Nevada § 69.040 - Costs must be included in judgment; cost bill; motion to retax costs
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 69.040 — Costs must be included in judgment; cost bill; motion to retax costs, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 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.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Nevada Revised Statutes § 69.040 cover?
Section 69.040 ("Costs must be included in judgment; cost bill; motion to retax costs") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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