Nevada § 50.0515 - Interpreters for person with communications disability: Appointment of registered community interpreter required; exceptions
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 50.0515 — Interpreters for person with communications disability: Appointment of registered community interpreter required; exceptions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 50.0515. Interpreters for person with communications disability: Appointment of registered community interpreter required; exceptions
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in any judicial or other proceeding
in which the court, magistrate or other person presiding over the proceeding is required
to appoint an interpreter for a person with a communications disability, the court,
magistrate or other person presiding over the proceeding shall appoint a registered
community interpreter to interpret the proceeding to that person and to interpret
the testimony of that person to the court, magistrate or other person presiding over
the proceeding. 2. If a registered community interpreter cannot be found or is otherwise unavailable,
or if the appointment of a registered community interpreter will cause a substantial
delay in the proceeding, the court, magistrate or other person presiding over the
proceeding may, after making a finding to that effect and conducting a voir dire examination
of prospective interpreters, appoint any other interpreter that the court, magistrate
or other person presiding over the proceeding determines is readily able to communicate
with the person with a communications disability, translate the proceeding for him
or her, and accurately repeat and translate the statements of the person with a communications
disability to the court, magistrate or other person presiding over the proceeding.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Nevada Revised Statutes § 50.0515 cover?
Section 50.0515 ("Interpreters for person with communications disability: Appointment of registered community interpreter required; exceptions") 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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