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NRS 41.050 Execution of process by elisor. When process is delivered to an elisor, the elisor shall execute it in the same manner as the sheriff is required to execute similar process in other cases. [1911 CPA § 554; RL § 5496; NCL § 9043]

NRS 41.060 Arrest and confinement of sheriff in a civil action. If the sheriff, on being arrested by an elisor, or if another, on being arrested in an action in which the sheriff is a party, upon an order of arrest in a civil action, neglect to give bail or make a deposit of mone…

NRS 41.070 Powers, duties and fees of elisors. An elisor appointed to execute process and orders in the cases mentioned in NRS 41.040 shall be invested with the powers, duties and responsibilities of the sheriff in the execution of such process or orders and in every matter incid…

NRS 41.071 Legislative privilege and immunity for State Legislators. 1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) The Framers of the Nevada Constitution created a system of checks and balances so that the constitutional powers separately vested in the Legislative, Execu…

NRS 41.075 Limitations on liability of Committee on Local Government Finance. No cause of action may be brought against the Committee on Local Government Finance created pursuant to NRS 354.105, or any of its members, which is based upon: 1. Any act or omission in the execution o…

NRS 41.085 Heirs and personal representatives may maintain action. 1. As used in this section, “heir” means a person who, under the laws of this State, would be entitled to succeed to the separate property of the decedent if the decedent had died intestate. The term does not incl…

NRS 41.095 Presumption that person using deadly force against intruder in person’s residence, transient lodging or motor vehicle has reasonable fear of death or bodily injury; person who uses deadly force is immune from civil liability under certain circumstances; definitions. 1.…

NRS 41.100 Cause of action not lost by reason of death; damages; recovery for loss arising out of unfair practice regarding policy of life insurance; subrogation. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, no cause of action is lost by reason of the death of any person, but…

NRS 41.130 Liability for personal injury. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.745, whenever any person shall suffer personal injury by wrongful act, neglect or default of another, the person causing the injury is liable to the person injured for damages; and where the person c…

NRS 41.1305 Liability of person who serves, sells or furnishes alcoholic beverages for damages caused as a result of consumption of alcoholic beverage: No liability if person served is 21 years of age or older; liability in certain circumstances if person served is under 21 years…

NRS 41.1307 Liability of person who serves, sells or furnishes cannabis or cannabis product for damages caused as a result of consumption of cannabis or cannabis product: No liability if person served is 21 years of age or older; liability in certain circumstances if person serve…

NRS 41.131 Limitation on basis of liability of manufacturers and distributors of firearms and ammunition. 1. No person has a cause of action against the manufacturer or distributor of any firearm or ammunition merely because the firearm or ammunition was capable of causing seriou…

NRS 41.1315 Limitation on liability of property owner for injury or damage on sidewalk in public right-of-way. No person who owns property is liable in a civil action for any injury or damage that occurs as a result of the use of a sidewalk in a public right-of-way that abuts the…

NRS 41.133 Conviction of crime is conclusive evidence of facts necessary to impose civil liability for related injury. If an offender has been convicted of the crime which resulted in the injury to the victim, the judgment of conviction is conclusive evidence of all facts necessa…

NRS 41.1335 Action for damages for injuries resulting from fertility fraud; award of costs and attorney’s fees to injured person; punitive damages; where violation deemed to have occurred. 1. A person who has suffered an injury as a result of a violation of NRS 200.975 may bring …

NRS 41.134 Action for damages for injuries resulting from acts of domestic violence; award of costs and attorney’s fees to injured person. A person who has suffered injury as the proximate result of an act that constitutes domestic violence pursuant to NRS 33.018 may bring an act…

NRS 41.1345 Action for damages for injuries resulting from unlawful use, possession, sale or transfer of personal identifying information; award of costs and attorney’s fees to injured person; punitive damages; limitation on time for commencement of action. 1. A person who has su…

NRS 41.1347 Action for damages for dissemination of personal identifying information or sensitive information; attorney’s fees and costs; exceptions; joint and several liability; injunctive relief; interactive computer service not liable for content provided by another person. 1.…

NRS 41.135 Limitation on liability of victims of certain crimes for injury or damage sustained by offender. A person who is convicted of committing or attempting to commit: 1. A felony; 2. An act that would have been a felony if committed by an adult; or 3. A misdemeanor or gross…

NRS 41.138 Action for unwelcome or nonconsensual sexual conduct; rebuttable presumption that sexual conduct was unwelcome or nonconsensual if alleged perpetrator was person in position of authority over alleged victim. 1. In any civil action concerning any unwelcome or nonconsens…

NRS 41.139 Actions by peace officers, firefighters and emergency medical attendants for injury resulting from willful acts or negligent management of property; employer not liable. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a peace officer, firefighter or emergency medical …

NRS 41.1391 Standard of care and duty of certain first responders not affected by training relating to developmental disabilities; standard of care and duty of certain emergency medical personnel not affected by training related to persons who are elderly or cognitively impaired.…

NRS 41.1393 Discharge of duty to warn trespasser against dangerous condition. In any case where there is a duty to warn a trespasser against a dangerous condition of the premises, that duty is discharged by painting, at intervals of not more than 200 feet on each side of the prem…

