Nevada Code — 2
Browse 338 sections in division 2 of the Nevada code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 10.010. Definitions
- § 10.015. “Affinity” defined
- § 10.025. “Month” defined
- § 10.035. “Oath” defined
- § 10.045. “Personal property” defined
- § 10.055. “Process” defined
- § 10.065. “Property” defined
- § 10.075. “Real property” defined
- § 10.085. “State” defined
- § 10.095. “United States” defined
- § 10.105. “Will” defined
- § 10.115. “Writ” defined
- § 10.125. “Writing” defined
- § 10.135. Interpretation
- § 10.145. Signature by mark
- § 10.155. Legal residence
- § 10.165. Performance of secular acts
- § 10.175. Seals of public offices: Impressions on documents
- § 10.185. Voidability of release of liability given in connection with claim for personal injury sustained by releasor
- § 10.195. Prohibition of provisions in settlement agreement prohibiting or restricting disclosure of certain information; exceptions
- § 11.010. Commencement of civil actions
- § 11.020. Effect of laws of limitation of other states or countries
- § 11.030. When action cannot be brought by grantee from this State
- § 11.040. When actions by State or its grantees are to be brought within 7 years
- § 11.060. Action for recovery of mining claims: Occupation and possession; other applicable provisions
- § 11.070. No cause of action effectual unless party or predecessor seized or possessed within 5 years
- § 11.080. Seisin within 5 years; when necessary in action for real property
- § 11.090. Peaceable entry; when not valid as claim
- § 11.100. Possession presumed in legal owner unless adversely held
- § 11.110. Occupation under written instrument or judgment; when deemed adverse
- § 11.120. What constitutes adverse possession under written instrument or judgment
- § 11.130. Premises actually occupied under claim of title deemed to be held adversely
- § 11.140. What constitutes adverse possession under claim of title not founded on written instrument
- § 11.150. Additional requirements for adverse possession: Occupation continuously for 5 years; payment of taxes
- § 11.160. Relation of landlord and tenant as affecting adverse possession
- § 11.165. Easement by prescription when owner opens land for use by public for pedestrian access and improves land for that specific purpose
- § 11.170. Right of possession not affected by descent cast
- § 11.180. Certain disabilities excluded from time to commence actions
- § 11.190. Periods of limitation
- § 11.200. Computation of time
- § 11.201. Actions for common-law wrongful termination of employment
- § 11.202. Actions for damages for injury or wrongful death caused by deficiency in construction of improvements to real property
- § 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
- § 11.207. Malpractice actions against attorneys and veterinarians
- § 11.2075. Malpractice actions against accountants
- § 11.208. Action by contractor against Department of Transportation upon contract for construction, reconstruction, improvement or maintenance of highway
- § 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
- § 11.2095. Action to recover payment for money owed to hospital
- § 11.210. Mutual open accounts; accrual of cause of action
- § 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
- § 11.217. Actions for damages for injury arising from sexual assault of adult
- § 11.220. Action for relief not otherwise provided for
- § 11.245. Actions brought by Attorney General for deceptive trade practices
- § 11.250. Disabilities preventing running of statute
- § 11.255. Actions by or on behalf of this State
- § 11.256. Definitions
- § 11.2565. “Action involving nonresidential construction” defined
- § 11.257. “Complainant” defined
- § 11.258. Attorney required to consult expert; required affidavit of attorney; required report of expert
- § 11.259. Effect of compliance with or failure to comply with NRS 11.258
- § 11.260. Action to recover estate sold by guardian
- § 11.270. Action to recover estate sold by executor or administrator
- § 11.275. Action against estate for which letters of administration have not been issued
- § 11.280. Legal disability prevents running of statute
- § 11.290. No limitation of action for deposit of money or property; exception
- § 11.300. Absence from State suspends running of statute
- § 11.310. Death of person entitled to bring action before limitation expires; death of person against whom an action may be brought
- § 11.320. Statute suspended when person against whom cause of action exists dies out of State
- § 11.330. Action by enemy alien; war suspends limitation
- § 11.340. Reversal of judgment; new action to be brought within 1 year
- § 11.350. Action stayed by injunction
- § 11.360. Disability must exist when right of action accrued
- § 11.370. Coexisting disabilities must be removed
- § 11.380. Actions against directors or stockholders of corporations
- § 11.390. Acknowledgment or new promise must be in writing; exception
- § 11.500. Recommencement of actions dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction
