Nevada § 1A.440 - Determination of monthly allowance for service retirement

Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 1A.440 — Determination of monthly allowance for service retirement, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 1A.440. Determination of monthly allowance for service retirement

Except as otherwise required as a result of NRS 1A.400 or 1A.410 : 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a monthly service retirement allowance

must be determined by multiplying a member of the Judicial Retirement Plan's average

compensation: (a) If the member has an effective date of membership before July 1, 2015, by 3.4091

percent for each year of service, except that a member of the Plan is entitled to

a benefit of not more than 75 percent of the member's average compensation. (b) If the member has an effective date of membership on or after July 1, 2015, by

3.1591 percent for each year of service, except that a member of the Plan is entitled

to a benefit of not more than 75 percent of the member's average compensation. 2. For the purposes of this section, “ average compensation ” means the average of a member of the Plan's 36 consecutive months of highest compensation

as certified by the Court Administrator if the member is a justice of the Supreme

Court, a judge of the Court of Appeals or a district judge, by the county if the member

is a justice of the peace or by the city if the member is a municipal judge.

Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 1A.440 ("Determination of monthly allowance for service retirement") 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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