Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 1.225 (2026)

Grounds and procedure for disqualifying Supreme Court justices and judges of the Court of Appeals

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NRS 1.225  Grounds and procedure for disqualifying Supreme Court justices and judges of the Court of Appeals.

      1.  A justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of the Court of Appeals shall not act as such in an action or proceeding when the justice or the judge entertains actual bias or prejudice for or against one of the parties to the action.

      2.  A justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of the Court of Appeals shall not act as such in an action or proceeding when implied bias exists in any of the following respects:

      (a) When the justice or the judge is a party to or interested in the action or proceeding.

      (b) When the justice or the judge is related to either party by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree.

      (c) When the justice or the judge has been attorney or counsel for either of the parties in the particular action or proceeding before the court.

      (d) When the justice or the judge is related to an attorney or counselor for either of the parties by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree.

      3.  A justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of the Court of Appeals, upon his or her own motion, may disqualify himself or herself from acting in any matter upon the ground of actual or implied bias.

      4.  Any party to an action or proceeding seeking to disqualify a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of the Court of Appeals for actual or implied bias shall file a charge in writing, specifying the facts upon which such disqualification is sought. Hearing on such charge shall be had before the other justices of the Supreme Court or, if the charge concerns a judge of the Court of Appeals, the justices of the Supreme Court.

      5.  Upon the disqualification of:

      (a) A justice of the Supreme Court pursuant to this section, a judge of the Court of Appeals or a district judge shall be designated to sit in place of the justice as provided in Section 4 of Article 6 of the Constitution of the State of Nevada.

      (b) A judge of the Court of Appeals pursuant to this section, a district judge shall be designated to sit in place of the judge as provided in Section 4 of Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution.

      6.  No person shall be punished for contempt for making, filing or presenting a charge for disqualification pursuant to subsection 4.

