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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 1.020 (2026)

Courts of record

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NRS 1.020  Courts of record.  The following courts are courts of record:

      1.  The Supreme Court;

      2.  The Court of Appeals;

      3.  The district courts;

      4.  The Justice courts; and

      5.  The municipal courts:

      (a) In any case in which a jury trial is required; or

      (b) If so designated pursuant to NRS 5.010.

      [41:19:1865; B § 946; BH § 2460; C § 2541; RL § 4861; NCL § 8403]—(NRS A 1979, 1512; 1987, 1786; 1991, 160; 2013, 1709)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1986–2021 · leading case: Whitehead v. Nevada Com'n on Jud. Discipline, 893 P.2d 866 (Nev. 1995).
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Whitehead v. Nevada Com'n on Jud. Discipline, 893 P.2d 866 (Nev. 1995). · cites it 2× “NRS 1.020 *991 specifies that this court, as well as the district and justice courts, are courts of record.”
Darnell v. Swinney, 638 F. Supp. 526 (D. Nev. 1986). · cites it 2× “Because of this ruling, Darnell then argued that the common law precedent, which Nevada incorporates pursuant to NRS § 1.020, recognized legal impossibility as a defense to an attempted crime.”
Endo Health Solutions, Inc. Vs. Dist. Ct. (city of Reno), 2021 NV 39 (Nev. 2021). · cites it 2× “I, § 1.020. The parties did not originally brief this issue, and given our disposition, we do not address it further.”
Bradford v. Sisolak (D. Nev. 2021). “010 was amended in 2013, and NRS 1.020 was amended in 1979, 1987, 1991, 15 and 2013.”
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