NRS
13.020 Venue of actions for recovery of penalties and forfeitures;
actions against public officers; actions against State of Nevada. Actions for the following causes must be tried
in the county where the cause, or some part thereof, arose, subject to the
power of the court to change the place of trial:
1. For the recovery of a penalty or
forfeiture imposed by statute; except, that when it is imposed for an offense
committed on a lake, river or other stream of water, situated in two or more
counties, the action may be brought in any county bordering on such lake, river
or stream, and opposite to the place where the offense was committed.
2. Against a public officer, or person
especially appointed to execute the duties of a public officer, for an act done
by him or her in virtue of the office, or against a person who, by his or her
command, or in his or her aid, does anything touching the duties of the
officer.
3. Against the State of Nevada or any
agency of the State for any tort action, except that any such tort action may
also be brought in Carson City.
[1911 CPA § 70; RL § 5012; NCL § 8569]—(NRS A 1993,
147)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
2
cases, 1966–1992 · leading case:
Byers v. Graton, 411 P.2d 480 (Nev. 1966).
Byers v. Graton, 411 P.2d 480 (Nev. 1966).
· cites it 2× “040 2 ; second, as the tort occurred while Byers was acting as a public officer, in Douglas County, NRS 13.020 3 requires the matter to be tried in that county.”
Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Nye Cnty. v. Del Papa, 825 P.2d 1231 (Nev. 1992).
· cites it 5× “Appellants contend that the district court erred in denying their motion for a change of venue because the venue statute, NRS 13.020, rather than the open meeting law, NRS 241.”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 13.020(2) — 1 case
Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners of Nye Cnty. v. Del Papa, 825 P.2d 1231 (Nev. 1992).
“Appellants contend that the district court erred in denying their motion for a change of venue because the venue statute, NRS 13.020, rather than the open meeting law, NRS 241.”
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