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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NRS 41.197 Other methods of proving domicile not repealed or abrogated.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)

NRS 41.293 “Other parent” defined. “Other parent” means a person who, in common with a petitioning parent, is the parent of an unemancipated minor under the laws of this State. (Added to NRS by 2017, 732)

NRS 41.294 “Petitioning parent” defined. “Petitioning parent” means a person who is the parent of an unemancipated minor under the laws of this State, desiring to change the name of his or her child. (Added to NRS by 2017, 732)

NRS 41.295 Verified petition. 1. Any parent of an unemancipated minor desiring to have the name of the minor changed may file a verified petition with the clerk of the district court of the district in which the minor resides. 2. The petition shall be addressed to the court and s…

NRS 41.296 When notice to nonpetitioning parent is required. 1. Unless the verified consent of the other parent is stated in the petition, and except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, upon the filing of the petition, the petitioning parent shall make out and procure a notice…

NRS 41.297 Order of court; hearing on objections; disposition of order. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the court shall make an order changing the name of the minor as prayed for in the petition upon being satisfied by the statements in the petition or other evid…

NRS 41.298 Petitions filed under other provisions of law. In addition to a petition to change the name of an unemancipated minor filed pursuant to this chapter, such a petition may be filed in any action brought under the provisions of chapter 122A, 125, 125C, 126, 128 or 129 of …

NRS 41.299 Provisions do not apply to unemancipated minor in legal custody of agency which provides child welfare services. 1. The provisions of NRS 41.291 to 41.299, inclusive, do not apply to an unemancipated minor who is in the legal custody of an agency which provides child w…

NRS 41.2991 “Agency which provides child welfare services” defined. As used in NRS 41.2991 to 41.2999, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, “agency which provides child welfare services” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 432B.030. (Added to NRS by 2019, 2087)

NRS 41.2993 Verified petition. 1. An attorney representing an unemancipated minor in the legal custody of an agency which provides child welfare services who desires to have the name of the minor changed may file a verified petition with the clerk of the district court of the dis…

NRS 41.2995 When notice to parent is required. 1. Unless the verified consent of each parent is stated in the petition, and except as otherwise provided in this section, upon the filing of the petition filed by the attorney representing the unemancipated minor in the legal custod…

NRS 41.2997 Order of court; hearing on objection; disposition of order; factors to be considered by court in determining best interest of unemancipated minor and making specific findings. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the court shall make an order changing the …

NRS 41.2999 Petitions filed under other provisions of law. In addition to a petition to change the name of an unemancipated minor in the legal custody of an agency which provides child welfare services which is filed pursuant to this chapter, such a petition may be filed in any a…

NRS 41.300 Insane persons; presumption of legal capacity on discharge. After a person’s insanity has been judicially determined, such person can make no conveyance or other contract, or delegate any power or waive any right until the person’s restoration to presumed legal capacit…

NRS 41.310 Adjudication of sanity. The district courts of the several counties shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the question as to whether or not a person, previously adjudicated to be insane, shall be adjudicated to be sane. [2:23:1941; 1931 NCL § 3536.01]

NRS 41.320 Petition seeking restoration of status as sane; notice. Any person, on behalf of an alleged insane person, may file a petition in the district court seeking an order restoring the alleged insane person to the status of a sane person. Upon the filing of the petition for…

NRS 41.325 Notice of adjudication of sanity to be given to Administrative Officer and Medical Director of Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services. After any proceeding in which a person, previously adjudicated to be insane, is adjudicated to be sane, the clerk of the distric…

NRS 41.330 Conduct of proceedings by county officers; no fees to be charged. All proceedings under NRS 41.300 to 41.330, inclusive, shall be conducted by the appropriate county officials, including the district attorney, without cost or expense of any kind to the petitioner or al…

NRS 41.331 Definitions. As used in NRS 41.331 to 41.338, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 41.332 to 41.335, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1969, 553; 2001, 27)

NRS 41.332 “Actual malice” defined. “Actual malice” is that state of mind arising from hatred or ill will toward the plaintiff and does not include that state of mind occasioned by a good faith belief in the truth of the publication or broadcast. (Added to NRS by 1969, 553)

NRS 41.333 “Exemplary damages” defined. “Exemplary damages” are damages which may, in the discretion of the court or jury, be recovered in addition to general and special damages for the sake of example and by way of punishing a defendant who has made a publication or broadcast w…

NRS 41.334 “General damages” defined. “General damages” are damages for loss of reputation, shame, mortification and hurt feelings. (Added to NRS by 1969, 553)

NRS 41.335 “Special damages” defined. “Special damages” are only those damages which a plaintiff alleges and proves that the plaintiff has suffered in respect to the plaintiff’s property, business, trade, profession or occupation, including such amounts of money as the plaintiff …

NRS 41.336 Special damages; notice and demand for correction. 1. In any action for damages for the publication of a libel in a newspaper, or of a slander by radio or television broadcast, the plaintiff may recover no more than special damages unless a correction is demanded by th…

NRS 41.337 General, special and exemplary damages. If a correction is demanded as provided in NRS 41.336 and is not published or broadcast within 20 days in substantially as conspicuous a manner in the newspaper or by the broadcaster as the statements claimed to be libelous or sl…

NRS 41.338 Correction before demand. A correction published or broadcast in substantially as conspicuous a manner by the newspaper or broadcaster as the statements claimed to be libelous or slanderous, prior to the receipt of a demand therefor, shall have the same effect as thoug…

NRS 41.340 Liability of owners or operators of broadcasting stations for defamation published by another; exercise of due care. The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of any such owner, l…

NRS 41.350 Liability of owner or operator originating broadcast. If any defamatory statement or matter is published or uttered in or as a part of a broadcast over the facilities of a network of visual or sound radio broadcasting stations, the owner, licensee or operator of any su…

NRS 41.360 Liability when broadcast cannot be censored. In no event, however, shall any owner, licensee or operator of such station or network of stations, or the agents or employees thereof, be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement or matter published or uttered by…