Nevada Court Rules (2026)
Browse all 18 rule sets with 1061 rules, each with plain-English summaries and committee notes. Each rule includes the full text, a plain-English summary, committee notes, amendment history, and cross-references to related rules.
Nevada Court Rules & Rules of Practice
How this jurisdiction's courts and rules are organized, written for lawyers new to it: the court system, every ruleset a litigator touches, and how a case actually moves. Last verified September 24, 2026. For informational purposes only.
- Court System Overview
- The Ruleset Map
- Civil Litigation Mechanics
- Criminal Practice Mechanics
- Evidence
- Appellate Mechanics
- Rules of Professional Conduct
- Attorney Discipline & Enforcement
- Newcomer Orientation Notes
- Sources & Verification
Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure
The Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure govern civil actions in the district courts, covering commencement of an action and service of process, pleadings and motions, parties and joinder, discovery and depositions, trial and juries, judgments and summary judgment, and provisional and final remedies.
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BrowseNevada Supreme Court Rules
The Supreme Court Rules govern the administration of Nevada's judiciary and legal profession, covering the government of the court system, admission and discipline of attorneys, the Code of Judicial Conduct, continuing legal education, and the sealing and redaction of court records.
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BrowseNevada Evidence Statutes
Nevada has no rules of evidence. Its evidence law is STATUTE -- Title 4 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, "Witnesses and Evidence", enacted in 1971 -- and it is cited by section, "NRS 48.035", never "Nev. R. Evid." The concepts derive from early drafts of the Federal Rules of Evidence but the numbering is entirely Nevada's, spread across ten chapters: general provisions, judicial notice and presumptions (ch. 47), admissibility generally (ch. 48), privileges (ch. 49), witnesses (ch. 50), hearsay (ch. 51), documentary and other physical evidence (ch. 52), affidavits and foreign depositions (ch. 53), and three short chapters on corroborative proof of residence, findings of presumed death and tests of biological specimens (chs. 54-56). Two points of Nevada practice are worth knowing. Expert testimony runs through NRS 50.275, which admits a witness "qualified as an expert by special knowledge, skill, experience, training or education" -- and the Supreme Court of Nevada held in Hallmark v. Eldridge, 124 Nev. 492 (2008), that it "has not adopted" Daubert, treating the federal decisions as persuasive rather than controlling. Privileges are codified rather than left to the common law, and chapter 49 is the largest chapter here at 76 sections, running from lawyer-client and doctor-patient through the privileges for clergy, journalists and victims of sexual assault.
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BrowseNevada Justice Court Rules of Civil Procedure
The Justice Court Rules of Civil Procedure govern civil actions in Nevada's justice courts, following the structure of the district court rules while providing the simplified procedure appropriate to the justice courts' jurisdiction.
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BrowseNevada Rules of Professional Conduct
The Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct govern the ethical obligations of lawyers practising in Nevada, covering the client-lawyer relationship, confidentiality and conflicts of interest, the lawyer as counselor and advocate, law firms and supervisory duties, public service, information about legal services, and maintaining the integrity of the profession.
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BrowseNevada Rules of Appellate Procedure
The Nevada Rules of Appellate Procedure govern appeals to the Supreme Court of Nevada and the Court of Appeals, covering appealable determinations, the notice of appeal, the record and transcripts, briefs and oral argument, motions, opinions and rehearing, writs, and the settlement conference program.
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BrowseNevada Rules Governing Alternative Dispute Resolution
The Rules Governing Alternative Dispute Resolution govern Nevada's court-annexed arbitration and mediation programs. Two general provisions define the programs; the Nevada Arbitration Rules (NAR) cover which cases are subject to arbitration, the selection and powers of the arbitrator, the hearing and award, and the right to a trial de novo; and the Nevada Mediation Rules (NMR) cover the mediation program offered in their place.
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BrowseNevada Short Trial Rules
The Short Trial Rules govern Nevada's short trial program, an expedited one-day jury trial procedure available by stipulation or on referral from the court-annexed arbitration program.
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BrowseRules of the District Courts of the State of Nevada
The statewide practice rules for Nevada's district courts, adopted by the Supreme Court and in force since 1959. Twenty-seven rules covering the mechanics a district-court case runs on: setting cases for trial and pretrial conferences, law days and the precedence of legal questions, the custody and withdrawal of papers, records and exhibits, and the form of papers presented for filing. Rule 13 governs motion practice — how a motion is made, the affidavits it requires, and the renewal or rehearing of one; Rule 14 motions for continuance and Rule 15 oral hearing or submission on briefs. Rule 18 is the rule against judge-shopping: a proceeding entered into by one judge prevents action by another unless requested, and only the judge having charge of a cause may grant further time to plead. Rule 20 covers appearances in proper person, Rule 23 responding to discovery requests, Rule 26 limited scope representation, and Rule 27 informal family law trials.
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BrowseNevada Foreclosure Mediation Rules
The Foreclosure Mediation Rules govern Nevada's foreclosure mediation program, covering election of mediation, the documents each party must produce, the conduct of the mediation, and the mediator's statement and any resulting certificate.
