Nevada Revised Statutes

Nev. Rev. Stat. § 69.030 (2026)

Prevailing party allowed attorney’s fee to be taxed as costs in justice court

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NRS 69.030 Prevailing party allowed attorney’s fee to be taxed as costs in justice court. The prevailing party in any civil action at law in the justice courts of this State shall receive, in addition to the costs of court as now allowed by law, a reasonable attorney fee. The attorney fee shall be fixed by the justice and taxed as costs against the losing party.

[Part 1911 CPA § 872; A 1921, 89; 1925, 331; 1937, 30; 1931 NCL § 9361]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2003–2020 · leading case: Sellers v. Fourth Jud. Dist. Court Ex Rel. Cnty. of Elko, 71 P.3d 495 (Nev. 2003).

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Sellers v. Fourth Jud. Dist. Court Ex Rel. Cnty. of Elko, 71 P.3d 495 (Nev. 2003). · cites it 3× “OPINION Per Curiam: This proper person writ petition presents an issue of first impression — whether NRS 69.030 authorizes an award of attorney fees to a prevailing proper person litigant.”

Frank Settelmeyer & Sons, Inc. v. Smith & Harmer, Ltd., 197 P.3d 1051 (Nev. 2008). · cites it 2× “We have held that another attorney fee provision, NRS 69.030, which provides that a prevailing party shall receive reasonable attorney fees and costs, does not authorize an award of attorney fees to a prevailing proper person litigant, even if that litigant is an attorney.”

Nevada Collectors Ass'n v. State of Nevada Dep't of Bus. & Indus. Fin. Institutions Div. (D. Nev. 2020). “4117(4), NRS 69.030, NRS 69.050, NRS 38.243(3), NRS 18.”

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