Nevada Court Rules
Nevada Court Rules
✓ current as of August 2026Full text of 234 rules across 2 sets, cross-linked with Nevada case law.
Nev. J. Ct. R. Civ. P. 132 rules
- Rule 1. Scope and Application of Rules
- Rule 2. Forms of Actions
- Rule 3. Commencement of Civil Action
- Rule 4. Summons and Service
- Rule 4.1. Waiving Service
- Rule 4.2. Service Within Nevada
- Rule 4.3. Service Outside Nevada
- Rule 4.4. Alternative Service Methods
- Rule 5. Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
- Rule 6. Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers
- Rule 7. Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers
- Rule 8. General Rules of Pleading
- Rule 9. Pleading Special Matters
- Rule 10. Form of Pleadings
- Rule 11. Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions
- Rule 12. Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
- Rule 13. Counterclaim and Crossclaim
- Rule 14. Third-Party Practice
- Rule 15. Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
- Rule 16. Pretrial Conferences
- Rule 16.1. Mandatory Pretrial Disclosure Requirements for Civil Actions
- Rule 17. Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers
- Rule 18. Joinder of Claims
- Rule 19. Required Joinder of Parties
- Rule 20. Permissive Joinder of Parties
- Rule 21. Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
- Rule 22. Interpleader
- Rule 23. Class Actions
- Rule 23.1. Reserved
- Rule 23.2. Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations
- Rule 24. Intervention
- Rule 25. Substitution of Parties
- Rule 25A. Leave of Court
- Rule 26. General Provisions Governing Discovery
- Rule 27. Reserved
- Rule 28. Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
- Rule 29. Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure
- Rule 30. Depositions by Oral Examination
- Rule 31. Depositions by Written Questions
- Rule 32. Using Depositions in Court Proceedings
- Rule 33. Interrogatories to Parties
- Rule 34. Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering Onto Land for Inspection and Other Purposes
- Rule 35. Physical and Mental Examinations
- Rule 36. Requests for Admission
- Rule 37. Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
- Rule 38. Jury Trial of Right
- Rule 39. Trial by Jury or by the Court
- Rule 39A. Jury Trial Procedures
- Rule 40. Scheduling of Cases for Trial
- Rule 41. Dismissal of Actions
- Rule 42. Consolidation; Separate Trials
- Rule 43. Evidence
- Rule 44. Proving an Official Record
- Rule 44.1. Determination of Foreign Law
- Rule 45. Subpoena
- Rule 46. Objecting to a Ruling or Order
- Rule 47. Size of Jury; Juror Selection and Voir Dire
- Rule 48. Majority Verdict
- Rule 49. Special Verdict; General Verdict and Questions
- Rule 50. Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial; Related Motion for a New Trial; Conditional Ruling
- Rule 51. Instructions to the Jury; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error
- Rule 52. Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings
- Rule 53. Reserved
- Rule 54. Judgments
- Rule 55. Default and Default Judgment
- Rule 56. Summary Judgment
- Rule 57. Reserved
- Rule 58. Entering Judgment
- Rule 59. New Trials; Amendment of Judgments
- Rule 60. Relief From a Judgment or Order
- Rule 61. Harmless Error
- Rule 62. Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
- Rule 62.1. Indicative Ruling on a Motion for Relief That Is Barred by a Pending Appeal
- Rule 63. Judge’s Inability to Proceed
- Rule 64. Seizing a Person or Property
- Rule 65. Temporary Writ of Restitution Pursuant to NRS 40.300
- Rule 65.1. Security: Proceedings Against Sureties
- Rule 66. Reserved
- Rule 67. Deposit in Court
- Rule 68. Offers of Judgment
- Rule 69. Execution
- Rule 70. Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act
- Rule 71. Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act
- Rule 72. Appeal—How Taken
- Rule 72A. Standing to Appeal; Appealable Determinations
- Rule 72B. Appeal—When Taken
- Rule 73. Bond for Costs on Appeal
- Rule 73A. Stay on Appeal—Supersedeas Bond
- Rule 73B. Reserved
- Rule 74. Reserved
- Rule 74A. Reserved
- Rule 74B. Reserved
- Rule 75. Reserved
- Rule 75A. Reserved
- Rule 76. Reserved
- Rule 76A. Reserved
- Rule 76B. Reserved
- Rule 77. Conducting Business; Clerk’s Authority
- Rule 78. Hearing Motions; Submission on Briefs
- Rule 79. Appendix of Forms
- Rule 80. Record or Transcript of Proceedings
- Rule 81. Civil Penalty Schedule
- Rule 82. Discovery
- Rule 83. Subpoenas
- Rule 84. Motions
- Rule 85. Reserved
- Rule 86. Reserved
- Rule 87. Reserved
- Rule 88. Action for Small Claims
- Rule 89. Form of Affidavit
- Rule 90. Date of Trial Appearance Fixed by Court
- Rule 91. Service of Small Claims
- Rule 92. Motions
- Rule 93. Dismissal Without Prejudice
- Rule 94. Docket Entries
- Rule 95. Witnesses
- Rule 96. Informal Trials
- Rule 97. Payment of Judgment
- Rule 98. Appeals—Small Claims
- Rule 99. Form of Appeal—Small Claims
- Rule 100. Appeal Bond—Small Claims
- Rule 101. Notice Requirements
- Rule 102. Filing of Summary Eviction Cases
- Rule 103. Requirement of Hearing