NRS 41.1395 Action for damages for injury or loss suffered by older or vulnerable person from abuse, neglect or exploitation; double damages; attorney’s fees and costs. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if an older person or a vulnerable person suffers a personal i…

NRS 41.1396 Action for damages for injury suffered by certain minors depicted in child sexual abuse material; presumed statutory damages; attorney’s fees and costs; protection of victim’s identity; limitation on defenses. 1. Any person who, while under the age of 16 years, appear…

NRS 41.13965 Action involving plaintiff who is victim of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation; judgment of conviction of perpetrator is conclusive evidence of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation; liability of person who benefits from sexual abuse or sexual exploitation; treble dam…

NRS 41.1397 Liability of owner or operator of house of prostitution for employment of prostitute tested positive for exposure to human immunodeficiency virus. An owner of a house of prostitution, the person who operates the house or the agent of either who employs or continues to…

NRS 41.1398 Action for damages for unlawful disclosure of certain confidential information relating to victim of sexual assault. A person who has suffered injury as the proximate result of a violation of the provisions of NRS 200.3771 to 200.3774, inclusive, may bring an action f…

NRS 41.1399 Action by victim of human trafficking; venue; damages and other relief; attorney’s fees and costs; statute of limitations; joinder of parties; limitation on defenses. 1. Any person who is a victim of human trafficking may bring a civil action against any person who ca…

NRS 41.141 When comparative negligence not bar to recovery; jury instructions; liability of multiple defendants. 1. In any action to recover damages for death or injury to persons or for injury to property in which comparative negligence is asserted as a defense, the comparative …

NRS 41.191 Declaration of domicile in Nevada. 1. Any person who has established domicile in this state may manifest and evidence his or her domicile by filing in the office of the clerk of the district court for the county in which the person resides, a sworn statement showing th…

NRS 41.193 Declaration of domicile in other state. 1. A person who: (a) Is or was domiciled in a state other than Nevada and who: (1) Has a residence in Nevada; or (2) Does or has done acts within Nevada which, independently of his or her actual intention concerning domicile, mig…

NRS 41.195 Signing and recording of declaration; fee. The sworn statement permitted by NRS 41.191 and 41.193 must be signed under oath before a person authorized to administer oaths. The clerk of a district court in whose office a statement is filed shall record it in a book prov…

NRS 41.197 Other methods of proving domicile not repealed or abrogated. Nothing contained in NRS 41.191 to 41.197, inclusive, repeals or abrogates any existing method of proving domicile. (Added to NRS by 1979, 337) PROCEDURE FOR COMPROMISING CLAIMS OF MINORS

NRS 41.200 Compromise by parent or guardian of claim by minor against third person; requirements of court petition; establishment of blocked financial investment for proceeds of compromise under certain circumstances; no fees to be charged in proceedings. 1. If an unemancipated m…

NRS 41.209 Applicability. After the time to bring an action under chapter 126 of NRS has elapsed and if the action is not for the purpose of establishing the responsibility of any person for the support of another, then NRS 41.209 to 41.260, inclusive, apply. (Added to NRS by 197…

NRS 41.210 District courts empowered to establish date and place of birth and parentage. The district courts are hereby authorized to establish the date of birth, place of birth and parentage of any person and shall, in their orders, so decree and appoint in the manner hereinafte…

NRS 41.220 Procedure; examination of records by State Registrar of Vital Statistics. 1. Every person desiring to have his or her date of birth, place of birth or parentage established must file a verified petition accompanied by his or her fingerprint chart, with a small recent p…

NRS 41.230 Hearing. Upon the hearing of the petition the court may require information appearing to be pertinent to the particular case at hand, and the court may require the presence of any person, or the affidavit of such person if the person be out of the jurisdiction of the c…

NRS 41.240 Court order establishing facts as presented to court. After the court deems the evidence presented upon the hearing of the petition sufficient to grant the prayer of the petitioner, it shall make an order establishing the facts of the matter as presented to the court. …

NRS 41.250 Recording of decree. Any decree rendered under the provisions of NRS 41.209 to 41.260, inclusive, must be recorded with the Chief Medical Officer and in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the decree was rendered. [5:167:1941; 1931 NCL § 5285.05]—(…

NRS 41.260 No fees to be charged by clerk of the court. There shall be no fee charged or collected by the clerk of the court for any proceeding under the provisions of NRS 41.209 to 41.260, inclusive. [6:167:1941; 1931 NCL § 5285.06]—(NRS A 2015, 2566) PROCEEDINGS TO CHANGE NAMES…

NRS 41.270 Verified petition. Any natural person, except an unemancipated minor, desiring to have his or her name changed may file a verified petition with the clerk of the district court of the district in which the person resides. The petition must be addressed to the court and…

NRS 41.280 When publication of notice is required. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, upon the filing of the petition, the applicant shall make out and procure a notice that must: (a) State the fact of the filing of the petition, its object, the applicant’s p…

NRS 41.290 Order of court; hearing on objections; disposition and rescission of order. 1. If, within 10 days after the publication of the notice, or if, pursuant to subsection 2 or 3 of NRS 41.280, such publication is not required, within 10 days after filing of the petition, no …

NRS 41.291 Definitions. As used in NRS 41.291 to 41.299, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 41.293 and 41.294 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2017, 731; A 2019, 2090)