- § 12.010. Assignment of thing in action not to prejudice defense
- § 12.015. Actions involving indigent persons
- § 12.020. Actions by married couple
- § 12.030. Defense of actions against married couple
- § 12.040. Deserted spouse as a party
- § 12.050. Appointment of guardian ad litem
- § 12.070. Parent or guardian may maintain action for seduction
- § 12.080. Parent or guardian may maintain action for injury of minor child
- § 12.100. Action not to abate by death of any party after verdict
- § 12.105. State and local governmental agencies may be sued without naming members of their governing bodies; service
- § 12.107. Limitation on commencement of lawsuit against manufacturer or distributor of firearm or ammunition or trade association related to firearms or ammunition; exception for breach of contract or warranty
- § 12.110. Associates may be sued by name of association; summons; judgment to bind joint property
- § 12.120. Unknown heirs to real property may be made parties; allegations and proof that names and residences of heirs are unknown
- § 12.130. Intervention: Right to intervention; procedure, determination and costs; exception
- § 13.010. Where actions are to be commenced
- § 13.020. Venue of actions for recovery of penalties and forfeitures; actions against public officers; actions against State of Nevada
- § 13.030. Venue of actions by or against counties
- § 13.040. Venue in other cases
- § 13.050. Cases in which venue may be changed
- § 13.060. Transfer of cases for trial to other counties within judicial district when actions uncontested; stipulations
- § 14.010. Notice of pendency of actions affecting real property: Recording
- § 14.015. Notice of pendency of actions affecting real property: Hearing; cancellation; bond
- § 14.017. Notice of pendency of actions affecting real property: Transferability of property after withdrawal or cancellation
- § 14.020. Artificial persons doing business in this State to appoint registered agents; service of process, demand or notice; fine for failure to staff street address of registered agent
- § 14.025. Certain requirements for proof of service of process filed with court
- § 14.027. Effect of filing service of process by unlicensed process server
- § 14.030. Service of process when artificial person fails to appoint registered agent or when street address of registered agent is not staffed
- § 14.040. Service by publication on unknown heirs; plaintiff to file affidavit before entry of judgment
- § 14.050. Service by publication on unknown parties generally
- § 14.060. Proceedings where there are several defendants and part only are served
- § 14.065. Exercise of jurisdiction on any basis consistent with State and Federal Constitutions; service of summons to confer jurisdiction
- § 14.070. Service of process on operator of motor vehicle involved in crash
- § 14.075. Service of process on short-term lessor of vehicles where short-term lessee not United States resident
- § 14.080. Service of process on foreign manufacturers, producers and suppliers of products
- § 14.090. Service of process at residence accessible only through gate
- § 15.010. Verification of pleadings
- § 15.030. Transfer of motion when judge unable to hear parties
- § 15.040. Enforcement of order for payment of money
- § 15.050. Vacation or modification of order made out of court without notice
- § 16.010. Motion to postpone trial on ground of absence of evidence
- § 16.020. Depositions of witnesses in case of postponement; actions involving title to mining claims
- § 16.025. Preferences in setting date for trial: Party 70 years of age or older; party seriously ill; defendant convicted of crime punishable as felony; wrongful conviction of felony
- § 16.030. Drawing and examination of jurors; administration of oath or affirmation
- § 16.040. Challenges to jurors; peremptory challenges
- § 16.050. Grounds for challenges for cause
- § 16.060. Challenges for cause tried by court
- § 16.070. Jury to be sworn; court may order jury into custody of officer
- § 16.080. Discharge and replacement of jurors who become unable or disqualified to perform duties
- § 16.090. Order of proceedings after jury has been sworn
- § 16.100. Jury may view property or premises
- § 16.110. Instructions to jury
- § 16.120. Deliberation of jury: How and where conducted
- § 16.130. Jury may take papers, materials and notes of testimony when retiring for deliberation
- § 16.140. Jury may come into court for further instructions
- § 16.150. Action may be tried again when jury discharged or prevented from giving verdict
- § 16.160. Court may adjourn from time to time while jury absent; sealed verdict
- § 16.170. Verdict of jury
- § 16.180. Proceedings when verdict informal
- § 16.190. Polling jury; recording verdict and discharging jury
- § 16.200. Two of three masters may act
- § 17.010. Judgments of Utah territorial courts validated
- § 17.020. Action against sheriff for official acts; notice to sureties
- § 17.025. Payment of judgment in favor of minor
- § 17.030. Parties not summoned in action on joint obligation may be summoned after judgment
- § 17.040. Summons: Contents and service