- Rule 104. Notice of Hearing
- Rule 105. Hearings to Be Informal
- Rule 106. Reserved
- Rule 107. Reserved
- Rule 108. Reserved
- Rule 109. Reserved
- Rule 110. Motion to Stay Enforcement of a Summary Eviction Order
- Rule 111. Applications for in Forma Pauperis Status in Summary Eviction Cases Only
Nev. R. Civ. P. 102 rules
- Rule 1. Scope and Purpose
- Rule 2. One Form of Action
- Rule 3. Commencing an Action
- Rule 4. Summons and Service
- Rule 4.1. Waiving Service
- Rule 4.2. Service Within Nevada
- Rule 4.3. Service Outside Nevada
- Rule 4.4. Alternative Service Methods
- Rule 5. Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
- Rule 5.1. Reserved
- Rule 5.2. Reserved
- Rule 6. Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers
- Rule 7. Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions and Other Papers
- Rule 7.1. Disclosure Statement
- Rule 8. General Rules of Pleading
- Rule 9. Pleading Special Matters
- Rule 10. Form of Pleadings
- Rule 11. Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions
- Rule 12. Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing
- Rule 13. Counterclaim and Crossclaim
- Rule 14. Third-Party Practice
- Rule 15. Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
- Rule 16. Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management
- Rule 16.1. Mandatory Pretrial Discovery Requirements
- Rule 16.2. Mandatory Prejudgment Discovery Requirements in Family Law Actions (Not Including Paternity or Custody Actions Between Unmarried Persons)
- Rule 16.3. Discovery Commissioners
- Rule 16.21. Postjudgment Discovery in Family Law Actions
- Rule 16.22. Custody Evaluations in Family Law Actions
- Rule 16.23. Physical and Mental Examinations of Minors in Family Law Actions
- Rule 16.205. Mandatory Prejudgment Discovery Requirements in Paternity or Custody Actions Between Unmarried Persons
- Rule 16.215. Child Witnesses in Custody Proceedings
- Rule 17. Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers
- Rule 18. Joinder of Claims
- Rule 19. Required Joinder of Parties
- Rule 20. Permissive Joinder of Parties
- Rule 21. Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
- Rule 22. Interpleader
- Rule 23. Class Actions
- Rule 23.1. Derivative Actions by Shareholders
- Rule 23.2. Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations
- Rule 24. Intervention
- Rule 25. Substitution of Parties
- Rule 26. General Provisions Governing Discovery
- Rule 27. Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony
- Rule 28. Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
- Rule 29. Stipulations About Discovery Procedure
- Rule 30. Depositions by Oral Examination
- Rule 31. Depositions by Written Questions
- Rule 32. Using Depositions in Court Proceedings
- Rule 33. Interrogatories to Parties
- Rule 34. Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering Onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes
- Rule 35. Physical and Mental Examinations
- Rule 36. Requests for Admission
- Rule 37. Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
- Rule 38. Right to a Jury Trial; Demand
- Rule 39. Trial by Jury or by the Court
- Rule 40. Scheduling of Cases for Trial
- Rule 41. Dismissal of Actions
- Rule 42. Consolidation; Separate Trials
- Rule 43. Taking Testimony
- Rule 44. Proving an Official Record
- Rule 44.1. Determining Foreign Law
- Rule 45. Subpoena
- Rule 46. Objecting to a Ruling or Order
- Rule 47. Selecting Jurors
- Rule 48. Number of Jurors
- Rule 49. Special Verdict; General Verdict and Questions
- Rule 50. Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial; Related Motion for a New Trial; Conditional Ruling
- Rule 51. Instructions to the Jury; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error
- Rule 52. Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings
- Rule 53. Masters
- Rule 54. Judgments; Attorney Fees
- Rule 55. Default; Default Judgment
- Rule 56. Summary Judgment
- Rule 57. Declaratory Judgment
- Rule 58. Entering Judgment
- Rule 59. New Trials; Amendment of Judgments
- Rule 60. Relief From a Judgment or Order
- Rule 61. Harmless Error
- Rule 62. Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
- Rule 62.1. Indicative Ruling on a Motion for Relief That Is Barred by a Pending Appeal
- Rule 63. Judge’s Inability to Proceed
- Rule 64. Seizing a Person or Property
- Rule 65. Injunctions and Restraining Orders
- Rule 65.1. Proceedings Against a Security Provider
- Rule 66. Receivers
- Rule 67. Deposit in Court
- Rule 68. Offers of Judgment
- Rule 69. Execution
- Rule 70. Enforcing a Judgment for a Specific Act
- Rule 71. Enforcing Relief For or Against a Nonparty
- Rule 71.1. Reserved
- Rule 77. Conducting Business; Clerk’s Authority
- Rule 78. Hearing Motions; Submission on Briefs
- Rule 79. Reserved
- Rule 80. Transcript or Recording of Testimony as Evidence
- Rule 81. Applicability of the Rules in General; Remanded Actions
- Rule 82. Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
- Rule 83. Rules by District Courts; Judge’s Directives
- Rule 84. Forms
- Rule 85. Citation
- Rule 86. Effective Dates