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BrowseNevada Justice and Municipal Court Rules for Civil Traffic Infractions
How a traffic infraction is adjudicated as a CIVIL matter in Nevada's justice and municipal courts, in twenty-three rules effective November 5, 2024, after the state decriminalised most traffic offences. Part 1 is scope, application, definitions, the computation of time, the civil penalty schedule, local rules and venue. Part 2 is how the action starts: the commencement of the action, subpoenas, payment without appearance, amending the complaint, consolidation and the representation of the State. Part 3 is the hearing — continuances, appearance by virtual means, entry of plea and failure to appear, the oath and questioning of witnesses, judgment after hearing, default, and post-hearing motions and appeal.
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BrowseNevada Rules of Criminal Practice
How a criminal case is actually run in a Nevada district court, in eighteen rules effective March 1, 2021. Not a code of criminal procedure — Nevada's is statute — but the practice around it: how cases are assigned, how an attorney appears and withdraws, the initial appearance and arraignment, and release or detention pending judicial proceedings. Rule 7 is discovery and discovery motions, Rule 8 pretrial motions and Rule 9 the pretrial writ of habeas corpus, with stay orders and the extending or shortening of time beside them. The rest are the mechanics of the hearing itself — continuances, voir dire, court interpreters, the reporting of trial proceedings — together with sentencing and appeals.
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BrowseNevada Electronic Filing and Conversion Rules
The Electronic Filing and Conversion Rules govern electronic filing and service in Nevada's courts, covering the mandatory and permissive use of electronic filing systems, signatures, service, and the conversion of paper records.
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BrowseNevada Rules on the Administrative Docket
How the Supreme Court of Nevada adopts, amends and repeals an administrative rule, in fourteen sections, effective July 12, 1978 and amended through October 31, 2025. An "administrative rule" is any supreme court rule or regulation of general application relating to the operation of the judicial system and the government of the State Bar of Nevada, so these are the rules that govern the making of Nevada's other court rules. Section 2 is the administrative docket itself, the record the clerk keeps of every petition to adopt, amend or repeal a rule. Section 3 says who may petition — any judge, the director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, the State Bar, and others — and what the petition must contain. Section 4 covers time computation and how a petition is processed and reported to the court, and section 5 the schedule within which the court must decide or set argument. Section 6 is the notice and publication an adopted rule requires, section 7 the study committees the chief justice may appoint to consider a proposal, and section 8 the court's action in adopting or amending, including the official comment that may accompany it. Sections 9 through 11 cover reconsideration, the indefinite effective term of an administrative rule, and the thirtieth-day effective date. Not to be confused with Nevada's attorney discipline rules, which are SCR 99 to 122 and are published with the Supreme Court Rules.
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BrowseNevada Statewide Rules for Guardianship
Statewide practice in a Nevada guardianship, in thirteen rules approved by the Supreme Court and effective October 10, 2018. They cover how the action is commenced, the service of citations, and guardians appointed without citation, together with a prohibition on ex parte communication. Rule 6 requires an initial guardianship plan and Rule 11 a guardianship review hearing; Rule 10 provides for terminating a guardianship where there is no further identified need. Rules 8 and 9 distinguish the guardian ad litem for a protected or proposed protected person from that person's own attorney, and Rule 7 governs attorney fee petitions. The last two cover operating accounts and bonds, and mediation or other alternative dispute resolution.
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BrowseNevada Alternate Trial Rules
The Alternate Trial Rules allow parties to a district court case to stipulate to an alternate bench or jury trial, setting out the procedure, the limits on discovery, and the effect of the resulting judgment.
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BrowseNevada Rules of Conduct for Lawyers Representing Children in Child Welfare Cases
What a lawyer appointed to represent a child in a Nevada child welfare case owes that child, in five rules effective January 1, 2023. They apply to lawyers representing children in abuse and neglect matters, including proceedings under NRS chapters 432B and 128 and related collateral proceedings. Rule 3 fixes the duration of the representation: it begins as soon as practicable after the child welfare agency intervenes in the child's home and continues through the proceedings. Rule 4 is the substance — the child's lawyer maintains a normal lawyer-client relationship with the child in accordance with the Nevada Rules of Professional Conduct, and the rule sets out what that means when the client is a child. Rule 5 requires that the court appoint a lawyer qualified by training and experience, and states the training expected of lawyers practising in dependency court.
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BrowseNevada Policy for Handling Filed, Lodged, and Presumptively Confidential Documents
What a clerk of a Nevada municipal, justice or district court must do with a document presented for filing, adopted by the Supreme Court of Nevada by ADKT 410 and effective August 21, 2013. It exists because there was no standardized policy for handling documents presented to the clerks, and it was drafted by the Commission on Preservation, Access, and Sealing of Court Records. The clerk's duty to file a document is purely ministerial: unless a statute, court rule or this policy says otherwise, the clerk may not refuse to perform it. The policy then distinguishes documents that are filed from those that are lodged, and sets out the handling that a presumptively confidential document requires.
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