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NRS 6.045 Designation of jury commissioner by rule of district court; selection of trial jurors; list of qualified electors; duties; court may contract for administrative duties. 1. A court may by rule of court designate the clerk of the court, one of the clerk’s deputies or anot…

NRS 6.090 Procedures for forming panel; duties of sheriff, chief of police or chief marshal and jury commissioner. 1. Whenever trial jurors are selected by a jury commissioner, the judge may direct the jury commissioner to summon and assign to that court the number of qualified j…

NRS 6.100 Discharge of excess trial jurors. When at any time there shall be a larger number of trial jurors in attendance upon any court than are required for the business of the court, or for the time being, the court may discharge or excuse, temporarily, a sufficient number of …

NRS 6.110 Counties whose population is 100,000 or more: Selection of jurors and alternate jurors; listing and summoning jurors. 1. In any county having a population of 100,000 or more, the selection of persons as proposed grand jurors must be made in the manner prescribed in this…

NRS 6.120 Counties whose population is less than 100,000: Selection of jurors and alternate jurors; listing and summoning jurors. 1. In any county having a population of less than 100,000, the county clerk under the supervision of the district judge, shall randomly select the nam…

NRS 6.130 Permissible summoning of grand jury by filing of affidavit or petition by taxpayer. 1. In any county, if the statute of limitations has not run against the person offending, the district judge may summon a grand jury after an affidavit or verified petition by any taxpay…

NRS 6.132 Summoning of grand jury by filing of petition by committee of registered voters. 1. A committee of petitioners consisting of five registered voters may commence a proceeding to summon a grand jury pursuant to this section by filing with the clerk of the district court a…

NRS 6.135 Impaneling of grand juries to investigate state affairs; payment of expenses. 1. Upon request of the Governor, or of the Legislature by concurrent resolution, the district judge of any county shall cause a grand jury to be impaneled in the same manner as other grand jur…

NRS 6.140 Application to appellate court for order directing selection and impaneling of grand jury. In any county, if the district judge for any reason fails or refuses to select a grand jury when required, any interested person resident of the county may apply to the appellate …

NRS 6.145 Recess of grand jury. Upon the completion of its business for the time being, the court may, at the request of or with the concurrence of the grand jury, recess the grand jury subject to recall at such time as new business may require its attention. (Added to NRS by 196…

NRS 6.150 Grand jurors and trial jurors in district and justice court or trial jurors in municipal court. 1. Each person summoned to attend as a grand juror or a trial juror in the district court or justice court, or a trial juror in the municipal court, is entitled to a fee of $…

NRS 6.155 Establishment of program to allow juror to donate money to which juror is entitled for juror’s services and expenses to local agency for prevention of child abuse and neglect. 1. Each board of county commissioners may establish and maintain a program whereby a person ma…

NRS 6.160 Payment of jurors. The clerk of the court in cases in the district court and justice court shall keep a payroll, enrolling thereon the names of all jurors, the number of days in attendance and the actual number of miles traveled by the shortest and most practical route …

NRS 6.180 Expenses of jurors in civil cases. In all cases when a jury is kept together by order of the court during a trial, or by failure to agree upon a verdict, after the cause has been submitted to them by the court, the expenses of their board and lodging shall be taxed as o…

NRS 6.190 Terminating or threatening to terminate employment because of jury duty prohibited; civil action for unlawful termination; requiring employee to use sick leave or vacation time or to work certain hours prohibited; notice to employer; dissuasion from service as juror. 1.…