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NRS 5.0505 Transfer of original jurisdiction of criminal case to district court. 1. A municipal court may, on its own motion, transfer original jurisdiction of a criminal case filed with that court to a district court in this State if the defendant agrees to participate in a prog…

NRS 5.052 Administration of program of supervision for persons with suspended sentences or persons sentenced to residential confinement. 1. If the city in which a municipal court is situated has a department of alternative sentencing, the chief of that department shall administer…

NRS 5.055 Suspension of sentence; conditions of suspension; reduction of sentence; arrest for violation of condition of suspension. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3, NRS 211A.127 or another specific statute, or unless the suspension of a sentence is expressl…

NRS 5.057 Determination if defendant is a veteran or member of military; alternative program of treatment. 1. As soon as possible after a defendant is arrested or cited, the municipal judge shall attempt to determine whether the defendant is a veteran or a member of the military …

NRS 5.060 Process, writs and warrants. 1. Municipal judges and municipal courts may issue all legal process, writs and warrants necessary and proper to the complete exercise of their powers. 2. All warrants issued by the municipal court must run to any sheriff or constable of the…

NRS 5.065 Use of facsimile signature: Conditions and restrictions. 1. Each municipal judge may use a facsimile signature produced through a mechanical device in place of his or her handwritten signature whenever the necessity arises and upon approval of the Supreme Court, subject…

NRS 5.070 Municipal courts always open. There shall be no terms in municipal courts. These courts shall always be open. [40:19:1865; B § 945; BH § 2459; C § 2540; RL § 4860; NCL § 8402]

NRS 5.073 Conformity of practice and proceedings to those of justice courts; exception; imposition and collection of fees. 1. The practice and proceedings in the municipal court must conform, as nearly as practicable, to the practice and proceedings of justice courts in similar c…

NRS 5.0755 “Residential confinement” defined. As used in NRS 5.0755 to 5.078, inclusive, “residential confinement” means the confinement of a person convicted of a misdemeanor to the person’s place of residence under the terms and conditions established by the sentencing court. (…

NRS 5.076 Power to order; conditions of sentence; maximum term; arrest for violation of condition. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7, in lieu of imposing any punishment other than a minimum sentence required by statute, a municipal judge may sentence a person convic…

NRS 5.077 Establishment and modification of terms and conditions. 1. In sentencing a person to a term of residential confinement, a municipal judge may establish the terms and conditions of that confinement. 2. The municipal judge may, at any time, modify the terms and conditions…

NRS 5.078 Violation of terms and conditions. If it is determined that the convicted person violated any term or condition of the convicted person’s residential confinement, the sentence may be rescinded, modified or continued. If it is rescinded, another punishment authorized by …

NRS 5.080 Notice of intention to appeal; bail. 1. After filing a notice of intention to appeal, which shall include a statement of the character of the judgment, with the municipal court and serving such notice upon the city attorney, a defendant who has been convicted of a crimi…

NRS 5.090 Judgment on appeal; notice to municipal court; payment of fines. 1. When an appeal of a civil or criminal case from a municipal court to a district court has been perfected and the district court has rendered a judgment on appeal, the district court shall, within 10 day…

NRS 6.010 Persons qualified to act as jurors. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every qualified elector of the State, whether registered or not, who has sufficient knowledge of the English language, and who has not been convicted of treason, a felony, or other infamou…

NRS 6.020 Exemptions from service. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3 and NRS 67.050, upon satisfactory proof, made by affidavit or otherwise, the following-named persons, and no others, are exempt from service as grand or trial jurors: (a) While the Legislatu…

NRS 6.030 Grounds for excusing jurors. 1. The court may at any time temporarily excuse any juror on account of: (a) Sickness or physical disability. (b) Serious illness or death of a member of the juror’s immediate family. (c) Undue hardship or extreme inconvenience. (d) Public n…

NRS 6.040 Penalty for failing to attend and serve as a juror. Any person summoned as provided in this chapter to serve as a juror, who fails to attend and serve as a juror, shall, unless excused by the court, be ordered by the court to appear and show cause for his or her failure…

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.…

NRS 7.030 Prerequisites to receiving license to practice law. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licen…

NRS 7.034 Payment of child support: Statement by applicant for license; grounds for denial of license; duties of Supreme Court. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and…

NRS 7.037 Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspe…

NRS 7.039 Renewal of license: Application to include information relating to state business license; denial of renewal for unpaid debt assigned to State Controller for collection. 1. If the Supreme Court adopts the rules described in NRS 2.123, the State Bar of Nevada shall: (a) …

NRS 7.045 Unlawful solicitation of legal business; monetary recovery by victim; penalty. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for a person to solicit a tort victim to employ, hire or retain any attorney at law: (a) At the scene of a traffic crash …

NRS 7.055 Duty of discharged attorney to deliver certain materials to client; enforcement; adjudication of claims to materials. 1. An attorney who has been discharged by his or her client shall, upon demand and payment of the fee due from the client, immediately deliver to the cl…

NRS 7.065 Representation of indigent persons or service as third-party neutral mediator by attorneys in public employment. Except as otherwise provided by a specific statute, any attorney employed by the State of Nevada or any agency or political subdivision of the State may: 1. …

NRS 7.075 Duties of attorney upon death of client being represented in pending action; sanctions. 1. An attorney at law who represents any person who is a party to an action pending before any court shall, within 90 days after the death of that person, file a notice of death and …

NRS 7.085 Payment of additional costs, expenses and attorney’s fees by attorney who files, maintains or defends certain civil actions or extends civil actions in certain circumstances. 1. If a court finds that an attorney has: (a) Filed, maintained or defended a civil action or p…

NRS 7.095 Limitation on contingent fees for representation of persons in certain actions against providers of health care. 1. An attorney shall not contract for or collect a fee contingent on the amount of recovery for representing a person seeking damages in connection with an a…

NRS 7.105 Persons prohibited from defending persons charged with violations of ordinances or state laws. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2 and 3 and NRS 7.065: (a) The Attorney General and every city attorney, district attorney and the deputies and assistants of ea…

NRS 7.107 Attorney acting as real estate broker: Duties; penalties; license. 1. An attorney licensed in this State who performs the functions of a real estate broker in a real estate transaction shall comply with the standards of business ethics that apply to a real estate broker…

NRS 7.111 Definitions. As used in NRS 7.111 to 7.175, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 7.112 and 7.113 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2021, 2263)