial completion of an improvement to real property must be determined by the rules of the common law.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 1444; A 2015, 17)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.207 - Malpractice actions against attorneys and veterinarians.

1. An action against an attorney or veterinarian to recover damages for malpractice, whether based on a breach of duty or contract, must be commenced within 4 years after the plaintiff sustains damage or within 2 years after the plaintiff discovers or through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered the material facts which constitute the cause of action, whichever occurs earlier.
2. This time limitation is tolled for any period during which the attorney or veterinarian conceals any act, error or omission upon which the action is founded and which is known or through the use of reasonable diligence should have been known to the attorney or veterinarian.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 1023; A 1997, 478)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.2075 - Malpractice actions against accountants.

1. An action against an accountant or accounting firm to recover damages for malpractice must be commenced within:
(a) Two years after the date on which the alleged act, error or omission is discovered or should have been discovered through the use of reasonable diligence;
(b) Four years after completion of performance of the service for which the action is brought; or
(c) Four years after the date of the initial issuance of the report prepared by the accountant or accounting firm regarding the financial statements or other information,
whichever occurs earlier.
2. The time limitation set forth in subsection 1 is tolled for any period during which the accountant or accounting firm conceals the act, error or omission upon which the action is founded and which is known or through the use of reasonable diligence should have been known to the accountant or the firm.
3. As used in this section, "accountant" means a person certified or registered as a public accountant pursuant to chapter 628 of NRS who holds a live permit, as defined in NRS 628.019.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 478)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.208 - Action by contractor against Department of Transportation upon contract for construction, reconstruction, improvement or maintenance of highway.

An action by a contractor against the Department of Transportation upon a contract for the construction, reconstruction, improvement or maintenance of a highway must be commenced within 3 years after the date of the:
1. Completion of the contract; or
2. Determination of the engineer or decision of the Board of Directors of the Department of Transportation on an appeal of a claim arising from the contract as provided in the standard specifications for construction of roads and bridges adopted by the Department,
whichever occurs later.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 631; A 1989, 1313)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.209 - Actions against original contractors by employees of subcontractors or other contractors acting under, by or for original contractors for wages, contributions, premiums, benefits or other indebtedness.

1. No action against an original contractor for the recovery of wages due an employee of a subcontractor or other contractor acting under, by or for the original contractor, or contributions, premiums or benefits required to be made or paid on account of the employee, or any other indebtedness for labor performed by the employee owed to an employee may be commenced more than 2 years after the date the indebtedness for labor should have been made or paid by the subcontractor.
2. As used in this section, "original contractor" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 608.150.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1350; A 2015, 1932; 2017, 1210)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.2095 - Action to recover payment for money owed to hospital.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, an action against a person to recover payment for any amount owed to a hospital for hospital care provided to the person at the hospital must be commenced not later than 4 years after the date on which any payment that is due for the services is not paid.
2. The period provided in subsection 1 is tolled during any periods in which the hospital is awaiting a determination concerning eligibility for, or the amount of, benefits from an insurer or public program and during any periods in which payments are being made.
3. As used in this section, "hospital care" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 428.155.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 1498)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.210 - Mutual open accounts; accrual of cause of action.

In an action brought to recover a balance due upon a mutual, open and current account, where there have been reciprocal demands between the parties, the cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued from the time of the last item proved in the account on either side.
[1911 CPA § 27; RL § 4969; NCL § 8526]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.215 - Actions for damages for injury arising from sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of minor; actions involving injury arising from appearance of minor in pornography.

1. An action to recover damages for an injury to a person arising from the sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of the plaintiff which occurred when the plaintiff was less than 18 years of age may be commenced against the alleged perpetrator or person convicted of the sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of the plaintiff at any time after the sexual abuse or sexual exploitation occurred. In such an action, if the alleged injury to the plaintiff is the result of a series of two or more acts constituting sexual abuse or sexual exploitation, the plaintiff is not required to identify which specific act in the series of acts caused the alleged injury.
2. An action to recover damages pursuant to NRS 41.1396 may be commenced at any time.
3. An action to recover damages pursuant to NRS 41.13965 must be commenced within 20 years after the plaintiff reaches 18 years of age.
4. As used in this section:
(a) "Sexual abuse" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.100.
(b) "Sexual exploitation" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.110.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 117; A 1993, 254, 455, 456; 2009, 2663; 2017, 483; 2021, 1585)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.217 - Actions for damages for injury arising from sexual assault of adult.

1. An action to recover damages for an injury to a person arising from the sexual assault of the plaintiff which occurred when the plaintiff was 18 years of age or older may be commenced against the alleged perpetrator or person convicted of the sexual assault at any time after the sexual assault occurred. In such an action, if the alleged injury to the plaintiff is the result of a series of two or more acts constituting sexual assault, the plaintiff is not required to identify which specific act in the series of acts caused the alleged injury.
2. As used in this section, "sexual assault" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 200.366.
(Added to NRS by 2023, 581)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.220 - Action for relief not otherwise provided for.

An action for relief, not hereinbefore provided for, must be commenced within 4 years after the cause of action shall have accrued, regardless of whether the underlying cause of action is analogous to that of any other cause of action with a statute of limitations expressly prescribed by law.
[1911 CPA § 28; RL § 4970; NCL § 8527]—(NRS A 2021, 723)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 11 - Limitation of Actions › NRS 11.245 - Actions brought by Attorney General for deceptive trade practices.

There is no limitation on the time in which an action brought by the Attorney General against a person alleged to have committed a deceptive trade practice in violation of NRS 598.0903 to 598.0999, inclusive, other than a deceptive trade practice of the type described in NRS 598.09235, may be commenced.
(Added to NRS by 2021, 1353)