Nev. R. Civ. P. 86 (2026)

Rule 86.

Effective Dates

(a) In General. These rules and any amendments take effect on the date specified by the Supreme Court. They govern all proceedings:

(1) in actions commenced after the effective date; and

(2) in actions then pending, unless:

(A) the Supreme Court specifies otherwise, or

(B) the court determines that applying them in a particular action would not be feasible or would work an injustice.

(b) Effective Date of Amendments. The Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure became effective January 1, 1953. Subsequent amendments have been as follows:

(1) Amendment of Rules 5(b) and (d), effective January 4, 1954.

(2) Amendment of Rules 11 and 45(d)(1), effective May 15, 1954.

(3) Amendment of Rule 51, effective February 15, 1955.

(4) Amendment of Rules 3, 75(b), and 75(g), effective October 1, 1959.

(5) Amendment of Rules 38(b), 38(d), 65(b), 73(c), and 73(d), effective September 1, 1960.

(6) Amendment of Rules 4(d)(2), 5(a), 5(b), 6(a), 6(b), 7(a), 13(a), 14(a), 15(d), 24(c), 25(a)(1), 25(d), 26(e), 28(b), 30(f)(1), 41(b), 41(e), 47(a), 48, 50(a), 50(b), 50(c), 50(d), 52(b), 54(b), 56(c), 56(e), 59(a), 62(h), 77(c), 86, Forms 22-A and 22-B, 27, 30, 31, and 32, effective March 16, 1964.

(7) Amendment of Rule 86 and Form 31, effective April 15, 1964.

(8) Amendment of Rules 73(c), 73(d)(1), and 86, effective September 15, 1965.

(9) Amendment of Rules 4(b), 5(a), 8(a), 12(b), 12(g), 12(h), 13(h), 14(a), 17(a), 18(a), 19, 20(a), 23, 23.1, 23.2, 24(a), 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37(a), 37(b), 37(c), 37(d), 41(a), 41(b), 42(b), 43(f), 44(a), 44(b), 44(c), 44.1, 45(d)(1), 47(b), 50(b), 53(b), 54(c), 65(a), 65(b), 65(c), 65.1, 68, 69(a), 77(e), 86(b), and Form 24, effective September 27, 1971.

(10) Amendment of Rules 6 and 81, effective July 1, 1973; the abrogation of Rules 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 76A, and Form 27, effective July 1, 1973.

(11) Amendment of Rules 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 16.1, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 23.1, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 43, 44, 44.1, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 65.1, 67, 69, 71, 77, 78, 81, and 83 and Forms 3, 19, 31, and the Introductory Statement to the Appendix of Forms, effective January 1, 2005, and the adoption of new Form 33.

(12) Adoption of Rules 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 16.22, 16.23, 62.1, and 71.1, the amendment of all other rules and the introduction to the Appendix of Forms, the deletion of the former forms, and the adoption of Forms 1 through 6, effective March 1, 2019.

[Amended; effective March 1, 2019.]

APPENDIX OF FORMS

Introduction

1. The 2019 NRCP amendments delete the general-practice forms previously appended to the NRCP. Current sources of forms available to practitioners and parties include:

The State of Nevada Self-Help Center

http://selfhelp.nvcourts.gov/forms

First Judicial District Court Forms

http://carson.org/government/departments-a-f/courts/district-court-clerk/district-court-forms

Second Judicial District Court Forms

https://www.washoecourts.com/Main/FormsAndPackets

Eighth Judicial District Court Forms

http://www.clarkcountycourts.us/self-help-centers/

Ninth Judicial District Court Forms

https://douglasdistrictcourt.com/forms/

Clark County Law Library

http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/lawlibrary/Pages/LegalForms.aspx

Washoe County Law Library

https://www.washoecourts.com/LawLibrary/SelfHelp

Nevada Supreme Court Law Library

https://nvcourts.gov/Law_Library/Representing_Yourself/

Sources for legal assistance include:

Lawyer Referral and Information Service

https://www.nvbar.org/lawyerreferral/lawyer-referral-information-service/public-1/

Nevada State Bar

http://www.nvbar.org/

Nevada Attorney General

http://ag.nv.gov/

V.A.R.N. – Volunteer Attorneys for Rural Nevadans

http://www.varn.org/newsite/resources/self-help-court-forms/

Nevada Legal Services

https://nlslaw.net/get-legal-help/helpful-links/

The Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada

https://www.lacsn.org/

Washoe Legal Services

https://washoelegalservices.org/

2. Forms 1 and 2 are patterned on the waiver of service forms appended to FRCP 4, but are modified for use in Nevada. When preparing Forms 1 and 2, in the places on the forms that require “Attorney or Plaintiff Information” and “Caption,” an attorney or self-represented litigant should insert the attorney or plaintiff information and caption required by local rules. For example, in the district courts these requirements are located in DCR 12 , FJDCR 19, WDCR 10 , EDCR 7.20 , 10JDCR 16, and other local court rules, and in the appellate courts in NRAP 27 and 32 .

3. Form 3, Consent to Service by Electronic Means (former Form 33), provides a form to establish consent to electronic service among parties outside of an EFS under Rule 5(b)(2)(E). In general, the form should not be filed with the court. A party that is not authorized to register with an EFS may, however, use Form 3 under NEFCR 9 (c)(2) to consent to electronic service though the EFS. In that case, it should be filed with the court with the required attorney, party, and caption information.

4. Forms 4, 5, and 6 are provided for use with Rules 16.2 and 16.205 in family law actions.

[Amended; effective March 1, 2019.]

Form 1.