      (Added to NRS by 1957, 521; A 2013, 1710)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1976–2025 · leading case: Ainsworth v. Combined Ins. Co. of Am., 774 P.2d 1003 (Nev. 1989).
Ainsworth v. Combined Ins. Co. of Am., 774 P.2d 1003 (Nev. 1989). · cites it 26× “225, he entertained a disqualifying bias or prejudice for and against the litigants and their counsel; (2) under the Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct, his impartiality was reasonably and sufficiently subject to question so as to create a disqualifying appearance of impropriety;…”
Whitehead v. Nevada Comm'n on Jud. Discipline, 873 P.2d 946 (Nev. 1994). · cites it 16× “auditor asserted a due process claim alleging that Illinois Supreme Court had improperly limited auditor's jurisdiction to conduct audit of state court, the federal court ruled that "it is certain that the due process clause does not confer on [the state auditor] a right to…”
Goldman v. Bryan, 764 P.2d 1296 (Nev. 1988). · cites it 7× “Second, appellant asserts that Justice Young should be disqualified for actual bias and prejudice pursuant to the provisions of NRS 1.225 and the Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct Canon 3.”
City of Las Vegas Downtown Redevelopment Agency v. Hecht, 940 P.2d 134 (Nev. 1997). · cites it 6× “NRS 1.225 requires that: 1. A justice of the supreme court shall not act as such in an action or proceeding when he entertains actual bias or prejudice for or against one of the parties to the action.”
Matter of Dunleavy, 769 P.2d 1271 (Nev. 1989). · cites it 4× “” See NRS 1.225; Nev. Code of Judicial Conduct Canon 3.”
Snyder v. Viani, 916 P.2d 170 (Nev. 1996). · cites it 8× “In that case, Justices Steffen and Springer joined in determining that a motion to disqualify them was untimely, without merit, and insufficient as a matter of law to warrant a formal hearing under NRS 1.225(4). Id. at 422-29 , 873 P.2d at 972-77 .”
State Bar of Nevada v. Claiborne, 756 P.2d 464 (Nev. 1988). · cites it 2× “If Bar Counsel had done so, of course, I would have been afforded a chance to present my views in a public hearing, held openly pursuant to NRS 1.225(4). No motion for disqualification has ever been filed.”
State v. Allen, 2010 WI 10 (Wis. 2010). · cites it 2× “Nev. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 1.225 (4) (2009). *458 ¶ 184.”
Allum v. Valley Bank of Nevada, 915 P.2d 895 (Nev. 1996). · cites it 4× “In addition, NRS 1.225 provides, in part, as follows: 2.”
Mirin v. Justices of the Supreme Court of Nevada, 415 F. Supp. 1178 (D. Nev. 1976). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff also complains that he had filed an Affidavit of Prejudice against all five Justices of the Nevada Supreme Court before the hearing was held in camera on the Stay Order but that there was never a hearing held on his Affidavit of Prejudice, although Plaintiff contends…”
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Bobby Berosini, Ltd., 894 P.2d 337 (Nev. 1995). “has never thought of a possible conflict with this case because of membership on said Advisory Board.”
Valley Health Sys., LLC v. Murray (Nev. 2023). · cites it 12× “225(5)(a),1 which provides that [u]pon the disqualification of [a] justice of the Supreme Court under this section, a judge of the 1NRS 1.225 provides for t.he disqualification of a justice for actual or implied bias and provides in subsection 3 that "[a] justice of the Supreme…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 1.225(2) — 1 case
Goldman v. Bryan, 764 P.2d 1296 (Nev. 1988). “Second, appellant asserts that Justice Young should be disqualified for actual bias and prejudice pursuant to the provisions of NRS 1.225 and the Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct Canon 3.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 1.225(2)(a) — 1 case
Ainsworth v. Combined Ins. Co. of Am., 774 P.2d 1003 (Nev. 1989). “225, he entertained a disqualifying bias or prejudice for and against the litigants and their counsel; (2) under the Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct, his impartiality was reasonably and sufficiently subject to question so as to create a disqualifying appearance of impropriety;…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 1.225(3) — 3 cases
Valley Health Sys., LLC v. Murray (Nev. 2023). “225(5)(a),1 which provides that [u]pon the disqualification of [a] justice of the Supreme Court under this section, a judge of the 1NRS 1.225 provides for t.he disqualification of a justice for actual or implied bias and provides in subsection 3 that "[a] justice of the Supreme…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 1.225(4) — 7 cases
Whitehead v. Nevada Comm'n on Jud. Discipline, 873 P.2d 946 (Nev. 1994). “auditor asserted a due process claim alleging that Illinois Supreme Court had improperly limited auditor's jurisdiction to conduct audit of state court, the federal court ruled that "it is certain that the due process clause does not confer on [the state auditor] a right to…”
Snyder v. Viani, 916 P.2d 170 (Nev. 1996). “In that case, Justices Steffen and Springer joined in determining that a motion to disqualify them was untimely, without merit, and insufficient as a matter of law to warrant a formal hearing under NRS 1.225(4). Id. at 422-29 , 873 P.2d at 972-77 .”
State Bar of Nevada v. Claiborne, 756 P.2d 464 (Nev. 1988). “If Bar Counsel had done so, of course, I would have been afforded a chance to present my views in a public hearing, held openly pursuant to NRS 1.225(4). No motion for disqualification has ever been filed.”
Matter of Dunleavy, 769 P.2d 1271 (Nev. 1989). “” See NRS 1.225; Nev. Code of Judicial Conduct Canon 3.”
Ainsworth v. Combined Ins. Co. of Am., 774 P.2d 1003 (Nev. 1989). “225, he entertained a disqualifying bias or prejudice for and against the litigants and their counsel; (2) under the Nevada Code of Judicial Conduct, his impartiality was reasonably and sufficiently subject to question so as to create a disqualifying appearance of impropriety;…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 1.225(5) — 3 cases
Valley Health Sys., LLC v. Murray (Nev. 2023). “225(5)(a),1 which provides that [u]pon the disqualification of [a] justice of the Supreme Court under this section, a judge of the 1NRS 1.225 provides for t.he disqualification of a justice for actual or implied bias and provides in subsection 3 that "[a] justice of the Supreme…”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 1.225(5)(a) — 3 cases
Valley Health Sys., LLC v. Murray (Nev. 2023). “225(5)(a),1 which provides that [u]pon the disqualification of [a] justice of the Supreme Court under this section, a judge of the 1NRS 1.225 provides for t.he disqualification of a justice for actual or implied bias and provides in subsection 3 that "[a] justice of the Supreme…”
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