- § 17.050. Affidavit to accompany summons
- § 17.060. Answer
- § 17.070. Written allegations
- § 17.080. Trial of issues; amount of judgment if verdict found against defendant
- § 17.090. Judgment by confession for debt due or contingent liability
- § 17.100. Written statement made by defendant; form
- § 17.110. Filing of statement; endorsement by clerk; entry of judgment; judgment roll; costs
- § 17.117. Offer of judgment
- § 17.120. Replevin; judgment to be in alternative and with damages
- § 17.130. Computation of amount of judgment; interest
- § 17.140. Death of party after verdict or decision; court may render judgment; not to be lien on real property
- § 17.150. Docketing of judgments of state and federal courts; recording of transcripts, abstracts and copies of judgments; liens on real property; duration of liens; affidavit required of judgment creditor who records judgment or decree
- § 17.160. Docket defined; contents
- § 17.170. Dockets open for public inspection without charge
- § 17.190. Computation of costs in judgment; insertion by clerk
- § 17.200. Entry in docket
- § 17.214. Filing and contents of affidavit; recording affidavit; notice to judgment debtor; successive affidavits
- § 17.225. Right to contribution
- § 17.235. Effect of judgment against one tortfeasor
- § 17.245. Effect of release or covenant not to sue
- § 17.255. Intentional tort bars right to contribution
- § 17.265. Certain rights of indemnity unimpaired
- § 17.275. Subrogation of insurer
- § 17.285. Enforcement of right of contribution
- § 17.295. Equitable shares
- § 17.305. Inapplicability to breach of fiduciary relationship
- § 17.330. Short title
- § 17.340. “Foreign judgment” defined
- § 17.350. Filing and status of foreign judgments
- § 17.360. Affidavit; notice of filing judgment and affidavit
- § 17.370. Stay of enforcement of foreign judgment
- § 17.380. Fees
- § 17.390. Judgment creditor may bring action to enforce judgment
- § 17.400. Uniformity of interpretation
- § 17.410. Short title; uniformity of application and construction
- § 17.420. Scope and applicability
- § 17.430. Definitions
- § 17.440. “Action” defined
- § 17.450. “Bank-offered spot rate” defined
- § 17.460. “Date of conversion” defined
- § 17.470. “Distributive proceeding” defined
- § 17.480. “Foreign money” defined
- § 17.490. “Foreign-money claim” defined
- § 17.500. “Money” defined
- § 17.510. “Money of the claim” defined
- § 17.520. “Person” defined
- § 17.530. “Rate of exchange” defined
- § 17.540. “Spot rate” defined
- § 17.550. “State” defined
- § 17.560. Variation by agreement
- § 17.570. Determining money of the claim
- § 17.580. Determining amount of money of certain contract claims
- § 17.590. Asserting and defending foreign-money claim
- § 17.600. Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment
- § 17.610. Conversion of foreign money in distributive proceeding
- § 17.620. Prejudgment and judgment interest
- § 17.630. Enforcement of foreign judgments
- § 17.640. Determining United States dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes
- § 17.650. Effect of currency revalorization
- § 17.660. Supplementary general principles of law
- § 17.700. Short title
- § 17.710. Definitions
- § 17.720. “Foreign country” defined
- § 17.730. “Foreign-country judgment” defined
- § 17.740. Applicability
- § 17.750. Standards for recognition of foreign-country judgment
- § 17.760. Personal jurisdiction
- § 17.770. Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment
- § 17.780. Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment
- § 17.790. Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment
- § 17.800. Statute of limitations
- § 17.810. Uniformity of interpretation
- § 17.820. Saving clause
- § 17.900. Short title
- § 17.905. Definitions
- § 17.910. “Canada” defined
- § 17.915. “Canadian judgment” defined
- § 17.920. Applicability
- § 17.925. Registration of Canadian judgment
- § 17.930. Effect of registration
- § 17.935. Notice of registration
- § 17.940. Petition to vacate registration
- § 17.945. Stay of enforcement of judgment pending determination of petition
- § 17.950. Relationship to Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act
- § 17.955. Uniformity of application and construction
- § 18.005. “Costs” defined
- § 18.010. Award of attorney's fees
- § 18.015. Lien for attorney's fees: Amount; perfection; enforcement
- § 18.020. Cases in which costs allowed prevailing party
- § 18.025. Court not to refuse to award attorney's fees or costs solely because public officer or agency is prevailing party
- § 18.030. Costs and disbursements in actions where defendants might have been joined
- § 18.050. Discretion of court in allowing costs
- § 18.060. Costs of appeal to Court of Appeals or Supreme Court; discretion of court
- § 18.070. Payment of costs on postponement; costs and attorney's fees on mistrial
- § 18.080. Effect of tender in action for recovery of money
- § 18.090. Costs in actions by or against executors and trustees
- § 18.110. Verified memorandum of costs: Filing and service; witness' and clerk's fee; retaxing and settling costs
- § 18.120. Interest and costs must be included by clerk in judgment
- § 18.130. When plaintiff may be required to secure costs; affidavits of sureties; dismissal of action if undertaking not filed
- § 18.140. Plaintiffs for whom bond or undertaking not required
- § 18.150. Payment of costs and attorney's fees when State or county is a party
- § 18.160. Costs allowed judgment creditor; memorandum of costs; motion to tax
- § 18.170. Notice of motion for order allowing costs and necessary disbursements; order
- § 18.180. Entry of amount of costs on margin of judgment
- § 19.003. Definitions
- § 19.007. “Clerk of the court” defined
- § 19.010. “Folio” defined
- § 19.013. Clerks
- § 19.016. Additional fee for filing and recording bond of notary public: Technology in office of county clerk
- § 19.020. Commencement of civil action; administration of estate; appeal from Justice Court
- § 19.030. Additional fees in civil actions: State General Fund
- § 19.0302. Additional fees in civil actions: Special account for benefit of district court; certain amount to be remitted to organization that operates legal services in larger counties
- § 19.0303. Additional fees in civil actions: Programs for court security
- § 19.031. Additional fees in civil actions: Programs for legal aid
- § 19.0312. Additional fees in civil actions: Pro bono programs and programs for abused or neglected children and victims of domestic violence
- § 19.0313. Additional fees in civil actions: Programs of mediation in cases involving custody or visitation of child; neighborhood justice centers
- § 19.03135. Additional fees in civil actions: Programs for prevention and treatment of substance use disorders
- § 19.0315. Additional fees in civil actions: Programs for alternative dispute resolution
- § 19.033. Additional fees in action for dissolution of marriage or termination of domestic partnership
- § 19.0333. Additional fees for filing certain motions or papers after final order in action for dissolution of marriage: Special account for benefit of district court
- § 19.0335. Additional fees in civil action involving multiple parties
- § 19.034. Reduced fees for adoption of child with special needs or petition relating to agreement for postadoptive contact
- § 19.035. Fees not to be charged or collected for services rendered certain governments or officers
- § 19.040. Table to be posted
- § 19.050. Clerks to receive costs of publication
- § 19.060. Payment in advance
- § 19.070. Limitation on fees charged by clerks
- § 19.080. Clerks to keep fee books or electronic records
- § 19.090. Monthly financial statements of clerks
- § 19.110. Clerks prohibited from taking more or greater fees than authorized by law
- § 20.010. Undertaking with sureties; affidavits
- § 20.015. Form of undertaking
- § 20.020. Justification of sureties
- § 20.030. Surety bond or cash may be furnished in lieu of personal sureties
- § 20.035. Limitation on amount of bond in litigation involving Master Settlement Agreement
- § 20.037. Limitation on amount of bond to secure stay of execution of judgment pending appeal; exceptions
- § 20.040. Undertaking, bond or security not required in action by or against State, county, city or officer thereof
- § 20.050. Bond or undertaking to be approved by clerk of court
- § 21.005. Determination of gross weekly salary or wage of employee for purposes of chapter
- § 21.010. Writ of execution: Limitations of time
- § 21.020. Writ of execution: Issuance; contents
- § 21.025. Writ of execution: Form on judgment for money
- § 21.027. Writ to levy on property in safe-deposit box at financial institution: Separate writ required; service of notice of writ; effect of writ
- § 21.030. Satisfaction of judgment on joint contract
- § 21.040. Return of execution
- § 21.050. Enforcement of judgments requiring payment of money or delivery of property; performance of other act
- § 21.060. Execution may issue after death of party
- § 21.070. Execution to issue to sheriff
- § 21.075. Notice of writ of execution: Service required; form; contents
- § 21.076. Notice of writ of execution: Manner and time of service
- § 21.080. Property liable to execution; property not affected by execution until levy; exemption of certain trusts
- § 21.090. Property exempt from execution
- § 21.095. Property exempt from execution upon judgment for medical bill
- § 21.100. Collections of minerals, art curiosities and paleontological remains exempt from execution
- § 21.105. Certain amount in personal bank account not subject to execution; claim of exemption for additional amount; determination of exemption; immunity from liability for financial institution
- § 21.107. Court order that money in personal bank account is subject to writ; manner in which to claim exemption for exempt money
- § 21.110. Execution of writ by sheriff
- § 21.111. Constable authorized to act as sheriff with respect to writ
- § 21.112. Claim of exemption: Procedure; clerk to provide form and instructions; manner in which to object; burden of proof; release of property; debtor may not be required to waive